Happy New Year? Yeah... I apologize for falling off the face of the Earth this year.

So, stuff! Lots of stuff has changed since December 14, 2008.

First, Seven. She grew very, very ill only a week after we brought her home. The vet believed it was either feline leukemia or pneumonia. Had it been the first, she would be euthanised and there was a possibility that the other cats would have caught it. Thankfully, it was the latter. As she was so young, there was still a serious risk that she wouldn't survive, but the pet store payed for her 3 day visit to the ICU at the vet. She came home fully healed and back to her old evil self. She is still a little warrior now that she is eight months old. I still adore her, though she tends to the extremes. Either she is utterly in love with her humans and wants to cuddle our faces off, or she is playful and wants to chew our fingers off. (I have scars to prove it.)

Wow, tl;dr. I feel somewhat lame that I can write that much about my kitten...

Erm... what else. I have been playing vegetarian since the end of January. While this decision was partially moral- I cannot eat meat without remembering that these were creatures that feel fear and pain- I am also trying this because it is better for me. All the nutrients my body needs can be found in a diet without meat.

And things are looking up on the art front. I have suffered from depression and the worst cold of my life these last six months, which is hardly a state in which I worry about making beautiful shit. I am feeling much healthier these days. While I never stopped scribbling, I am beginning to put more care into my sketching once more and I have plans for several projects. I am really looking forward to creating again.

And thus ends the monster journal? Much love for everyone!

Peace,
E. K. Delaney