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The artist is often quite busy, and I really don't blame her for not being a huge figure behind the forum. Instead, she delegates mod duty to individuals who were chosen because they "demonstrated that they had experience and responsibility," in Amelius's own words. They also have "the ability to put aside personal feelings to get things done." Sound fair? Good, you're still with me.

There have been issues, as is unavoidable in any online community. Spammers were big. Sometimes the Mods jump the gun one trying to keep us on topic. Sometimes heated arguments break out.

And sometimes they go beyond 'heated.' Since I refuse to comment in the forum for fear of sparking even more brawling, I'll state my opinions here.

Here's the picture: a forumgoer who is active and involved, but quite... provocative, raised a big stink by starting to attack posters in a thread about child promiscuity. I.E. basically shoving his opinions down their throat and/or insulting their responses. So the mods called him on it - perhaps a little severely, but it IS a sensetive topic, he WAS pushing the limits, and he DOES have a track record of baiting people.

Instead of admitting that he crossed the line and dropping the subject, he denies that he was being inappropriate or going off topic (to take stabs at other forumgoers). He fought the mods about it to the point where they all decided they needed to do something. Then he PMs everyone, including people NOT INVOLVED in the discussion, asking them to SUPPORT his side of the issue! Now, by this point they're all treating this like a bloody MURDER TRIAL.

Reality check, on forumgoers, Mods, and the 'accused' alike: this is a forum about a webcomic. Posting is leisure activity. Getting worked up about something like this to such a degree goes beyond 'immature' into something akin to 'stupidity.' Disclaimer: I am not calling my friends on the forum stupid, merely stating my opinion about the whole situation.

So everyone's up in a row about it. Most of the long-time members are trying to get their opinions and concerns expressed civilly, but another portion immediately gets in on a 'mods unfair!' campaign. They starts saying how the mods abuse their power and shit. Now some are a little trigger-happy, but for the love of god, that forum is ORGANIZED and an OPEN community where most people are willing to express themselves! Have these people ever seen forums where the mods are lackadaisical?! So AMELIUS herself comes on and gives this whole speech about how she chose the mods herself, how it IS a thread about her comic, and how she's trying to keep things open, organized, and fun for everyone! This may involve being tough at times, but none of the Mods are plotting against the community or trying to rule with an iron fist. They ended up banning the instigator for a week, and people are chewing everyone else up like the bloody LORD OF THE FLIES out there!

One of the guys who was real anti-mod just quit the forum because the RP mod threatened to go over Amelius's head and ban Mr. Instigator himself at one point. Seriously, the guy doesn't even have that much authority, and this second guy just walks out while he's in the middle of GMing an RP, without a single word to the rest of us, because ONE MOD said something BLOODY STUPID. Not to mention that mods are HUMAN and get as annoyed and snippy as the rest of us.

So thank you. I hope I made my postion clear. This issue should have been dropped when the Mods first called out Mr. Instigator. Instead, it's destroying my online home-away-from-home, breaking my heart, and - even worse - tearing up our respected and well-loved artist. I am ashamed of those people who saw fit to raise hell about all this in such un undignified matter. No, I will not quit the forum, but perhaps only because I have no where else to go.

~Daybreak ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/7867256/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/7867256/ Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:59:50 PST
I'm talking about Yerf. I've known about it since I first began to drift from the Anime-fandom circle into the lonely world of Furry fandom (Why do I say lonely? Because I've been a fur for almost four years, and I know a total of one other anthro artist. I'm a teenager, I can't go to cons, and my art is not the kind to get noticed). I was too shy to try for it then. Last year I made up my mind to spply, only to find that the site was down. Crestfallen, I checked in regularly, eagerly awaiting its revival. And now that it's back, in part, I realize that I don't have a chance in hell of getting in. ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/7467097/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/7467097/ Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:01:11 PST Numbs our bones, numbs our all
As we sit on skinny hands
Nothin to say, nothin at all
oh
I don't know you
and I
I don't want to
You're so awkward just like me
But I don't care

Ohhh, You're the reason I'm leavin
You're the reason I'm leavin
If I'm leaving we don't stop livin, you know

I've no idea, oh
That in four years
I'd be hanging from a beam
Behind the door of number ten
Singin' well, fare thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well
I am leaving, yes I leave it all to you...

You're the reason I'm leaving (Leaving alone)
you're the reason I'm leaving (Leaving alone)
If I'm leaving we don't stop livin', you know
I'm the reason you're leaving (Leaving alone)
You're the reason I'm leaving (Leaving alone)
If I'm leaving we don't stop livin', you know

As we ride along
Under an optimistic sun
The radio sings that everybody song by rem
And here I am fighting, fighting
Yes I'm fighting not to cry
and that's another reason why
I ought to hate you like I do
Like I do, ohh like I do

You're the reason I'm leaving (Leaving alone)
You're the reason I'm leaving (Leaving alone)
if I'm leaving we don't stop livin', you know
I'm the reason you're leaving (Leaving alone)
I'm the reason you're leaving (Leaving alone)
If we're leaving we don't stop livin', you know

"You're the Reason I'm Leaving" by Franz Ferdinand.

Feeling a little down. Post-holiday slump or something. Y'know, I didn't really want to see Rent, I just wanted to see it with someone. Well, my bad. Good luck if you need it. If not, I tip my hat to you. ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/7339260/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/7339260/ Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:29:48 PST
I GOT INTO SMITH!!! BOO-YAH!!! *happy dances* This is the bestest thing ever! I got into my first choice college and have no more applications!

...except for the scholarship apps. Crud.

On a side note, I lost my second leopard gecko to anorexia... *sigh* maybe I should just give up herpotology. ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/6899722/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/6899722/ Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:22:40 PDT
So, yeah. Expect an orgy of uploads soon. I've got a whole sketchbook full, my old scanner hasn't been working right since July -_-;

Some other news: I got a new gecko - a juvenile Snow with an attitude, we think. Couldn't keep the other one, if you really want more details you'll hafta IM me. Also my Early Decision application's been sent in to Smith! Keep your fingers crossed for me! ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/6804368/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/6804368/ Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:01:16 PDT
Why do I create?
I need to make things - people, characters - who are completely dependent on me. It doesn't matter that they're not real. That is what makes them mine. They cannot live without me. I plot out their lives. In my hands, they dance and love and mourn and die. Their minds spiral out of control, because they never had it in the first place.

They are mine. I am important to them, and I am not important to many people. Do I have a god complex? Yes. The creature most dear to my heart is dying, and I hate it, because I cannot control it. It wouldn't be alive if it weren't for me. I keep it warm, give it water. I force food into its mouth because it won't eat on its own. But I can't stop death, and it's tearing me up.

My room. My other pets stare at me with blank eyes. Until recently, they were my Hopes and Dreams. They've seen so much. They will never die before me. They can be anything I want them to be - my stuffed animals.

Did I have a point here? Maybe. I'm a paranoid bitch. Keep thinking she's ignoring me on purpose. Why should I care? She used me. Or did I use her? So confused. So naive.

But what's important is that there is no one I know that I want to die before. Godammit, live is so rich right now. I can't imagine leaving. At least not until I find that person. ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/6575473/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/6575473/ Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:59:04 PDT ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/6331936/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/6331936/ Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:02:48 PDT
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Scared? Good, so am I.

Seriously though, I'm referring to my recent purchase of an albino leopard gecko. It's adorable and you will all be seeing pictures of it very soon!

*sigh* I'm so in love. Who knew herpatology would be so rewarding.

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I did have a picture ready to put up for the 4th, but my scanner decided to be mean and scanned a yellow bar down the side. And this is a picture I spent an entire afternoon painstakingly coloring.

Neeways, I'm having fun, and I've got some new pictures that will go up ASAP. Thanks for your patience (not that anyone's holding their breath).

Things I love about all-women colleges:

1. Limited contact with males
2. Womens' bathrooms are extremely easy to locate.
3. Liberal is good.
4. Sleepovers and takeout!
5. Everyone is so much nicer here.
6. The gym has TVs on the equipment.
7. The showers are niiiicce.
8. Common. The GIRLS!
9. Dorms like palaces (singles!).
10. No one is trying to impress the opposite gender. YAY!

Clubs...

Watchers...
Love ya all! ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/5240889/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/5240889/ Sun, 01 May 2005 18:23:18 PDT
Why is may the best? Well, it has the shortest name, lots of green things, and (of course) my birthday!

That's right, folks! On the 20th I will no longer be 16. In fact I will be BARELY SEVENTEEN! And no, that does not automatically mean I will also be "barely dressed", no matter how much I like Meatloaf.

And no, this is not a thinly concealled way of begging for birthday freebees. Unless, of course, you want to draw me something... *attempts to Jedi mind-trick you and fails miserably*

Clubs...

Watchers...
Love ya all! ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/4664982/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/4664982/ Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:34:40 PST
If anyone can stake the claim, I'll draw a little something for 'ya. I might even draw something anyway...

On a side note...

Trades: open
Requests: open
Commisions: Sorry, I don't charge for my awful scrawls

So basically, I'm a pushover who'll draw anything (non-explicit) ya want so you'll like me. Hey, we all gotta start somewhere! ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/4413287/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/4413287/ Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:46:12 PST
But it still ended. And it took a chunk of me with it, like so many other great series. Damn my sensitivity. Even an amatur author has that kind of power, drawing the readers in, cradling them in some fragile, bittersweet world. And no matter how elegant, smooth, and captivating the story, the end always comes like a train wreck. You HAVE to know. You can't look away, or you might miss something that could change the way you think. But that means it's over. Here, sinner, I'll point the way to the door so you can leave this Eden that I, the author (and God), have created. But you are just a visiter, and are too spoiled, too different, or just too real to stay with me. And it's gone.

Don't think it's just books, either, although I find that they're the worst. Anything can be the cause of this painful catharsis. Even a song, even the life of a single human being. A Rock God died today, you hear. A legend. A man I know. That woman I saw on the bus, it was in the news. The Wendy's guy, what was his name? The towers fell. And it hits you. Everything in the future is changed, because whoever died cannot see it or influence it.

But is their death really an ending? Entire novels have been spurred by one death. But, the other way around, the only way to really end a story is with death. The death of everyone in it, down to the neighbor's pet fish. Hell, maybe only the end of the world could really finalize things, but that's not right either. Douglas Adams, god rest his sould, gave us proof enough of that. But the end of the known universe also wouldn't work. What kind of message is that, anyway? Oh, no, sorry but the great force of Entropy won after all and everyone's individual journey really WAS pointless in the first place.

I think that's why I like webcomics. They don't have a clear end, or even a clear beginning at times. But even they break down, end, go on hiatus, and become rotton through and through. And I think that's why I have such trouble writing. I can start a story, but knowing I'll have to end it breaks my heart, so I just stop. And that's worse.

So what's the point? I could read Finnagen's Wake, but I'd never understand it, so the fact that it doesn't really end doesn't matter. Maybe, underneath all this angst and circular thinking, you see a confused, scared little girl who gets through life by pretending she's things she's not. By defining herself based on the factors surrounding her. And you'd be right. In fact, if you thought that this whole spew of philisophical bullshit was spawned because said girl can't get a date, you probably wouldn't be far off. But think for a bit, if you've actually read this rant to this point. In a moment, I will be done, and what then? You won't remember the beginning, just the end. And nothing's ever the same the second time you read it. The first time you read something, you are open, as vulnerable to love, betrayal, and confusion. The second time you're omniscient, and that ruins everything. Remember, the characters don't change, you do. ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/4264524/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/4264524/ Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:36:12 PST
Sorry it took so long, folks, but I haven't been on a huge drawing binge lately. Also, I'm lazy and forgot to scan stuff. So some of these doodles are pretty old, but please bear with me =^^= ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/3760557/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/3760557/ Sat, 06 Nov 2004 10:55:31 PST
I GOT AN AVATAR!!!!!!

This makes me very, very happy. In fact, I'll draw any requests submitted to me before next Friday! Well, within a reasonable number, but I doubt that I'll get swamped with people begging for my "talents" ><;

And no, I don't draw anything "mature" beyond minimal nudity.

Also, I'd like to thank my beautiful and talented Best Beloved sister for coloring this for me!

And, strangely enough, she did not pay me to say that. ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/3658113/ http://Daybreak-Aurora.deviantart.com/journal/3658113/ Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:59:38 PDT
The things with the * after them are the items that pertain to me fursonally. gee, there are a lot, aren't there?

1. Noisey appliance like a vacuum cleaner scare you.*
2. Vacuums in general scare you (nature abhores a vacuum!).
3. You narrate your phantom body parts' actions so people will know your moods ("The tail! It wags!).*
4. You spend your free time making up "If You're Furry and You Know It" verses to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It".*
5. Someone has actually said "For God's sake, you're a human being, not an animal" to you... *
6. ...and everyone in the immediate vicinity started laughing...*
7. ...and it turns out the person who said it didn't know you were a furry.*
8. People you don't know bark at you on Costume Day during your school's Spirit Week.*
9. You'll do anything for an ear/head/back scratch.*
10. You own Animal Crossing for Gamecube...*
11. ...and all of the townspeople say customized things at the end of their sentences (Female skunks: Zig-Zag, male skunks: Pepe val Pew, female cats: Omaha etc, etc.)*
12. Howling comes more naturally than screaming on amusement park rides.*
13. You automatically try to bite anything that comes too close to your face.*
14. You own the book "How to speak Cat"...*
15. ...and you can actually speak to your cat.
16. You find absolutely nothing strange about reading a poem called "Beastiality" in your Poetry Appreciation class (Sharon Olds, The Dead and the Living. Check it out, it's a good poem).*
17. Your plushies take up more room on your bed than you do.*
18. You get upset when anyone refers to a plushie/pet as the wrong gender.*
19. The only other known furs at your school are people you've confurted.
20. People begin to wonder if you can draw humans.*
21. You ordered the Spellsinger series from Amazon at a ridiculous price even though your library has most of the series.
22. You voluteer to be the Easter Bunny at your job...
23. ...five months in advance.
24. You think nothing of spending twenty-some-odd dollars on a racoon plushie.
25. You organize a "toon sleepover" with your friends just for an excuse to watch Disney's Robin Hood.*
26. You don't need an excuse to watch Disney movies.
27. You know that as soon as you finish your YKYAFW list you'll think of ten things to add to it.

Yup, y'know what that means. I'll be updating this periodically. ]]> ~Daybreak-Aurora