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Mike Shirley-Donnelly (MSD)
Hi hello I am msd I make music and take photos and make art but also run a joint cat rescue / recording studio in southern new england with my partner Della. I'm still mourning Cohost closing, but at least I started blogging as a result??
Latest Posts
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Back from April Fool antics, thank you to all digimon fans who did not crucify me for speaking ill of agumon, and to those of you who did? I forgive you. Thurs...
A bummer post about politics, insidious "good news only" accounts and being racially perceived in 2026 (a few good cat photos though) This morning I realized I haven't done a non-pokemon post on this blog in a while, and mostly I can...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon digimon every day until I stop Weds 04/01/2026 - Agumon Picked this one up via a random pokemon generator, what the hell gen is this from? Looks like a store brand charmander smdh art pokemon...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Man, the covid still going strong. I'm back at work partially (I'm remote, not exposing anyone) and it's just brutal how much even sitting at a desk for a few hours is...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Still riddled with covid! Trying my best to recover but man, it's been hard going. Fri 03/27/2026 - Haunter Haunted was a kid request. With how long this has been going...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Man, so. I was sinus sick for a long time with what turned out to be laryngitis and when I finally started feeling better....I had like maybe a day or two of clear...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Fri 03/20/2026 - Taillow Friday's entry came via RNG. I am legitimately surprised I've never seen this one before but also it's like, regular-ass bird. Do all...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop I'll be first to admit I'm off my game this week but there are extenuating circumstances so I'm not really sweating it. Let's dig in. Mon 03/16/2026 - Houndoom I did...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Sat 03/14/2026 - Sandygast Random number for this one! In retrospect I should have tried to pick a pie or math themed pokemon for 3/14 but in my defense, the world is...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Thurs 03/12/2026 - Cubchoo Hit RNG for Thursday and got Cubchoo; (take a drink) I'd never seen this one before and it's both adorable and gross at the same time, and as...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop OK so I went from "dude I feel like shit" to "knocked on my ass for 5 days" sick and I'm still recovering - but I did draw pokemon in bed every day because (as stated...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Fri 03/06/2026 - Weezing Man!! Being sick sure is shit!! It came out of fucking nowhere and tanked me on Wednesday night. It doesn't seem to be getting worse but it's...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop I'm sick! First cold / sinus thing of the year and it's KICKING MY ASS so I might be slow the next few days but here's my catch-up. May have to take some time off work,...
When the forecast gets it wrong (complimentary) The weather alerts for yesterday morning were really (and I cannot stress this enough) really on the fence about if it would rain or not throughout the course of the day; variations of...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop I've had a rough couple of days, man! Even though I was committed to drawing these every day, I didn't get around to taking photos or editing them until now so please...