Life of Blinque

hey everyone, i thought i would post my thanks to you all now that i can get onlineat my bosses. All the cats but my beloved penny and apollo got out. Penny was in my room, which is where the fire starter, so we dont hold out much hope that she made it out when mat kicked down the door, which is what flashed the fire in my room. my TV, it turns out, was more then likely the cause. Apollo MAY have gotten out, and i may call on some of you to help me mount a search for her at some point. Patch, Gemma and Kiki had to go to the vets, gemma and kiki for smoke inhalation, but patches got badly burned, and he breathed flame into his lungs,and had his eyeballs burned. However, he is doing fantastic and may come home as early as tonight. Sadly, i dont know where we are going to put him! dad has three with him, i have two in my hotel room, mat has two in his...but when i know what we need, i will let everyone know. I love you all, and i cannot wait to see all of you soon.

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I'm a 23 yr old anthro/furry artist from ny who has been a furry AND PROUD OF IT for a really long time. I joined furaffinity a long time ago but forget my password and the email died so I can't go on, which is a crap situation.  ): My furson who is the real me under all thise human skin is called Xenguin she is a beautiful snow lynx/tabby hybrid and shes the one I am when things start looking down, cuz I used to be online but then my dad died and my life was really shitty and my boyfriend dumped me for no reason and it was the worst time in my life. I quit everything and was really depressed but things are finally looking up because someone i know said a while ago that 2009 was the year for ppl born on January 23 (she saw it in a book or something lol) and I thought that since it was a good year I would go online again and try to get back into the furry scene and start putting up my awesome art because I love that you guys will understand me.

Yeah. :)

I just finished this stuffed dragon for my son for Christmas. I am going to start making them for my etsy site www.thewovenchain.etsy.com.

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Hey everyone! It's been so long since I posted (though I continue to read everyone elses entries!) and I hope everyone is well.

First, thanks to everyone who helped me out with my queston about painting styrofoam. I opted to just use permanent markers. It was something I already had and it worked out great. I vended my first convention in October (which is why I was asking about styrofoam for my displays!) and it was a HUGE success for me. I've been slowly listing the leftovers on Etsy. Beneath the cut you'll find photos of the some of the items I made for the con. The leftovers, like I said, are on my Etsy and I'll have a link to that as well at the bottom.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

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My boyfriend is amazing. Therefore he deserves a painting to brighten up his room for the holidays.

( It's perfect for him )

 
A Victorian inspired baboon fur tassel necklace (with real silvery baboon fur!)
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Hidely ho, all y'alls!

You may have noticed over the past few days that getting your application to our processing staff has been, well, a little difficult. Without going into the fine detail of the matter, the US Postal Service chose to close the PO Box that's used for applications without giving any kind of notice. You may have even received an alternate address to send to during the duration of the problem, or your application may have been returned to you with an "Unable to Deliver" notice.

I'm happy to say that the matter has been dealt with, and the address posted on the Dealers Application and in the packet will now be accepting mail right away. If you've had your application returned, simply resend it with the original envelope included and we'll honour the first postmark without delay. If you've mailed your application to the alternate address, no worries, we're getting those on schedule.

If you've an concerns or questions, please don't hesitate to get in contact with staff via email and we'll fire back to you as soon as we can. (This Livejournal is -not- a recommended way to contact the staff, particularly if the matter is urgent.) Make sure when you communicate that you use the dealers-2010 address and not 2009--mail delivered to the latter may not be properly received.

Thanks again, and have a great day, night, morning and holiday!

This event has moved from Saturday to Sunday again this month.

PITTSBURGH'S ROBINSON TWP. FURMEET!
DATE: Sunday, December 20, 2009
PLACE: Niko's Coffee House (http://nikoscoffee.com)
TIME: 4pm-6:30pm at Niko's; then 6:30-whenever for some dinner eats at Denny's. (6408 Steubenville Pike, Pgh., PA 15205)
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PITTSBURGH'S ROBINSON TWP. FURMEET!
DATE: Saturday, December 19, 2009
PLACE: Niko's Coffee House (http://nikoscoffee.com)
TIME: 6:30pm-9:30pm at Niko's; then 9:45-whenever for some late night eats at Denny's. (6408 Steubenville Pike, Pgh., PA 15205)
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AKIRA SHIMA'S HOLIDAY PARTY!
DATE: Saturday, December 19, 2009
PLACE: Akira and Raven's Place; Elwood City, PA
TIME: TBA
PLEASE RSVP via LJ in this post: http://akirashima.livejournal.com/499646.html

Food, Friends & Fun. Can it get any better than that??

Hosted by Akira and Raven.

KIYARA'S (PITTSBURGH) SOUTH HILLS FURMEET!
When: Saturday, December 26, 2009
Where: Kiyara's House, Brentwood, PA
Time: 6:30pm - 2am
Contact Info: KiyaraSabel, aka The Furry1337Otaku. Message her here, on DA at http://kiyarasabel.deviantart.com/, on FA at http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kiyarasabel/, on Furspace at http://www.furspace.com/KiyaraSabel, on Furry4Life at http://furry4life.ning.com/profile/KimForrest.
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FIRST NIGHT PITTSBURGH FURRY GATHERING!
When: 4:30pm, Thursday, December 31, 2009
Where: Inside the Wood Street “T” Station, Street Level
Wood and Liberty Avenues, Downtown Pittsburgh, PA

Join with us as we take in the festivities and revel in the events of Pittsburgh's First Night 2010 Celebrations and howl in the New Year with fireworks and furiends!

Click the link for more information: http://swift-fox.livejournal.com/676515.html

Sending everyone wishes for a happy and safe holidays and we hope to see you at a few of these exciting events!

Swift Fox

I decided that my family's fridge needed some magnets and after nearly 2 weeks of searching, I found some cute ones at borders. Problem is, they are not very strong. I was thinking of going to JoAnns or Michels to find some good magnets to glue to the back but I don't want to be duped again.

Does anyone know good brands of magnets?

I have confirmed the very sad news that Anthrocon staff member Wade "Darkwolfie" Dooley passed away peacefully this morning after a long hospitalization following a diagnosis of H1N1 influenza. I spoke with his wife, who asked me to pass along a very brief message: "Just let the Fandom know that he loved them."

Last night in Sigourney Weaver's interview with Jon Stewart she said, "You offer me ears and a tail, and I'll go anywhere for you."

Of course she was referring to the upcoming Avatar movie but sounds like the offer should be extended for a future convention!

Ohmigosh I'm freaking out!
I bought all my gifts on ebay!
And I'm so afraid that they won't be here in time for christmas!!
I just wanna make something cheap, and easy to tide everyone over till their gifts get here.

I can draw, I can do a lil hand sewing...


I thought of maybe just baking a bunch of cookies and putting them in gift bags.
But I don't know.

Can someone help me?
:/

I need some ideas!!

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