SEPTMBER 15th!!! ONE YEAR!!

Hey guys!!! It's officially one year since i started this wretched comic blog, and as you can see I am back, hopefully for more years to come!! Unfortunately do to my lack of computer expertise and impulsive personality I royally messed up www.boredompulledthetrigger.com and will no longer be updating that site, basically because, well, I cant anymore. But it works out well because it just complicated things not only for my art but for my life as well, it was too much for my ego to take and was too stressful to take on, so instead I revert back to what I am, a student and ... just a girl, looking to express herself and not make a career out of it. Talk about naivety. Well I have a new computer now...it's been months waiting since I blew my last one up, and I do not have very good editing software, if you know of anything that's free...and virus free, send a link my way!!

Today has been a seriously busy day and if it weren't for the excitement of having gone a year since starting BPT I don't think I could have mustered a moment to draw something up for today! But...I managed in every spare moment I got...hence the confusing layout and inconsistent doodles. As soon as you are done reading this it is best to assume I am well passed out with an empty beer still in my hand from pure exhaustion, but before I do...

A year ago today I was lost. Dealing with the first real heart break I have ever known and settling back into a city I grew up in after spending years trying to break free and escape to Alberta (in many unsuccessful attempts) I can now look back and see how much has changed, after going through several jobs and soul searching for future goals, I now find myself in a busy life attending school full time, and working at a job I finally enjoy, (even though its a call centre still!!) I have lost friends, and gained friends, and kept the ones worth keeping who continue to love and support me...and call me out on my bs! I have found peace with the past and out of it has come a truly surprising gift of a friendship that has surpassed any expectations and continues to enrich my day to day life. I have watched my family grow and have gotten to know them on a different level, as people, not just the support system they always have been. And of course the constant pondering of spirituality and trying to find out what to make of this world, especially from how far my family has come from the church we grew up in.

There are so many things that have happened this last year, and I assure you though many of it has been good I still happen to be a clumsy and tactless gal who stumbles into irony and problems and has a lot yet to learn, so thank you to anyone who has taken interest, or anyone who just appreciates the art and the work that goes into sharing that with you. You, as always have the ability to make others feel not so alone in such a lonely world, and I hope you continue to check back for the following years.

Thank you.
Katherine Heykoop