~FlintXD

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They are great guys and writers, go check it out!

Wow, 2 years since the last journal x3 About time I tidied up.

So this year has been busy and not much art has been pouring out from me - finished my PhD and wrote up my thesis! However that also means I've been unemployed since the end of September. It's freed up some time to draw, but oh my god is applying for jobs boring as hell >.<

Hopefully come 2016 I'll have one. Until then I'll just keep chugging along. Since I have a little more time, feel free to enquire about commissions if you'd like :)

Excuse the bad language but... I fucking love the fandom!

I don't intend to make this one of those 'list everything I did' journals, as I'm sure there are gonna be frigging LOADS of those. I wanted to reflect back on it slightly differently. I was reminded at that lovely hotel in Magdeburg just how wonderful the whole fandom is. People from several continents of the globe coming together to enjoy each other's company, to hug and scritch and cuddle, to go 'awwwww' at the cute fursuits, to dance the night away and follow up with a hangover... and not a single ounce of judgement against one another. The furry fandom may be jusged upon by those outside of it, and our reputation is still on the mend, but when I go to conventions I'm always reminded just how great the fandom is and how wrong all the critiques are.

I can remeber standing on one of the lobby overhangs looking down at the con, all the people milling about talking, laughing, drinking. Life size animal suits just wandering around and no one thinking it weird. The fact that some of us like to dress up and hang around these individuals as a hobby, we pay money and book time off work to be with each other and fursuiters, is a wonderful thing. I realised how different I feel when I'm at a con:

Everyday when I come home from work and lounge around on the internet yapping away with other furries online, I forget what it's like amongust 1000 furries. When I arrive on day one, I feel like regular boring old me, but by day 4 I feel free! I really and truly feel like Flinty, whether I'm in suit or not (also, full suited for the first time - flipping amazing!). I feel like I become the person I truly am, and it's a shame only a furry convention makes me feel that way. Already now, back home on my pc, I can feel that thick atmosphere that made me feel so wonderful and alive fading. That's why I wanted to write this down now.

Sitting in your room writing or drawing and posting the results on FA isn't what it's all about, I keep forgetting that. It's a great contribution to the fandom, but nothing beats hanging out with my furiends. I'm still runing on a high from Eurofurence but I know I'm gonna come crashing down soon, but I just wanna thank the insane staff of all the conventions for putting so much effort into running these things. and I want to thank all my friends, new and old, for making the fandom what it is and despite any drama that occassionally goes on, I don't ever regret being a part of this awesome group of fuzzies!

Off skiing in France for a week :D see ya later!

Been a bloody long time since I opened these! Wanted to concentrate on my Civ Run, which itself has had a 3 month hiatus ^^;;;But I have a plan of action now:

I'm willing to take commissions. I will take only 2-3 at a time, if I get more people asking me, I will note down that you want one and come back to you when I'm free. Please Note me your interests rather than posting in this journal.

The 2-3 commissions I get, I will try to get through them at a reasonable pace, but I don't want to neglect my Civ Run and other picture ideas. So I will likely do 1 commission, do a couple Civ pics or something, then do the next commission. One thing I've experienced with the Civ Run is it gets boring doing the same thing over and over so the commissions can help break it up and feel fresher.

Now the important part - prices!
I've never been that good at pricing my art, and with the UK / US exchange rate as terrible as it is, I look really expensive to you americans. So what I'm going to do is sort of put up a ROUGH guide of what I will charge.

Inked pictures (much like the Civ Run) ~ £9 = $14.50
Coloured flat pictures like so ~ £13 = $21
Shaded pictures like so ~ £18 = $29
Sometimes I do softer shading like so ~ £25 = $40
*Currency conversion is accurate as of the making of this journal. I've tried to keep it fair for american payers given I use such a rediculous currency! x3

If your character has complicated designed, there are multiple characters, less than simple backgrounds, or multi-panel comic style in your commission, the prices will be slightly higher. Please just note that these prices are guides!!!

Once again, if you are interested, note me :)

Ok soooo... 22/12/12 is actually happening. I hadn't planned for the world to go on! What do I do now?! D:

Happy Thanksgiving to all my yankie friends ^^ Now go eat, then eat some more. Gotta get some practise in for Xmas afteral!

And even though we don't celebrate it here, I'll just take a quick moment to thank all my friends just for being my friends. I've come to learn in the last couple weeks that you guys can really take the edge off when things go rough in life and I wouldn't want to lose any of you. Thank you for being the awesome guys and gals you are <3

Pretty important update about what's going on in my life right now, and affecting my activity here on FA.
I was taking a break from art and my civ run, maybe doing a commission or two but admittedly I got a bit lazy....
But then my Grandad had a stroke Sunday morning GMT time which led to blood on the brain. Had to dash over and see him before he went under knife. Thankfully he's still with us and as uncertain the next few days are, he's looking positive already. I had a tricky decision to make as I have a work trip to France tomorrow for 3 days, but after he managed to string a few words together, even Grandad told me to go. So I will and will visit him the moment I get back.
All this right before my birthday on Saturday! If nothing else changes I still plan to have a little party with friends, I'll probably need some hugs anyway :)
But in terms of art, all is off for now. I'll drop in and lurk about, drop some comments, but my priorities lie with the family for now understandably.

And don't worry, I'm coping and I'm not cracking up. My family deal with situations like this by laughing, a strange way but its working :) we know the worst could happen, but we're not going crazy with worry just yet.

TL:DR - EF18 was awesome, met lots of new peeps and furs and got many hugs <3

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Might as well do a quick round up so lets see here.
Flew into Hanover with Kendral, Aquillus and some awesome Cambridge furs I didnt know and now am making a big effort to get to know since they are local to me. Arrived and gave his hello hug. He didn't eat me and let me enjoy the con first so that was nice of him!
Then I think I got my hugs from . I hadn't met or spoken to him before but is in the process of writing a story with out chars so made a good excuse to say hi... and OMG he's like the cuddliest bear ever ^^ so sweet. Met his other half also and he's a lovely fellow also.
Bought 's new CD which is awesome, and the guy was terrific enough to sign my copy all because I had exact change! x3 Didn't buy much else other than the con shirt (and the lovely fruity cocktails). Attmepted the fursuit games again and teamed with and we had fun but didnt make it into the stageshow final - and thank god because it started uber late at like 11pm at night!
Watched the GoH Peter S Beagle's 'The Last Unicorn' a beautiful 80's cartoon and absolutely loved it. Beagle seemed like a really nice gentleman and wasn't scared of being amongst us nutters! also watched the fursuit dances and... kinda wanna try my hand at it one day soon.
Didn't buy anything at the art show or auction but like the dancing, I want to enter something maybe at CF13 if I can pull my finger out! Played a lot of games in the games room, my favourite being Innovation, a sort of Civilization 5 Tech Tree card game.
Attended Uncle Kage's Storytime as usual which was a good laugh, and also my very first 2 the Ranting gryphon piece. He's hilarious! Gotta watch him more often. I decided to watch the pawpet show in 's room with a few others ( and were amongst them) but I didn't really get to hear the show very well so I'll be on the lookout for a recording someplace. I heard it was good.
Also attended 's vore table in the lobby which was a success and about 25 furs showed up. Also got to mee the talented and watch him do some sketching. Very nice guy.
And of course, dancing was amazing expecially in suit. I always feel like I'm in my own little world and can do anything... maybe deluding myself into thinking Im a good dancer x3

I dont want this journal to be too long so I won't drag it out. There are others I met and loved meeting and will do my best to keep talking to other than at just the cons. Love you all so much, thanks for a great EF18, on to next year!

UPDATE!
I have completed the game. I had to play twice because the first run was totally unfair:
Egypt was out on turn 72 before I had a chance to find him.
Secret, Garn and Bunny were all undiscovered by turn 300 because I had no access to the sea to explore, and India wouldnt allow me through his territory to explore by land.
That and it was getting almighty boring to play, so I restarted... and the second game was much fairer, all nations found within 150 turns, many interactions occurred, and some nations fell! Plenty of pictures to draw so I've got my hands full x3

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If I have approached you about this sequence already, please read as much as you can. Anyone else, I encourage you to read too - theres is a TL:DR at the bottom!

As I stand right now, I’m happy about the quality of my art. I am always striving to get better of course, but most pictures I draw these days I’m happier with than I was a year ago. What I’m NOT happy about is my speed to draw these pictures. I know you can’t rush a good thing, but I know for sure this is something I can improve on. For example, I recently have started trying a new shading technique which shaves off a lot of time. I used to hate shading because it was long and hard to do; now it’s the opposite. I still need to iron a couple bugs with it, but the important thing is I’m faster whilst still maintaining a good quality. Now I need to work on sketching and inking speeds.
To do this I’ve decided to begin a project which involves drawing lots of pictures that for the most part, won’t be coloured. Sort of like an Iron Artist challenge, but like I say, I don’t think I’m fast enough to do that yet. This project is designed to MAKE me fast enough to do something like that... hopefully! I’m basically going to do a long sequence very similar to one is doing currently – a Civilisation 5 Run. I saw his sequence and thought it was cool but didn’t think to try one myself because it would be copying his idea. However I approached him (because I’d been meaning to say hi) and he actually encouraged me to do one! So here I am trying it out, except I am including the recent expansion into my sequence. I gave him one of the 11 slots I was going to need for this as thanks.

How the Run Works
For those who don’t know, Civ 5 is a turn based strategy game where you pick a famous empire and one of its most iconic figures in its history and build an empire that can stand the test of time from 4000BC right to the modern day. There are a number of victory conditions to you can achieve: Domination (wiping out all other civs), Science (be the first to build a rocket ship), Culture (the first to build the Utopia Project), Diplomatic (be voted the World Leader by the other nations) or Time (total score in the year 2050AD). I’m turning the last one off because getting one of the other victory conditions can be done before then anyway, and I hate the feeling of being rushed.
I have had 11 friends pick a nation. I am going to play on the largest map size (12 civs) on King difficulty (just above normal) and play against the AI that my friends chose – because hoping 11 people from around the globe will all be online at the same time for a long enough period of time and a stable internet connection is maybe a bit hopeful! As certain events unfold (war, peace, trade, etc) I will draw them out, but with my friends’ chars acting as the leaders. I’m going to try and keep it furry themed and silly as much as I can, even throw in some vore (when a civ is destroyed), nudity and yiff (when civs are friendly) and embarrassing humiliation (when one civ seems to be getting picked on). I’ll even throw in the stats I have on the turns events happen, just a nice little extra the civ fans can view, and scrutinise my terrible playing skill!

Rules
- I am playing on King difficulty. This is above normal difficulty, gives me a challenge, and the AI are likely to do something I can draw. Also going to use a ‘Standard’ length of time, so this should take about 450 turns.
- I have chosen a Pangea Map. The sea is less important but still can be used to explore and invade from. I feel this map will be fairer for those involved (see below).
- The vore is a definite: if your civ is destroyed, you are gulped up for the rest of the game! Regarding the yiff and stuff, I’m attempting to be lenient with my friends because not everyone likes everything. So they can be spared some of these themes, I will just draw something else instead. Thankfully, everyone is ok with the vore.
- I may have to play the game twice because it may be possible I am wiped out quite early. If it happens, I cannot continue and see what the other civs do. It may also be possible for a nation to be wiped out before I’ve met them, so they won’t even appear in the sequence at all (except as pudge!).
- If I get a long way into the game and another civ wipes me out/wins by another method, I will accept the loss. I will obviously play to win, but if I don’t then I’m not going to rig it. I just want the game to go a long way before victory can be claimed. Maybe even draw a reward picture for the winner!
- This is all down to chance: the nations that border me will appear in the sequence more often. Of course I will attempt to find all 11 nations as fast as I can with scouts and ships to increase the fairness. Pangea I feel is the fastest to achieve this (I can just sail round the land and find most civs) hence why I have chosen it. Continental maps need ships that sail the ocean rather than shallow seas, which takes longer to get. It does also depend how the AI behaves: if your chosen nation doesn’t do much, I can’t draw it. There’s only so many things I can control, so please don’t complain if you’re not drawn much.
- As I said, I’m going to try and find everyone before they are dominated. If a neighbour bordering me empire is wiped out early on, I may still continue because I would’ve met him early on anyway and gotten a chance to doodle a few pictures with them already.
- I won’t be attempting a Domination Victory – I’m crap at it. I will wage war if I have something to gain but it’s not my intention (despite how much I love vore!). I usually go Culture or Science, sometimes Diplomatic if I’m forced into it. As I said above, I’m excluding a Time Victory. Being on King difficulty, the AI gets advantages over me and will no doubt have a better score. I never usually hit the year 2050AD anyway by winning another victory.

Meet the Civilisations
These furs, as well as myself, will be appearing regularly in the project. I’m not very good at coming up with silly names, and where I failed, I tried to come up with a title reminiscent of their nation.
The mighty and ferocious, Secret the Hun (Atilla of the Huns)
The tropical island leader, Garn the Great (Kamehameha of Polynesia)
Grand Duchess of the Yarn Empire, Queen Snackcat (Maria Theresa of Austria)
His Imperial Majesty, Tsar Freaky (Catherine of Russia)
The divine and wonderful, Queen Bunny (Dido of Carthage)
The great dark ruler, Pharaoh Taluthus (Ramses II of Egypt)
The Macedonian Hero, Teio the Great (Alexander of Greece).
The powerful and beautiful, Empress Mackenya (Theodora of Byzantium)
The wise and peaceful, Mahatma Typhos (Ghandi of India)
The tactful and unifier, Oda Zephyx (Oda Nobunaga of Japan)
Emperor Moonblossom, Sefra Bonaparte (Napoleon of France)

Some people picked the same nations (Egypt and Greece) so I had to flip a coin for those people. The loser got their backup nation, as I got everyone to pick a couple of nations in case clashes occurred. As for me, you will see on the first drawing.

What also appears in this game are ‘City States’: Small neutral cities which cannot expand their empire (but can expand their borders) or win the game. Civs can choose to interact, trade, ignore or conquer them. There are going to be 24 in total on the map. suggested using them as a way of having guests! So you may find your own char randomly appearing in the game once or twice, depending which City State they represent and what happens to that state. I may not do ALL 24 but I’ve got a list of some people I want to include. I thought it was a BRILLIANT idea to include some people who I wanted to be a civilisation, but ran out of room. So thank you Freaky!


I realise I’m locking myself into a VERY big project and lots of uncoloured art is going to result from this. 99% will go to my scraps folder, and I will take a few breaks to keep my mind fresh – I have a list of drawings I can do to stop me going insane! So whether you are partaking or just a viewer, do please ask any questions you may have! I will begin this sequence as soon as I think I’ve got a good game running.
So without further delays, I need to get playing! :D

TL:DR
I’m slow at drawing, going to draw a looong sequence. Hopefully it will help me draw faster. Involves Civ 5, bit of vore, yiff and general silliness. Please do watch, you might just appear in it!

With the addition of on my watch list, I now have over 1000 watchers! :D Sadly beat me to it x3 We noticed we were just over a dozen away and started our race to 1000. He had a head start but I closed the gap but fell short by 4 :P But upon announcing his win, I found anouther 6 within a day!

So to all you 1000 watchers (including you Tal :P) Thank you all so much. Whether you are still active on FA or not, I'm grateful for all your support over the years and that you enjoy my art, and I hope to continue to entertain you with more drawings ^^

Go here if you want a chance at free art! http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3567787/

is a good artist ^^ go check him out!

... which means your inboxes are gonna be filled with confuzzled journals! x3
Yes I hate it too when everyone says 'oh look I had a wonderful time at a con that you didnt go to, but to be perfectly honest, you just have such a good time that you just wanna share it and hopefully encourage other people to go next year. Anywho I'll try to keep it short.

Arrived with on friday afternoon and checked in and got to see and since I moved away from Southampton. Also met again, as I'd only met once before, a very friendly (and rather drunken as I later found out) stegasaurous! Also hooked up with my Call of Cthulu GM, which is always a nice treat. Through him I bumped into and said more than 'hello' this time x3 I've made a bad habit in the past (which isn't helped by my inability to remember names) of not getting to know people that well when I meet and see them so I tried to make up for that with the chu... so he wouldnt eat me! Saw the yapping , and of course I saw again which is always fabulous! Seeing as she wasn't working this time we could actually chat and dance this time x3 Also finally got to meet a long time MSN buddy and commissioner. Such a nice foxy ^^
Next morning while the sponsor's went to the Dealer's Den, I met another southampton fur (all the good furs seem to be there it seems!) who had this awesome rock band card game! Dealer's Den was really cool as there was much more space for it due to the new venue, which itself was awesome as well (made a lot of use of their swimming pool). Spent a fair bit of time in fursuit too as it's only my 2nd con with one. Tried out the xbox kinect in suit and played SSBB too. Then headed off to the fursuit fiasco games - should NOT have suited before hand 'cause it got SOOOOO hot! But OMG was it worth it, I'd never had so much fun in my life. Highlight of the con for me, and as a bonus, I came 2nd! :D
Went along to Russet's writing panel, just in case I do write some more stories I wanted to get some pointers. Was very informative, and Kenrel was there too offering critisicm which was nice. UK Pawpets production wasn't a let down once again. I'm glad Scribe didn't let Temmy persuade me to miss the show (though she missed the second half 'cause she had to take out her contacts and couldnt get back in). Met up with and for board games. Been a little too long since I last saw them so it was nice to catch up a bit. Was also impressed they've gotten involved in the PawPet show too. And also met Kreiger Bear (another southampton furry!) a lovely guy ^^
But as with all good things, they must end. Sat at home now looking at the 100's of messages in my inbox that have accumulated in just 4 days! Awesome con once again, gutted I couldn't get the 5th consecutive year attendance goodie bag (damn you Southampton Uni!) but it was hardly a damper on the whole weekend. To quote a tweet I saw on Temmy's phone: Confuzzled should be bi-annular!!!

TL:DR
Confuzzled 2012, awesome.
Suited, got prize.
Met old friends, made couple more.
Booooo, con is over.
Bring on 2013!

Nothing else to report, just wishing you all a good day! ^^ Now go nuzzle someones feet or something!

Been a looong while since journaled here... so wht better way to fill the gap with a meme! X3

Where are you staying?
At the Con Hotel

What day are you getting there?
Aiming for Friday afternoon

Who will you be with?
My snugglefox  secretkitsune

Do you do free art or trades?
At the con? If you can catch me Im sure ^^

Do you do commissions/badges?
Same as above, though I probably wont draw them at the con

Do you have prints/CDs?
Nope, sowwy.

Do you have art in the art show?
Nope, been a bit unmotivated lately

What suit(s) will you have?
Me! --> =3

Can I dance with you?
As long as you dont push between me and my snugglefox, sure!

What is your gender?
Male my good sir!

How old are you?
Double 2

How tall are you?
European average - 5' 7"

Are you mated? in a relationship?
Told you already, I has a snugglefox <3

Can I touch you?
In the form of hugs and scritches ^^

Can I talk to you?
Please do! Im bad at starting convos as it is!

Can I hug you?
*noddles* yup!

Can I take photos of you/with you?
Sure, though my ugly mug may break the lens x3

Can I buy you lots of drinks?
The drinks are on you? How kind =3

Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
YES/no...

Can I give you lots of money?
I take donations for the Flinty Snuggles

Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Havn't I answered this already?

Can we hang out?
It's a con, you can't not hang out x3

Are you nice?
People say I am =3

In fursuit...
I'll be looking around for sneeky snuggles!

Where will you be most of the time during the con?
I tend to go to several events so.. here there and everywhere!

Other cons you may go to?
Eurofurence ^^

Who are you rooming with?
Seriously, how many times do I need to say this... I HAS A SNUGGLEFOX!

Attending any events?
Oh plenty I'm sure

How can I find you at the con?
A) Find the blue fox with yellow hair ^^
B) Read my badge - theres another Flint roaming around it seems :O IMPOSTER!!!

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3143121/

Fun lil raffle for a guest appearance in 1 of 2 vore games is making :)

Getting your laptop back after an array of faults and errors!
Reason why art has been at zero level for the last few weeks is cause my laptop has been in the repair shop to cure its infection of BSOD. I got it back only to discover the brand new motherboard they put in broke within 30 mins of turning it on!!!
Thankfully the engineer came and repaired it today in front of me and its lasted a lot longer than 30 mins so far =P though it feels like I personally have shunk... My BF was kind enough to lend me his netbook which is a quarter the size of my laptop! Getting this laptop back now feels... odd! x3
Hopefully I can do a couple of piccies before xmas is out, otherwise they wont get done till February x3

Right I will keep the EF17 short and sweet because im sure you all have your inbox awash with these sorts of journals!
It was amazing, better than last year in virtually all ways i think. What made it nicer personally for me was that I was able to take a fursuit with me to a con for the first time! <3 It sure does bring a new experience to cons. Met up with old friends, made some new ones, bought some art, came within an inch of breaking the bank in the auction (damn you Tanidareal for being sooooo good at art!).

Now onto commissions. Thanks to EF and mingling with over 1000 furries and emersed in a variety of art, I so very much want to get some of my art in a con art show one day. My next con isnt for a long time, but that doesnt mean I can slack off. I want to practise more, draw more and I want to keep my commission slots open. As far as Im aware I have no slots taken right now so do contact me for details if you want a commission done :)
If you HAVE already asked for a commission and I've forgotten then note me and gimme a reminder ^^

EDIT - Well, so many people jumped on the bandwagon in one night that I cant take anymore! ^^;; sorry

Don't you hate it when you sit in front of the TV and a film comes on and you feel like checking it out, having it lure you in making you want to find out what it's all about, end up watching the entire feature right to the conclusion... only to have no idea what really happened?

That's what 'The Lovely Bones' did to me just now. Goodbye 2 hours of my life. If you havn't seen it, it's basically a girl who got murdered but doesn't want to go to heaven yet so just watches her family cope with her death. If I had been told that before, I wouldn't have watched it 'cause it sounds boring but apparently it's critisiced as a great film.

Damn you TV!!!

I did a lil review on part 1 some time ago so it only makes sense to follow it up ^^ you might not be interested in reading my views but I like to do this once in a while.

To prepare myself for the final film, I watched all previous 7 movies to remind myself of the details - I could remember 1-4 reasonably well but 5 onwards the details went foggy. Im glad I did that also because it reminded me why I enjoyed watching the films. Reading the books is fantastic, visualising and painting the pictures in your mind certainly is magical with a series as successful as Harry Potter, but able to physically watch it (in 3D no less, though not essential) is quite special.

Ive always admired just how well the producers and directors are able to adapt a book into a film with such excellent detail and so consistantly, and they did it again with HP 7-2. CGI have improved over the years so that certainly helped with the spells and the apparations, but the scenary and the general acting is never boring. Of course credit goes to JK Rowling for making the events so captivating but kudos to the actors for playing the roles well and giving the book justice.

HP and the Deathly Hallows definately has the most detail than any other book. I can remember reading it and I was more confused than I was reading the other books, which is why I'm glad they split it into 2 films. It allowed for more detail to be told rather than skipping and racing through them. Both parts 1 and 2 successfully conveyed the story that needed to be told in adequate detail, perhaps lingering inside Hogwarts a little too long trying to find the Diadem and Nagini, but the likes inside Gringotts and in particular the epilogue 19 years later were very good. I was very impressed how Radcliffe transitioned from the teenage wizard to proud father.

Now for the bad points. I realise book adaptations will never satisfy everyones tastes and they will have to skip details out to be able to make the film, but I was sadly slightly disappointed with the final instalment. It began well, splicing out what didnt necessarily need to be told and editing certain details to fit the film better, but the final battle between Voldemort and Harry was a bit of a let down. Not to say it was bad, it was still awesome to watch but it wasnt like the book at all. Harry was supposed to have explained why the Elder Wand wouldnt help Voldemort and the battle should have taken place in front of everyone, yet the explaination was told AFTER the fight, and the battle took place in the courtyard with no witnesses. After the battle, everyones reactions were pretty poor too. There should have been a thunderous rawr or celebration at the death of the dark lord... yet there was barely a hug and a smile from anyone! Also the killing of Nagini was wrong. It should have been quick and simple like in the book, but it was drawn out and made too complicated. Lastly, one detail I thought was left out that should have been kept in was the repairing of Harry's original wand, yet it was completely left out. That wand meant a lot to Harry as it chose him 7 years ago, yet it was omitted which I think is a shame.

Now let's finish on the good points! Dame Maggie Smith, OMG! All the way through the films I always fealt that her role was sidelined somewhat but she definately shined in the final movie. Her small duel driving off Snape and bolstering Hogwarts' morale and defences for the upcoming battle. It was so nice to see her role truly come to life the way it should have done ages ago. And Alan Rickman, wow. Snape had to be the trump card in the whole series, being the secret protector of Harry and his secret revealed upon his death. Ive always loved how Rickman portrays the cold professor and I think it did him and his character justice how his memories were played out in the pencieve. And finally Molly Weasley. True to the end: NEVER cross her family for she will smite you as Bellatrix Lestrange found out. Their little fight together was masterful and wonderful to see Molly's character spring to life like that from a normally docile caring mother. Speaking of Lestrange I've always like how her character was portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter.

Overal it was definately worth seeing albeit the ending was lower than my expectations. Id say 8.5 out of 10. A very good way to finish of the series of magical films.

and burns us all!!!
It is definately summer now, it is very warm. It also is a time of great freedom: I has finished my university exams!

For the last time...

Yup, 3 years done and dusted in Biomdeical Sciences. I gradute on the 26th July, with what level I don't know yet, hopefully will know in 3 weeks. I hope to get a 1st honours degree, but it's not the end of the world if I get an Upper 2nd Degree :) My PhD placement only requires an Upper Second so that's hopefully in the bag.

In other news, now that I am free of exams I can start to draw again. Got a few ideas I want to draw up, couple of commission interests to catch up on. I have to move out of my student accommodation at the end of the month as the contract expires and move back in with my parents ^^;;; Only for the summer though, and they are awesome to me so it can't be all THAT bad =P

I've also order a partial fursuit from <--- Go check out her stuff, she's new on the block for suits but is a fecking genious at creating them! There, nice bit of advertising done ^^ Hopefully I can get it by EF in August, but not the end of the world if not.

Anyway, must sign off now, I'm about to go hug my boyfriend! <3

I was linked by a friends journal TO THIS.

is doing a furry overlay to one of Elton John's songs 'Recover your Soul' and needs some volunteers :)

Go check it out if your interested, or if you just wanna listen to Elton John for 5 mins

HERE --> http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2332065/ <-- HERE

March has been a good month to this fox. Cracking on with uni work fairly well, seeing awesome furs, doing more drawings and getting some good progress in my post-uni applications.

Let's start with life shall we. My uni final year project is going reasonably well I'd say. Still got a month and a bit to finish it but I ought to be ok. Over the last few months I've been applying to do Master's and PhD courses, and the reponses are coming back fairly positively! Manchester will have me if I get a 2:1 for a Master's so thats awesome.

Now to the furry world. I'm sure I've said it enough but AWWWW I love this fandom and the furs in it! Boyfriend has been down for a long weekend, and went to a furry birthday party, and getting invited to more parties over the next month. Commissions still slowly getting asked for which I like ^^ Dont want loads right now but this is a nice amount so far. Spending a lot of time with some local furs too (you guys are too awesome to not be named - - love you guys!). Also booked some fairly decent priced plane tickets to EF 17 - bring on the summer!

All in all, Im a happy foxy and right now and I hope you guys are too =3

Benn a while since I posted a journal

Im not dead, just been a bit preoccupied with uni work as usual. Had my exams and I have this damned project to be getting on with... but on a good note I got those exam results back today!

63, 72 and 81% - average of 72%

Yah that is ranging nearly 20 ^^;;; but the important thing is that combined average. I NEED at least 70% to be getting the best degree from this course so Im on track! Woooooooot!!!! Tutor also said she'd check on that 63 mark, seeing as its much lower than the others, she suspected something was a miss. Could be the case but one question in that exam was tricky to answer so it may have brought me down, but oh well!

Im'a happy foxy ^_^