Ruff's Den

What's New!?

Happy New Year, everyone! I've been meaning to update for a while now to let everyone know that this website is going to be pernamently shut down. So.. it was nice knowing you all... but I've got better things to be doing with my time. Please tell me you didn't believe that. I'm actually reading up on my HTML... because as I'm sure some of you have noticed, and how some of you have commented on, my HTML right now is pretty shoddy. ...anyway, seeing as I manage a print shop that prints programming manuals, I've gotten my paws on a few books... This means a complete redesign of my website. For now- strictly HTML... I may pick up some javascript in time... but.. we'll see about that later. Anyhow... As soon as I get some reading done, and some new material to put up, this page will be poofed into something new and improved. I am also going to give up hosting people. It's been way too hard to get people to update, and obvously they're not interested anymore- so sorry, but I need the space (I'm actually combining two free accounts right now, which is kinda against the rules, and I would like to get away from it- I may split them and have a furry based website and a Jeep-based website.. we'll see.) Uhh- I also just got a new digital camera- this means I can start taking new pictures again.. also, I'm going on a road-trip to Moab, Utah soon to JEEP TO MY HEART'S CONTENT. I will take pictures, and maybe get some videos of that as well. Ahem, anyway. I'll try to make my site a little more fun and.. current. So wish me luck- any positive encouragement is appreciated!!!

-Ruff|ffuR-

Whee, this was a super small update, and I'd almost be willing to give $10 to anyone who could figure out what I updated!!! (minus changing the update date, and this entry!) Well, maybe I'll consiter it, so email me with what ya think I changed, if ya can figure it out! Uhh, got back from my trip, you can read about it on my LJ.. I don' think I'm going to upload anny piccis, I'm serously running out of space, and I'm currently using two geocities accounts, BAD OTTER! Uhh, so if you wanna see piccis, IM me!!! Okay, that'll be all!

-Ruff|ffuR-

Updating!!! Okay- here's what's up... I got my scanner- new 'art' is up at my deviantart account!!! Go check it out, and please don't hurt yourself laughing. Okay, next order of business... My website has a broken link!!! I absolutly HATE broken links... they drive me CRAZY. I honestly don't know what to do about it either... My guestbook is DOWN. I think the company who supplied it died... because their website is NO MORE. Here's my solution: I'm going to go agasint everything my brain is telling me, and leave it broken for a few days... to see if they get the site back up. If not, I'll be finding a new host for my guestbook soon. Anyhow, I really apologize for that, and I'll have it fixed ASAP! PS- if you ever find broken links on my website, please contact me as soon as possible so I can fix it! Thanks!

-Ruff|ffuR-

Wow, to swift updates! Okay- Put my fav. picci of precious up on my jeep-page (dunno why I didn't put it up a few months ago. x.x) and I changed the colors there too... That's all for today folks, it's my bedtime! Oh, also, MY SCANNER SHIPPED! It's on the way, it should be here SOMETIME this week! yay!!! Later!

-Ruff|ffuR-

S'hat up all? Errrm, I just changed my colours on my homepage- they're more ottery/muddy now... cuz otters like mud, and jeeps like mud, and jeeps like otters.. errm, I mean otters like jeeps.. errm, I mean this otter likes jeeps... errm.. I mean this otter LOVES his jeep.. yes! Okay... So that's what I did... I want to hear your opnion.. I had a friend who said it looked like "piss on shit" so... if you also think the colours do not look too good, let me know, and if I get complaints.. well, I'll change it back! Okay.. so that's it for this update... I bought a scanner today, it should be here the latest by next monday! So... I'll be able to update my deviantart account.. also, I should be getting my jeep lifted within the next month (I know I keep saying that, sorry, things keep coming up!)..and when that happens, you can bet there'll be lots of new piccis-- especially if the weather isn't too bad for me to take it up the mountain... to other mountains.. Yup. What else? Well, by the time I can afford my lift, I'll be about 4 to 5 hundered dollars ABOVE budget.. well, I know, that's not enough to get a new top.. but it IS enough to finially get some LIGHTS for my LIGHT BAR. I feel kinda silly driving around with a lightbar with no lights-- but I still think it looks good, even withought the lights, so no worries.. I also may be able to afford swtichting to a duel-battery system.. I can hope, right? Okay..so this is sort of turning into a live journal- which I already have.. thats right, this page is supposed to be dedicated to JUST updates now.. as in WEBSITE updates... so let me get back to the point. People STILL aren't singing my guestbook.. Look, I don't care how many times you sign it, I just WANT people to sign it. So.. if you have an opnion on my new colours, you can email me at otterfurry@yahoo.com, or just leave your comments in my guest-book... if you don't want to comment on my new colours, that doens't mean you can't leave me a message-- every time someone signs my guestbook, I become EXTREAMLY happy-- you hear that? make the otter happy- sign his guestbook! Please remember, however, that I keep my website SQUEAKY clean... and there ARE reasons for that.. don't go screw it up for me! This is how it works.. I don't have access to my guest book to erase any messages left that I see unfit... so if you leave something there that is disagreeable, I have to go get a whole new account, and all my old messages that were left for me will be GONE! ...so save me some work, and keep your messages appropriate! Thanks a bunch! Okay-- I'm going before I get off topic again. Thanks for visiting!!!

-Ruff

UPDATE!!! and it's about time, too! Well, mudpaws changed her email again, so I changed it too!!! I also made a new poll.. my next jeep _vehicle_ purchase is to be a XJ-- jeep cherokee. I defenatly want red.. but now- 2 door or 4 door? You can HELP ME DECIDE by clinking on the 'NEW POLL' link on my HOMEPAGE! (I would have done all the caps stuff as hyperlinks, but I'm too tired!!!) To hopefully remove some confusion with the "What's New" page, I'm going to try to do my ranting sort o' stuff in my live Journal, and strictly keep this for updates. So! Updates. New Poll, New live Journal, New email for Mudpaws. I've got some art a friend drew that I'll put up when I have time and permission. My Jeep should become a few inches taller this weekend, and if that goes though, then there'll be new stuff in my Jeep page too!!! Other than that, nothing new! My report is though! and I am no longer disgruntled, just tired... and sleepy.. and in need of a nap. 'till next time!! (and so sorry, I really will try harder...)

[added at 11:16pm] I was wokring on the poll, and I exceeded my bandwidth... so I'm sorry if the images are jacked up, or just non-existant..I can't go check to make sure it's right!!! Please don't vote until I have the images up... also, remember that you're voting on the 2/4 door version... i know the 4-door is kinda biased in the picture because it has nicer tires and a luggage rack-- please remember that a 2-door can ALSO be outfitted with nice tires and a luggage rack!!! that's all!

Ruff!

Hey, I tried to put up some flashing text for Mudpaws' new email address.. the JavaScript worked fine by itself, but as soon as I threw it into the mix with the rest of the HTML on my page, it refused to work! Oh well, I don't really care...I just wrote a huge rant in my deviantart journal, I don't much feel like writing anymore. You can find that at http://RuffBCagnus.Deviantart.com. Err, I'd like to add to that rant that it's not only the big employers out there who can act like total gits. A lot of people (myself included) can be totally ungreatful for the many blessings in their lives; constantly naive of the things around us that make our lives easier and more interesting. As the day proceeds I seem to be getting in a fouler and fouler mood, and I apologize ahead of time to anyone I snap at. As a matter of fact, I've only got one more thing to say: Pop-up adds are pointless. They frusterate me beyond belief. I'm trying to do something simple online, yet my attention is continually being cut off, my train of thought derailed. Let us all make an agreement NEVER to BUY FROM ANYONE who USES POP-UP ADDS. I am very disgruntled.

...Ruff

Yarr, the 4th of July was wonderful.. wonderful spirited time of the year.. I love it out here... okay, enough reminessaning...ing? ing? Umm, yuppers, the parade was great, and... the fireworks were exceptional. Lessee, what else.. My job.... errr, expired? Well, they treat me like crap anyway... umm, and... so I'm not too dissapointed. I basically told them that I may be persuing a career, and therefor I may be giving them my two-weeks soon. I've decided that my boss thought that I WAS giving my two weeks.. they hired on a replacement for me, then basically kicked me off the schedule. I'm officially "backup". In otherwords, at the last second when one of my coworkers doens't feel like working I get called in... isn't that lovely!? Umm, so I'm officially looking for a new job.. with no luck. Working on finishing the barn still.. and umm... yup, that's about it. As for updates? I got a new picci up on my art page.. check it out!!! Thats all for now!

-Ruff

UPDATE, UPDATE! Wow, okay, so since last time I..chatted... with you, every other job idea I've had has died. I have a possible position opening up as a tech specialist at the middle school next year, but that's looking doubtful. I picked up an applicatoin for the Post Office.. I think I may end up with a grave-yard shift sorting mail alone. That wouldn't be too bad. I can sleep during the day, no problem! Well, that's not gonna happen. All my coworkers are trying to get me to stay. But unless I can talk my manager into giving the other employees less hours, and me a raise, then that's not gonna happen either. I'm sure there are pleny of job opportunites in the Springs, Alas, I don't want to commute. I'm afraid my jeep would fall apart on the second day. x.x Okay, so other jobs.. well, we have fast-food joints.. I promised myself I'd never work fast food... although just about every fast-food's manager in Monument has asked me to come work for them... No! So what's left. Safeway? I think not. King Soopers? Not too bad, but still not what I would aim for. Oh well, I've been praying, so I'm sure something will show up right when I need it. Next on the agenda. I got a light-bar for my jeep. As soon as I open a Paypal account, I'll have 4 100 watt halogens for it too! ::Is very excited:: I also opened a new bank account, and have a debit card. Now that's dangerous. What else.. ahh, of course! I'm trying to build up the nerve to ask my parents if I can go to NYC to meet a pal of mine. Also visit with my uncle.. and of course, the key thing to it all: permission to attend AC. I've been trying to ask them all week, but the timing hasn't been good! Well, It's getting down to the wire, and I'm afriad I'm just going to blurt it sometime in the middle of some random conversation. Oh well, if that's what it takes, that's what it takes. I'm 18, and as of the 1st of July, I'll have $800+ in my account. I guess we'll see what happens.. so yeah, that's it. Wish me luck, or pray for me, or brew up a spell, or whatever it is you believe in. (I perfer the first two in all honesty, but if you're a spell kinda person..err.. knock yourself out. ^^;) So.. yeah, time to fly! (And I don't mean drugs!) See y'all in another week! or month... year? We'll say decade- you know, just to be safe!


Century?

-Ruff

Goodness, having another... down point? in life... I've been expecting to become an electrician's apprentace for a while now... My friend's dad just happens to be big with the Union that pretty much runs the operation... He said he could pretty much guarentee me a job... however, thanks to our school system and it's slowness, I got my GED later than they were hiring.. instead of them just telling me that, they just kinda avoided my calls or something, so I just found out last night.. And wham,all my plans for the next year kinda got STABBED IN THE BACK! Yup. I currently have no health insurance, and my "good student discount" on my car insurance was dropped since I'm no longer a student. So if I get sick or something, I'm pretty much screwed... Umm, so I need another job is what it boils down to. My managers are kinda gettin' ichy with me cuz I told them I was leaving, I just didn't know when. But now I'm staying, at least until I get another job. But I'm not telling them that... I'll just say I'm gonna stay on for.. well, I don't know how long, cuz I don't. Our FedEx Express driver said she thought I'd be able to drive for FedEx... so I think I'll talk to her today.. They have awesome pay, and benefits like none other... And I'd only work part-time. The put me on full time at The UPS store, which I've been wanting for a while now.. but it's still gonna be a pain in the arse simply because working there is kinda becoming a biznatch. Don't ask, it's a long story. So needless to say, I'm in the dumps. I go to work in less than an hour, an 8 hour shift.. That happens to be the longest shift you can work at The UPS Store... may not sound bad, but I was talking to my coworker a few days ago, and she said that she had been a telemarketer, but that the customers at The UPS Store were nastier to her than the majority of people she had to call. Now I've heard stories about telemarketers, and I don't know it's true, but I wouldn't say it can't be. Okay, now to whine a little more.. MUDPAWS, WHERE ARE YOU!? I want to talk to you soo badly! I lost your address because I accidentally deleted all my emails, otherwise I'd write a letter... or look up your phone number! You need to get your computer and email me! Or go to the Library! Or SOMETHING! Okay, that's done, out of my system.... Oh,and speaking of FedEx, they just dropped off a laptop we bought for one of my friends... I have two brand-new laptops in my room right now, the excitement!!! Okay, anyhow, I'm gonna go get ready for work. I'm sure I'll be whining more later! In other news, (haha, gotta just love it, eh?) I'm gonna open a checking account. Yup. And in other news, I gotta talk to my parents about going to AC. x.x Not something I'm looking forward to. Anyway. Things won't get done if I'm sitting here at my computer. Time to run!

-Ruff

All done, even the relatives.. it's officially over. Life is returning back to normal for the most of us. For some of us, it's the new normal... we need to learn what it's like to not have school, see our friends every day... though the stress level has significantly dropped, the responsibility level has greatly risen. I'm having fun, I have to admit it! I love this laptop, it's one of the few _inatimate_(sp?) loves of my life. The others being my jeep, my bed, and my otter plushie. Yup. So, for your enjoyment, here's a picci!

..yay, so pretty.. Okay, that's the real reason I updated: to get this picci up, yay! Okay, 'nuff said, tootles!

-Ruff

Well, Graduation is over... I thought it was gonna be a really depressing event.. luckily, it was just.. hectic ad fun... they werent very well organized.. and our graduating class was pretty large this year... 400 kids or something! (That's large for here, anyway...) Anywho... I got a laptop- which I'm on now, awesome... and a lot of $$$... it was all pretty cool.. but now I'm kinda sad... Mudpaws and I were gonna try to get together one last time before she moved to see Shrek 2... but thanks to the busyness of moving, it's not gonna happen.. I can't believe I alredy have friends that are leaving. What am I going to do with myself? I guess I need to jump on my own career... Throw myself into my work-- afterall, I am a workaholic... Oh well... I'm sure I'll find a way to keep myself entertained... and for you, Mudpaws, I hope your move goes great. I'll miss you very much! ...and now, I suppose I should do something... just dun know what... sleep is sounding nice, althouh I just woke up. ^^ hehe, okay, bye bye!

-Ruff

Graduation is tomorrow... everything in my life is changing... again. I have extreme mixed emotions.. and the more I think about things the more depressed and scared I become. My life is only starting... do I go into life with fear?
No.
For "The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?"
Psalm 27:1

I have given my life to the Lord, and He will forever be my guide...

-Ruff

Kay, new jeep pix up.. went jeeping yet again today.. but I didn't post any of those pictures.. I may eventually, but nothig specail happened. I did, however, put up a new link with engine pix and an undercarriage pic.. so yup.. Graduation is almost here!!! I can't wait!!! Okay, I got hella day ahead of me, so.. peace-out! (hummer II's suck, no offense.. and my opnion of hummers [in general] has gone down a bit as well... they're just not my style anymore whatsoever... sorry...)

-Ruff ...crazyrandomnessaftermyname!

New new new, there's lots new in the otter's den. I spent some more time on my jeep page.. got new piccis, and things are a bit more organized now.. though my html knowledge is still a bit short.. I'm sure if you view it on a lower resolution screen it will be a pain.. sorry. O.o Umm, anyway, All the new four-wheeling pix are a max of 3 days old? Yup, I put in quite a few hours jeeping on saturday, then went back for more sunday and brought the family... My dad's rear suspension fell apart, which resulted in a lot of towing, and waiting around... we're just thankful nobody got hurt seeing as a tire fell off, and the breaks went out. Poor TJ... my YJ held up pleasingly well... yay for old jeeps. Fun fun. SO yesterday, monday, I went back for yet more jeeping.. well, kinda. It was fun, though it was only an hour.. if that. Anyhow, I've updated a little.. hope you all like it!

-Ruff

The topic of today's update: Hellishness and random chaoticness of life. Today was a pretty good day. It had it's ups and downs... First off, I went into school during first hour to help take down characteristics for the new band director who's being hired next year. (Mr. Ketels is retiring to a different job to "touch more kids" after 24 years of being our band director...) This is a.. how do I put it? More than slightly depressing situation. Yes, that about sums it up. The Freshmen were actually easier to deal with than the Juniors and Seniors.. but hey, they were all easy... and it went rather well. We also had a big meeting.. unfortunatly for all of you, that's classified information.. we can afford NO leaks. Ahem.. the rest of the day went smoothly.. I got to eat lots of Oreos... and we proved that the "Double Stuf" oreos (despite the funny spelling that sometimes indicates fraud) actually DOES have twice the amount of stuff as traditional oreos. How exciting. After school I made up a lab for my astronomy class, how exciting.. The good thing was I got some very handy astronomy software that tells you EVERYTHING you'd ever want to know while star-gazing. It also predicts eclipses and all that jazz... whee fun! I got home, and after a little trouble, got a succesful copy of the programme on a disc, and got it installed. Then it was off to my sister's choir concert.. how exciting! This was a bummer, however, because when I left, I accidentally burned out in the driveway a little.. Of course when I got back my dad flipped out and started yelling "I spend hours putting down these rocks, and you just take off and tare up the driveway. You didn't even offer to help me do it in the first place, blah blah blah"... funny thing is.. I DID help him with that part of the driveway-- thanks for noticing Dad. The part I DIDN'T help with was the barn driveway (note, I DID NOT tare up that driveway.. I didn't tare up the driveway I was in anyway.. just left a few small holes...a very easy mistake, people do it every time they come to my house...) ...oh, and why didn't I help with that driveway? Well, see, after I get home from school and work, I'm generally ready to relax... Oh well. Just makes me mad I get chewed out for putting two little holes in the driveway... after he left I was just sittin' there thinkin' "okay, sorry Dad, next time I'll make sure to smoke some pot, get drunk, and get someone pregnant before I put a bullet in my head." heh, You know, putting things in perspective.. SO I BURNED OUT A LITTLE IN THE DRIVEWAY, BIG F***** DEAL! Sorry, my parents can really tick me off from time to time... I honestly believe that they have NO right to get angry at me for stupid stuff like they do... I've never been in a single fight with them, I do my best to take care of my sister and to treat her nicely; I have a 3.5+ GPA, a good job, AND I'm around the family a WHOLE hell of a lot for an 18 year old.. so.. just really ticks me... anyway, got over that and went to the store... lookin' for gifts.. and THEN I watched the last samurai... good good movie. Very sad, But excellent nonetheless. And now I'm sittin' on my hiney, doin' nothin'. I get to go up Mt. Herman tomorrow to collect rocks for my Dad (aren't I nice?? after all that complaining I just did, and I'm STILL trying to help out!) ...and so I may drag Tim along... we've been itchin' to go off roadin'.. unfortunatly, my dad scheduled a 'talk' with me at 11am.. so that kinda cuts the day in half.. just can't win. Okay, I've talked way too much... Life is good, that's what matters. Oh, and I need love too, so email me and tell me what a great person I am. HAHAHA, I made a funny, as Splinter would say. Wow, tired. Bye!

-Ruff

Okay,and more! already! wow! I just found some jeep vids the other day, and I loved the end of one.. so I tracked down some software, and cropped the part out I like.. (luckily, it seemed none of my freiends online wanted to carry out intelligent conversatoins, so I wasn't beeing too distracted at the time I was working on it..) Anyway. Okay, this video demonstrates the easily amused, and totally happy-go-lucky spirit of most jeep owners. I love just WATCHING this, and would love to do it more. It's also a YJ.. other than the lift, that's my Jeep! (this makes it all the more fun to watch!) Unfortunatly, I can't seem to get it to upload to my webshell... which is a total royal pain in the ass seeing as I just spent like an hour making it uploadable... and now yahoo is just being too stupid to load it... AHA, perfect timeing, it went. Okay, so here it is. Enjoy! (I do! --once again, right click the hyperlink [in blue] and "save target as" to view it.)

-Ruff

Yay, and update. WHooboy. Okay, so.. talked to my rabbity friend up there in Brooklyn, New York... very very nice fellow, enjoyed talking very much. Okay, thats the first bit of news... next... umm.. my reason for updating. Found this vid, and I love it. very short and to the point. This is why jeeps have roll bars... (this is an early jeep testing vid.. right click and save target as, like always!) Okay, beddie time!

-Ruff

HI! Okay, got some stuff... below is a really cool picci I found online from the books I'm reading.. "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King... I LOVE this picture...

And what's more.. here's the theme song from his new TV series "Kingdom Hospital".. I love this song too.. it's by Ivy...
Worry About You(right click, and "save target as")
I'm going Stephen King crazy right now... so.. pardon my... me..ness. Yup. Easter gone great, got a Tull CD. Umm... so that's about all I have to say.. except one last thing.. PRAISE JESUS!!! IXOYE- JESUS CHRIST GOD'S SON-SAVIOR! THANK YOU!

-Ruff

What can I say? Taxes suck. I got my W2's back in january- great! I got my federal tax forms filled out over a month and a half ago, but have yet to mail them in. Then I relized--yes-- there are state taxes too. So I got them last night... and of course, they make no sense.. so today I get to go find my brother and have him help me with them, because he's a flipping genious! But... it turns out it's a good thing that I hadn't mailed them in yet because they got my SS# wrong! Yeah, the government fucked up! (what else is new?) --actually, I can't say that because other than the USPS, I've no issues with them. Anyhow, so I have to call the IRS tonight, and see what I'm supposed to do about it.. and the 15th is six days away! Yeah, I can whine about it all I want, because I'm new to the whole thing, and I thought that I was done a long time ago. Anyway, that's all I have to whine about. I'm quite well, teeth still hurt, but.. healin' quickly. School's spiff, and life's good. Except for prom is coming up-- I really dun wanna go... and I'll be going alone (unless Alv gets out here, lol) so... yup. Anyway, no real updates as of late. I have some new piccis of my jeep I'd like to upload.. but I want to wait to get more. So yeah. Guess that's all for today! (heh, more like this month, knowing me...) See all y'alls la'er!

-Ruff

High all. pun intended? We now have substancial evidence of why it my actaully be safer to keep otters off drugs, even if they are simply for comfort... I got my third molar-surgery (wisdom teeth outage) on tuesday... and I'm currently on multiple drugs.... needless to say, only the most basic skills in this pore ole otter's head are still working... ie: how to work the remote, play piano, answer and write emails, and how to programme a website (needless to say typing). All the more complex skills such as: memory, balance, orientation, and just about all other major motor functions have been knocked completely aside. No, I'm serious... I can't remember anything that's happened over the past... four or five days... and I know from some responses to emails I'e recieved that, yes, I have indeed been emailing you guys. Probably much in the way as I'm typing this now, which I'll forget a half-an-hour from when I leave my computer... Anyway, I guess this is more an apology than anything to anyone who I've emailed anything that seemed.. a bit out there... One of these I feel really badly about, mind you, is I emailed my fine matey Adrian wishing him a happy birthday.. got a response that... well, whaddya know, it's not his birthday. So, I must apoliogize to him: Adrian, so sorry, but I can honestly say I thought it was your birthday, and I'm still not completely convinced that it wasn't. ...uhh... and now I'm not quite sure what else to say about that. So.. uhh... moving on... anyone else... if I say congratulations on the new baby, or thank you for a wonderful surprise graduation party.. please, for both of our sakes, just ignore me! I'll be sure to let everyone know when the world has stopped spinning, and when the hour-hand on the clock finally decides to move to 1:00pm. No-really about that, it's been beetween 12.23 and 12.41 for far far too long now. Oy, maybe th' otter should just go back to sleep. I give to you all my deepest apologies for having a very very low drug tolerance, and I thank you all for having such a high otter tolerance... ...oh, and Alvcard, I remember writing you an email.. I hope I wasn't as far out there as I was when I wrote one to Adrian.. see y'all latah.

-Ruff

Noo, not more snow.. But then again, this is supposedly the snowiest month here in colorado... It rained a little yesterday.. I love rain, Though I can't remember the last time the ground was covered in snow and it rained... oh well, it turned to snow, so now we just got more of that white crap. However, I'm rather excited. The wheather channel is showing approaching hot weather, and more rain! ...I suspect most of this snow will have melted off by tomorrow. It's supposed to get into the 50's for most of next week. You know what that means... Time to take the top down on the jeep, YES! ...oh, and I forgot to mention, this latest snow was a wet snow... usually we have dry snow.. a difficult concept to explain, you just have to experience it I guess. Anyhow, this means it'll melt faster. I'm hoping this is an omen of a long hot summer- that is: the best kind of summer. Unless we get forest fires like a few years ago when they closed all the fire roads due to... well, fire. That takes away all camping possibilities, and, of course, four-wheeling is neigh impossible. So we'll hope it's a long hot wet summer. Mud is fun, and I love rain, so it would be welcome. My point is as follows: I wouldn't mind if this was the last snow we got until next year. I know it won't happen, however... last year it snowed as late as mid-june. Lovely 90 some degree wheather in the morning, and snowing by 3.00. Gotta love it. -.-

Anyway, I haven't updated again in forever. Still nothing to update with. I got more jeep piccis and such, but I have this strange feeling that I'm really the only one interested in that kinda stuff... so I'll prolly wait until summer to update any jeep stuff... not a lot to take pictues of in winter anyway. So.. what's new in life? well, February is always hell. And the beginning of march, of course. I've had finals, nationals, solo and ensemble festivle is coming up, Csap/writing assesment testing next week, scheduleing, and I know I'm missing stuff... but in addition to work, it's a bit much. I also have an appointment to get my wisdom teeth pulled coming up. We're workin' on the barn, my future home, and a lack of hours is creating a slight financial stooper that needs fixing.. the solution? A second job. But it'll all be good... I love driving. I'm not sure I rememberd to tell anyone, but I'm 18 now.. legal.. heck yeah... so send me presents. ^^ haha, Just kidding... Please don't. OH well, none of y'all know my address anyway. What else.. oh yeah, the finals thing. I aced one of them... finished with a 102% in the class... but then.. AP stats.. we had to take a chapter nine test AND our final in the time period alloted for finals.. what does this mean? That no one completed the final, of course. In addition, I blanked, and actually turned my test in with a full blank page. Someone please shoot me, I want to die. No, more seroiusly, from what I understand, a lot of my "fellow" students had the same issues with the test.. if she grades it on a curve, all is well. If not, well, I'll bet I failed my first class. Or got a D in my first class. Or ruined another chance at lettering achidemically with a C. Or got really really lucky and kept my B. ...okay, time to stop blethering. see ya later peeps.

-Ruff

I once knew a fish whose name was Pete. (Everyone I know was named Pete.. then they changed their names) The fish named Pete changed his name to Brian. Then I ate Brian. I found it strange, however, because they always say that once you learn someone's name, you can't eat them. Well, I ate Brian, previously known as Pete. They were wrong. I hope everyone has a nice day.

-Ruff

More polls, more polls, yay!!! I know it's hard to see on the homepage, so here's the link again: http://www.oocities.org/otterfurry/polls/dashboard.html Have fun!!! I know I will seeing your responses!

-Ruff

Aight.... got a poll up.. gonna have more soon I hope. They'll be pointless, but humor me, PLEASE. That's all for now, i'm having too much fun chatting, and I'm tired... and quite frankly sick of HTML!!!! soo... 'till next time... Attitude is everything, and only you can choose how you react to every situation. Your choices effect others, so choose wisely!

-Ruff

Ye-haw, been a while!!! Unfortunalty, I didn't update any pages... I did however upload some images... you're awre that if you go to the subdirectory of my pages, you can see all my individual pages, right? For example.. if you look under "properities" after right clicking a picture, and see where it's linked from, you can type in the same thing, minus the picture's name, and get the directory-- in which you can see every file I have for that subdirectory wheather or not I have a link to it or not. Err, what I'm trying to say is that I upload a lot of pictures that I never have time to link to or whatever.. so if you wanna brave the web, and try to find them, just find my subdirectories, and look through them!!! Here's an example of a subdirectory: http://www.oocities.org/otterfurry/temp..and of course, now you shall see all the cool stuff that's there, but isn't!!! Don't have TOO much fun with that.. but.. yeah. Anyway, reason for updating--even though I really didn't: My friends b-day is tomorrow. He turns 18. For some reason, that made me think of my website... and then I was like holy crap, it's been forever! So yeah, thank Tripp. And wish him a happy 18 if ya see 'im. G'evenin'!

-Ruff

WOw, I'm sad. I havne't recieved an email that was addressed to me for like four days now... I've just got junk mail!!! That's depressing. Well, not really DEPRESSING depressing.. but... you know what I mean... huh, you silly guys? WOW, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? I'm at work.. joy. I'm not gonna update a lot, cuz right now is the first time I've not been helping customers... it's surprisingly busy. Yeah. I got some more pics uploaded, so depending on how busy it is, I may even get a few more up... not sure though. anyway, you guys who visit my website need to send me an email or something, make me feel loved. It's nice to know people are thinking about you if you're not right in front of them.. hehe, I sound like my Great Uncle now... well, I'm gonna go post some pix. tootles!!!

-Ruff

Okay, so my graduation year has finially arrived. Now I just gotta make it a little longer. As for my mood.. things are lookin' up... I guess being cut off from everyone kinda does that...well, it's depressing at the same time, cuz you've got no one to socalize with but family, and we all know how that can be... but no problems pressing in is nice too.. no stress... So... yeah, I'm tryin' to update.. so far I've added a few more picci's to my jeep page, there will be more to come... uhh... I've recieved a lot of art from Kels... we'll see what I put up.. right now I'm itching to get out and work on my jeep.. haha.. so I prolly won't do much more today, I'm such a slacker. ^^ wow, and I'm a hungry slacker.. maybe I'll drive somewhere and let it warm up a bit.. it's only 24 out right now... so... yeah... working in weather that cold with metal and schtuff kinda sux. Whee! I need to go smoke joint. ^^ that was a joke, now laugh! oh, come on now, you really think I would do drugs??? HAHAHA. Okay, I'm sorry, now I'm just rambling. I'm out of here.

oh, and about all that stuff I said.. heh, yeah, I was depressed, and a lot of crap is goin' on in my life, but who doesn't have that? Thing is, I can, have, and will continue to deal with it, so don't fret. I need not my problmes become yours. As a matter of fact, I'd feel horrible if they did... which equals more depression which makes it more difficult to deal with.. so.. yeah. ^^ you get the jist of it, I'm fine, happy, and playful as ever... okay, that said, later!!!

-Ruff

Right.. depressed.. again... seems to be happening a lot recently. heh, I'm on the threashold of Christmas Eve... and... quite frankly, everything I said last time holds true. I think it's the dang idiot customers who come in and give us shit about EVERYTHING. Heh, I'm not too good at taking un-necessary criticisum.. and of course, due to the bad moods that are always flying around, all of my co-workers have been infected.. we're holding off all right, I suppose, but things are gettin' real short.. seems everyone's fuse is about to run out. I don't really have a fuse, so I just kinda take the abuse and end up in my current mood. I mean, sure I act angry sometimes.. but I've only ever been MAD in my life on two or three occasions.. so yeah. Current mood... just not caring. Low energy. Low thoughts. Low motivation. I've even been to depressed to talk to my friends... after I got off work today, I just drove. A good way to relieve stress... but I don't think I drove enough... Grar... I feel smotherd... trapped. Sure, life is great, I don't know where I'm getting these feelings from, but I can honestly say that I wish I could just drop this happy mask I'm always wearing, and just give up on life for a while. No school, no work, no friends, no eating, no time to waste on stupid things, no interruptions, no college prep, no cold. I hate winter. Quite frankly, I hate everything that's not summer. I dunno. I need to lighten up. Chrismas is near, I got off work tomorrow... (yeah, christmas eve I was scheduled to work. O.o) ...maybe I'll see how long I can sleep for one straight time-period. I've never really tried before... my record is 17 hours straight, my mom made me get up. I haven't slept in for over a month now... tomorrow.. may just be fun. I mean, I get to see my brother... and his girlfriend.... and my grandparents... -.- but then again, I don't like large groups of people... I'm not that social, ya know? I like one other person, possibly two. More than that is overkill. ::sigh:: ..and this damn cold, I hate it... Just sitting here typing, and I can't feel my toes.. my fingers are cold, I've got goose-bumps all over my body... and i just feel like complaining... heh, that's all I wanna do is whine, as I have been. Anyhow, I'm sure this is EXTREAMLY boring... this is defenitly more for me than you, obvously, since NO ONE, I'm sure, made it this far cuz they thought "wow, slap that idiot, why the hell does he whine so much, this is stupid, I'm done".. and that of course doesn't help matters.. heh, but then again, why would anyone care? heh, and I just re-read that and thought "wow, what the hell was I trying to say there?" ...and I still don't know. shit.. I'm gonna... go. Sorry if I jacked yer day to hell.