For some reason I want to wash his hair. Well, that's an unexpected set of mental images.

I think I have a crush.

I thought Boomer was the dog. Oh wait, Boomer thinks Boomer is the dog.

I think it's his attitude. He's just so nice and straightforward about the whole thing.

Most internet dog people you see are pretty creepy. They're angry and hostile and they set off all kinds of mental rape alarms. But not Boomer. Boomer is happy and friendly and, crazy as this sounds, really quite self-actualized. He's quirky, sure, but he strikes me as someone who's really at peace with his identity; he knows who he is, and if you support him, cool, if you don't, hey that's cool too. That raging ball of fuckedupness that powers weirdos like DalHusky or EbonLupus just isn't there; Boomer is the dog bodhisattva.

It's not just that, either; in many ways, I think he's saner than I am. He certainly seems to get more fulfillment out of life than I do, and while I can't speak for everyone, I think most of us here are similarly below Boomer in an existential sense. From a strictly scientific standpoint, I'm not entirely convinced that he actually IS a dog, but he sure does seem to own and *fit* his identity, in a way that I've never felt with any of my own. And that's awesome, even enviable! He's a... he's a transspeciesist. Like a transsexual, only a dog. A postop, fully empowered, living as a novelist in Tijuana transspeciesist, wings spread and soaring above the clouds.

Sometimes I imagine a child Boomer the Dog, watching the real Boomer the dog on TV during a time of grief, stress and sadness in his life. I feel that Boomer's carefree existence of zero consequence mischief was a perfect fantasy, one that still carries Boomer into an alternate plane of existence to this day.

Boomer was one of the few cases where furrydom seemed to genuinely suit him, as opposed to being a desperation hobby. Like he'd have existed even if the internet and furries didn't. And that makes him a rare gem.

It's very immersive.

Ya gotta do what ya love, kid.

Yeah, I was surprised when you didn't respond to this video. Usually you're really on top of things like this; glad to see you're OK.

How is the name change thing going?

I had my links set to Poe-News at the time, and didn't come to the TV side so I was missing all of the videos.. ;)

I'm kind of stalled on the name change thing at the moment, I have to get some things settled first, so I can apply again. Things need to align once more.

There's still media interest in my name change, so I'm hoping that when I get there that someone will film it and then you can see what it's about. Most people don't know much about this basic right we all have!

Thanks Billy the Poet.. I looked up Jon The Dog too, she's pretty cool with her old time Dog costumes and music. I'd love to do stage shows with another Dog character like that, I just don't know what we'd do, I'd have to play bass or something, learn a few chords and how to play them with my paws in costume. She has her act down, so if we got together the act might have be all different.

I went to shows with Everything is Terrible called Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! last year. Those had several Dogs on stage and it worked as characters interacting, as a play. I got involved a little too on stage as a guest Dog, but not in costume. I took my costume to the closing show they did, and wore it for them after the show.

There were people filming it, so videos of that event might be around, Bloomington Indiana. Great guys who were living Dog stuff for a year to do that show, and it was a perfect fit for me, it was all of the Canine media stuff I love, obscure puppy B-movies, and paying for stuff with Bark Bucks and everything. I can't bark enough how great of an experience that was!

Boomer