A Note From the Publisher:

The Royal University of Canada (Seattle Campus) retains the copyright and sole proprietorship of this journal, and has generously allowed it to be reprinted under the condition that it be presented in its unaltered form. At this time researchers have been unable to determine the fate of the people portrayed in this journal, or indeed even their full names and how they all relate to each other. They are certain however that the journal is authentic, and that it is the only first-hand account of the Necrotic Plague currently known to have survived.

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March 26

Happy Birthday me! Mom really came through on the new journal this year, 500 whole pages so no more worries about running out of space!

Life's been good since my last entry, Teddy and I finally moved out of the shitty apartment and into our own house! It's a little morbid I guess, since it belonged to his grandmother that passed away a few months ago, but probably stranger for Teddy than me. I've been painting up a storm though (surprise surprise right?), and it's looking so much more open and light. I'm trying to decide whether or not to add a mural to the guest room, but that's probably a project for down the road a ways.

Business has been booming for both of us. Teddy's been promoted to Project Manager at his engineering firm, and he got to start working remotely last week! My studio is thriving, and the hill above the house has the perfect place for a real brick and mortar. There apparently used to be a general store there that burned down in the 60's, and the site has space for a big workshop with a retail space and plenty of space for the bus to be parked. You can even see it from the road, so maybe I'll start getting walk-in orders (I can wish, right?).

Speaking of, I finally converted that old school bus I bought last year. It's now the perfect "home on the road", complete with wood paneling and a deck on top for pretty nights. I had a really great Christmas season, so I was really able to go all out on the conversion too. I've got the full kitchen set up, a king sized bed, bookshelves, a workstation for Teddy to use while I'm at shows, even this wood burning stove that Teddy dug up from somewhere for when it's cold. There's also some convertible furniture that folds out into beds when I have assistants along for a show, and I scored enough solar panels to run everything and then some!

Teddy's currently muttering to himself while he clicks away at the keyboard. Apparently there's some kind of media blackout going in China, and his Anonymous buddies have taken it on themselves to break it, so he's all excited about "the challenge". Men are so strange…

Although that does remind me, the Colorado Stash is growing very nicely. Since we didn't have to use our house savings to buy a house, we managed to buy another 102 acres straight up the mountain last month, which got us up to 162 total acres now, and almost the whole mountain plus the ravine. We're thinking about building a hunting cabin up there next year if we can afford it. Nothing big, but it would be way better than living on the bus if things ever go south right?

Anyway, I think I'm going to play for awhile while Teddy's not hogging the 360.

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April 2

So Teddy's been glued to the computer for the last few days. It's driving me crazy, but I'm also starting to get a little worried about him. He's obsessed with this media thing in China, and apparently Russia now too. The man's hardly even been interested in food, and I'm fairly sure that's one of the signs of the apocalypse! I'm going to make his favorite shepherd's pie, and unplug the damn computer if I have to…

Other than Teddy's weirdness, there's nothing much to report. Brian sprained his wrist in the studio the other day, so production has slowed a bit. Joker broke the cat tree yesterday (I guess it couldn't handle his fat little arse anymore), Batman is predictably upset at this development and keeps pouncing on his brother when I'm not looking.

Well, I'm going to go get started on that shepherd's pie.

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April 4

Well, the shepherd's pie didn't work. He wouldn't even come out for a simple dinner. I've spent most of the last few days at the studio, I couldn't stand to be in the house with that man's muttering and clicking. I got home a little while and sure enough, he's still hard at it in his office.

I'm getting really worried about him. I'm not sure how to help him, or what to do about this situation. If he doesn't snap out of it soon, I may have to stage some kind of intervention…

Well, I think I'm going to go run a hot bath and try to calm down.

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April 5

There's so many things I wish. I wish I'd never heard of China or Anonymous. I wish I'd hugged my mom the last time I saw her. I wish the Colorado Stash was ten times bigger. I wish I'd enjoyed my bath more last night. I wish had more than one emergency joint.

I wish I could rewind this week and spend it preparing, but how do you prepare for this?

We're going to figure out what to tell our family and friends in the morning. For now, I'm going to go drag my husband away from his thrice damned computer and try to enjoy the luxury of a bed and a full liquor cabinet while I still have it.