That's Life

First off, nice and randomly: What's up with me and zombies lately?

And then onward.

So Deb had her bunnies, right? She was supposed to have bunnies, but she shedded half of her fur and then had bunnies. I was freaking out when I first saw them, since they weren't supposed to exist, but there they were. And since they were there, I hoped to keep them there.

The weather had a completely different idea. Sunday I found five of her bunnies dead. Cold. May decided to act like March and five out of the seven froze to death. So I brought her inside, along with the two remaining bunnies, and made her a home. I looked in today and there was only one bunny left. I still have no idea what happened to the last one. Methinks that she ate it ... Why? I dunno, really. Perhaps I had to stick it back in the box a few too many times. The little critters didn't know how to stay inside. Maybe she was too stressed from having bunnies, and then me having to move her around. Mom just brought up that perhaps she's a little too young. She was, after all, born in November.

I don't know. All I do know is that out of seven bunnies, only one's right there in her box. And all of her fur disappeared, so I gotta find the poor little fellow some straw or some sort of bedding. I kinda want to know what happened to all the straw, too ...

Strange. Just strange.

But the bunnies aren't the only little guys who died.

Tuesday I found out that Butterscotch died. I took care of the rabbits, and she was lying, dead, in her box. Oh, I cried. I pulled her out of the box (probably scaring Midget half to death--not cool), held her in my arms and cried. I've had her for at least eight years. She was the pretties rabbit that I ever laid eyes on, and extremely nice, too. She was my buddy! I have a bowl named after her ... and she was dead.

Then, when I walked into the house, I discovered that I had blood all over my sweater. Today, when I brought her box up to the garage for measurements, there was blood all over the bottom of it. In fact, there was a lot of blood. I don't know where it came from. She had blood around her nose, and around her tail area. There was just ... blood.

But when I found her, she had just died. Because the blood was mostly fresh and she was still limp. My guess is that she was dead for only an hour or two?

And I buried her today. I finally found a shovel, and the rain had finally stopped, so I dug a grave. It was a little more than knee-deep, I think, and it was the best dang hole that I've ever dug. And I didn't bat an eye while I dug, even though I laid her right next to the hole for size reference. But when I laid her down in the hole, I burst into tears again and I couldn't even hold the shovel.

It was the last time I would ever be able to touch her ... to actually see her in all her prettiness. She really was a beautiful rabbit.

And I already miss her.

I want to know why she died.

So that's not cool. Not cool at all. Seven rabbit deaths within the week. Simply unacceptable. I just hope that Midgey really is having a litter and that she doesn't die from it like Wizzer. I hope that Doe-Eye keeps herself alive (as well as her sole bunny), and that Cashmere stays as quirky as he is. Love him, too.

I love my rabbits. I really do. I don't want to see another one of them dead.

Onward to another subject before I cry again?

So I said that I had a commission that I wasn't getting paid for. Or traded for. Normally on dA you hear about trades as well as commissions. So I guess I'm doing this picture out of the kindness of my heart. I dunno why I accepted doing it in the first place.

It's for Scott, of his character Trent. He keeps giving me specific things, but he changes his mind like a goldfish, so I decided on one thing and I hope that he'll like it. He should. He keeps commenting on my deviantArt profile about how much he likes my style and artwork. So as long as I put some effort into it, at least, I should be good.

I have until the end of the month to finish that. Because he didn't give me a deadline. So I did. Otherwise I'd keep putting it off until he forgets about it. Or becomes mad at me. Most people forget, but I get the feeling that he wouldn't. And I did promise him.

So I got a picture to draw for that.

And I'd really, really, like to finish the Gambit/Neko picture. I think I'm going to have to redo Remy's face, possibly add more detail to his hands or something. Then I have to do his hair, coat, and boots. Then he should be finished. After that I'll have to do the background, a crowd of people, and Neko, but Remy's my sole concern right now. XD

I got a Nightcrawler/TMNT comic that I've got to get working on as well. I have two frames drawn out and inked, but that only takes up one of the corners of the page. I probably should not have inked those two frames, but I've had this idea in my head for months now. I think it'll be alright. It really hasn't changed much.

That Nightcrawler painting, too, I need to finish. I have to redo his hand and redo the background, as well as add a painting of a butterfly in there, and then that one will be finished. Wish I would have caught that mistake while I was painting it. Instead I stared at the painting, trying to figure out exactly why it looked wrong. Well, now I know!

I was looking up "Joe Mad," one of the artists for a while for the X-Men comics (because I love the way he draws Remy), on Google, and I found a bunch of chalk art things. I don't think any of it was actually Mad's work, but there was a Wolverine picture ... and I want to do a chalk art mural thing, see how it works out for me.

I have some chalks--not a lot--that I can work with, and I already got a preliminary sketch of what I want to draw, now I just have to wait for good weather. And, knowing Michigan, it's not going to come until one of the J-months. June, July. But I'll be waiting. And since I have some Michael's giftcards, I think I'll hop on over there one of these days and pick up some more chalk. Because the chalk I have now, it's not a lot. I don't think I'll be able to get much of anything done with that amount. And I need black. And ... gray? I dunno. Metal boots. This'll be interesting. And brown! Lots of brown. His trench coat, his hair, some for his face. Pinch of pink and red. But that's about it. Yup. Remy, you're one colorful man.