Many people wonder why I'm here right now. Why I'm grey…what I may have been through. But there's only so much someone can go through before they just can't take it anymore. My life started out extremely, well brutal…Let's start from the top, shall we?

I started out life as a gelert. Not many people know that…In fact, I think the only person who does is the person who I currently reside with. When I was first born, I didn't know much of my surroundings. After a few days, I came accustomed to my new way of life. Apparently, when I was born, my owner left me on the doorstep of her neighbor and skipped town. She took me in, but not happily. She already had three pets of her own, and didn't care for another. So, she put me in the attic and let me spend hours alone by myself.

On occasion the pets she owned snuck up to see me. They were nice, yes – but were forbidden from seeing me. I was a runt and alone in the world. The nicest one of them was a Shoyru. I never learned their names, because two weeks after I arrived…school started. One of her pets came home sick and when visiting, infected me with their sickness. Her other pets went to school one day and since my new owner didn't like me anyways, she threw me into the pound.

I stayed in the pound for a few days --- caged, alone, and sick. Not many other pets in the pound were sick… the ones of us that were had to be separate from the rest of the pound pets. New owners didn't really come and visit often. A few occasionally peered into the room, afraid to come in for risk of making their own pets sick.

It wasn't hard to realize that I was alone. I never made friends in the pound…I was already upset with the fate that I had been through. I kept to myself, and didn't even talk to the lady uni who checked on me occasionally.

So…I had spent a month alone. I was becoming independent quickly, because I had no one to share my life with. It always saddened me to watch how others were being adopted and taken to new enjoyable homes…While I, still sick because the orphanage couldn't afford my medicine, stayed by myself and talked to no one.

Though it's easy to wallow in your own self-pity, I tried to look at the best of things. Yes, I will admit that I was heading slowly down the road of depression…and I thought that I would never have someone to care for me. I wasn't negative or anything, but I spent hours by myself and had little joys in the world. I had no toys, no friends, and no family…and I was only a pup!

But, one day can change everything. Of course, I was already to an all-time low…but, this day I'd have to say was one of my favorites of my entire life. Laura, my current owner needed a new foster. I think everyone that day knew that she did. She boldly went around looking at every pet, followed by the lady uni that checked up on all pound pets. See, Laura was from TNO. Once you've been a pound pet for a while, you tend to realize what adoption guilds are around. TNO was supposedly the best. So, that day every pet tried to show themselves off. They dressed in their best clothes if they had any – or acted totally different than they were. I sat in my cage on my bed, just looking up at the ceiling.

Well, I don't really know what happened after that… I had fallen asleep out of boredom. I woke up to someone standing over me. I quickly jumped out of bed, and stood still. "Hello!" She smiled. She didn't wait for me to introduce myself – she seemed to already know everything about me. "How are you doing, Gil? I know you don't really talk to people that much – but I'll change that, for sure." She left after that…to where, I don't recall. The lady uni took me out of my cage and took me into the front room.

Of course, this had been one of the few times I actually was allowed to come out of the sick room…and I was amazed. The pound was full of lots of pets…big, small; painted, unpainted...It was amazing. Through all the busy-ness, I spotted Laura. Well, from how the uni was holding me, I found that her name was Rose. Well, Rose sat in a chair close to the counter she was working at. As a pup, I couldn't see over the counter, but before I was seated, I noticed Laura on the other side of it.

Though, I wasn't aware of what was going on then, I'm fully aware of what was happening now. Laura had chosen me over all the rest of the pound pets. She took me in as a foster – always assuring me that I would find the perfect home.

I've been with Laura quite some time since then…I've been through the lab ray, and I've even met some new fosters Laura has. Some have interesting stories like mine and some of them actually did come from great families. Well, you've probably figured by now that I'm grey because of what I've been through…Although that is true, I'm just a bit happier than depressed.

Since I've been here, I've realized my talent as an artist. I draw for contentment and freedom from problems that might come up in my life. Hopefully, from here I will be able to find a decent enough family…

Why/Why not

By now you are probably wondering why I'm interested in applying for Gil. Well, truthfully, I fell in love with him instantly. One of my dream pets has been a grey chomby since they have been released. As a foster parent, I understand your want of find Gil the best possible home. That's why I'm here to tell you enough about me to give you the view of what my life is really like.

One reason you might think to not accept me is the amount of time I might have. Yes, it's hard to know the amount of time we really do have in the future, but this is where I'm warning you. In early august, my school will start back up. Currently, I do not have a job in real life – but I will be a junior this year. I'm in two honors classes, and a few other classes that are for my major. Though school won't be nearly as had as it has for the past two years (Year long classes for two years in a row), I still can't be too sure of the time I will have on Neopets. Normally, I get on after school hours and stay online until I go to bed at night. Even while I do my homework, I stay online_ So, that's my normal habit. But then, school can also be pretty okay. Instead of having three of my core classes in one semester – I have a nice balance with two core classes per semester and some nice electives. So, my terms should be easier to handle – and if I do get a job – I will still have time to get online anyways.

So, there's a bit of a warning. But, over all I'm a good owner. I've been in TNO for 2 and a half years – meaning that I'm dedicated to the guild and to Neopets. I currently have three jobs that I do for TNO, so it's not like I'm just going to get up and leave out of the blue. Actually, I love all of my neopets equally. I've been doing pet lookups for them and have been writing stories for them for a while now. Some examples are below:
Sara's lookup || Baybee's lookup || Rowine's Petpage || Rotza's petpage
Of course not all my pets have their own original artwork by me, but I do have fan art – and I am working on my own work, too. (It takes a while for me to draw pictures…I hand draw them, then color them on the computer)

Also, I don't transfer my permies. I've had some of them for a while, and I have not transferred one of them, in fear of losing them. The only permie transfer I'll do (in the future), is when I paint my aisha Darigan. Currently, he's on my purple gallery account, because he's purple. But, I'm saving to paint him Darigan.

Now, something that may make you not consider me is the fact that I currently have 24 permies. Yeap, that's right…24. I know, that's a lot. I've had a lot of people tell me that it is a lot of permies to take care of – but I take care of them all equally. I know most foster parents do not like to foster out their fosters to people who have a lot of pets, in fear that in the end their old foster would get abandoned. But, I can assure you I have never abandoned any of my pets, and I take care of each and everyone. I sign into all of my accounts regularly…and at the latest would be signed into it by a week. Unless on vacation or some such like that. You can ask other people I have adopted from how well I do take care of my pets, if you would like. Just neomail me and ask for some of their names and I will definitely send you a list or them.

Oh! Another thing. You would NEVER have to worry about how low my funds might be. My favorite things to do on Neopets are playing Neoquest and Restocking. Both bring in good amounts of neopoints, so I've got a good flow of neopoints coming in per month. I did recently spend 1.3million neopoints on my fosters, but you don't have to worry about that, because I'm well on my way to having it back. Plus, all my accounts have neopoints on them, because I transfer neopoints to them quite often.

So now I guess it's time for introductions!

Introductions

Let's start with my pets. If Gil were to come live with me, he would reside on my Obesedoughnut account. There, he would meet two of my permies and one of my fosters. This is Homocidal_pyromaniac and Anaanita. After many days of being zapped and tons of people asking if they could be their owners, they have come to be with me. Pyro was adopted from Jess in TNO after numerous amounts of applications. Ani was adopted from a friend who trusted me in adopting him without applying. She was concerned she would never find the right owner for him. Well, he does have the right owner, and you can bet your socks that he is a fan of Star Wars.

Picture	Some information
Rowine	Rowine was the first pet I adopted on _jennyifer_. I labbed her from a Male Aisha to a female – then morphed her into a scorchio, and painted her faerie.
KrawkyBaybee	I adopted Baybee a long time ago from a member of TNO. I didn't apply for her, she was given to me. Since then, she's been plushified by a Fountain Faerie Quest.
__Kiwee__	__Kiwee__ is a pet that I created long ago. She's been through a lot of lab zaps since then, but after turning into an Island Cybunny, I couldn't stand to zap her anymore. So, she no longer is zapped, and is happy to know that she'll be a girl from now on.
Avoki	Avoki is one of the oldest pets I have. She was the first pet I ever adopted from the pound and still have. When I adopted her, I painted her starry – after saving for a while, because I had no idea how to gain neopoints when I first painted her.
Budloo	I adopted Budloo shortly after I painted Avoki. Back then, I really wanted Avoki to have a brother and sister, so I adopted a male zafara and painted him purple. They've been best buds since then.
Zedebia	As you've probably figured out, Zedebia is the sister that I was talking about getting Avoki. Well, I adopted her shortly after I adopted Budloo (two hours after him), and painted them both.
u_make_me_sick	This little dude is Sammy. Or, at least that's what we call him. Unfortunate as his old owner naming him such a terrible thing, he's very loved in our family. Him and Tootie normally get along fine, considering they're both fruits.
Quessiiri	Quess was the first pet I ever adopted from TNO. I quickly became attached to his old foster mom, too. Although she's not around anymore, I often remember what being around her was like, and enjoy the fact that she trusted me with Quess when I was just a newbie in TNO.
Kougrop3241	Kou is certainly one of the mischievous ones of the bunch I have. She enjoys taunting some of the oldest pets I have – and definitely enjoys tripping me. Boo and her do everything together, because they both like pranks. Don't worry, they won't bother Gil or his art.
To0tieFro0tie	To0tie I adopted from a friend in TNO, that has long since left. Though Andi is gone, and I miss her – I still have the best memories of her friendship everytime I look at Tootie. She's a sweet little fruit, and makes just about everyone laugh.
Jalace	I adopted Jalace from Cat a long time ago. With this, my sister also adopted two pets of her own from Cat. Jalace is really quiet, and normally tends to only relate really well with pets that fly. Why might you ask? Because that's what she LOVES to do! She flys all the time!
ComberLaser	Comber is one of the sweetest memories I have. He was the second pet I ever adopted from TNO – and I adopted him from the first friend I ever had in TNO other than Quess's foster mom. Not only was that a sweet moment, but I was trying to save up a Disco Paint brush for him – and a bunch of TNO member's came together to get me one! I will always remember that, to this day am proud of his groovy color.
Crystal	This is Crystal_Faeriedust. She was my third adopted pet from TNO, and was adopted shortly after I adopted Comber. I've grown quite attached to her, considering she is my only lupe, and wish to paint her plushie one day.
Dipity	Celestialserendipity is one of the most hyper pets to be around! He LOVES to run around in circles – and just adores his favorite toy…Of course by now it's been chewed to pieces, but I can never get him to replace it. He is a joy to have around, because he IS hyperactive, and constantly makes you laugh at his goofiness.
Freedom	FreedomForest is actually the bossy one of the bunch. She likes to have things her way and get things when she wants them. I've been trying for quite some while to get her attitude to change, but she still enjoys bossing everyone around.
Zaleinious	Zale is the only shoyru I have. Unlike many other Striped shoyrus, Zale has dark blue wings. Which, is awesome, because she realized young that she loved being unique!
Boobuni	Boobuni is a trickster. Though he was named after my ex-boyfriend (who was actually sweet to me at one point in time), Boo never inherited his personality. He's had a mean bone in him since his birth, and enjoys watching pranks on others. Him and Kou are normally found close together.
Rotza	Rotza is a devious one. Though he would never trip you, or play a prank on innocent pets…he'd go up to any stranger and interrupt them to correct their English.
Ceres_Sara	Sara, though very shy, has always been opinionated. She has an opinion about everything. And she'll tell any one she knows her opinion...but, then again, she doesn't know many people because she is shy. What a personality!
XxLostAngel	Lost was the first baby pet I ever adopted. Though she got along fine with the older pets, she is quite attached to my younger pets. She's obviously attached to a swimming pool whenever she can be – because everyone knows she loves to swim. Yes, being a Baby Tonu, she has to use floaties, because she's not that great at staying above water yet.
Seahorse564_2001	Though Sea is a baby, she's got an excellent vocabulary, and she loves to read. Read, you ask? Yes – read! Though she can't read that fast as of yet, she's getting better!
Kekeoia	Last, but not least – here is Keke! Keke was adopted in the pound at 75 hours old, and hand painted baby. If it weren't for my friend Piper (exact neopets username), who was actually retiring at the point she helped me (which I didn't know until two days later), I don't think I would've ever gotten on my feet to save for a baby uni. Or save for anything at all. Piper made me realize that saving isn't so bad, after all.

Since I'm figuring you don't know me well, let me give you the basics. I'm Jennifer – I go by Jenny, and I'm 16 years old. I've been in TNO for two years and five months, and have grown very attached to Neopets and TNO in that time. No – I'm not the average internet junky that stays on for hours (though I have been known to do that). I'm not addicted to the internet, either. I do have a life, no matter how much I say I don't, and enjoy doing things with my friends and family throughout the week. I won't lie – I am human, and I'm not going to make myself look like peaches and cream, because I do have flaws. Yes, at times I can be extremely grouchy… at other times; I can get under other people's skin extremely bad. I like to argue, but, I also have good characteristics and values. Though I may be a bit opinionated from time to time, I think that I normally give overall nice advice about things, and I have a wonderful outlook on life.

As you hardly know me, I thought I'd tell you a little about what my Neopets life is really like. Many people ask me how I can handle having so many permies. Well, the answer is quite simple. I do sign on my accounts more than once a week – but just for when I'm busy, I have an account graph. "Do WHAT?" I know, it sounds weird. But, I've made out a graph for myself that tells me which account I should be visiting pet day (if I were to visit them once per week). It's easy to keep up with, and allows me to spend enough time with my neopets without the worry of being frozen.

That's something else you don't know about me. I forgot to mention this before, but I have never been frozen. I make it a habit to try to be as careful as I can about the rules on Neopets and I take high precautions of everything I do. So, basically, YES I do worry about every step I make on Neopets.

Well, there are some things you can expect from me if I get Gilagon. What, you may ask, can I provide to Gil. Well, first off, I'm an avid graphic maker. I love graphics. So, I can assure you that he will have a decent lookup. Also, I love to draw. Well, on occasion. Sometimes I get in moods where I can do really well when I draw, and sometimes I don't like an ounce of what I draw. I can also provide him with a big family with lots of variety. He will be around other pets that have gone through similar problems as he has in his neopian life, and also some that have gone through great experiences. Some small, some big…It's a wide rainbow of pets that I have – and I strive to make them all happy.

"What I want to know – is do you actually CARE for them?" I know, that seems like the best question to have answered. I DO take care of my permies. They all have a variety of plushies to play with, and I really try to get spare books as often as I can so I can raise their intelligence. ALL of my pets have petpets…Though some are cheaper than others, I can't stand to unattach them because they've been together for so long. Though petpetpets have been a dream for me – It's quite expensive to get petpetpets for all of them, but I've already started trying to get them, so I'm waiting until I have enough to attach them all. So, of course Gil will be provided a petpet based on my unique feelings about him.

Well, as Gil's story mentioned, he is very interested in the arts. He's told me about his art and how he likes to be left alone when he starts a painting. You've probably been wondering why this application is full of colors. Well, this is why. Before I sent this to you, I showed Gil, and he didn't like the way it was looking…So, he did a little bit of tweaking on my application. I'd have to say, it is quite original, and he seems to like the output. So do I, of course…The green is not something you see often.

OH! Here's where you meet Syrii.
"Who's Syrii?"
Well, that's easy to answer. Syrii is who Gil will be spending the rest of his life with. She's bold and enjoys the work that Gil does. In fact, she enjoys it so much – she often poses for some of his work. She wouldn't do that for any other pet, because she's a bit stubborn…But, Gil seems pretty attached to her, so hopefully they'll get along fine.

"Is that all your giving me?! I don't even know who she is or what she looks like!!"
I know…I want that to be a surprise! Trust me, I already have Syrii and I'm just waiting for Gil to come and be her pal forever. But, let's just say, she'll be quite a surprise.

If I'm chosen to be the owner of Gilagon, I promise to give him every desire he has. With that, I promise to give him enough room to have his own unique personality, and not make him something different than he truly is. I will provide him a home that he will be happy in. Not only will I provide him with what he needs, but I will provide him a friendship. And, I guarantee that he will never be abandoned again. I hearby pledge to be the best owner I can be for Gilagon.

Jennyifer is a very dedicated neopian. She is online on AIM daily and is always talking about RSing when I talk to her. She's very fun to be around and I'm sure Gil will enjoy his time with her. He may be the only grey pet you'll ever see smiling, but with her, he'll be the only grey pet you'll ever see laughing ;-) – Joy

Jenny is a great person, with a greater heart. The minute she saw Gilagon she died. After she was ressurected she began working on her application, drawing, writing, dedicated, asking everyone around her for advice on her application, and tips, if I didn't know any better, I would say she was crazy in love. She loves Gilagon so much, and if it paid off she would basically cry. She's a great TNOer, but not to talkative unless you catch her on AIM. She DESERVES Gilagon. - Peggy

Jenny is nothing short of a fantastic person, and it shows. She takes excellent care of her pets, giving them top-notch living conditions, and I know she loves each and every one. She's an elite restocker, giving her a nice money advantage for the little darlings, and Gilagon will recieve no less attention in her care. Please honestly consider Jenny to be Gilagon's new owner... I'm not sure there's any place more perfect. - Smile

I haven't known Jenny for very long (about a month now) but in that time I've grown to love and respect her. She is very dedicated to all her pets, permies and fosters alike and she is wonderful to all of her friends.
I am not just saying this in hopes that you will read this and be like "OMG!!! I MUST select Jenny!" or because she is my minion *huggles her* but so that you will know the truth. So that you will know that Jenny truly is a wonderful person and owner. I'm not writing this rec to benifit myself but to help a friend of mine, who talks of nothing but Gil and who I know would give him tons of dedication and love, get the pet that she dreams and longs for. - Supi

So, this is where I leave you. I think you've got the basic views of me and my Neopian life. No, my pets are not neglected, and though I can't guarantee that you'll like this application at all, I can guarantee that Gil would never be neglected.

Also, before you'd leave -- I'd like to give you a bit of information about this application.
Hopefully you've noticed all the lovely art. Well, some of it is not mine, and I'd like to credit the ones who did give me fan art.
I want you to know that Shado did the picture of Gilagon in the Why/Why not section and Supisweetattack did the art of Gil in the What to Expect section.
I, on the other hand, did the rest and really like the way it came out. I hope you enjoyed it, because I enjoyed making this application. Even if I don't get Gil, I understand that he'll go to the best owner that you find. :)

Last but not least -- my contact information:
Neopets: _jennyifer_ is the best way to reach me, of course.
AIM: Jennyifur
MSN: kiwistrawberry_sodapop@hotmail.com
Yahoo!: memyselfani1234@yahoo.com