Okay guys. Cutting to the chase:
After some recent events, I have decided to extend my next milestones to one day forward to allow ample time for more donations, and for me to catch up. For instance, instead for being due on Friday night into Saturday, each milestone will end Saturday night on those donations with the pic uploaded Sunday.

Next, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, the end date has moved from the 16th (or was it the 17th?) to the 22nd of this month! This means we have FOUR milestones left for EITHER team Pony or team Cat to reach a goal of taking over the desert!

On THAT note, as mentioned in the first pic of the Drive, if $2,000 is raised, then ALL 4 of these characters will automatically be the size of the desert, sharing their weights equally, of course.
MOREOVER, if $5,000 or more is raised, then Equestria has no match of ALL of the blubber!

I’d really like for them to get even to the first goal, so HOP to it, everyone! Remember, if you can’t help a fellow fox, find someone who can. Okay? Good. ‘Cause not only it’ll help me explore more on FAT stuffs, but I can really keep up on my ever-so-worsening bills to pay off as a bonus.

Oh, and for good measure, here’s how you can help: ➡️ https://www.paypal.me/RupertBlueFox

Thank you.

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Hey, fellas! I just wanted to do a quick follow-up of last night's vent message to share.

I did need to get that stuff out of me. (pause) Anyway, I need to apologize for possibly making any of y'all worried sick about me back there. It's nothing to be proud of being so negative when something bad happens to me, personally. In short, it takes minutes for something bad like that to put me in a funk, and hours, or even days, to get out of it.

Anyways, guys! I just wanna thank each and every one of you for sharing with me your concerns and comfort. I AM doing okay for the moment, and in short time, I will have SOME of my drive back so I can art once more. Still though, I need a job. And as I mentioned earlier, I might as well partake all this cartooning as a steady-ish income, if nothing else. Gives me an excuse to further my craft, yes?

All in all, I can't let THAT dose of reality bring me down, now can I? I gotta stay strong, even though tough times! Oh, and as for that Drive delay thing... I hope I didn't scare you or discourage you too hard for that. I was still under duress then. So I might actually go on with the Wednesday, after all. Forgive me for the change of heart there. I just only hope that the Drive performs much better than it has up to this point....
Now I'm not sure how it'll sound coming from me, but... if you're unable to donate, find someone who can, yes? (now this quote may backfire on me...)

All right. That will do for a hot second. Again, thank you all for sticking with me through all of this. I'm ever so grateful, man!

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Okay, guys. I'm back. And I really REALLY don't like to sound like a downer, but I need to get somethings off my chests after what happened in the real world.

To begin, (for those who do now know by now), I have a younger brother, and he is SUPER SUPER autistic, and has speech impairment. While the rest of the day out at a relative's birthday was okay, it was the ride back home that things went south quickly. This is me speaking, but it was like a road trip from hell (literally). To keep it simple, halfway back, he was bawling louder than jet engine, and clawing at me and the driver. I let him play with my arm to keep him calm, though he even used it as a snot rag (running nose from the crying). We had to stop three times along a busy road and halted at an empty school to exchange family members, ending the conflict. It was overall terrible. There were tons of screaming between the 3 of us and high stress, I wanted to tear my hair out. I was told he was acting the same way at his school, too (middle school, and in special ed), but I believe that this was worse. Both me and the driver ended up with clawed arms, glasses swatted off our faces, faces punched in, and almost caused an accident.

And this is me talking out of fear, but I really was scared. What if the constant swatting and ear-splitting bawling did cause an accident? PLEASE TAKE NOTE: nobody is at fault here, but I was terrified and stressed the heck out. Sorry if this is long, but I had to share it.

ON THIS SAME TONE: because of today's crap, it is with a heavy heart that I must delay my next Milestone for the Fat/Cat Drive (after I upload the current one) until next Saturday. The drawing is still in progress, so it'll be up tomorrow. After that... i don't know. And speaking of my drive, excuse me for sounding selfish here, but....

I'm now sitting wondering what is this Drive for. Even with a few small increases here and there for either team, nothing really DRAMATIC is happening for these characters, in a way that seems competitive. Moreover, I'm in a tough financial spot, perhaps even more than last month (April), thanks to these doggone Overdraft craps. I'm almost $200 down on that, plus more money will be needed for overdue bills and loans, that ONE class I need to take to finish a degree (almost $600), a new pair of glasses AND I still need to find a dentist to pull out this aching tooth. I can only take in so much with little help I'm getting, and that with other things is affecting my confidence to art.

Again, I am so so sorry for this long haul, man.... I can only take in so much, and I still need a job. And forget about those government jobs, as that's what got me in trouble with SSA in the first place.

I'm done with this rant. For real, this time.... I don't know what to do, dog....

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Milestone #3 of the CAT/FAT Drive is due tonight into tomorrow. There's a 3-against-one battle of the fats going here! So if you want the trio to catch up, donate to either team CAT or team PONY!

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Milestone #2 of the CAT/FAT Drive is due tonight into tomorrow.
If you want that to happen, you know the drill, folks!
Donate to either team CAT or team PONY!

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Milestone #1 of the CAT/FAT Drive is due tonight into tomorrow.

If you want to see it, get those DONOS in, people!

Again, it's... https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/rupertthebluefox/miles-and-niles-of-cat-and-fat-1

Okay, despite my current situation, I'm trying my best not to sound more of a broken record who's in DIRE need. I mean, this Drive is meant to be both fun and important, right?

I mean, it's not like it's supposed to cover over 100 dollars of overdrafting and making sure gas doesn't get cut off in days notice and prevent a deliquency from 3 late loan payments AND having to pay back my school just to finish a degree... AM I RIGHT??? 🥴

In all seriousness, the next milestone is supposed to be in less than 2 days. If no donations are made there, then it'll be skipped and moved to Saturday. That's your heads up. Thank you. - https://derpibooru.org/images/2847166

Meanwhile, POLL is still up. - https://strawpoll.com/polls/LVyKxY6w8n0

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Well… I gotta cut to the chase here, bois.
After much needed thinking on my next steps, and given my current status… I have decided to forge ahead on preparing this next drive, starting tomorrow.

It’ll be called… “Miles and Niles of Cat and Fat”
You’ll see why in due process. I know y’all are gonna LOVE it.

ALSO, new poll is up!
> https://strawpoll.com/polls/LVyKxY6w8n0
Feedback is always a virtue. Thanks.

LASTLY, I shall now take initiative to juggle between this new drive AND some overdue Commissions. Wish me luck. And motivation, which has been low lately.

And that’s my mini update for now. XP
Boy, will this be fun….

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Ughhh... time to sound like a broken record again.

Y'all... until that refund comes in, I'm basically screwed for the rest of the month. A couple of overdue bills, including gas, AND I overdrafted, so I'm in no position to even start paying back the school to finish that degree. Yeah... I need help once more.

SO... I need an opinion. Should I just go ahead and open my newest donation drive? Or is it still too soon?

Also, I'm thinking of starting an account on Pillowfort and Sofurry to expand my craft. Thoughts?

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That’s right, everyfur/dragon/pony/whatelse!

10 years ago [Friday], I introduced my namesake into these parts, and have substantially grown and evolved since! While I don’t have any SUPER SUPER big plans to celebrate this occasion, I do have a few things I’d like to announce I hope you all can look forward to.

FIRST, to get outta the way, I’m LONG overdue for a new reference art for each of my devoted characters. Didn’t wanna spoil it, but… I have one already for, you guessed it, YOURS TRULY! Chasity and Terrence will soon follow suit, and then my new adopted OC Mercedes, whom I’ve teased a bit over on my Patreon. ALSO, I’m planning to create a 5th character, who is a cat. Details on HER… soon enough!

NEXT, I’m still looking to hold my next Donation Drive either mid or late April, but is it too early for such? Earlier, I disclosed that I aim to do them a bit more often, so I wanna hear from y’all.

Also, it may or may not be secret anymore, but I have a new FURSUIT…! Well, actually, it’s a PARTIAL FURSUIT! And all the pieces were bought separately. Now my financially focus shifts on getting a body suit made! Hopefully for no more than, say, $700. I know it’s a long process, but hopefully it’ll be worth it. Until then, I’ll give updates on that on Twitter/Instagram.

Lastly, as I’ve teased before, I’m planning to make a video game loosely based on Doddle Jump, but with balloons, and a wallaby. More details later on!

And I think that will do it for the moment!

Again, here’s to ANOTHER 10 YEARS, and hopefully beyond!

🍻 🎉