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May 2022 - Oh, Bo Happy beginning of summer, everyone (or at least, the beginning of summer like two weeks ago... as usual, this entry has been sitting in an open tab for quite a few days). I hope the season is finding you well. This past month has seen somewhat of a resumption of my Koikatsu projects... there's a new character card coming up next week, which is 90% ready to post. I've been taking a break from KK for a while for several reasons, but I'm feeling more inspired lately and ready to dive back in. I might, might consider opening public Koikatsu commissions on a limited basis in the near future, depending on interest and whether outside factors will allow for them. This is still very much a "maybe" at the moment, though, but I'll keep you informed. See, one of the reasons I've been putting KK aside is because we're nearing the end of Act III of Shattered Skies, and I made a vow to try my hardest to get the Act finished by the end of the year. Chapter 60 is going to close

Mar/Apr 2022 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Sadist April, on the whole, has not been a great month. There's been numerous health issues in my family, in addition to the horrible things happening in the rest of the world, so it hasn't been easy to keep my focus on creative stuff. Such is life. One bright spot, however, has been discovering and subsequently getting my friends hooked on Princess Connect - Re:Dive, a series which I'd heard described as "KonoSuba but with wholesomeness instead of degeneracy." That description doesn't really do it justice, though. It's certainly got KonoSuba's knack for humor and amazing faces (and it should, since both anime share the same director) but underneath the funny stuff there's a surprising amount of heart and an even more surprising level of depth. Far from the by-the-numbers gacha game roster fodder of some other franchises, all of PriConne's characters are delightful, quirky, and fun to look at... especially Karyl, who's quickly become one of

February (and change) 2022: Great Timing I was really on a hot streak at the end of last month. I reunited with my best friend from high school after many years, and the two of us went to the local Comic-Con in cosplay together, where we both had a blast. That's us as Steven Universe and Dipper Pines, respectively. It was my first time cosplaying in a long while and his first cosplay (and first con!) ever, and we could hardly have asked for a better experience. A highlight was getting our pictures taken with Austin St. John, the original Red Ranger, icon of both our childhoods... Riding high off that experience, I was able to put out a thirty page chapter of Shattered Skies only a hair under a month after the last one, which is a personal record for this story. On the night of the 23rd, I posted my chapter and went to bed eagerly anticipating getting to work on the next one right away... And, well. You all know what happened next. For obvious reasons, it's been hard to