August 27th, 2024 6:28PM CT

12 years, 4 months.

”Good girl!”

Cookie lived a long, full, and good life, and will always be remembered. She was a real tough cookie, and made it all the way to the end, the full 12 year life expectancy and then some for Miniature Yorkies. My parents got her when I went off to college, and she’s been through so much with us. Truly the best dog we’ve ever had, and she’s irreplaceable. She leaves behind Milk, a cat I adopted from an animal shelter a few years ago, who’s going to miss her a whole lot. She was a really smart dog, full of emotion. She passed due to cancer and heart failure, and suffered from blindness the past couple years, and championed through it all this time to stick around just a little while longer with us. She went quickly and with little pain on her final day on Earth. She’s in a better place now, and can see, run around, and be without pain.

Monday, September 2nd, 2024; Planted flowers for Cookie and brought Milk to see her:

https://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/444188f38c01c01d1a55bb95960d9d40

Since our country’s media won’t give an independent candidate a fair chance at the election, I’m doing my part (however insignificant) to help spread awareness of a third presidential candidate:

https://www.kennedy24.com/policies

I started this last night and have it in a playable state. This is my first time making something in PICO-8. It’s a two-player game based on the medieval board game “Tablut”: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=142767

This is just a simple display of gratitude for what is still one of the last community-driven sites on the modern internet. There isn’t some large, over-arching, evil corporation running this site, and all of its content is made by and for the community, with a rich history and future constantly evolving. It’s one of the only places where I can freely share my creations with no strings attached, no constant nagging for paying for a subscription, no flood of bots, fake hype/astroturfing, and propaganda. One of the only remnants of the old web where creativity and originality still means something, and the sole purpose of making things is to share experiences with others.

Here’s to what I hope is still a long life ahead for NG.

Stay real and never sell out.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1139408

New song tonight.

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!

Work-in-progress song!

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