Fursuit: Stellars Jay & Life Update
Huzzah for self promotion :)
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Just finished a stellars jay for a mystery commissioner.
For those who don't know, since last fall we've been sharing a fursuit studio with javacostumes. It was a bit of a rough transition from our last place, but now that we're settled we are finding what an amazing boon it is to have someone to work with and help keep us motivated. (<3 Allison)
I've been keeping pretty busy this year between school, bookkeeping and making fursuits. I finish with classes next week, and will begin looking for work at local CPA firm. I'll be taking the CPA exam in July or August, so the next few months are going to see me with my nose to a very thick book. It is at this point I'm taking a very serious step forward in my accounting career, which much to my chagrin means a sacrifice in other areas of my life. I love making fursuits and will never stop doing so, however I will probably not expand much beyond my current costume production levels either.
I really can't say what really attracts me to accounting. Bluntly, it's a paycheck, a means to an end to a comfortable life. It's tedious, nit-picking and full of minutiae. 99% of the work I do will never be seen by anyone. And if I do a good job, the best outcome possible is that nothing happens. And to the grave I will have to live with the fact that the food is my belly is supported only by the ever-bloating bureaucracy of our government. However underneath it all, there is a surprising humbleness to the pursuit. I can't begin to describe the kind of close personal relationship I've developed with the people I've worked with. I love helping them plan their lives, to watch as they grow and succeed...or fail and try to solve their problems. I get off on the power I have to tell the government how it is in the form of 1040s and 941s, and to dare them to challenge me on my perfect numbers. It's goofy, but I really really dig it.
Now of course, I haven't found a job *yet* and the Humboldt job market is pretty sad, so in the meantime I'm thanking my lucky stars for fursuiting. Be on the lookout for foxes to come :)
Short Video
Just finished a stellars jay for a mystery commissioner.
For those who don't know, since last fall we've been sharing a fursuit studio with javacostumes. It was a bit of a rough transition from our last place, but now that we're settled we are finding what an amazing boon it is to have someone to work with and help keep us motivated. (<3 Allison)
I've been keeping pretty busy this year between school, bookkeeping and making fursuits. I finish with classes next week, and will begin looking for work at local CPA firm. I'll be taking the CPA exam in July or August, so the next few months are going to see me with my nose to a very thick book. It is at this point I'm taking a very serious step forward in my accounting career, which much to my chagrin means a sacrifice in other areas of my life. I love making fursuits and will never stop doing so, however I will probably not expand much beyond my current costume production levels either.
I really can't say what really attracts me to accounting. Bluntly, it's a paycheck, a means to an end to a comfortable life. It's tedious, nit-picking and full of minutiae. 99% of the work I do will never be seen by anyone. And if I do a good job, the best outcome possible is that nothing happens. And to the grave I will have to live with the fact that the food is my belly is supported only by the ever-bloating bureaucracy of our government. However underneath it all, there is a surprising humbleness to the pursuit. I can't begin to describe the kind of close personal relationship I've developed with the people I've worked with. I love helping them plan their lives, to watch as they grow and succeed...or fail and try to solve their problems. I get off on the power I have to tell the government how it is in the form of 1040s and 941s, and to dare them to challenge me on my perfect numbers. It's goofy, but I really really dig it.
Now of course, I haven't found a job *yet* and the Humboldt job market is pretty sad, so in the meantime I'm thanking my lucky stars for fursuiting. Be on the lookout for foxes to come :)