Snap's Spits

Sempeck Lanes - A New Beginning

snapcat — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:15:29 GMT

Sempeck Lanes opened last night.

The new facility is about 4 times as large as the old location. The place was so full that there was nowhere to park. There were cars parked on sidewalks and across the road at the Menard's. All 40 bowling lanes were full. Every seat in the restaurant was filled. There were the same smiling faces we have come to love and plenty of new ones to meet. I walked around, gave hugs to our friends and talked to Steve the owner for a bit. The look of satisfaction on his face was great to see.

The new surroundings stuck out quite a bit but the same family familiarity was there. The same food menu, the same core service staff. 10 of us had dinner and drink last night and the wings never tasted better. The feeling was spectacular. We talked about getting gatherings going there once again. Steve is excited about us coming there to bowl in suit.. and wants to see us riding the go-karts.

It is home once again.

Hello February

snapcat — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:17:24 GMT

Its been a good year so far. I have been very busy with the real job and am constantly working on fursuit projects for others. There seems to be no end to people who need Lion suits/heads. After I finish up the one I am working on now, I begin work on another. Luckily I get to work on a black tiger for someone later on so that will break it up a bit. In my 3 days off from PayPal, I usually work on costuming about a day and a half. Soon I may have to step that up a bit as demand goes up. Bowtie fixed an old sewing machine I had... it was a timing issue. I am so glad he is here! 2.5 machines ready to work is a heck of an insurance policy. All the 3rd one needs is a new presser foot.

After talking and listening to a few friends, I lowered my pricing on the ByCats4Cats website to where it reflects my actual ability. With all of the work I have done since August of last year, I have made patterns and gotten a bit faster making hands, feet and heads. Feet are still the most bothersome, but they sure do come out nice.

Even with the fursuit work, money has been very tight. The PayPal gig is great but nowhere near what I was making before. We are looking to move into a cheaper apartment and are cutting back on a lot of things. Of course the tax refund will help with a bit of moving and RCFM expenses but will have to be carefully budgeted.

Bowtie is still working at Biomat, messing around with people's plasma. We are enjoying our time with friends when we can and anxiously awaiting spring and warm weather to get here. Time to get back some of that skin color I lost way back in October!

for fun here is a cat with 4 ears.

FREE MONEY!

snapcat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:19:06 GMT

ok...

Today I received a letter from the local Electrical provider that due to my excellent payment record, my deposit being held has been credited to my account. I have no clue when I made this deposit... it had to have been when I secured my first apartment around 15 years ago. As a result, I received a credit of $159.50 plus $39.03 of deposit interest applied.

I guess my electrical bill is paid for the next 3 months.

*shrugs*

Jobbage.

snapcat — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:34:09 GMT

I am now am employee of Paypal/Ebay.
I start November 16th.
Training is Mon-Fri for 4 weeks then I will be Tues-Fri 10 hours a day getting Sat, Sun and Monday off.

It sounds pretty darn good to me.

Jobbage

snapcat — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:27:43 GMT

The interview with Paypal went super good. I didn't give them one reason not to hire me and a plethera of positive reasons.

Keeping positive! hope to know by tuesday at the latest. Tomorrow is the 911 operator assesment test.
Next week I interview with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture Division of Weights and Measures to be an Agricultural Inspection Specialist. That was a mouthful.

Saber Tooth Cat

snapcat — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:26:35 GMT

FURBID AUCTION CLICK HERE

hmmmmm

snapcat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:35:07 GMT

Whodey got an update?

hmm. VERY fuzzy. looks more like a stuffed animal.

hmm

Moar time on my hands

snapcat — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:47:12 GMT

I don't have any fursuit projects to work on so I made a shroud for when I airbrush things.
I finally got my compressor and brushes out from years of unuse.

practiced by re-adding some stripes on one of my tigers that faded off years ago.
will need some finer tips soon.

Tzup Dreams About CHili

snapcat — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:54:20 GMT

Living HIGH

snapcat — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:29:36 GMT

I have a new butler!

~~Lions~~ Foxes make the best servants.

Baby... its cold... out.... side.

snapcat — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:19:04 GMT

Is snowing out... its white everywhere
May as well embrace it

Was Not Me

snapcat — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:33:51 GMT

Tiger-Man Arrested At Eppley

Bites an officer on the leg

Eppley Airfield and Omaha Police combine forces to capture an apparently out of control man at the airport. But before he is secured, he allegedly bit one officer, and tried to kick another in the knee.

The bizarre scene unfolded at Eppley shortly before 6PM on Monday, October 5th.

According to the airport police, they noticed a man trying to climb one of thefences at the airport. They managed to get the suspect in custody, but he somehow broke free enough to allegedly bite one of the officer's leg.

When Omaha Police arrived, they say, the man was yelling obscenities at them, and while being transferred, tried to kick one of the Omaha officers in the knee.

When asked for his name the suspect told officers "Daniel Tiger" but his fingerprints did not match.

Somehow officers were able to determine his real identity and booked 21-year old Daniel Cutschell into the Douglas County Jail on two counts of assaulting an officer, as well as a disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charge.

Another Finished cat head

snapcat — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:40:43 GMT

Is up for sale now.
Furbid Auction

snapcat — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:21:02 GMT

There is no shortage of idiots in this world.

Good Morning

snapcat — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:06:58 GMT

Had an interview with Pitney Bowes this morning. It was not a confident interview, I let my nerves get in the way.
I can do the job, just hope I didn't completely blow it.

Black Lion Head is done.

snapcat — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:12:06 GMT

Please click for a larger image.

Furbid Auction Click Here Please

Good Mornin' Saturday

snapcat — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:46:05 GMT

Wasn't able to sleep last night so I started work on a head

I've got some black and gray fur laying around... may make a black lion with gray highlights.

The coffee is flowing and the brain is blowing.

*sits on SK-1's head*

More Lion Paws

snapcat — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:04:30 GMT

This time for sunfire

I will be working on some generic heads to put up for auction...
in the meantime, I dont have another thing to work on....
Anyone need any rush paws? a head? Feet?

You don't HAVE to be a cat... Just dont tell anyone that you paws were made FOR cats by cats ;)

http://www.ByCats4Cats.com

since this is my own journal... honestly, I am kind of desparete for $ right now.
Please help me spread the word.

To Possible Employers.... I am an effective problem solver

snapcat — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:37:08 GMT

* Broken Glasses Frames.
+ No money for new glasses
+ Cheep pair of sunglasses laying around
+ Hot Glue Gun
= fixed glasses

Naked feet!!!!!!!

snapcat — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:43:28 GMT

they say "fur me".
I say. OK

Lookin for jobs in all the good places

snapcat — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:42:31 GMT

I have been going through the pot of coffee this morning parusing possible job opportunities.

Here is my resume in html form.
for some reason the formatting looses a bit in translation coming from the original word document.

I'm considering going back into personel management as there are a lot of jobs available out there.

A product of keystone light.

snapcat — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:14:14 GMT

Needed to blow off steam.
Felt like being silly.
made video.

rar.

Now that I have time to get things done...

snapcat — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:28:56 GMT

Got my coffee and have the music playing. I haven't heard from work yet for the final decision, so I am keeping busy.
Finishing up a set of paws for sunfire

help me spread the word... www.ByCats4Cats.com
full suits, hands, feet, tails, ears... cat stuff

No more dough.

snapcat — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:27:30 GMT

I am sitting at home waiting to hear if.. pretty much when I will lose my job.

I drive a simi... 48' trailer with a lift gate pulled by a single axle international truck. I've been doing this job for just over a year now. Turning into my next stop, downtown Lincoln, NE, I heard a loud noise. I always roll down the windows when coming into stops so I can hear everything. I ran to the back of the truck, saw that for some reason I had left the lift gate down at the last stop then saw the damage I caused. The corner of the lift gate made a gouge in the skin of a parked delivery van. I kept a cool head while talking with the driver of the van although I knew that it was the end of my career at Panera.

Thousands of times of raising and lowering the lift gate. I do not know how I missed it. I can't even come up with any good reason. I simply did not raise the gate... and it will cost me my job.

In winter of last year, I was in an accident where a lady grew impatient and attempted to pass me while I was making a right hand turn out of a parking lot. the back of the trailer pretty much caved in the side of her car. Nobody was ticketed.. the officer put it up to the snowy, icy conditions. I am not allowed to have more than one accident in 12 months time. This being my second, procedure dictates that I have to be terminated. There really is no hope to keep the job. Procedure is Procedure... no matter what.

This job was fantastic. It was everything I wanted in a career. How could I let myself make such a stupid mistake? A fantastic error. I am distraught, angry at myself and worried for the future.

So here I sit researching more job openings until the corporation alerts me to my firing.

Cats always land on their feet. Always have. Always will.
Still.. do I have to keep being dropped to test that theory?

Kato is now with his owner!

snapcat — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:55:55 GMT

Kijani took some AMAZING photos of Kato.. the lion I made for him as a part of ByCats4Cats.com
Check out his LJ for images... his photo taking makes the suit look amazing.

Click on the link!

Kijani's Post about his new suit Kato!!!

*VERY HAPPY*