I am not everybody's friend. This means I am not going to accept your buddy request unless I know you well. My favor cannot be bought and nothing impresses me less than someone trying to impress me. Be yourself, be respectful, and do us all a favor and don't treat me differently for being female.

I have very specific expectations about how people should act. They are fairly general standards and widely accepted around the internet.

I believe that people should conduct themselves with an honest attempt at spelling and grammar. We won't hold it against you for typos or still learning, but you have to at least try.

Don't involve people in talk about your fetishes. Your kink is not my kink and that's okay, but I don't want to hear about it. Most don't. If there are those who do, that is why we have private messages systems and off site IM programs. (remember that public chat is rated PG)

Don't assume everyone wants to rp with you. While most people don't mind a few *hugs*, some people very actively dislike being touched, even if just pretend.

Don't ignore advice. Even if you don't mean it, say thank you and move on. Internet arguments don't do anyone good and dismissing someone's advice is generally seen as offensive. By ignoring someone's advice you are telling them that you know better than they do and that they are wrong.

Don't assume knowledge you don't have. Unless you have actual practical hands-on experience, don't pretend to actually know everything about it. While book knowledge and study is good, and you might be able to impart advice or direct people to resources, don't take your theoretical knowledge and claim that it trumps someone else's experience.

I do not accept honest-to-God Bigotry. Whether it's sexism, homophobia or racism, it's wrong. Sure, I'll admit I'm a bit sexist and jingoist and I do enjoy off color humor, there's a difference between laughing at a joke that is funny because it is absurd, and claiming that you are bitter to all women because of poor past relationships or that you won't be comfortable having your children be exposed to homosexuals.

So with that out of the way, I am a loud, obnoxious cunt. Like many who identify with hyenas I am batshit insane, prone to vicious snapping, laugh at everything and indulge in too much alcohol. Like a proper fat, jealous loser, bitter lonely neck bearded oldfag internet troll, I can come off very cold, uncaring, and sometimes cruel.

I like to think I'm fundamentally friendly, and I have lots of devoted friends and I am considered laid back and fun loving. While I do struggle with alcoholism and depression (especially in the winter) and try to distance myself from my highly exaggerated and none too illustrious past, I like to think I know a few things about a few things and do my best to keep my mouth shut where I don't understand, and try not to speak up too much when someone disagrees with me. That being said, I often lose the battle and rarely resist the option to make what to me is a clever quip or pun, and I am very passionate(read: liable to flip out over at the drop of a hat) about a number of subjects.

I see myself as a fairly well informed (or at least strongly opinionated) and well rounded activist in the issues of hunting, ecology, animal welfare, feminism, and social behavior (especially in the need for the furry fandom to gain some respect for itself).

I am an artist of many stripes, I sculpt, I draw, I sell fursuits and fursuit accessories, and I'm a taxidermist.

I also like dinosaurs. And food. And CAPTAIN AMERICA! *swoon* And ponies.

I have been aware of and identifying with the furry fandom since I was fifteen. I didn't actually get involved until I was about 18 or 19. I was somehow unaware of the reputation of the fandom for many years, and in recent times I have become very concerned with the need to clean ourselves up a bit.

The furry fandom is the most tolerant, loving, generous and accepting fandom there is. Someone once put it that this is because we're fans of ourselves. Myself and many others found the fandom as a place to blossom as individuals, overcoming social phobias and learning how to relate to people better overall.

That being said, we have a preponderance of drama. Too many people have taken the sanctuary of the fandom to defend their shortcomings, cultivating insecurities, patronizing their thin skins, and demonizing any who dare to question them. In addition, our poor reputation, specifically the fictitious idea that furry is about sexual deviancy has led to a surge in those who are in fact sexual deviants. While there is nothing wrong with sexual deviance, there is a right and a wrong way to share it. The problem then, is a great deal of people who think that not only is their niche fetish perfectly acceptable to publicly share, but that they are entitled to enlighten everyone around them about the depth and variety of their obscure fetishes. This in turn, only furthers the problem of encouraging still more inappropriate behavior and more and more deviants to migrate in. The problem with this is again, that the furry fandom is not ABOUT sexual deviancy.

And so, I strongly propose the drafting of an acceptable Furry Code of Conduct. While it will outline basic human decency, it is a shame that so many of our number don't understand the importance of the human animal.

Spiritually I am pursuing the path of Therioshamanism, but I have some familiarity with the teachings of Israel Regardie, Michael Harner, Kabbalism, Hermeticism, Christianity, Mormons and Wicca. So while my knowledge is all very basic, I feel like I have a well rounded base of knowledge in spirituality, mysticism and religion to draw on and come to educated conclusions of.