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My dad met Dean Cain yesterday and got him to sign The Eleventh Trade for Alyssa cause she’s a fan of Lois and Clark and her next book has Superman themes running through it. He is a good dad.

A few years ago I got two copies of a $25 Doug TenNapel book during a campaign. I sold the spare copy for $200 this week. I am telling you, these things are top-notch quality and their value only goes up. So here’s another plug to the Earthworm Jim graphic novel. Also was anyone going to tell me that Drew from Switchfoot has an original Earthworm Jim watercolor that he keeps in his guitar case, or was I just supposed to find that out as an offhanded comment in a livestream? I feel as if Doug TenNapel is like Forest Gump in that he has a story about how he’s crossed paths with virtually everyone.

I know some have seen my Tumblr post about Lizzie. I greatly appreciate the prayers for her in this hard time. Another person who could really use prayer is my uncle John who has been fighting cancer.

Marcus takes traits from him, only my uncle is like a Marcus without the more negative qualities. Like what a Marcus could be at peak character development. When the Lord of the Rings movies were coming out, he had a friend that worked at a theater, and he would hook us up with free promotional posters. He helped make a beautiful garden at his church for the community and the hungry are welcome to come and take the food from it. The first time we went to Yosemite, it was burning. He scored over maps, tracked info, and kept us updated on the wildfire so that we could stay safe. He’s just a kind, thoughtful, wholesome Catholic man, and what’s happening is really heartbreaking. My mom is over in CA to try and help out in what ways she can. The outlook is… not good.

I drew this phial of Galadriel for him.

It’s not easy, with the loss that has taken place, and losses that are looming. But also this week I’ve been shown that I’m surrounded by a lot of kind people, who are there for me when I need them, and that makes me just a little less anxious about the future.