MyFursona.com

About

Howdy! My real name is Ian, but my nickname/furname is Bucker. You can call me whichever you prefer and I'll respond to either of them.

I'm a 22 year old grad student at CGU just starting my masters degree program in musicology. I received my undergraduate degree in Linguistics and Anthropology at UCLA.

Other than that, I'm a fuskyote: a fox, husky, coyote hybrid. I stand 5'10" tall and weigh approximately 170 lbs (although this tends to fluctuate between 160 and 180 depending on circumstances). I enjoy living life and filling my time with lots of friends and activities. I enjoy a wide variety of things and I've got a tail that loves to wag.

First of all, I'm a musician. I'm a professional singer (have sung on several movie trailer music recordings as well as in live performances) and also enjoy playing a lot of instruments. I play a lot of Irish and Scottish traditional music and thus play bouzouki, whistle, bodhran, Irish tenor banjo, mandolin, and bones. I also play bass guitar, guitar, piano, and harpsichord. I also enjoy composing from time to time.

I also am a big rodeo fan. I try to watch it whenever it's on TV and go to the rodeo when it's in town. I'm not as big of a fan of PBR because it's only bull riding, but I do watch that, too. At rodeos, I open up the chutes and help more the bucking stock through the chutes. It's a lot of fun, but I'd love to compete one of these days.

I also enjoy reading and writing a lot. I don't have as much time to write as I'd like, but I do enjoy writing furry stories. I also enjoy reading furry stories (and a lot more as well). I enjoy reading about the latest on astronomy and cosmology because I am fascinated by things not of this world (especially galaxies and galactic formation). I also love to read about historical linguistics.

Speaking of languages, I love to learn languages. I've tried my hand at several so far and have a fairly good command of Japanese and Swahili. I have a reading knowledge of Latin and Old Norse. I'm okay at speaking Hindi. I also know tidbits of a bunch of other languages like Middle Egyptian, Italian, German, French, and Zulu. I enjoy studying grammar and historical linguistics the most. In a similar vein, I also enjoy studying the various orthographies of the world.

I also enjoy programming from time to time. It's my main job (when I'm not in school). I especially enjoy server side scripting and have experience with both PHP and ASP. I also have experience in C++, C, sed, BASIC, HTML, and Javascript. I enjoy writing little transliteration programs the most.

I love going to conventions, especially furry ones. I always have a great time there visiting my friends and hanging out. You can usually find me performing there, too. I especially love dancing at the dances with all the fursuiters, a group of folks which I hope to consider myself one of soon. Here is a list of the conventions that I regularly attend:
Further Confusion (FC)
Califur
Califurdiego
Anthrocon (AC)
Rainfurrest

I also attend the yearly Furbecue in Irvine and attend as many of the PS parties as my schedule allows.

I like

singing, playing instruments, making music, writing, reading, dancing, acting, performing, meeting new folks, hanging out, playing video games, programming, rodeo

I listen

Music is life! Irish, Scottish, Finnish, Bulgarian (Chalga), Video Game, Country, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Percy Grainger, Ferde Grofe, Aaron Copland, Lunasa, Dervish, Solas, Capercaillie, Peatbog Faeries, Shooglenifty, George Strait, Clint Black, Chris LeDoux, Daryle Singletary, Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, Alice Nine, Miyavi, Kagerou, Luna Sea, 12012, Dir en grey, Malice Mizer, Gackt, Wang Leehom, Mayday, Emilia, Tamrat Desta, Teddy Afro, Nathaniel Haile

I watch

Scooby Doo, Mythbusters, Ratatouille

I play

Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart Wii

I read

Kyell Gold, Michio Kaku, Ben Bova, Orson Scott Card, David Koenig, Ursula K Le Guin