Just getting it up, again revising my list from last year (which was a revision of my list from the year before).

I'd prefer to have a sent gift rather than an artwork - it's just more meaningful to me. If you cannot send something, though, I will accept an artwork. If you decide to do an artwork, just anything you'd like to do of my deer or baddies.

If you plan to buy anything for me, please don't let it be too expensive - I'd much rather have something cheap that has some kind of sentimental or special meaning to you. If you needed any inspiration or ideas, here is a list of things I like:

My favorite animals -
Deer related stuff (Reindeer are cool!)
Goat related stuff
Pronghorn Antelope stuff
Dachshund stuff
Coyote stuff

Anything handmade, can be TEF and/or Deer related.

Nature-themed things
An embroidered patch from your particular area (can be anything)
A magnet (can be anything)
Anything military related (or involving camoflauge)
A CD from a band you like
A holiday DVD that you personally enjoy (Big hint - I have never gotten to see the Rudolph animated movie)
Any old Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, GBA, or DS games you have that you'd like to get rid of.

Anything relating to you're city/state/country that maybe you can't find anywhere else.

Anything unusual.

Anything at all you think I would like, send it! I love surprises!

(Please note, I am a guy, so I can't use anything like jewelry [except if it's a necklace that a guy would wear] or girl things like purses and so on.)

I hope this helps. The main thing is that I hope you have fun coming up with something!

Check out the pics of this living bridge in India!!

Really pretty stuff too!

Finished Product

Hey guys, I wanted to do something fun so I need your help with it.

Don't worry, you don't have to do much, I just need a screenshot of your deer. If you have multiple deer, feel free to post all of them. I kind of need a lot of them for it to work!

No close-up screenshots or manip'd screenshots please! Just regular ones like this:



Because I'm going to crop the picture way down! Any pose for your deer is fine.

Just provide me a link to your screenshot(s) on this page. Please post it here so I don't have to go looking through bios

Thanks, and I think you guys will like it when I make it!

((Skip ahead to about 00:50 for the music to start, it has a long silent part at the beginning))

Why?

Why can't I talk to him?

Why can't I even look at him?

Why does he keep fighting?

It really hurts to see his antlers locking into those of another.

Because...

I refuse to fight...

I refuse to take a side, even when he's fighting a friend of mine.

Why does he not love me?

Why do I run when he comes near?

Why do I cower when I can see him?

Why can't I see him as my father anymore?

Why do I feel like...



...a disgrace?

I spoke with one of my professors yesterday who I look up to. While we were talking, I said something dumb about how crappy my GPA is and how I wasn't sure if I would be smart enough for graduate school.

He told me that I need to work on my self confidence and to find someone to be a role model. He said that for me a good role model would be Nick Saban, who is the current head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. He said that Nick's first year coaching Alabama ended with a 7-6 record. He didn't give up, he changed things around and the next year Alabama had a perfect 12-0 record, losing to the Florida Gators for the championship. So Nick worked on it again, not giving up but changing things around.

In 2009, Alabama had a perfect season and won both the SEC championship as well as the National championship. This year, Alabama still hasn't lost a game.

My professor told me never to see things as a victory or defeat, but rather as progress. He said if I went for my GRE and screwed up on it, to learn from my mistakes and try it again. He wants me to emulate Nick Saban, keep my head high and keep my goals focused.

So anyway, there's my story for the day. Who do you see as your role model?

Hey guys, just wanted to tell you what happened today. It will kind of affect a few of you...

I have the day off and was planning on doing a bunch of stuff, going to church, ect. Well before I woke up, my work called. 'Wolfie' had called (scroll down on this topic until you see a long post I wrote to see who I am talking about. It starts with "Sorry for bringing up an old topic, but....") asking me to work a 9 hour day today. I have to work a 9 hour day tomorrow too (with him for most of my worktime too) so when Mom came home she said "Oh you had a missed call from work."

I said, "I really don't want to go in today.", and she said alright. I did a few chores and found out that he called three more times within the next few hours. Finally I called back and got one of my coworkers who is a nice guy, who said that Wolfie was at lunch. I told my friend to say that I'd be busy for the rest of the day (he said that one of my other coworkers called in sick today).

I've been working with this company for about 5 years, and quite literally 99% of the time when they call, I'll come in. There were only a few circumstances when I would say no. So they see me as dependable.

One of the few times I said no was Wolfie calling a while back, and he got infuriated with me that I wouldn't come in on my off day. "This is bull****! Why do I have to deal with this ****!", he said on the phone. And as my mom has told me before, "It's okay to say no, it's your off day"

Well anyway, today my mom was pretty appalled that he called our house four times.

((Trade-ish thing for MidnightShadows. Info here))

Falling...

Falling...

I'm falling...

I'm falling!

Oh! How did I get here?

I can't open my eyes, the wind, it's blowing too fast!

I can't die today!

The wind, it's not so bad now. I can open my eyes.

How did I get so high in the sky?

How did this happen?

Oh...

The Forest...

It's so beautiful...and endless...

I never knew the world was so green...

Well, this must be goodbye then.

I don't know what is going on,

And I wish I had more time...

Goodbye, world. Thank you for your beauty...

Stream was awake, but she kept her eyes closed. I'm dead...this must be death..., she thought to herself, but opening them, she found herself lying in a soft patch of poppies. The Endless Forest was just as she left it when she fell asleep.

She did not like the dream, but...oddly, it seemed very beautiful to her.

"I got to see the world in a way that so few would ever see.", she said to herself. "Even through death, there is so much beauty in the world."

A beautiful death...

I've always been sad for the worms I find dried up on our sidewalk in the mornings. Every morning brings a new batch of them, they die in their own unique shape.

It must be a horrible feeling not knowing where you are but your body becoming unbearably hot and dehydrated. Not being able to find safety back in the grass.

Brandy as a puppy did her best to honor these creatures. She would enjoy eating their dried bodies on our morning walks. I used to scold her for it, but now, I kind of see why she did it. It wasn't just an easy treat, but rather a tribute to them.

Much like my views on hunting, I always hope that those who kill an animal honor it and use as much of every part as they can. Brandy had the same idea - honor the dead and enjoy them in our own way.

This morning I wore flip-flops out to an area on my university campus that we call the 'well field'. We have five small water wells in a grassy area on the edge of the campus. My teacher wasn't there this morning but the assistant took over and showed us a few things about wells, part of it I already knew about.

As I stood there, I felt something cold between my feet. Looking down at my left foot, a worm had wiggled between my two smallest toes. I raised my foot and it moved back to the grass. I watched it crawl away, and I wondered if it was happy or enjoying the weather. I hoped it would never find a concrete sidewalk.

There are little things in life that seem so very pleasant. Most people would have been disgusted by a worm finding its way to their toes. To me, it was a small sign of life after seeing so much death this year. I hope this tribute honors the worms who die on sidewalks every morning, and I hope they have a good afterlife.

Just some info I wanted to write down about my dragon, Anirapio, before her summoning to the Endless Forest by Iugulare. Enjoy!

In a nearby solar system lies a terran planet called Ibuzon. Much like Earth, Ibuzon began with the spark of life, and soon countless species thrived on the planet, each adapting to new changes and challenges with their environment.

One species grew superior to the others - the Daog. These creatures were dragons - scaly green and white skin, great wings used for both flight and hunting, mantis-like forelimbs used to grip their prey. Their bodies changed and grew accordingly, sometimes they lacked limbs, other times they had legs and feet but no forelimbs, and sometimes the other way around. But unlike any other species, they never developed mouths on their faces, but instead had a slit on their chest and a tube that ran the length of their belly to the tip of their tail. These creatures devoured their food whole, absorbing liquids and nutrients from it as it traveled down their stomach. They eventually would expel the unused remainder through the tip of their tail. The Daog were superior in intelligence than most of the other species, and were able to communicate to one another through telepathy as they had no mouth to speak with.

The Daog began their species as scavengers, feeding on plants, berries, fruit...occasionally insects. But they found that they were becoming malnourished from these meals, they could not sustain their high metabolism and many of them died from it. So the Daog tried a different approach - they hunted small creatures, stuffing them into their chest slots and absorbing their blood and energy.

^ NOT A THREAT ^

Quad is not rutting, he is not a violent deer, in fact he is fat and silly. He wears the zombie antlers to look goofy.

I know if you play a big mean aggressive zombie deer that you see Quad wearing the zombie antlers and think he is going to fight you. He is not.

So please stop threatening him and trying to make him fight you. It's getting annoying when everyone thinks Quad is rutting when I'm just trying to play in the Forest.

It's getting to the point where I might just have to avoid having Quad go anywhere near deer that wear the zombie antlers or skull mask. (Obviously aside from his friends like Quamar and Vipin)