So ok I guess that some updates are in order.
Well first of all, some weeks after AC I went to Milwaukee to hang out with the awesome that is hegdish baconcoyote and drakeduck . That was a super fun time and I can't wait to get up there for another visit!

Then sometime after that was a trip down to Louisville, KY to visit theome and help him make a duct tape dummy for a forthcoming fursuit. I've got to get back down there asap!

One of my best friends topher_fox moved to Pittsburgh to pursue an education in airframe mechanics at PIA. It's awesome having him so close now so we can chill out and cause shenanigans :P

Halloween was spent at the house of kwik in Columbus, hanging out and then going out to a giant block party downtown in fursuit! That was a fun time but a LOOOOONG walk in suit. Got to meet a ton of awesome people and spend some more time with Theome.

MFF was pretty laid back this year. No endurance fursuiting this year :P Roomed with the Milwaukee crew and got to spend some quality time getting to know a few people better and making new friends. Also got to hang out more with tastyeagle which is always choice!  Wore fauxpawroo 's suit FauxPaw and she wore Didge, that was a super fun outing! I love swapping suits with people ^_^ Maybe some day I'll catch up to nerfcoyote 's record :P Speaking of which, he got to jump into Codex for a little while and nab number 100 on his list of worn suits! It was an honor and a privilege sir :D  OH, and I TOTALLY stopped out of my way to get a real Chicago style hotdog from SUPERDAWG, mmmmm so good.

Thanksgiving, I ate a HUGE meal with family here at home, then that weekend, drove out to Columbus to have even MORE food and to hang out with friends at fordshepherd 's place. MORE new friends acquired and a few more hours hanging out with Jimmy before he had to return to the land of California, and with Theome before he had to go back to the south :P

As of right now I'm just sitting here on one of my few recent days off, trying to recover from this back breaking work. I never knew that a retail job could be so painful.  Also the fact that the new management are ASSHOLES, and have totally destroyed all our morale and the familylike atmosphere that was around before the change. Way to go dicks.

Not to long ago my father was diagnosed with bladder cancer. When I got that call it shook me a bit. I just laid there in bed in silence, not able to think or say anything.  So far the outlook is super positive though. They went in and took out the growth, and now they are doing light chemo to his bladder, in fact he went in today for another treatment. They are pretty sure that he will be just fine, which so far is a huge relief to me and my family.

Another big life event is that I'm in a relationship now.... yeah I never thought that would happen actually. Theome and I had been seeing how things were going for the last few months between us and if we were compatible, and as of last week we have made it official ^_^  So now I guess I have a boyfriend... weird huh? ;)  Totally <3 him tho!

I even got us a Christmas/Hanukkah gift from RaccoonDrew: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3160708/
He does such a great job of cute pudgy goodness :P

So Christmas will be spent here with family as always, New Years will be spent in Columbus yet again with Theome, at Kwik's NYE bash!  I'm really looking forward to that. Then in January MOTHERFUCKIN FURTHER CONFUSION BITCHES!!!!!!1!!1111.... *cough* ahem... sorry for that. If I was to say that I was looking forward to that it would be a massive understatement.  I've never been to the west coast before and there are plenty of friends that will be there that I have never met face to face. EXCITED!

Con plans for this coming year seem to be so far:
FC
FWA (tentatively)
AC
MFM (tentatively)
MFF

Also I'm starting to take fursuit commissions as well, got 3 or so in the oven hopefully to all be done by March or so, then one for ME, then more :P

So that's it! Maybe next time I can go a little less time between updates >.< (Twitter is partially to blame for that: http://twitter.com/codexrau)

Arito is selling Ziggy, the amazing ratsuit he built for AC this year.

tinyurl.com/nlmfk8

Go check it out and bid early and often :P

An incredibly old television that I KNOW you will want to see :P

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8159406.stm

https://twitter.com/codexrau

Yeah... I don't know how much I'm gonna use it till i get a new phone, but whatever there it is YOU DAMN PEOPLE. :P

Anthrocon was awesome and here's why!

( Let's put this under a cut shall we... )

I'll post some pics later of the con and events.

Ralph Barnes Jr.
Father of one of my longest and closest friends.  Lost his battle with Multiple Sclerosis last night at the age of 50.

He was a loving father and almost like one to me.  Over the last decade he slowly lost much of his independence and gained alot of pain and suffering, but he never faltered in spirit.  I only hope I can live up to that example when my own time comes.



This is him on the lower right, getting to see his daughter graduate from high school a few weeks ago. He said it was the last thing he needed to do before he went.

Bye Ralph, I'll miss you...

Or "Frankencav" your pick :P

OK, so I went to an estate auction today, and thought I might find something interesting.  Well, it was WAY more than interesting...

I got a Pioneer VSX-3800 Stereo Receiver - $25
A Sony SCD-CE775 5-disc Super Audio CD / Regular CD Deck - $15
and a Thorens TD-318 MKII turntable - $5

Spats.... begin jealousy.... NOW! :P

On a sour note, backing out of the parking lot after getting all those items for a TOTAL steal, I hit a dumpster I couldn't see due to the glare from the sun.



Its pretty bad. I'm hoping that my insurance will cover it ok, and that my rate won't jump like crazy ;_;
Karma I guess. Oh well, the electronics after getting them home restored some of my happy.

Oh and on the job front, Its going well. People like me, I walk like 8 miles a day and lift hundreds of lbs, but I also get to troubleshoot and problem solve for customers, so its good for body and mind :P

1) Who are you?
2) Would you consider me a good acquaintance? Would you like to know me better?
3) When and how did we meet?
4) Would you buy me a drink? What kind?
5) Give me a nickname and explain why.
6) Describe me in three words or less
7) What was your first impression of me?
8) Do you still think the same?
9) What reminds you of me? What do I remind you of?
10) If you could give me anything, what would it be?
11) How well do you know me?
12) Would you like to know all this if I were to fill out this questionnaire about you?
13) Would you meet up with me?

So ok, I got the job. Barring any unforeseen circumstances with my urine test, which should be clean like a hospital bed.

On one of the questions the manager asked, "Describe something that took you a lot of time and effort to finish, and if it was worth it.." Of course I whip out my cell phone and show him the picture of Codex on my background.  He amazed!  Says it shows creativity and that they are always looking to have employees with creative talents.

That and talking about my film work and building things with my hands as props for cosplay and such really helped I guess.  He actually called in a coworker to come look at the pic of Codex :P

So yeah, creating fursuits can impress possible bosses :P

Wish me luck...

Animated Films meme

(borrowed and modified a bit from crocodile )

X what you saw
O what you haven't finished/saw sizable portions
Red font for what you disliked/hated
Yellow font for what you liked
Green font for what you loved
- Underline if own
- Leave unchanged if neutral

( Click for memeage. )

So this weekend was another Tekko, this one was special for a ton of reasons:

It's the first anniversary of Codex's creation.
It's the first real public outing Didgeri Roo.
It was in the DLCC in downtown Pittsburgh (AC's current home) for the first time.
I got to meet old and new friends, some for the first time in the flesh.



I ended up making this Chop Chop Master Onion head for my good friend timescar2501 in about 10 hours total time.  It was well received :P Didge had a great time too even for the limited amount of time he showed up for, he got tired pretty fast and didn't have anywhere to go to rest for a few minutes. (anime cons have no headless lounge ;_;)



Codex came for a visit for a few hours tho on Saturday.  Everyone loves a gator :P



And my most awesome of friends lisa_krivda totally rocked the house with her Irenes cosplay from Chrono Cross.  She took home Best of Weekend in Hall Costuming, for the second time no less!  Grats Lis!

More pictures are located here on my server:
www.matrixcodex.net/gallery/v/animecon/photo/tekko/2009/
It may be slow due to running off of my home connection, and because the gallery software can be a tad buggy, but its all there :P

I want to own a pinball machine.

It's that simple. 

When I was just a wee lad, what was the first thing that I would go for in the arcade?  Skee-ball?  Pac-Man? Mortal Kombat? Air Hockey?  Nope, it was the pinball machine.  The Addams Family, Funhouse, Earthshaker, The Simpsons; they were my real favorite tables.  One time, when I was younger, my mother gave me 20 bucks to blow at the arcade in one session.  Now that meant ALL the games, but I knew where my time would be better invested. And that entailed me playing The Addams Family for a few hours, until I had all the top scores. Sadly the arcade that had that machine closed down about a year ago.

I don't know anywhere around here offhand that has pinball anymore, and thats just a sad fact of life.  I thing the only company making new machines is Stern I think, and really, I prefer the 80's to mid 90's machines.  They were quirky, they werent all based on famous pop culture items, tho some of the best ones were.  I'm not as much into the non solid state tables, and stuff from the late 70's back really.  They tend to be a bit to slow paced for my tastes. Tho I'm not some ADHD sufferer that needs 30 second bursts of information to remain interested, I can sip mint tea on the veranda and relax like the best of them.  Thats another thing that gets me.  Alot of people in the generations after mine think that I would get sick of having the same machine over and over. NO. I wouldn't.  Pinball is controlled madness. Its a physics experiment with flippers. Each time you play it is never the same as the last. Its organized enough that you know what you have to do to score and progress the game, but random enough to make it a challenge every single time you play.

So, I want to as soon as I have the dough to do it, buy a pinball machine.
Here's a short list of my favorites:
The Addams Family, Funhouse, Earthshaker, Simpsons (Data East), Rocky and Bullwinkle, Guns and Roses, Indiana Jones, Bad Cats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jurassic Park and the Lost World, Cyclone, The Machine: Bride of Pinbot, Black Knight 2000, Tales from the Crypt, Lethal Weapon 3.

If anybody has seen these tables open for play in the Pittsburgh area, PLEASE tell me so I can try to go play them.  If anybody has tips on places to look to purchase one for a good deal (I'm looking RIGHT at your direction Tilt, is see your spotty ass reading this) or to find one possibly for free or trade. Or hell, if one of you collectors might possibly be interested in a trade, say I build a fursuit for a table or something, in the near future.

I've wanted one in my home for many years, and in the next few, I hope to make it a reality.  They don't get the appreciation they deserve.

I actually forgot about these until a few nights ago >.< Oh well HERE THEY ARE ENJOY!

It is BSG related, I'm sure you will want to know, if you don't already  :P

www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6c21c5456af55219d6f55a20baf1089a

And if the embedded link isnt working for you...
www.collegehumor.com/video:1899973

How do end up with concrud and I've been nowhere near FC.... :(
Damn sinus congestion.

*continues eating dinner and taking different forms of Zicam*