She’s Soooo Cool. To Drop Dead Gorgeous

All three of these pulls were in the gacha of fate. I saved up 30 EXTRA SPECIAL COOKIE CUTTEFS FOR NOTHING.

fun fact: tiara commits 3 crimes per day and has yet to be caught

Olympics are done, Paralympics are done... now can I say how sad is gonna be randomly turning on the TV and not finding a semi-unknown sport played astonishingly well by somebody whose last name I can't pronounce?

for when the tv knitting needs to be a shape, I have been referring back to this pdf for years for basic garter stuff. also handy when designing your own lace rot 😊

https://www.laylock.org/downloads/shawlshapes.pdf

(✧ω✧)cherry blossom train(✧ω✧)

a lot of you probably knows Belphie's story, but I'll summarize just in case.

Devon Rex cats are better for people with allergies (less shed fur + less Fel d1 protein in their saliva), so on February 16, 2024, I went the breeder route and put down a deposit. before Belphie even opened his eyes, he was mine.

every Friday, the breeder sent me a new photo. I had a broken leg, and was basically rotting in bed at that point, so it was the best part of my week. then, at 12 weeks old, I BROUGHT HIM HOME!

at first, he was so alive. like a wind-up monkey that never shut off. he dangled from the wall-hangings, savaged my feet as I walked, and used my elderly cats as jumping poles to do cool acrobatics over. but this all gradually faded.

first, he stopped playing. then he stopped climbing. then he stopped moving much at all. my vet ran tests on him and found multiple pathogens (calcivrius + mycoplasma), but the medication didn't help - he kept declining.

on September 17th, I woke up to find him swollen like a balloon. we finally had an answer: he had Feline infectious Peritonitis, aka FIP. before 2017, this would've been a death sentence. he would've kept bloating until he drowned in his own fluids. and before 2024, I would've been forced to inject him with black market drugs. but thankfully, South Tower Animal Hospital in Fergus, Ontario was doing a study on the oral medication! we drove two hours, enrolled him, and left with the GS-441524 pills.

and he went from those photos above.....to this:

I thought Belphie would die as a kitten. I'd accepted that he would never grow up. but now he gets to LIVE!

and all for the low cost of $7,553.....ahhhahaha........god.

that + a recent home disaster has wiped out my savings, but I still need to pay for Belphie's medication. to remain in this study, I need to do bloodwork monthly until Feb 2025, and he'll need daily pills until March 2025.

I've put a risograph print + enamel pin set at greerstothers.shop. I hate asking for help, but if you'd like to support Belphie's continued treatment, please consider checking them out!

MAY 01 / 21

April spreads !! April went by so fast for me, how about you?

I have a lot of strange dreams, but this one was particularly weird.

I was at an arcade with my family, and in the back corner I saw a Sailor Moon game. I went over and played it, and it was like nothing I've ever seen before. It was owned by Disney (as shown by the opening trailer) and was about a Sailor guardian named Sailor Sun and Stars. She was about Chibiusa's age, with gold hair. As I played the game, the dream shifted until I was Sailor Sun and Stars. S&S was fully conscious of the fact that she was in a game, and was playing it backwards to try and find a cure for her very sick best friend (sort of a Hotaru stand in).

My princess with a disorder🥹

Also heres the full list of maladies by popular request

So cuddly