The Money Trail (Freelancer.com Lifetime)
$21,815.01 USD
Across 8+ years of commissioning real human artists, developers, marketers, and dream-weavers
Every soul, every dollar, every childhood French-fry joke, and every late-night line of code
that helped birth a 10 GB Public-Domain mythic universe…
This scroll is for you.
Across 8+ years of commissioning real human artists, developers, marketers, and dream-weavers
My entire 401k — every dollar I ever saved for the “responsible” future — cashed out early.
The government took half on the spot: $35,000 gone in penalties and taxes, vanished the instant I hit withdraw.
What was left ($70k → ~$35k after the blade fell) became $11,000 in physical silver bars locked in a safe…
and then every single ounce sold again (at 50% loss) — melted back into the dream when the bills kept coming.
I paid a 50% tax just for daring to believe
that a mythic universe was worth more than a normal retirement.
I smiled, clicked “confirm,”
and watched the numbers bleed away.
Worth it.
Every cent.
Every tear.
Every bar of silver.
Every cursed penalty.
The portal is open now.
And no IRS agent can ever close it.
Nicolas H. (@widuIT & @certaintly) – Traditional cover & interior art for The Warlock Name
@orbnorsolya – Two full-color furry anthro characters
The Karelia Fursuits – My personal blue wolf fursuit (now roaming someone else’s closet… wherever you are, partial CEO, I forgive you ♡)
Prick Tattoo San Antonio owner
Riven Phoenix – “Master The Human Figure From Imagination” (92-hour course used by Lucasfilm & Pixar artists)
Gregory Bair, MBA (@gregorybair) – Amazon publishing, book trailer, business plan, and endless encouragement
Human Android developer – Intention Repeater Android App (GitHub: tsweet77/intention-repeater-android)
Sherry (“kiss my rose”) • Kelly Stricker and her quarter horses • Mike Skully • My super cool boss Daniel Simien • John Ward’s hilarity (he was fricken smart) and my friend Robert Lindquist, who’s as much a furry as me • Hal Jennings (10,000-digit Pi printout hero) • Robert (Hummingbird) Rosen and his literal music videos • every coworker from the rubber-band-war era • the lady who gave out candy light-bulbs • the guy whose middle name is now forever “Wicked” • my mom who “borrowed” $1,000 of fursuit money • and the childhood friend who watched me code French-fry math on a 2 KB toy
Anthony Lacy for admiring the Red XIII wallpaper • Daniel Hopkins, the childhood friend whose name became my Warlock name • My Hoi Jeon Moo Sool trainer (even if a Tae Kwon Do kick ended that chapter) • The Harley Sportster I bought before the license (John Ward warned me!) • The stick-shift truck my friend had to drive home for me • And my best friend now, Aki Greus from Finland — escaped a pencil stabbing, met on a Law of One forum, flew him here. Legend.
Mike Emery for introducing me to Bubble Tech • Stephen Colbert (I still hurt from laughing) • Conan O’Brien doing old-school Bill Clinton and driving his desk down the street • Andy Richter losing that staring contest in the funniest way possible • Keanu Reeves — your humility is a guiding star.
Weird Al — UHF, ear magnets, Rambo parody, that firehose scene (slowed it down — kid was safe, phew) • The drummer who defies physics • The greatest concert I’ve ever been to • And that Mr. Butterfingers joke about the Baptist denominations… absolute perfection. My friend Bob Lindquist still had his ticket for Weird Al he saw you years before.
To Desperado, my first German Shepherd rescue who patrolled the back half-acre like a king •
To Loki, my wolfdog soulmate — dedication video
To Kathy Moore, my hypnotist teacher — tranquil office, met my spirit guide, heard “the god of approximation” in a Mayan whisper.
Rosemary & Jimmie Flores • Boiling Point Media for Rufus (here’s my tribute: youtube.com/watch?v=NOagz1U19-w) • Enigma — “Return to Innocence” on an Olympics ad changed everything • “The Child in Us” forever • Michael Bublé’s “Home” over my Bolt montage — watch here
You all live inside these characters,
these songs, these pencil lines, these lines of code.
I never forgot a single one of you.
✦ This project is powered by every single one of you ✦
ChatGPT – for turning my chaotic gold fever-dreams into glowing CSS
Mohsin A. – for hosting the 10 GB mirror with nothing but kindness
Every freelancer who ever said “yes” when I had no clue what I was doing
The furry community that taught me love has fur and paws
And Rufus (5D) – the fantastic pet who walked straight out of a movie and into my timeline