Got tagged by . She's been a good netfriend to me for at least a year or so now. This is the least I could do.

001. Real name?
Jackie

002. Nickname(s)?
Kind of depends on how you define nickname. J.T., Jackie T., Ralphy, Jota T, The Tom Monster

003. Zodiac sign?
The two fish one, or Dragon in parts of Asia. The stars have moved and I don't know the updated signs now.

004. Male or female?
Dude.

005. Elementary?
North side, maybe?

006. Middle School?
Offerly (sp?), Kenneth Henderson

007. High School?
GCHS

008. Hair color?
Brown.

009. Long or short?
Short usually.

010. Loud or Quiet?
Quiet until called upon to be loud.

011. Sweats or Jeans?
Home = Sweats; Out and About = Jeans

012. Phone or Camera?
Don't like phones. Camera tends to get forgotten though.

013. Health freak?
Getting that way.

014. Drink or Smoke?
Never even tried on both counts.

015. Do you have a crush on someone?
Lots of someones actually.

016. Eat or Drink?
What the hell kind of question is that? Drink if I can't have food I guess. You can go longer without food.

017. Piercings?
Nope.

018. Tattoos?
I am not a sketch pad.


HAVE YOU EVER?

019. Been in an airplane?
Terrified of heights.

020. Been in a car accident?
T bonned by an SUV in a parking lot.

021. Been in a fist fight?
I looked tough so the other guy always pussed out before I had to.

FIRSTS:

022. First piercing?
Did you see the question from before?

023. First best friend?
Couldn't tell you.

025. First award?
A coloring contest for a grocery store I think.

026. First crush?
First big one was a girl Named Holly.

028. First big vacation?
Arizona I think. Dad and I were unimpressed by the Grand Canyon.


LASTS:

029. Last person you talked to?
My mom.

030. Last person you texted?
I don't have a phone.

031. Last person you watched a movie with?
In a theare it was Star Trek with Mom & Dad.

032. Last food you ate?
Bananna.

033. Last movie you watched?
Spirited Away at home. Star Trek in a cinema.

034. Last song you listened to?
A techno think with Carl Sagan of all people.

035. Last thing you bought?
I think it was pickles.

036. Last person you hugged?
Mom.


FAVES:

037. Food?
Chinese. Beef and Peppers, with hunny cheekin.

038. Drinks?
Dr.Pepper or water.

039. Clothing?
Right now? T and sweats.

040. Book?
The areas of my Expertise by John Hodgeman I just finished. I'll probably start reading Twin Tracks next, or finish the world history book I have in the bathroom.

041. Music?
A little of everything, and lots of orchestral stuff.

042. Flower?
Lillies of the valley/Jacob's ladder (that's what AC calls them)

043. Colors?
Green. Blue.

044. Movies?
Whisper of the Heart helped inspire me to make my comic, but I like a lot of them.

045. Shoes?
Nike airs.

046. Subjects?
Anything but math.


IN THE PAST YEAR I ... :

047. [ ] kissed in the snow

048. [x] celebrated Halloween

049. [x] had your heart broken

050. [ ] went over the minutes on your cell phone

051. [x] someone questioned your sexual orientation

052. [ ] came out of the closet

053. [ ] gotten pregnant

054. [ ] had an abortion (whaaat? who wrote this?)

055. [x] done something you've regretted

056. [ ] broke a promise

057. [x] hid a secret

058. [x] pretended to be happy

059. [x] met someone who changed your life

060. [ ] pretended to be sick

061. [ ] left the country

062. [ ] tried something you normally wouldn't try and liked it

063. [x] cried over the silliest thing

064. [ ] ran a mile

065. [ ] went to the beach with your best friend

066. [x] stayed single the whole year


CURRENTLY:

067. Eating?
Nothing.

068. Drinking?
Water

069. I'm about to?
Have a shower probably.

070. Listening to?
The dish washer.

071. Plans for today/tomorrow?
Finish a new comic page after everything else.

072. Waiting for?
My real life to begin.


YOUR FUTURE:

073. Want kids?
Maybe, if I could handle the responsability.

074. Want to get married?
It would be nice, I think.

075. Careers in mind?
Cartoonsit? Art monkey? Ah, how about entertainer.


WHICH IS BETTER ON A BOY/GIRL?

076. Lips or eyes?
Eyes if I have to pick.

077. Shorter or taller?
Taller but it's almost unheard of.

078. Romantic or spontaneous?
Romantic I guess. Are thoe exclusive traits?

079. Nice stomach or nice arms?
Stomach, but my deffinition of nice mat not be the same as yours.

080. Sensitive or loud?
Sensitive. I don't deal well with loud usually.

081. Hookup or relationship?
Relationship

082. Troublemaker or hesitant?
I don't even know why these would be choices... Hesitant, I guess?


HAVE YOU EVER:

083. Lost glasses/contacts?
Not for very long.

084. Ran away from home?
Nope

085. Held a gun/knife for self defense?
Sort of.

086. Killed somebody?
Not on purpose, or that I'm aware of.

087. Broken someone's heart?
I doubt it, but you'd have to ask around.

088. Been arrested?
Nope

089. Cried when someone died?
And when they didn't.


DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

090. Yourself?
Pretty much.

091. Miracles?
Not under the traditional deffinition.

092. Love at first sight?
Intense attraction maybe, but not love. Love has to grow for a while.

093. Heaven?
Not as traditionally defined.

094. Santa Claus?
He did exist if history books are to be believed. Although maybe they aren't.


095. Sex on the first date?
She'd have to be pretty damned special. I'm hard to get that close to.

096. Kiss on the first date?
If things went well.


ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

097. Is there one person you want to be with right now?
Depends on how you define 'with'. Yes under my definition.

098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life?
No. I'm okay with it, but this is just a step on the path.

099. Do you believe in God?
Yes

100. Post as 100 truths and tag 10 people.

I'm not sure if I know 10 people who would do this. How about this. If you consider me a friend then please do this. If I don't watch you then let me know and maybe we'll become friends.

As someone who stands on the sidelines of the "furry community" I find myself fascinated by the psychology of the various players invlolved. There are so many people who wander around the FA site who vehemently oppose the culture while simultaneously embracing the art. And they're dicks about it. Sniping passive agressively at whoever wanders into view, or trolling outright. I'm drawn to it like a moth to flame. I studied psychology for a while, but stopped when I realized that I can't spell the word correctly with conistancy.

DA is not a community in the same way. It has so much less focus that it's more like several blocks in a city. Each section populated with its own little gang. I like to imagin something akin to the gangs in The Warriors. Theme gangs. All opposed to one another, but mantaining an uneasy peace. All wearing imaginative outfits.

On FA there are still factions, but they all have a through line. Kind of like a single gang that has fractured. The infighting slowly tearing the group apart.

There is so much human psychology in these places just waiting to have grant money thrown at it.

No one has been able to tell me at what point a person actually becomes a 'furry'. I've decided that it's when you build, or buy, yourself a suit and start 'living the dream'. Anyone outside of that is just a poser. Perhaps an enthusiast, but not fully comitted to the idea of being a 5 foot tall timberwolf centaur with purple fur and a 2 foot long cock.


Also, my subscription is expiring again soon. I offer up the same deal as before. If you want to pay for a new one I'll make you an art. I think the magic DA faries will tell me if you do. The what I won't draw rules will apply to whatever you might want, so keep that in mind.

I find that if I learn something negative about an artist I have a hard time ever enjoying his work. My present colors my past. For the most part I try to avoid learning very much about artists I like. This goes for all art, from writing to music. If I find out the creator is racist it skews my experience. The severity of the flaw matches how much I can, or can't, enjoy the work. Racism pretty much destroys an artist for me. On the other hand if someone makes porn on the side, or whatever, it doesn't bother me at all because I'm not morally opposed to porn. For someone else that might be a deal breaker.

I don't know what it is in me that makes it hard for me to seperate the artist and the art, but I generally can't. I started thinking about this because I was reading an article about a famous artist and they mentioned, in passing, that he was a massive bigot. As soon as that info proccessed his work looked different to me. It was tinged by knowledge... This shouldn't be taken as an argument against knowledge. For me it's just a precaution. I know that if I find certain things out about a creator I may end up having to trash shelves full of books, and years of fandom, from not being able to distinguish between an artist and his, or her, work.

It looks like the terror that is gum disease is going to be the next big monster craze. I'd like to see them turn that into a story about sexy tweens cavorting in the woods...

It looks like the bulk of people who pay attention to my nonsense have no particular ill will towards furries. I think that's nice. From what I know of them they are, lke any group of people, alright for the most part. It's very trendy to hate them since you aren't allowed to hate many groups these days. When deprived of a target humans will never fail to find a new one to direct their ire towards.

I decided to make the silly Hitler poll because it's something you can do with a paid account. Most polls are pretty lame, but I enjoyed the commets on this one. For the record I'm in the camp that thinks Hitler's incompetence helped to shorten the war so killing him might have lead to competent Germans stepping up and causeing much more trouble.