Right?! As a kid, I *only* knew the animated Pink Panther, and spent the whole film waiting for the animated character to show up, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"-style.

Thanks for the link! Having thoroughly enjoyed the game, this video provided me an enjoyable to revisit and recontextualize. For me, it's a special game, as is its predecessor.

I'm not super active on social media, but I've enjoyed seeing your stuff (comments & art) whenever I stop by. FWIW, I can totally empathize with the "don't want to take up space" thing --- I'm like a decade into a therapy-aided journey of healing and growth concerning that.

The book's not perfect, but I explored about my relationship with other people's opinions of me with "The Courage to Be Disliked."

To your question: whether someone likes you or engages with you faithfully is not your work. Trying to do someone else's work for them harms you. Focus on your work.

Welp, you convinced me. I look forward to reading it in 3-9 days!

It's for this reason that I only consider 'premium' mobile games; I am much happier taking a $2-$9 risk on a complete game rather than play a freemium game, no matter how good it may look. The freemium business model HAS to ruin the experience to get you to pay.

I know it's a week or so later, but here's Gaia enjoying life after rescue from a shuttered puppy mill.