Introduction

Have you ever heard of the North American Opossum? If you happen to be unaware of the humble opossum, they are North America's only native marsupial, and are famous for their ability to play dead in order to fool would be predators.

Now, have you ever seen an opossum?

If you haven't, today is your lucky day.

 

There are cuter pictures I could have used,

but I feel that the Opossum's scraggly appearance

is a large part of its charm.

By this point, there are probably a few things you're thinking. Maybe you're thinking "Oh wow, an opossum. Did you know their body temperature is too low to sustain rabies?". Perhaps "OHGODGETITAWAYFROMMEWHATISTHAT". Or, most likely, you're thinking "What on Earth does the Opossum have to do with an introductory post that's supposed to tell me what this blog is about?". To be quite honest, I was stuck for a while on how to start this off. I've never been good at or fond of talking about myself. But I am fond of Opossums, and that's why the charming little creature up above this paragraph is here. 

Now, to get some of the boring stuff out of the way: my name is Kylie Carper, I'm 22 years old, an Accounting major, and my favorite animal is the North American Opossum. I also do artwork sometimes as a hobby, though my one true love in life is doomscrolling and forgetting about the other important things I should be doing instead before inevitably rushing to finish them at last minute (or past that, if the date on which this post was made is anything to go by). My greater goal in life is to work somewhere that offers a more stable job than retail work and to hopefully not get tuberculosis and die or something. Maybe to own a house someday if I'm feeling particularly ambitious. 

That's about it. Everything from this point on is just some examples of my art and more opossums. Fare thee well.

 One of my more recent pieces. I meant

to color her, but I got lazy partway

through finishing the sketch.

An Opossum 'playing possum', which is a way of

saying playing dead. Hey, did you know

that Opossums actually do this involuntarily?
They can stay frozen like this for

up to six hours. 

A piece I did for a friend for Christmas this year.

See? They can be cute, too. That's all for now

I hope you've enjoyed the Opossum pictures

if you read this far.