Image Of The Day: Sidney

All right, I confess, I am a cat person!

I felt like cheating tonight by tracing a photograph on the Wacom. It's not as easy or precise as I thought it would be, but eh... not bad for a half hour's work I say!

I miss Sidney. He's still alive and well (I assume) living with a friend who can provide a much better home than I was able to. She calls him "Sid" rather than the fully-expanded "Sidney," as if he weren't a big pansey. (No offense to all you Sidneys out there!)

I had to give Sidney up (along with his neurotic buddy Waldo) when my life went haywire last year, and I think they're both better off because of it.

I brought Sidney home shortly after my first cat, Illyana, died in late 1997. Check out the online memorial I made for her at the time if you're so inclined. It's very sappy, but it did help me out to write it at the time, and I hear other people who stumble across it have found some comfort there.

Some day I want to have cats again, but it will have to wait until I have my life a little more together... like in ten years or so.