Smilodon Leonus was giving Al headaches at the orphanage and terrorizing all the other children, so I adopted him Feb. 1st 2002. He's a 15 year old male saber tooth with a wild streak. I've set him up with a room at my house and one at the ATB. He comes and goes as he pleases, and as long as he does his school work I let him do what ever he wishes. He's taken to his new life well and he likes being spoiled rotten. I give him $50 a week and buy him whatever he wants..

Likes - comic books, vampire movies, soda, grilled steak, the full moon, thunderstorms

Dislikes - chocolate, veggies, rap, people who stare at him, dentists

Feb 5th, 2002
His room is now complete. He has his own king size bed, a state of the art computer system and a Dolby Surround sound entertainment system with a 54' flat screen. I was going to get him a play station but since I rarely use mine, I told him he could use it. He gets along great with Leonus Gruen when ever he comes over. They like to give Panethea a hard time sometimes, but for the most part the kids all get along.

I noticed he started growing a dread lock. He just grinned when I told him I thought it was cool.

July 3rd, 2002
It seems he is quite a strong willed child. He works out every day in hopes of succeeding in the ThunderCats try outs. He spends time in the shooting range at the ATB every other day shooting the guns I've given him, about 30 in all. He's good about gun safety and getting to be a perfect aim. I brought him some top of the line cloths but he likes his own style.

Aug 21st 2002
It's the start of a new school year. It seems I have finally earned his respect by being a generous but firm parent. Perhaps he sees me as he saw his father in many ways and knows I won't take any attitude from him. He also knows I genuinely care about him and I think the fact we are both throw back sabers helped us bond and understand each other better. It may be the reason he opened up to me and trusts me so easily. It may also be my background. I'll find out more in the future.

 I brought him a new hover car from Ferrari - he wants to be the coolest kid at school and I have no problem with that. I've never seen a happier cub in my life. After teaching him how to drive responsibly - I told him it was the only car he would get for two years and if he wrecked it he had to use his hover board. He was cool with that.

Nov 15th 2002
Today is Smilodon's 16th birthday. I got him a studded mace as a present, he had an ear to ear smile when he opened it. I'd never seen him so happy as he practiced with it in the back yard. He only stopped for his party. Zhie and her kids and  a few friends from school came over for cake. They got him some new PS2 games that he didn't already have. Axell stopped in for a bit. She got him some titanium throwing knives. Purrsia and Spark stopped in as well to wish him a happy birthday. Purssia got him a case of Guinness and Spark got him an Aztec obsidian sword. Then for dinner I grilled out steaks and we had wine with it. Then I let him stay up late to practice with his mace some more. This was probably the best birthday he's ever had.

The next day he went out and got his left ear pieced in two places with gold earrings. He also got a leather necklace with a gold medallion with a crown on it. I have to say I like the new look. He was slightly surprised that I not only approved of it - but liked it. 

Dec 31st 2002
Smilodon, Leo and I kicked off the new year with beer, music, friends and tons of food. Zhie, Faero, Bengali, Chanur and Fuzzy were a few of the many that dropped by. We had the biggest party in the province, even the neighbors stopped by for a bit just to say that they were there. Snarfs kept the buffet stocked and the cooler full. I let Smilodon be the DJ because he'd volunteered. He even played some rap music despite his hating it, I think he is learning to like it. Smilodon enjoyed being in the spot light, music controls the party and he was controlling the music. Five minutes to midnight Smilodon qued a few tracks and we headed out side to participate in the count down celebration. Fireworks, streamers, guns and confetti were a few of the many things going off that night. 

Feb  15 2003
Working out hard every day is all Smilodon has been doing lately. He has put on a lot of muscle mass and improved his speed ten fold. I think he has a strong possibility of winning the initial tryouts when he turns 18. He's still got his mean, spiteful attitude but I am helping him manage his anger. Excessive anger and aggression have always seemed  to run in the saber tooth clan, and knowing this I can help him learn ways to deal with his anger and hostility of being a saber tooth and not knowing his real parents.

He's become quite proficent with his mace. He's practicing with it every day and will one day be a fine warrior. Once a week we practice together and and I show him a few new moves. His friends come over every day and practice with their own weapons. It's interesting to watch the various developing styles. No one has gotten hurt yet, but when they do it will be a good lesson to be more careful in the future.

June 20th 2004
Chanur took Smilodon on a weekend hunting trip last week. They didn't catch any thing but Chanur came back looking like hell. I asked him what happened but he just muttered something about having a root canal done and left. I noticed a bare patch of fur on his back as he walked to his Hummer. Smolidon mentioned something about a campfire accident as he headed to his room. I couldn't help but to laugh. I saw him snicker too as he reached the top of the stairs. I'll have to ask him later for the details, but for now I have a pretty good idea of what happened. I know the furball will never tell me.