Furvey 3.5 ========== Yourself ======== 1. What is your name? Growrr 2. What is your email address? [if you are concerned about spam, you can replace the @ with a *] growrr@hotmail.com 3. Are you male or female? Male 4. How old are you? / What is your date of birth? Neither too young nor too old :) Born on October, 26 5. Where do you live? Somewhere in the northern part of eastern Europe :) 6. What are your interests/hobbies? Science fiction, computers, cats. 7. What do you do for a living? Software development. 8. How would you describe your personality? Rather difficult to say... :) 9. Do you believe in ESP? Do you consider yourself to be psychic? Yes, I beleve there's some kind of ESP between me and animals... 10. Are you a meat eater? Yes, of course! Have anyone ever seen a vegetarian lion??? *bares his fangs* Furry media =========== [more info: http://yiffle.cjb.net/fandom/] 11. Who are your favourite furry characters? [e.g. Mickey Mouse, Chester Ringtail, Amy Squirrel, Sonic etc] First of all - lions from The Lion King :) I like also the Talespin characters very much. But by no means I like 'cartoonish ones', such as Mickey Mouse or Sonic. 12. What type of furry artwork do you enjoy viewing? [erotic/romantic/pin-up, manga, goth, cyber/sci- fi, violent, action, cutesy/toony, photomorphs/realistic, mythological, humorous etc] Action, violent, photomorph, humorous :) 13. What type of furry literature do you enjoy reading? [erotic/romantic, adventure, cyber/sci-fi, violent, humorous/parody, transformation/shapeshifting etc] Furry science-fiction - such as Moreau novels by S.A.Swann, Man-Kzin Wars by Larry Niven and others, Chanur saga by C.J.Cherryh. 14. What types of furry media do you create? [art, stories, music etc. Feel free to mention a URL here] Well, I've created some amount of furry artwork, and those pics that I've considered worth displaying is available at http://growrr.tripod.com. Just a warning - some of them are not for the squeamish ones! *grin* 15. What types of animal/furry themed decorations adorn your living space? [posters, drawing, calenders etc] The growling lion poster on one wall, the wild cats calendar on another, two lions on the speakers and a tiger on the monitor :) 16. Describe your ideal plushie. A real-size lioness :) Costumes and collars ==================== 17. Do you enjoy wearing fursuits and/or furry accessories? [collars, tails, ears etc] Never tried, but probably I'd enjoy it :) 18. Do you feel 'furrier' when wearing a fursuit/collar/tail etc? Well, never tried :) I think I'd feel :) 19. Describe your favourite/ideal 'furry' appearance. [e.g. wearing animal-themed clothes, fursuit, tail, collars...] A lion in full fursuit :) Furriness ========= ['phenotype' - the species of animal(s) that influence your feelings, emotions and thoughts] 20. What are your phenotype(s)? The lion. 21. How/when did you discover the identity/species of your phenotype? Can't tell exactly... but I know it happened when I haven't heard about any 'furry fandom' yet... 22. What conditions help you to enjoy/express your furriness? Difficult to say... Maybe when I'm alone, reposing in my lair with a can of decent beer in my paw :) 23. How and when was your furriness first evident? Long ago... Probably when I had a strange dream about being a lion... 24. How much of your furriness is 'instinct' vs 'learnt'? Don't know, frankly... 25. How does your furriness influence your thoughts and emotions? Somehow it does, undoubtedly - but how... hmmm... can't say! 26. Has your furriness improved the quality of your life? I'm not sure it has changed it... 27. What do you think caused your furriness? A strange dream long ago... and my interest to big cats! Acting furry ============ 28. How does your furriness manifest itself externally? [conciously or subconciously; howling, walking digitigrade etc] Well, sometimes I act subconciously as a lion: growling when angry, walking digitigrade, trying to sharpen my claws :) 29. Do you act furry in public? No. I'm not sure anybody will understand that. 30. How does your furriness influence the way you interact with people? Probably it doesn't - just because I don't reveal it when in public. 31. How much control do you have over your furriness?; [does it have negative side effects; has it ever manifested itself involuntarily] Just hope I have it enough! Furry thoughts ============== 32. Would you become an animal/furry, if you - couldn't- change back? A tempting idea... but I still doubt... 33. Describe your ideal physical form. The full-grown male lion, with tawny fur and brown mane, about 8 feet tall when standing upright, walking digitigrade, feeling equally comfortable on all fours. 34. What kind of furry, non-sexual fantasies do you have? Sometimes I imagine myself stalking my prey in the long grass, making the quick kill, eating a bit of fresh meat... then bringing the carcass to my lair and preparing a nice, light-cooked steak... *licks his chops* Religion/Spirituality ===================== 35. Is your furriness compatible with your religion? Well, I'm rather agnostic... so my furriness doesn't have anything common with any religion at all :) 36. Has your furriness led you to reconsider your religious beliefs? It led me to believing in the afterlife in the animal form :) 37. Have you ever communicated with an animal spirit? [animal guardian, the spirit of a living animal, the spirit of a deceased pet etc] Never tried :) 38. Do you believe that you were an animal in a former life? Yes! Maybe I was a lion? :) 39. Do you believe that you have an animal soul? Yeah, probably I have a lion's soul... Animals ======= 40. What animals are you most/least comfortable with? I'm very comfortable with cats... and I have one! 41. Do you believe that animals have ESP? I think they have. Just to communicate between themselves... 42. Do you think it is acceptable to hunt/raise animals for food? To hunt - yes. Anyway, predators need to eat something, right? *grin* But - by no means to raise! I'm convinced that even prey animals have right to live in freedom. 43. Do you think it is acceptable to hunt/raise animals for fur/leather? Well, why not to use the fur or leather of the bagged prey if it was taken down for food? Nothing should go to waste! 44. Do you think it is acceptable to hunt/raise animals for sport? Definitely no! Moreover, I think those so-called "trophy hunters" and poachers should be tracked down and hunted as dangerous vermins. And, even in this case, nothing should go to waste! *very toothy grin* Internet ======== 45. What are your favourite websites? [furry or nonfurry] VCL, Furnation, Yerf, Hagen Cartoons... 46. What are your favourite furry mailing lists? Never used any :) 47. How did you discover alt.lifestyle.furry? Just by chance - had seen it in news.fur.com newsgroup list, along with alt.fan.furry, that I had been lurking since 1995 :) 48. What were your very first impressions of alt.lifestyle.furry? I just was glad to find like-minded souls here :) 49. What do you like the most/least about alt.lifestyle.furry? I like the most the possibility to meet different furs here... the least... don't know yet :) 50. What would you like to see more/less of in alt.lifestyle.furry? More socializing in the Homestead, less silly flames! Sexuality/Relationships ======================= [Remember, feel free to omit any questions which you would prefer not to answer] 51. Describe your ideal partner. [species, appearance, personality etc] An attractive lioness... or maybe a black panther?.. 52. What type of furry sexual fantasies do you have? I'll prefer to keep them with myself by now... maybe later?... 53. Has your gender preference changed since discovering the furry community? No. I've always been a heterosexual :) 54. What species of animal do you find the sexiest? [with regards to furry cartoon characters, pin- ups, real animals etc] Big cats! 55. What part of an animal's body do you find the most attractive/sexy? Paws and tail! 56. What cartoon characters are/were you attracted to? Probably none...