I'm now a full-fledged 21 year old.

Yes, that's right. Last Friday I turned 21, which is kinda cool, but, if you're not a big booze-hound, it's not exactly all that much of a big deal. I mean, true, it is cool that if I wanted to, I could gamble in a Casino, and it was cool to be able to buy a round of drinks at my Birthday Lunch that I had with my uncles and father at Joe Jost's - my family's traditional 21st birthday lunch spot. But, it doesn't really feel like I'm another year older or nothing. I tend to feel another year older when another year of school starts, 'cause usually February just feels too much like it's not a transition period. It's odd, but, yay I'm 21.

Anyway, Birthday's aside, I've been getting some good art done. I like to think that I pulled this comic off pretty well in the art department (although, I feel some of my detail work was lost when I made the images "comic-size"), but I've also been doing some character design practice, some face building practice, and some all around other practice in my spare time, and I think I've had a moderate degree of getting-better-ism. Check out some of my newest random practice things at my deviantArt.

Reptile-Guard-wise, I'm more likely than not going to be back to my weekly schedule. I have a good friend Sarah, who's leaving this summer to join the Peace Corp, and who's deeply invested in this storyline, but I won't reveal it to her before each comic is released. So, in an effort to stay alive to see my 22nd birthday, I kinda need to at least finish this chapter before she leaves so that she doesn't kill me in a crazy-lady-style rampage.

And that's all. Um, go, uh, order buttons. All the cool kids are doing it.