Well, my ASUS laptop decided to give up the ghost. SATA controller failure means no internal drives will work before a new motherboard.

Pretty much everything critical was saved externally, and I could afford to replace the motherboard, but forget opening up this four-year-old ASUS to the bones and swapping.. just not worth it to me anymore.

So, enter the next upgrade in my computer career.. one that I feel suits me all too well.
When I bought the MSI GT70-0NE, I chose it on specification alone. I didn't know until it arrived that the top-tier GT70 was dubbed the "Dragon Edition".

Needless to say, I was a happy one. The gleaming brushed-velvet outer lid is etched with a fierce coiled dragon emblem, akin to the wrist mat below the keyboard. Coincidentally, the two-horned dragon design is highly reminiscent of Ike in shape, so I naturally flipped giddies like a hatchling.
The keyboard has three illumination zones, so, of course, orange, yellow, orange. I got a draggy belly on my keyboard now.

Got the tablet and SAI set back up so I can finish my first commission, which is for  rykoo, among other ongoing things.

Next week, hopefully, I am moving in to a house with my awesome girlfriend. I'm super excited; I'm already happy to be moving out of here, but especially so to be sharing it with her. <3

Thanks for the read.

-Ike