Furvey 3.5
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 The 'Furvey' is a furry lifestyle related questionnaire.


Yourself
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1.  What is your name?

	Fox:         OmniFox
        Kangaroo:    Zoey
        Human:       Jon

2.  What is your email address?
    [if you are concerned about spam, you can replace the @ with a *]

	Omnifox*bigfoot.com

3.  Are you male or female?

	male

4.  How old are you? / What is your date of birth?

	27 / 1-4-1974

5.  Where do you live?

	Columbus, Ohio

6.  What are your interests/hobbies?
	Computers (programming, internet, hacking, creative apps)
	Electronics
	Robotics
	Artificial Intelligence
	Hiking
	Swimming
	Jogging

7.  What do you do for a living?

	PC Specialist - Tech Support computers for a local college

8.  How would you describe your personality?

	I have 2 sides: fox & kangaroo
	(fox) Quiet, shy & reflective
	 to
	(kangaroo) Sarcastic, Bouncy, lunatic, happy-go-lucky

9.  Do you believe in ESP? Do you consider yourself to be psychic?

	yup, but not phone psychics.
	   I like to think I am unusualy empathetic

10. Are you a meat eater?
        No, Vegetarian (But I eat eggs and milk)

Furry media
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[more info: www.argonet.co.uk/users/lyndale/lotcaf/yiffle/fandom/]

11. Who are your favourite furry characters?
    [e.g. Mickey Mouse, Chester Ringtail, Amy Squirrel, Sonic etc]

	Tazmania - Wendel T. Wolf, The Kangaroo
	Animaniacs - all (especialy Pinky & Skippy [Squirrel])
	Disney - Bonkers D. Bobcat, Chip & Dale, gadget HackWrench
	Tail spin (disney) - All
        Digimon (Love Gatomon,Augomon,Veemon, Gomamon, Gabumon, Armadillomon)

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]

	Almost all :)
     
13. What type of furry literature do you enjoy reading?
    [erotic/romantic, adventure, cyber/sci-fi, violent, humorous/parody,
    transformation/shapeshifting etc]
	Almost all :)

14. What types of furry media do you create?
    [art, stories, music etc. Feel free to mention a URL here]
	none yet. :( Still Developing

15. What types of animal/furry themed decorations adorn your living space?
    [posters, drawing, calenders etc]
	Plushies, a timber wolf paw pet,an oz fox's pic on the wall


16. Describe your ideal plushie.
	hmmm....I'll have to think on that. I don't have an ideal.



Costumes and collars
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17. Do you enjoy wearing fursuits and/or furry accessories?
    [collars, tails, ears etc]

	Yes!, I have a tail, and am making a fursuit.


18. Do you feel 'furrier' when wearing a fursuit/collar/tail etc?
	Yes!, Definitely!

19. Describe your favourite/ideal 'furry' appearance.
    [e.g. wearing animal-themed clothes, fursuit, tail, collars...]





Furriness
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['phenotype' - the species of animal(s) that influence your feelings,
emotions and thoughts]

20. What are your phenotype(s)?
	Fox / Kangaroo
           The Roo seems to be dominant.

21. How/when did you discover the identity/species of your phenotype?
	I started with a Fox, he emerged during my adolescence
	But as my personality changed, I adopted A kangaroo character
	rather recently, mid 20s.
22. What conditions help you to enjoy/express your furriness?
	Other Furries, Cartoons, plushies, music, when I get excited.

23. How and when was your furriness first evident?
	As teenager I used to imagine and day dream about furries.
	Later when I was I was 21, I started to visualize myself as one.
	I was always making animal sounds althrough childhood.

24. How much of your furriness is 'instinct' vs 'learnt'?
	Most is instinct, with a few learn't behaviours.
25. How does your furriness influence your thoughts and emotions?
	It helps me relax, I'm a lot more comfortable with my
           environment. I'm very aware of animals.
26. Has your furriness improved the quality of your life?
	I think I would be too serious, without my furry side.
27. What do you think caused your furriness?
	I think the fox appeared as a guide,
           when I was stressed as a child.
	The kangaroo, a later response to a
        changing environment, as I developed and
        my personality changed.

Acting furry
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28. How does your furriness manifest itself externally?
    [conciously or subconciously; howling, walking digitigrade etc]

	I am very bouncy, smiley, I like walking digigrade
           bare pawed at night. I make odd animal noises,
           at times.

29. Do you act furry in public?
	yes, but I keep it low-key. Many people know I am furry.
           Not all of them understand it though.


30. How does your furriness influence the way you interact with people?
	I'm bouncey-happy.

31. How much control do you have over your furriness?;
    [does it have negative side effects; has it ever manifested itself
    involuntarily]
	I can block it, but I'm not as comfortable when I am out
           of fur-mode. Like wearing a mask.

Furry thoughts
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32. Would you become an animal/furry, if you -couldn't- change back?
	uhhhmmmm, maybe an anthropomorphic if there was an anthro
           society. I don't think people in this society
           (Middle America) can handle anything different. 
33. Describe your ideal physical form.
  	 A young happy, energetic red-fox.
	    or
	    A large smiling kangaroo.  
34. What kind of furry, non-sexual fantasies do you have?
	 In my dreams I can change into animals/other people/
            or even a cloud at will.  I have animal dreams,
            that are very surreal.  I once dreamed I was a dolphin,
            swimming through an underwater city. Sometimes I am
            visited by black panther, with golden eyes,
            that comes out of the night in my dreams.

Religion/Spirituality
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35. Is your furriness compatible with your religion?
	Yep. I'm very open minded.
36. Has your furriness led you to reconsider your religious beliefs?
        I don't subscribe to any mainstream religions, I have my own
        thoughts on the universe that form my own personal religion.
37. Have you ever communicated with an animal spirit?
    [animal guardian, the spirit of a living animal, the spirit of a
    deceased pet etc]
	no.
38. Do you believe that you were an animal in a former life?
	no.
39. Do you believe that you have an animal soul?
	no.  I think my furryness is a manifestation of a
	creative mind under stress.  It's very visual/tactile
	it likes to experience other perspectives of what things
	are like. The furryness, I think was a way to release stress.


Animals
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40. What animals are you most/least comfortable with?
	I am confortable with all animals.  Even predatory ones.

41. Do you believe that animals have ESP?
	Yes. 
42. Do you think it is acceptable to hunt/raise animals for food?
	No. That's why I became vegetarian, I empathise with animals,
	and felt guilty.
43. Do you think it is acceptable to hunt/raise animals for fur/leather?
	no. Their are alternative materials for most applications.
44. Do you think it is acceptable to hunt/raise animals for sport?
	Sporting would be a fair fight, the deer is unarmed
        (antlers vs shot gun). 	Most humans are incapable of
        beating a deer in a fair fight.
Internet
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45. What are your favourite websites?
    [furry or nonfurry]
	I like Ozzy & Millie
        (http://www.glasswings.com.au/comics/ozy+millie/)
	I like looking through art on Yerf (http://www.yerf.com)
	Furcadia is cool, Haven't been there in a while.
        (www.furcadia.com)
	I also like all the fursuit web pages.
	and the neat furry resources. I am working on
 	a furry Meta-Resource page for my site 
	(www.geocities.com/omnifox/) to list all
	my favorite furry resources.
	Furry Peace (http://www.fur.com/peace/)

46. What are your favourite furry mailing lists?
	Haven't been on enough, long enough to say.
47. How did you discover alt.lifestyle.furry?
	Deja news - scanning for cartoon animal stuff
48. What were your very first impressions of alt.lifestyle.furry?
    	cool! this is me!
49. What do you like the most/least about alt.lifestyle.furry?
	I love it.
50. What would you like to see more/less of in alt.lifestyle.furry?
	I think diversity of ideas and subjects is important,
	but I hate flame wars.