My next story is taking a lot longer than expected to finish drafting (though it's also going to be about 12000 words longer than expected so at least I have a good reason, right? :P), so here's a picture of one of my family's cats to tide y'all over until it's ready. This was Asia, a (at the time) 9.5-year-old Bengal, and he was basically the most awesome cat ever. Whenever I came home from college he would follow me around the house all day and demand attention, whether that be scratching his chin or lying in the sun with him or getting a ball of pipe cleaners for him to play with. He was the best.

RIP 6/6/2011.