A few days after I got back from Anime North (nearly a month ago now.. wow) my beloved friend and pet went missing. Many of you know him as 'fats', and more of you know him by his name, Tigger. A little over a year ago I campaigned to save his life from a fatal bowel disease. The fundraiser was a complete success, earning the money overnight. Together my friends and I saved his life, and for it I was able to spend an entire year with him, having him visit me while I was doing homework in the wee hours of the morning, keeping me company, and saying good night when I put him to sleep every night. I can't thank everyone enough. It was worth every penny.

I don't want to say goodbye to him, I don't know if ever can, but I feel like acknowledging his absence is the only respectful thing to do. I love him very much and always will, but I don't think he will be returning home this time.

He was an outdoor cat, but never ventured out of our yard unless he was following us on our nightly dog walks. He was around 12 and a half years old, but healthy and spry thanks to our treatment of his illness. 12 years of my life. I was ten when our family got him. We raised him from a kitten, it's like he's always been there. There's such a void right now, it's such a bazaar feeling.

I feel like I've lost a sibling, a family member, and I have no idea how or why. The hardest part is not knowing, and knowing I may never know.

I was still looking and mourning for Tigger the day I left for Vancouver with my friend ~xdarksirenx, who also had to say good bye to her best friend and companion, Lady, a young female cat I found two years ago abandoned by the school down my street. She was a beautiful little lady. She will be so very missed.

So, it was a very long drive to Vancouver.

Van itself was gorgeous as always, i really wish I could live there. It's so beautiful and social, the transit is great, the culture and history is amazing, there's so much to explore and the people are fab. I had a great time wandering around with ~xdarksirenx and =koinogenki, along with two other new friends.

The con, Anime Evolution, was kinda balls. I was really disappointed. It was kinda... boring as shit. And the turn out was really poor. I'm just... considering if I should even go back next year. I hope they plan it at a better time, so more people can attend. The timing was really terrible.

Though I did meet *kidchan which was worth every second. She's honestly such a fucking sweet person. I can't even believe it. I hope she had a great time over here in Canada and I hope she comes back again! T_T!

Anyways. I have three weeks off now before AX. My table is at B40, you can check out a map at [link]

Also, after much ado about fucking nothing, I got things sorted out with otakon, and I will be attending that convention as planned.



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