Well I wasn't feeling too well so I went to the doctor's today. Sadly I come to find out that I have H1N1 with a 103F fever. Really sucks because on top of not feeling well, I can't go anywhere for 6 days. I am pretty much quarantined to the couch. Also, I was suppose to go to Pdawg's business dinner on Saturday and a thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. Now that I have H1N1, I can't go to either which really sucks a lot and is upsetting.

*curls back up on the couch*

I wanted to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving

Drink, eat and enjoy! :D

And safe travels to all that are driving or flying around this holiday season :)

MFF has come and gone and I can honestly say I am sad that I had to go. MFF was an absolute blast this year, way better than last year. I definitely got a lil bit of PCD when I got home.

There was a lot of things that made this con so memorable and enjoyable to me:
- There were a ton of parties each night that were off the charts.
- I got to see and hang out with good friends that I haven't seen in years and missed a lot.
- I really enjoyed romping around with a lot of fursuiters in Roan.
- I got to meet a lot of cool new furs, especially ones that I been talking to online but haven't met irl yet
- Generally was always hanging out with good friends and company throughout the con
- I could on and on... :3

I really want to take the time and thank everyone who made this con a blast and memorable one for me. It's friends like you that make going to cons worthwhile :) *hugs and slurps*

If I missed you or didn't get to chill as much, I'm sorry. I really tried my best to spend time with and see everyone at the con.

I miss you all and hope everyone that went to MFF had as much fun as I did! :)

My next con will be FC, which I very much look forward too ^ ^

Where are you staying?
Main Hotel with Pdawg

What day are you getting there?
Thursday around the mid evening

Where will you be most of the time during the day/s?
If I am not suiting, probably wandering around the con space with friends

Who will you be with?
Pdawg and few good friends

Do you do free art?
sure but im not good XD

Do you do trades?
see above

Do you do commissions?
nah

Do you have prints/ CDs ?
No.

Do you do badges?
not really :3

What is your gender?
Male

How old are you?
27

Are you taken?
Mmhmmm

Do you have a fursuit?
I have two fursuits, but will only be bringing Roan to MFF

Pics of Roan:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2683396/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2383339/

Please feel free to approach me in fursuit and say hi!! :)

Can I touch you?
if you dare ;)

Can I talk to you?
Of course!

Can we hang out?
If you can keep me still for a bit, sure XD

Can I look in your sketchbook?
I don't have one

Can I draw in your sketchbook?
Don't have a sketchbook but I always appreciate artwork so if want to draw me something, that be very cool

Can I buy you a drink?
I’d <3 you :3

Can I take your picture?
Yep, I don't mind at all :)

What do you look like?
5'7", Toned body, brown curly/wavy hair that I wear back, light olive skin

Other cons I’ll be at:
FC, EF, RF, (maybe another con)



So who all is going to MFF? :D

Howloween

Howloween was over the weekend in Surrey, BC and it went really well with a pretty decent turnout. It was really nice to get away for a bit and party with good friends. Also got the opportunity to get to know some furs better that live around the area of BC and Washington State. Saturday night after Howloween was winding down, we all headed over to an after party called Stormcock at the doghouse. The party was crazy and awesome :3

I spent Friday helping everyone set up for Howloween at the hotel. I also took on the responsibility of running and setting up the Howloween after party bowling event on Sunday. The bowling event overall went pretty smoothly with a good turnout as well. We had a lot of fursuiters bowling which offered much entertainment throughout the day. I got to bowl in Roan for the first time as well :).


Life

Well for those that were unaware, I been spending the last month working on my acting package to send out to agencies for representation. My last agent wasn't really moving my career in the direction I wanted and felt that they weren't pushing for me at all. Also overall felt they were more concerned with some of their own things and projects then their clients like me. So we parted ways at the beginning of September.

The process for those that don't know is pretty stressful and hard. Their is a lot riding on yourself and career when putting together an acting package and sending it out to agents. I spent the month getting my headshots, working on a new demo reel with another professional actress, and doing research on each agency I wanted to submit for, so to make each package as personalized and professional as possible. Everything went well up to this point and I had a strong package to send out.

Now sadly, here comes the unfortunate part. After all my hard work and putting myself out there, I didn't get an agent. This is a very hard blow and upsetting to me. One of the bad things is that you have to wait another 6 to 8 months before you can reapply to an agency. Also without an agent, it is hard to be seen by casting director or get higher profile jobs. So essentially without an agent, I am currently two steps back from where I was before September.

There is many factors on why I didn't get an agent:

1) The industry is official super, super slow and somewhat at a stand still. There is hardly any jobs out their for actors or new ones compared to what it should be. Due to this fact, majority of agents aren't taking on new clients because it's very slow and they can't hardly get any jobs for their current clients. This is mostly the reply I got from the agents. The professional actress I worked with, for example, only had 7 days on set in two years, which is brutal.

2) The economy is still really shitty. The combination of the writer's strike that happened not too long ago and the economy really took a toll on the acting industry. A lot of movies and shows were canceled or pushed back because of money and the strike really screwed up the pilot season or any new shows from being made. So overall, there is not many jobs coming up to Canada. Doesn't help also that we rely heavily on California (which as a state is hurting atm) for jobs in our field.

3) The 2010 Olympics in BC. Some would think that the Olympics wouldn't really effect the acting industry because its not a part of or affliated with my industry per say but you be wrong. With the huge turnout and influx of people coming into Vancouver, BC for the Olympic games in Whistler, there is not many places available to successfully shoot any films. Also a lot of the film/tv studios in BC are being used and rented out at times for the Olympics games. Even a lot of acting school are considering shutting down during the months of February and most of March till the games are over since it would be very hard to make it downtown let alone find a place to park. Some agencies I heard are telling their actors to take a vacation while the games are going on because its going to be practically dead during that time frame.

4) To put it bluntly, the winter months are the slowest in the acting industry. Also the winter holidays really don't help either.

There is some other reasons but don't feel like listing them all out.

So overall there is a lot of challenges to overcome and reasons why I am having a very hard time and no luck grabbing an agent at this time. It's hard not to get in the mindset of feeling like a failure but I have to keep telling myself that it's really not me and there is just a lot of factors that are out of my control and against me which are keeping me from getting an agent or a lot of jobs at this time. Where I stand now, I have a lot to think about and consider in terms of my career and what direction to take. I most likely be spending the next week or two looking over everything, talking to some other actors and coming up with a game plan that will best suit my needs and acting career.


MFF

MFF is vastly approaching and I literally can't wait to go. I really looking forward to get away for a bit and see my friends again for I miss them a lot. So I am very excited :D. Pdawg and I will be arriving on Thursday and leaving on Monday.


So overall that is what been going on in my life currently. I been doing other things here and there either by myself or with friends and I'd would go into more details and what not on these recent happenings, but I don't really feel like writing everything out, lol :). I'll make sure to keep everyone updated as things progress and get a firmer handle on things.

Hope everyone been doing well and had a great weekend! :) *Hugs*

Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy Halloween. Be safe and have a great one! :) *snugs*

Hey everyone :)

This is just a reminder that Howloween is on Saturday, November 7th at the Compass Point Inn in Surrey, BC (Canada).

There will also be an optional fursuit and furry bowling on Sunday.

Howloween had a great turn out last year and was a ton of fun. I can’t wait to go and party down with everyone again this year :D *wags*

The website is as follows: http://www.howloween.ca/

More details will be posted on the website soon.

Hope to see a lot of people there!! :)

If you haven't seen or heard from me in awhile, it is because I been really busy looking for a new agent. After Rainfurrest, I buckled down putting the finishing touches on my acting package. Last week I had to shoot 3 different scenes for agencies to look at if needed. The shooting went well and we got some really good stuff on tape. I shot the scenes with a coach/professional actress to make sure I got everything out of the scenes. Last Tuesday I sent out the packages and today the scenes went up online. Overall, I did everything I could and I hope it was enough. I really hope I land a new agency and one that will really push for me. All I can do now is play the waiting game, which is nerve-racking :P.

The New York trip I was suppose to go to was canceled till another date. I was going up there to meet with some people that produce films and some casting directors/agents. I was really annoyed because this was something that was suppose to happen awhile back and when we finally get close to solidifying a date, we had to cancel. I had all this time booked off and everything from work to do this and now it isn't happening. I just couldn't sit by and wait and wait for them to give me the go ahead on a specific day that weekend when I got agency stuff to do and worry about. So we rescheduled to go up there in December when I visit for x-mas.


That is mostly what been going on recently in my life. Most of my attention has be focused on getting the agent thing out of the way, so I really haven't done much else. Last weekend I did head over to Sairys wolf's bday party, which was a lot of fun. (Canadian) Thanksgiving was really nice too. p_dawgydog and I went over to his parents place for dinner. Good food and company all around.


All in all, once I get all this agency stuff out of the way, I be more available and able to relax.

Ok I told myself over and over again that I wouldn't Twitter, but I been poked and prodded by friends to give it a shot...So I gave in and am going to see what Twitter is all about.

My Twitter name is Laceaurora

Add me plz!! :D



Now onto Facebook...I have a lot of furs trying to add me to Facebook. My Facebook is not for furry related stuff or to keep in touch with my furry friends. I primary use my Facebook for business/career purposes and keeping in touch with some of my non-furry friends/family. I have a lot of family, actors, actresses, business professionals, agents, etc on my Facebook page. These people are not involved with furry, do not know I furry and most don't know that I am gay. I want to keep it that way. Even though I do have very, very few furs on my Facebook that I added a long time ago, pretty much all of them use their Facebook for only non-related furry stuff as well. So if you been trying to add me to Facebook and either been denied or haven't heard anything, now you know why. Please do not take any offense if you aren't on my Facebook page.

If you want to keep in touch with me, know what is going on in my life, chat, etc.. please use my furaffinity, livejournal, Twitter, or chat clients. I use them a lot and is the best way to keep in touch with me :). So again, please understand and take no offense about not being on my Facebook page because it is definitely nothing personal and doesn't invalidate you as a friend of mine if you aren't on it. Thanks!!! *hugs*

Where to begin... :3


Rainfurrest

I had a really good time at RF this year. I got to spend a lot of time chatting with people instead of being pulled in a million directions. Most of my time was spent chillin out around the con, hanging out with friends and meeting new ones. I swam in the pool a good few times (love their pool area) and hopped around in Roan since this was his first time at a con. The only really downside to the con was that the party scene was not that great.

Scribblefox and I did a panel on fursuit shipping and maintenance. This was the same panel that I did last year at RF. Overall, we had a really great turn out and the panel went very smoothly.

One amusing thing that happened was that me, Balto, Syber, Jessie, Torwin, Delmir and Corrine were all swimming in the pool together. We then all decided to go try out the saunas. However, when we looked into the male sauna room, we saw that there was a fur completely naked all by himself. Long story short, we decided to ask the girls to recon the woman's locker area and then jumped into the woman's sauna room for a bit :).

Fringe

Got called in today to be on the TV show Fringe. I was asked to be a body double for Zack and medical examiner. The set was really cool and I got my own trailer which rocked :D.


Life Update

- I was asked to be on the movie remake of the "A Team" as one of the soldiers (was the show with Mr. T for those that don't know). Now what was annoying is that they said I was all good to go before I got to set for a fitting. However, when I went to get fitted, they said I had to cut my hair super short, which was BS since they said it was fine before. So I turned down the job.

- Last weekend I was gone the entire time for a Performance Mastery Workshop Review. I wasn't allowed to go out and party, drink or do anything while taking this workshop (hardly had my phone on me either since they didn't allow phones 95% of the time). It is essentially a intense 3 day workshop that will break down all your walls, discover anything that could be blocking you in life and in your acting, and give you the tools and ongoing support to enrich every aspect of your life and career. It also helps you reach the next level in your acting. I was there on average for 11-14 hrs a day. It was very tough, but I had an awesome group of supportive people doing this with me and excellent teachers running it. It truly was a life-changing weekend experience.

- In terms of my acting career; I am putting up some scenes for some agencies in the next couple of weeks. Since I been focusing on that, I haven't been going to many auditions lately. However, once I get all that taken care of and out of the way, I'll be back on the saddle full force :). I am finishing my acting classes this week and will probably pick up some more when I get a firm handle on what direction I want to take to further my acting career.

- My part-time job has been going well. They been very understanding and giving me the time off I need for classes and film work. This weekend, though, they scheduled me for Friday and Saturday night, so I lose another weekend, which sucks cause I wanted to party :P.


Overall I been really busy ever since I got back from Rainfurrest. There is a good couple of things I really want to get out of the way in the next week or two before I can get back to my normal scheduling. So if I am not around as much online or hanging out, you know the reason (Don't want people to think that I am ignoring them or don't care about them) :3.

Well I think that is everything. Hope everyone been doing well and having fun!! :)

What can I say...

It was aesthetically beautiful and well animated, but the script itself fell completely flat. Overall was kind of disappointing. Really is a shame because I had high hopes for this film.

Rainfurrest is almost here and I am very excited. Last year was a lot of fun and I am sure this year is going to be even better.

So who am I going to see and is going to Rainfurrest this year?


P.S: If you are going to RF this year, you better say hi and give me a hug when you see me :)

Today I turn the big 27 :) *wags*

Man how time flies :3


I also wanted to wish moonstalker and overblood a very happy birthday. Hope you two have a great one ^ ^ *hugs*

What a fun and eventful weekend :D

From Friday to Sunday, a bunch of us went camping on p_dawgydog family's land in Bridesville, BC. This is my second time coming here and I simply love the area. There are mountains and forests everywhere and during the night, you can see all the stars :D. Other than it raining for a bit on the first day, I had a blast ^ ^.
More camping and fursuiting pics under cut:





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On Tuesday, a few of us headed to Whistler to chill out for most of the day. Pdawg, kodi_pup, and darkwolph headed off to go riding on the biking trails, so Slush and I decided to scale the mountains. We hiked around and took pictures of the simply breathtaking view on each mountain top. After that, Slush and I relaxed by drinking a whole bottle of wine at 7,000ft above sea level. It is true what they say, the higher you are, the quicker you get drunk ;). All I can say is that Slush and I really enjoyed the ride down the mountain, lol.
More pictures of Whistler under cut:




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Pdawg took a picture of Wolphy and I while we were eating in North Vancouver. I do find it interesting because we both have practically the same hairstyle and color. On top of that, we are both black wolves and our 2nd characters have coyote in them (well wolphy's character Boris is full coyote to be precise while mine is half coyote and half wolf). This was all a coincidence btw which is why I find it interesting. Pdawg thought it was funny, so has he put it, he deemed us the "Paris Hilton twins" because we are "hawt" :P




Overall, I had an absolute blast this weekend. It was awesome having darkwolph, aka Wolphy, come up to visit from Chicago to see Vancouver and camp with us. Definitely was great seeing and hanging with him again. Thanks to everyone that hung out this weekend *hugs* ^ ^

Since I got Roan, I really wanted to have a commission done with both my characters in it. So here it is!!!

Artwork featuring both Roan and Lace posing back-to-back in the desert (artwork is posted on my FA as well).





This piece was done by the very talented Eclipsewolf (http://www.furaffinity.net/user/eclipsewolf). He did such a phenomenal job. It came out amazing and I love it. Thanks Eclipsewolf for everything *snugs* :)

Tomorrow I will be on set for the TV show Caprica. It is spin-off of the Sci Fi Channel series "Battlestar Galactica" set 50 years prior to the events of that show.

Friday I will be camping with a bunch of furs in BC. I will be leaving Friday and returning home sometime Monday. Since i'll be camping in the middle of nowhere, I won't have a computer (of course) and no cell phone reception for most of the trip. Just letting everyone know if they try to get a hold of me.

I am very excited because I love camping a lot and can't wait to take this mini vacation *wags* :D

Also my birthday is coming up soon (Aug 24th) which is cool because I love bday parties :3


Hope everyone has a great weekend!! *hugs*

I had to post this news story because it's just insane.

Apparently this is another news story that involves furry in some way. Who is to say if these people are legitimately furry or not (most likely just some random non-furs that happen to be in a furry chatroom). Either way, the point is that it doesn't put furries in a good light

Brief summary: A man plotted to kill his adoptive parents with the help of a friend he met on the internet, a court has heard. Christopher Monks, 24, wanted Shaun Skarnes to murder his parents Christopher and Elizabeth Monks while they slept and then perform an extreme sex act on him, Preston Crown Court was told. The bisexual pair are alleged to have hatched the plot after meeting on an internet site about "Furries" – people who pretend to be animal characters and share sexual role-playing fantasies......

....He told the jury: "It may seem extreme that he wanted his penis bitten off , but there is ample evidence from websites he visited and conversations with Shaun Skarnes that this was a deeply held interest and one he found sexually stimulating.

"It seems that Skarnes was to receive no money for killing Mr and Mrs Monks but the prospect of biting off Monks' penis. This was the climactic act of the conspiracy."


Here is the full story: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Son-39in-plot-to-kill.5477291.jp


Here is the youtube video I was watching that talks about it (starts at 1:03 minutes into it):

- I landed a part in the other film I auditioned for awhile back. Very happy about that :)

- I finished shooting one of the films I was in last weekend. The shoot had some things we had to work around, but overall I think I do a good job. All I have to do now is sit back and wait for it to come out.

- I am now taking a dialect class along with my audition class. So far I am learning the New York dialect. Going to be taught 3 more dialects by the end of my sessions.

- I went to the dentist and they found a cavity :P. I only had one other cavity and that was when I was like 6 years old. Sad part is that when they were cleaning the cavity, they stopped and said its too close to the nerve so going to have to do an root canal instead. So I go from nothing, to cavity, to root canal >.<. Let's just say root canal = ouch! and really sucks (also I didn't like the constant sticking needles into my gums and nerve XP). My mouth was sore for a good week, but at least its better now :3

- I went and saw Bruno and Public Enemy. Public Enemy has a great cast of characters and was quite good. Did feel like there was something missing in the movie, just not sure what. Bruno....omg...how that guy doesn't get shot or beaten by someone when shooting his film is beyond me. Couple of times in the movie I thought some people were going to knock him out. Though like Borat, it was a funny and good movie :)

Other than that, I been having fun hanging out with friends and relaxing when I get the chance. This Saturday I am going to the Virgin Festival to get my drink on and rock out to the various bands playing there :D

Take care everyone! *hugs*

Omg..... Michael Jackson died today. He was 50 years old

I am sadden and shocked to hear this. I use to listen to his music a lot as a kid and I still listen to his stuff today. He was an amazing artist and dancer. He truly was an inspiration to the music industry.

Rest in Peace.

Story I found is here:

http://www.edmontonsun.com/entertainment/2009/06/25/9936706.html#/entertainment/celebrities/2009/06/25/pf-9936506.html