Recent Post to Furtopia
Good morning furries,
In reality, it is two days before my 39th birthday and I have been thinking about myself, my future and furries. I have been hanging around furries for roughly 14 years, I've met some great people and I've met some real idiots and that is to be expected. I believe that I have been a pretty good friend to those who were friends with me and I pretty much ignored those who did not show me a minimum of respect. Overall, I think that I have been pretty lucky.
Truth is though, I have never really felt comfortable calling myself a furry. Sure, I like the art and I like some of the people, but there is so much else in the fandom that I have no interest in. I'm not about to say that anything is good or bad, it's just not for me. Take forums, for instance. I've been a member of a lot of forums, and I just can never really get into them. I go in spurts now and then, then I forget about them and they go to the back of the shelf to be picked up years later. I know that forums can be helpful for some times and I have even found them helpful at times, again I am not suggesting that forums or the use of them is somehow bad. Truth of the matter is that I'm blind and I don't like to sit there reading off the computer screen because it is so slow for me. Yes, I have a talking computer now and that is even slower still.
Anyway, there comes a time in everyone's life where they must evaluate and cut out the stuff that is no longer important in their lives and as you might have guessed, that happens to be furry for me. I have returned to school to get a new degree in Political Science with emphasis on public education. This means that not only am I considerably busier then I have been in several years, it means that I have to focus on the groups that stand me the best chance at advancing my personal, political and career goals. I don't see furries becoming a force that would help anyone advance any of those three any time soon.
On the other hand, if furries would like to band together, consolidate a platform and create something like the Furry American Party, that could be very interesting. If not that, I at least encourage people to participate in the system. The less people care about the government that runs their country, the less that government has to care about you.
I know I haven't been around much anyway, but consider this an official farewell. Be good to each other because there is no garauntee that anyone else will be good to you.
Peace.
In reality, it is two days before my 39th birthday and I have been thinking about myself, my future and furries. I have been hanging around furries for roughly 14 years, I've met some great people and I've met some real idiots and that is to be expected. I believe that I have been a pretty good friend to those who were friends with me and I pretty much ignored those who did not show me a minimum of respect. Overall, I think that I have been pretty lucky.
Truth is though, I have never really felt comfortable calling myself a furry. Sure, I like the art and I like some of the people, but there is so much else in the fandom that I have no interest in. I'm not about to say that anything is good or bad, it's just not for me. Take forums, for instance. I've been a member of a lot of forums, and I just can never really get into them. I go in spurts now and then, then I forget about them and they go to the back of the shelf to be picked up years later. I know that forums can be helpful for some times and I have even found them helpful at times, again I am not suggesting that forums or the use of them is somehow bad. Truth of the matter is that I'm blind and I don't like to sit there reading off the computer screen because it is so slow for me. Yes, I have a talking computer now and that is even slower still.
Anyway, there comes a time in everyone's life where they must evaluate and cut out the stuff that is no longer important in their lives and as you might have guessed, that happens to be furry for me. I have returned to school to get a new degree in Political Science with emphasis on public education. This means that not only am I considerably busier then I have been in several years, it means that I have to focus on the groups that stand me the best chance at advancing my personal, political and career goals. I don't see furries becoming a force that would help anyone advance any of those three any time soon.
On the other hand, if furries would like to band together, consolidate a platform and create something like the Furry American Party, that could be very interesting. If not that, I at least encourage people to participate in the system. The less people care about the government that runs their country, the less that government has to care about you.
I know I haven't been around much anyway, but consider this an official farewell. Be good to each other because there is no garauntee that anyone else will be good to you.
Peace.