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Happy 23rd Anniversary, GMD! That picture in the header is from my desktop calendar. Poor Dawson doesn't look too sure, but we all know Basil was in good form and using a bit of what some call openly-friendly gestures. You know the type as the person is talking and they tap your arm or lightly put one arm around you. They're harmless gestures as long as the receiver doesn't mind them. And hopefully Dawson didn't mind his!

Oh, my gosh, I'm slipping something fierce. You guys are all so awesome with the numerous submissions and I can't keep up to comment/fave on them. I swear, I need a new computer and I'm going Saturday to look for the cheapest one on the market. Anything will be better than this. I get as far as checking my email and the virtual memory goes. I have to restart in order to go from page to page at dA alone. I'm also doing bad with my right arm. It's so painful at times, I feel like someone placed it in a vice and is squeezing it to death. I made a new drawing for GMD's 23rd anniversary, but after coloring it, my shoulder injury started flaring up again. I'm working on another sketch at the moment for ~gmd's contest and I appreciate the extension. I'd like to finish and submit it if I can.

Toby is getting worse. We took him to the vet last Thursday, you know when all hell broke lose. I'm referring to the passings of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. We got Toby on an antibiotic for the cut on his leg, but now the medicine is making him very lethargic and sickly. He is more bloated around his paws, he sits by the water dish, and just lies around in a way that doesn't seem like his normal self. We tried a test of pulling out the vacuum cleaner. That usually makes him bolt because he's afraid of it. Jasmine took off running while Toby just sat there and looked at it. Then, Christine tried to eat a bowl of cereal since he loves to come over and beg for the milk. He'll practically get in your lap for a little drop. Never once moved over to her. He's got another appointment tomorrow at 11. Keep your fingers crossed that he'll be okay.

Well, anyway, I'm sorry if I always seem distant, it's not on purpose. Just have a horribly slow computer, my body is falling apart, there's major work drama (I've acquired a stalker but am keeping the details at a minimum), pet illness woes, the list goes on and on. Will catch up on everything when I'm able to!

By the way, Mom brought home Thursday's paper for the entertainment magazine. I think I want to stop reading anything with the media for a while. Harve Presnell passed away Tuesday at age 75 from pancreatic cancer. What a beautiful voice, I always get goosebumps whenever I hear him sing, "They Call the Wind Maria" from Paint Your Wagon. So very sad, I really liked him. You know, Barrie Ingham said to me, "I'm not dead!" when I told him another actor provided the voice of Basil, and while he was naturally joking, I took the words a little too strongly. We lost another actor, one that was the same age as he is now, so he had better stay alive and well for a very long time!!

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