Masaba In reply to Pyrefox [2009-11-10 20:37:28 +0000 UTC]

What's FoZ?

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Masaba In reply to slima1969 [2009-05-19 03:27:57 +0000 UTC]

why thank you.

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Masaba In reply to SammiWolf [2009-05-16 17:52:03 +0000 UTC]

Hello dear, sorry I haven't been around much. I've been busy finishing the "gettin' educated" thing. I hope you're feeling well and doing good. Miss you too.

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SammiWolf In reply to Masaba [2009-05-16 21:19:41 +0000 UTC]

She lives!
So, you're done with schoolin' now huh? Smarter than all us non-educated folks.

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Masaba In reply to SammiWolf [2009-05-17 16:53:53 +0000 UTC]

almost, I just have to take drawing 1 and then I'll be done. It's amazing to me that I was able to get a degree in writing and was unable to fufill my choice art requirement.At that point I will be smarter. Only after art class.

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SammiWolf In reply to Masaba [2009-05-17 17:52:22 +0000 UTC]

Art class will make you smarter? Well, then I guess I'm screwed because I can't draw a stick figure, so there's not much chance of me taking an art class.
Actually, if I can ever afford it I plan on going into child psychology, so maybe I'll be a LITTLE smart.

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Masaba In reply to SammiWolf [2009-05-18 12:50:00 +0000 UTC]

Good luck with that. You could get a job at a school for the young and unstable. If I can stand it I might get a masters in something.. although I really don't know what yet. I just logged onto furc and holy shit. They really sold out on the pixel scam thing.

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SammiWolf In reply to Masaba [2009-05-18 16:14:33 +0000 UTC]

lol School for the young and unstable. I probably should have gone to a school like that. ha ha :b
Masters means more schooling. Hell, that was my original plan back in my early 20s. Masters in computer technology. But, I got older and my desires shifted. We'll see what actually winds up happening. Right now I need to just concentrate on finding work.
Yeah, I just logged on Furc for the first time in like a year a few days ago. I was shocked at all of the changes (some of which I was like, it's about damn time! lol) and could only shake my head at the number of paid avatars they added. I think they're getting a little out of control with that stuff. I miss my wings though, so I guess I help encourage that mess by buying the damn things when I can. lol
I wasn't surprised however to find that Furc was basically exactly the way I remembered it. Nobody I knew was on, it was mostly kids sitting around babbling, insulting one another and trying to be "cool" and failing miserably. lol I haven't been back since. I planned on becoming a regular again, but... I dunno. Furc's lost A LOT of it's appeal to me. It's just not the same anymore.

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Masaba In reply to SammiWolf [2009-05-18 16:33:27 +0000 UTC]

I agree with you on that last part. The game has fallen apart for us I believe it mostly results from the lack of familiar names and places. It seems that the age that the game attracts hasn't changed too much though. Every time I return I find myself more detached from the people who play. As always the only thing I miss is the time consuming nature of creating artwork and dreams for it. Unfortunately I rarely need fillers of time these days.
I noticed in my last few ventures into that pixelated world that it has become even more adult oriented than it used to be. I remember when the one slave trade and KC were considered the sketchy dreams. Now there are such nasty names and themes and the patches are all so "adult" oriented that it has become difficult to find any good conversation that isn't looking for an unsatisfying fulfillment of desire.
Ultimately I miss the chatting and the creativity of the game in that short time when I addictively played it. Fortunately it looks like I can never go back.
Anyway the masters degree is more of a distraction from actually doing something with myself now that I don't have the undergraduate excuse for not getting a decent job.

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SammiWolf In reply to Masaba [2009-05-18 18:59:40 +0000 UTC]

The age has changed drastically from Furc's early days. Back when I first found it, I was right around the average age in my early 20s. Nowadays, 14 seems to be the average age. Which is annoying. There aren't any adults which guarantees no decent conversation and no decent RP outside of "Wanna yiff?" from all the kids. That's even more annoying. I remember when that question was a joke and only the newbie little kids did it. Now it seems to be the first thing EVERYONE says, including (or maybe especially) the long time Furc-goers. It's like people stopped coming for the conversation and the RP and started coming just for the chance to get through words what they can't get in reality.
Dream weaving was about the only thing that kept me on Furc after it started to slide down into the lower pits of Hell. After a while (and after the overhaul of the dream building program) even that began to lose interest for me. I think I miss that more than anything else. I was so addicted to building dreams, I've got both my laptop and my desktop computers full of old dreams and half finished dreams. I'm beginning to think I'm never going to finish them, yet I can't bring myself to give them up after doing so much hard work on the stupid things. I think along the way toward building a bigger and better Furc to satisfy more people, they lost sight of what Furc really was and have taken a lot of the fun out of the game for a lot of people. It's too big and too damn program oriented now. Even with cable and a damn good connection, it took me damn near 10 minutes to download the newest version of Furc. I imagine people on dial-up take several hours to get it. I think that's insane. Instead of spending so much time concentrating on what else they can program to sell to all these kids to get theirselves richer, they need to concentrate on remembering what Furc used to be, and trying to get it back to that. Maybe then they could start attracting a more mature crowd like that used to.
(If they ever managed to implement the age confirmation program, it'll really thin FurN out, and that'd be interesting. lol)
You don't need school to find an excuse to not get a job. Look at me, I've been doing it for years. lol Of course, now that I desperately WANT to get a job I can't because of stomach issues. Damnit frustrating. And since James got laid off from his job back in November and didn't go back to work until January, we're still sitting with out thumbs up our butts waiting on the insurance to kick in so I can go see a damn doctor. x.x They said 5 months. They lied. It doesn't start until June first. That's closer to 6 months.

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Masaba In reply to SammiWolf [2009-05-18 19:17:13 +0000 UTC]

That's a bummer about the health care.. if only we could get our act together like every other economically advanced nation and make it available to everyone all the time.
I guess I miss the conversation and the art inspiration of furc more than anything. I'll just have to drift into my literature for that now. In all reality I'm sure I'll find more in the pages of novels than I ever did from the words of children on the internet.. it still leaves you looking back though.
As for old dreams unfinished... my main drive on the old PC is dead so all of my dreams and artwork are gone. If that's not an easy way to let go I don't know what is. It would be interesting if they could keep the kids out of furN. Unfortunately they would all fib about their age to get in just like I would have/ did when I started playing.
I do technically have a job it just pays poorly. I'm a cook at a small market up in VT.If only I could be done with my boring work life and do what I want all the time. I just want to write a best selling novel and disappear into my hobbies.

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SammiWolf In reply to Masaba [2009-05-18 19:32:01 +0000 UTC]

Hell, this country can't even keep people in jobs, how can you expect them to keep is in insurance. It wouldn't be so bad, but the price of medical care is absolutely insane. Is it any wonder as a nation we're so damn unhealthy?
Well, if they manage an age confirmation system like they say they're trying, you can't lie you way into FurN. Though, to be honest, I can't see how they could possibly pull that off, but hey, it doesn't hurt to be optimistic. lol
Well, you have that going for you, but all of my things are still here and I'm still holding on.
Any job is better than no job I suppose. My problem is that if it's not a job I enjoy, I'm likely to not stick with it. The job I had when I lived in Indiana I loved. But I'm not gonna find a job like that around here. Hell, I got my high school diploma finally, but I bet the best I can hope for is still bagging groceries or some such crap like that.

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Masaba In reply to SammiWolf [2009-05-18 20:04:45 +0000 UTC]

I remember I got my GED initially because I needed it for a medical secretary job which was ultimately just answering phones. It's silly. Supposedly a college degree is suppose to make finding a job easier but the commencement speakers even say that there's no chance in anyone finding a job right now unless they're very lucky.

I always flicker through the jobs that any high school grad could get but I'm not particularly interested in them, or anything beyond them for that matter. Sometimes it's not the job but the few people that you can learn to appreciate that will keep you there, not to mention the paycheck (no matter how small it may be).

As for Furc I just don't see how you can get an honest age out of anyone on the internet without demanding very personal information that no one will want to give out or invading privacy in some other manner.

I hope you don't have to bag groceries .. that job sucks.

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SammiWolf In reply to Masaba [2009-05-18 20:58:55 +0000 UTC]

True. The economy is shit right now. Most people aren't working, and yet the government stands around scratching their collective heads saying, "Gee, why isn't anyone spending money?" Fucking DUH! No one HAS any you morons! But, yeah, this is a bad time to try and find work because everyone is. The only jobs that you can really count on are the ones that no one really wants. Like bagging groceries. Groceries are still in business because broke or not, people have to eat. And right now, as shitty as that job would be, it's better than no job at all. We finally got a Petsmart here in town and I wanted so badly to get a job there, but at the time we were down to one truck because James wasn't getting his fixed. The damn thing broke down at the end of last August. Actually, he was on his way home from the emergency vet where he had Nikita put to sleep when his transmission went. So, he was without a truck for a long time. It was ok with his old job because most nights he could just drive his truck home from work. And working nights, I could take him to work and pick him up most times when he couldn't drive his truck home. But he lost that job, and the one he has now, he goes in EARLY. Like 4:30 or earlier. I ain't getting up that early and putting my contacts back in just to take him to work then come home and taking them back out and going back to bed, so he just had to take my truck to work. If I had to have my truck, I'd get his dad to run me out to get my truck, then I'd go get James from work when he got off. I nagged him for MONTHS to get his truck fixed so I could have mine back and get a job, but he just kept dragging his feet. I finally got pissed off enough to scream at him (literally) to get his truck fixed or he was going to be walking to work because I'd call the cops and report my truck stolen the first time he drove out of the yard in my truck. He took it to the mechanic the next week. Then, as luck would have it, I started having issues with my stomach that make the idea of me getting a job out of the question. So, yeah, after all this crap, I'll take just about anything I can get. At least I have a HS diploma now and have a chance of getting a halfway decent job.

Oh, they have these programs online that can confirm your age. I think it has to do with a credit card and social security number, I don't know. Either way, if it does happen, it'll probably be a while.

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Masaba In reply to DragonLadyReborn [2008-11-27 04:57:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Masaba In reply to xSweetSuex [2007-06-04 14:14:10 +0000 UTC]

I wish I was good at stuff like that but tattoos freak me. I always feel like I'll regret xD I have a fear of designing them based on this. What if one day someone is getting my art surgically removed from their body? xD I think I will do the anika drawing I just have to get an idea of a position and such. I'll let you know pricing once I fiddle with it.

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xSweetSuex In reply to Masaba [2007-06-04 21:51:42 +0000 UTC]

Okie-dokie!

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Masaba In reply to emerald-fae [2006-10-01 03:33:39 +0000 UTC]

I'll definately try to whip something up for ya =] There's no need for art back but if you feel like it that's cool, I appreciate it.

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Masaba In reply to valentines-sting-me [2005-11-23 04:52:54 +0000 UTC]

same to you! <3

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