I think, on ACo, my blog is gonna be the only place I actually don't talk in third person... It'll be hard, I'm so used to talking third person it even slips into my day to day conversations.
To me, it wouldn't seem right to start my blog without mentioning Alvin.
Those people who were on ACo during the short nine months when I had Alvin probably knew him from his many appearances in my posts. It was one of his favourite things to sit and watch me putz away on site, posting everywhere or trying hard to beat Kyo's Bloody Pingu high score. It's hard to believe I almost did too.
When Alvin died, I took a short hiatus. Aside from school, I didn't really have the motivation to do anything for about a week. It astonished me that in nine months, a little guinea pig had grown on me so much as for me to call him my son. And, after his death, every where I looked I seemed to find reminders of him. Even on ACo, I saw only those posts in which I had mentioned him.
I wrote an online epitaph for my Alvin on ACo 1.0. It was one of the last posts in my blog before ACo became sick. Now that she's all better (and happily updated), Alvin needs his epitaph back.
I miss him still and, quite honestly, I doubt I'll ever stop. He was the first pet in our household to belong solely to me, rely solely on me. It was so hard to lose him and, still, his memory brings tears to my eyes.
As is, Jennifer's Body is calling and I must be off. I'll be back! ^^




