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I've checked with a couple of mods to make sure this is appropriate, and the gist of it is that my friend needs some help. His beloved horse, Grace, fractured her leg. Me and my friends have managed to pool enough money already to get her surgery done, and she's bandaged up now, but the next series of treatments is going to cost an arm and a leg. If anyone could offer even a dollar or two to help Hoofer (my friend), it will mean the world. This horse is everything to him.

Here is his furaffinity post on the ordeal

Here is the current status of Grace

Thanks for any help you can provide. My friends and I can only do so much without breaking bank.

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Join TK, Eeve3, and Xavier as they give their thoughts on the press conferences from Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony, and Nintendo. Starring TK, Xavier, and Eeve3. TigerTails Radio - E3 2012 Podcast Special

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Dear Papabear, Why is it that furries seem to get flack for stuff that anime has, while anime seems to get a pass? I’ve been persecuted a lot online for being a furry on the basis of it being adult orientated, when anime has the same stuff. Why do people persecute us furries for stuff [...]

The June 2012 Featured Fursuiter of the Month story just went live on Furry News Network, and I was quite fortunate to get another high-profile fursuiting ambassador, Coopertom, for this month's feature. Huge thanks to him for being such a great interview and rounding up some great photos to run with the article.

Coopertom - June 2012 Featured Fursuiter of the Month

Enjoy!

And... here are links to previous months' features if you missed them:

J.D. Puppy - April 2012
Skroy - February 2012
Bucktown Tiger - December 2011
Kiwa Lyon - October 2011
Nicodemus Rat - September 2011
Dogbomb - August 2011
Yippee Coyote - July 2011

From feline to Fender: ‘Planets aligned’ for New Jersey native By Tim “Kijani” Watanabe It may be difficult to believe that as little as three years ago, you could mention the name “Coopertom” in fursuiting circles and get a lot of blank stares of non-recognition. In the relatively short amount of time he’s been active [...]

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It's time to sip Rohypnol
It's time to dim the lights
It's time for rape by Muppets
On the the Muppet Show tonight...
Bom-bom-bom!

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Hey there, we’re back among the living. Your ever-lovin’ ed-otter has been down with a very, very nasty sinus infection for no less than two weeks, and is only just now getting back to his feet. So it’s time to play some major catch-up with In-Fur-Nation, yes?

The winners of the Ursa Major Awards were recently announced at a Saturday afternoon ceremony at CaliFur in Irvine, California. The June 2nd show was emcee’d by CaliFur’s own Gary Whalen. Greenreaper was on hand to accept Flayrah’s award for Best Anthropomorphic Magazine. The full list of winners for 2011 looks like this:

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: Kung Fu Panda 2 (Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson)

Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series or Short Work: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Produced by Studio DHX)

Best Anthropomorphic Novel: Isolation Play, by Kyell Gold

Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: “How to Get Through the Day”, by Kyell Gold

Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: Nordguard, Book One, by Tess Garman & Teagan Gavet

Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story: Furthia High, by QuetzaDrake

Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip: Housepets!, by Rick Griffin

Best Anthropomorphic Magazine: Flayrah

Best Anthropomorphic Website: Equestria Daily

Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Blotch, for the cover of Nordguard, Book One

Best Anthropomorphic Game: Pokemon: Black and White

In addition, the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association (ALAA), which administers the Ursa Major Awards, announced a new “ALAA’s Choice” award for a nominee which the committee felt deserved special mention for its merit. This year that award went to the graphic story Red Lantern by Rukis and Alectorfencer.

The Ursa Major Awards are the “People’s Choice Awards” for anthropomorphic fandom, nominated and awarded every year by votes from regular fans like you. Want to get involved?  Make suggestions? Visit www.ursamajorawards.org to find out more. And start thinking about what to nominate for 2012!

image c. 2012 ALAA

I'm doing requests because I really need the practice. Nothing NSFW and please give a picture reference if you have one.

You can ask for a request here or you can send me a note on FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/sektor-byte/

EDIT: By the way, I'm going to be taking my time doing these, but don't worry, I'll finish them once I get to them. I'm not going in any particular order, if one ends up being too hard, I'll put it off and get back to it. I shouldn't rush myself or it'll look like crap and could end up discouraging myself from continuing.

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Author: Fred Disney’s next CGI animated feature, Wreck-It Ralph, coming November 2, is about a reluctant video-game villain who escapes from his game to become a Good Guy. Although most of the characters are realistic and cartoony humans, there are a lot of anthropomorphic animals and “things” as background and supporting characters. As with Pixar’s [...]

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I say this because I really want to know if there is any way for me to stop my hands from shaking or to at least dull down the shaking. Also what art tips do you guys have as I know next to nothing about drawing anything decent.

EDIT: I will update this as time goes on to show you guys what i can draw. I am on vacation for right now the updates will not be till next week.

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Author: Fred I have just been asked to proofread Caveat Fuzzy, Wolfgang Diehr’s sequel to his Fuzzy Ergo Sum (review), the “fourth” novel in the mega-popular Little Fuzzy series. read more Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought Creative Commons: Full post may be available under a free license.

Dear Papa Bear,

I feel like I haven't connected with anyone my entire life. I've had and have good friends, and I'm very open about myself with them regarding my feelings and secrets. At the same time, I can't help but feel a wall between us. It's been this way with everyone.

When I started making furry friends, I was able to openly discuss the furry aspect of my life, which felt wonderful and liberating. Eventually I realized that there was still some kind of barrier; even after breaking through to a deep part of me, my furry part, I still feel disconnected from everyone. Even my family, who I am very close with, is at a distance. This is not for lack of opening up; I'm very honest about myself with the people I care about, and I'm very self-aware. I just feel dissimilar, like I stand apart (in a non-arrogant way).

I'm not near as socially awkward as I used to be, and I've actually much improved. I get out occasionally, and do things with people when I feel like it, which is more often than it used to be. I'm actually moving away this Summer and hoping to get a new start with some friends, rooming with them in their apartment. The only reason I haven't tried to move yet is because some old friends have come back for the Summer, and I thought maybe I'd catch up and spend some time with them while I still can. It's nice, though it's not as thrilling as I thought it would be; again, lack of connection.

In fact, I actually tend to feel sadder with my friends around some times. It emphasizes how much we aren't really connected, how much I know I'm alone, and it can feel like a knife in the heart when it's at its worst.

It's vaguely sad to me that I can't connect, but I feel like I could deal with being alone mentally, even if I'm not alone physically, if I really need to. I've come to realize that seeking affirmation for my existence by bouncing conversation off of others isn't the way to be happy (I've given up facebook, which is a haven for that type of behavior). I would still like to connect, though. I don't really like being alone.

Respectfully,

Blue Jay

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Dear Blue Jay,

In the original series Star Trek episode “Is There in Truth No Beauty?” Spock temporarily merges his mind with that of a Medusan, a noncoporeal species that, nevertheless, is considered so ugly that to look upon it with unprotected eyes means certain madness. Once they merge, the Medusan (Kollos by name) almost weeps because he senses the utter aloneness of the human species because we are each encased in flesh and, no matter what, cannot truly merge with others around us as the Medusan can.

To be human is to be alone, but only if you limit your experience to a purely corporeal existence. Blue Jay, have you explored your spiritual side? You mention getting in touch with your furry side, and that perhaps that helped a little, but I think you need to go deeper. To truly connect to those around you, you need more than conversation, more than just going out and doing things together. You need to get in touch with the soul (spirit, if you prefer) that resides in each one of us.

There are many ways to do this. Many people turn to traditional religions, and this can bring you comfort, indeed. But worship of God (or pick a deity name you prefer) is not enough to keep you from being lonely. The Big Three, as Papabear calls them—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—focus on the servitude of man to God, that we need to worship Him and do all things for His glory. This is only part of the picture. The Spiritual Existence that some limit to a godhead actually imbues all living and even inanimate things around us. We carry a bit of it within each of us, and it is THIS that you need to connect to in order to have the borders between you and others that cause your loneliness to dissipate.

The ways to connect to the spiritual world around you have been known for years by the spiritual leaders who preceded the current religious traditions of the West and Middle East. I speak, of course, of pagan traditions, Wicca, shamanism, Native American interpretations of the spirit world, and so on. I would encourage you to try exploring these through everything from meditation to spiritual sex—that is, the release of self-control through the sexual act in order to achieve a higher state of consciousness. Here’s an interesting article on the subject: http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Virato1.html.

Papabear realizes some of what he just said could be highly controversial.  The point I’m trying to make is to explore your spiritual side more, and, through this, you will also achieve a stronger connection to the souls around you.

Papabear 

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