Bad Week

Been a bad bad week.


Dont want to get into it now...but thought id quote this post by my bud, arhi. She has quite the skill with writing and conveying my feelings .

Some monsters are scary. Some monsters are friendly. Some are just kinda useless. It all depends on how they're raised.

On a whim, you decide to adopt a baby monster. You know that they're a lot of work, and if you make any mistakes in their upbringing they can turn on you, or just die unexpectedly. But, hey, it only costs a few gold to adopt a pup, so you decide to give it a go just for fun.

You spend hours with your baby monster. You feed it, bathe it, walk it, play with it, and clean up after it. It's a lot of work. Your pup keeps growing; sometimes it's growing so fast you swear you can actually see it getting larger before your eyes! You are excited to see that your pup is actually becoming a friendly monster. You give it hugs every night before bed, and it rewards you with a sloppy wet monster kiss.

You do have a job, though, and other responsibilities. You spend all the time you can with your monster, but you see that it still needs more care. So, you ask some of your friends to help you take care of it. They agree; after all, they love playing with the monster just as much as you do. They help you with some of the chores, and play with it to make sure it gets enough exercise. You really appreciate the help that your friends are giving you. You couldn't have taken care of a monster as large as this one without the help of some handlers!

Your monster is getting to the point now where it needs some training. You look at some books and websites for advice on how to go about this, and you give it a try. Unfortunately, your attempts are met with only middling success. Your handlers give you some pointers, but they aren't professional trainers either. You need some serious help.

So, you decide to go to school to learn how to train your monster. You ask your handlers to help you out on the evenings that you're not around to work with your monster. You'll still be around a lot, but while you're learning how to better care for your monster you'll need the extra help. You worry that you'll be imposing too much on your handlers. After all, they're only here because they like you and the monster.

Well, it all backfires. Your handlers decide that it would be better if the monster - the monster that you have raised since birth - is now co-owned between all of the handlers. "It would be in the monster's best interests," they say, "if you sign over ownership to all of us."

And just like that, the monster is no longer yours. :(

One of these days....things will get back to normal.