In your absence, will your friends and family be able to tell the story of your life the way it was meant to be told? Unfortunately, that is a question you will never know the answer to.

But what if you could take an active role in the way you are remembered? The creators of iLivediLoved, a Davis-based Internet startup, believe their new website has the answer to that question.

Created by close friends Jojo Manai, Kristin Mick and Jeff Moore, iLivediLoved was launched in June. The trio spent the past 2 1/2 years developing the ambitious website.

“It’s been kind of like our baby,” the three of them said in an interview.

Upon visiting the website, users are given the opportunity to create their own collection of digital keepsakes. These can include everything from a collection of letters to friends and family, to personal photos and videos. All of this information will remain private and protected on the iLivediLoved servers for the duration of that person’s life.

When an iLivediLoved user dies, all of the media stored in that user’s account will be sent, at a specified time, to the person for whom it was intended.

“It’s about taking control of your own legacy,” said the creators.

But how do they know when to release a user’s potentially very personal memoirs?

“Once you sign up for the site, there is an authorization form you print out that goes with your will,” said Manai, the website’s architect.

The authorization form is then submitted by the head of the estate to iLivediLoved. Upon verifying the death of the account holder, that person’s keepsakes will be released, via an emailed link, to their intended recipients. For added security, users can request that a death certificate be required for authorization.

The original idea for the site presented itself to Moore, a Woodland High School graduate, and the visual designer for iLivediLoved.

“I was overhearing a conversation about mortality,” Moore said. “I  heard somebody say, ‘My story isn’t mine anyway. When you die, someone else tells it for you.’

“It just came to me, with today’s technology, you can tell your own story and leave it with a click of a button.”

For those that aren’t so savvy with today’s technology, however, the trio also offers professionally edited video memoirs for an additional charge, depending on the length and complexity of the piece.

Originally, the iLivediLoved creators saw the website appealing only to those nearing the end of their life, or those with a terminal illness, but they quickly realized their business could have a much broader appeal.

“There’s really no reason for anyone and everyone not to start at any point in their life,” said Mick, a UC Davis graduate who does the writing and marketing for the site.

“There’s a profound opening in the relationship (the user) experiences within themselves — it’s a way to reflect,” Moore said.

For more information, visit http://www.ilivediloved.com.

Not all graffiti, however, is as relatively innocent as notes penned on the walls of a bathroom stall with a Sharpie.

When larger, more destructive, works of graffiti start to show up on fixtures in public parks, sidewalks and the privately owned fences of Davis residents, the problem becomes much more of a concern for the community. Especially because of the possibility that such markings could be gang-related.

Fortunately for Davis residents, all it takes is one call to the Davis Police Department’s graffiti hot line, and the city will have the unwanted spray paint removed. But with ever-limiting budget cuts, is this public service suffering from changing priorities?

“The graffiti hot line staff have usually taken care of calls within 24 hours, many times much less,” Davis resident Michelle Byars said in an email to The Enterprise.

Lately, however, Byars has noticed that the city’s response to graffiti calls is slowing down.

“For the first time since I’ve lived here, I have had large graffiti drawn on all boundaries of my property” near Chestnut Park in East Davis, Byars said. “It has been five weeks since I reported the incidents, and yet (the graffiti) still remains on the sidewalks.”

While the markings have been cleaned up now, the delay Byars experienced may be related to ongoing budget challenges at City Hall.

“We have had some budget changes that have necessitated that we look at how we respond to graffiti abatement,” Deputy City Manager Kelly Stachowicz said in an email message. “We are still in the process of working that out, so it is possible that residents have noticed a difference in response times for graffiti cleanup at certain locations.”

Byars hopes the city decides that graffiti abatement is still a top priority.

“Understandably, we need to cut back, this makes perfect sense,” she said. “But with that, priorities need to be evaluated.”

In the meantime, Stachowicz recommends that residents report graffiti on the hot line, (530) 757-5600.

“The more details a resident can provide as to the actual location, the easier it is for the city to determine how and where to respond,” she said. “If a resident sees someone in the act of creating graffiti, call the police!”

In April, Chris Armanini, a former shift manager at the G Street Pub, signed a long-term lease with the new owners and set out to open his own bar, calling it G Street WunderBar.

Armanini, a Davis resident since 1984, will be taking his first foray into business ownership, but he’s confident he has what it takes.

“I’ve already had plenty of experience running a bar,” he said in an interview. “I just haven’t owned one yet.”

Perhaps the greatest challenge facing Armanini is the neglected condition of the building. The previous owners left behind some serious problems, the most notable being a broken sewage system that often left the bathrooms flooded and nonfunctional.

But Armanini was not intimidated by the building’s obvious need for repairs.

“I have 15 years of experience in this building, so I know what it needs,” he said. “And the owners have been pretty open to me making improvements.”

Improvements is an understatement. In a few months’ time, Armanini has overseen the complete removal of the old bathrooms and sewer lines, which involved cutting a deep trench right through the foundation of the main bar room. The bathrooms were then moved to the back of the building and outfitted with brand-new plumbing.

But plumbing wasn’t the only issue Armanini needed to tackle. There were problems with the energy efficiency of the building as well.

“There was literally no insulation,” he said. “I don’t know how they made money in the summer.”

Armanini decided to have the ceiling completely redone, adding insulation and replacing the old ductwork with new insulated ducting.  He also had LED lighting installed to make the bar even more energy-efficient.

Finally, Armanini removed the carpet and plans to replace it with an epoxy surface. A drain in the middle of the room will allow the floors to be cleaned more quickly and effectively.

Armanini admits he may be taking a risk with his new business.

“I’m nervous, but I think it will work,” he said. “This town needs something to do.”

And there will be plenty to do at G Street WunderBar. Armanini plans to offer video games, dart boards, and pool tables — with pool tournaments held on Sundays. A new stage will be added in the front room for live bands on Friday nights, and karaoke on Mondays.

At its core, however, G Street WunderBar is still a bar, and Armanini has taken care of the basics. A new glycol delivery system will allow him to offer 16 beers on tap, and an improved kitchen will be open late to feed the nighttime crowd.

Armanini says he is on schedule for a soft opening in late August. The bar is located at 228 G St., in downtown Davis.

The focus of this new practice will be on in-home hospice care for domestic animals, which the two doctors realize might be a new concept for many pet owners.

“A lot of people don’t even know that pet hospice exists,” Hunt said in a recent interview. “Say you have a renal failure cat that needs to have fluids given under the skin. Many owners are apprehensive about sticking a needle under their cat’s skin. People don’t realize that there is someone who can, and will, do it for them.

“We can take care of everything, whether it’s fluid therapy, pain control, euthanasia, taking care of the remains, getting paw prints made — whatever they want.”

Both doctors graduated from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, where they became close friends after meeting through a program that pairs up current and prospective veterinary students.

Hendrix, an emergency doctor by trade, has 20 years of experience in the veterinary field, and has been living in Davis since 1991. She is also a member of the International Association of Animal Hospice and Palliative Care, an organization dedicated to promoting hospice care for pets.

Hunt, who lives in Orangevale, has 15 years of experience in the field, and is an active volunteer with many local animal advocacy organizations. Recently, she took part in a raid conducted by the Humane Society of the Sierra Foothills, which resulted in the rescue of 71 abused animals in Loomis.

Hendrix and Hunt found the inspiration for a mobile pet hospice through their experiences with human hospice. Both women have dealt with the loss of a parent, a process each of them says was made easier through hospice care.

“In 1993, my mom passed away of lung cancer, and she was in human hospice,” Hendrix said. “Despite the fact that it was a really painful event in my life, I thought that (hospice care) was a really good experience for end of life, and death.”

She points out, however, that human and animal hospice are not exactly the same.

“The key difference between humans and animals is that, for humans, we go for quantity of time, but for animals, we go for quality of time. (Animals) don’t understand why they’re hurting; all they know is that they are hurting, and that they want it to stop,” Hendrix said.

The veterinarians said the goal of pet hospice is to maximize the amount of quality time that a pet has left, so the animal can enjoy as much time as possible with its owner.

To learn more about pet hospice, or Beloved Pet Mobile Vet, visit http://www.belovedpetmobilevet.com.

Maxwell, 24, grew up in Woodland with her mother, Ann Brice, who is the co-executive director of the Yolo Basin Foundation, a nonprofit environmental organization.

After finishing at Davis High School in 2004, Maxwell went on to graduate magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a degree in finance. She is studying environmental law at UC Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.

Hellman, also 24, spent her childhood in Marin, later moving to the state of Virginia where she attended high school. After receiving her degree in sociology from Connecticut College, Hellman began studying at Miami Ad School to become an art director. She expects to complete her curriculum this year.

Currently, both young women live in San Francisco, their apartments only a block away from each other. It didn’t take long for Hellman and Maxwell to realize their shared passion for iPhone application development.

“We had spent time coming up with ideas, and finally just decided to execute some of those ideas,” the two said in an interview.

Inspired, the two women didn’t waste any time. Earlier this year, they formed Tillybird Productions, and began development on their first iPhone application, Vicious Vixen.

A game, Vicious Vixen asks users to play the role of a woman in pursuit of the perfect boyfriend. After each level, the player is awarded a new, notably more successful boyfriend. These men range from a college fraternity pledge all the way up to an award-winning actor.

Maxwell and Hellman created the app as a form of social satire.

“The idea behind Vicious Vixen was to create a fun play on the social aspects of relationships,” Maxwell said.

“We disagree with the notion that men always pursue women,” Hellman said. “Sometimes we feel it can be the opposite.”

Hellman designed all of the graphic elements of the game. She and Maxwell enlisted their friends and family to pose for the silhouettes that represent the game’s various characters, and all of the voices were recorded by the girls themselves.

“(Vicious Vixen) was definitely a homegrown application,” said Maxwell, who manages all of the editing and finances for Tillybird.

Vicious Vixen was launched only last month, and the women are already working on their next project. By the end of the summer, they expect to release Capacity, an application that will use information from popular social networking websites to show the user how many people are hanging out at a particular bar or nightclub.

Initially, the application will be specific to San Francisco, but the women say they will consider expanding to other cities if it is successful.

To learn more about Tillybird Productions, visit http://www.tillybirdproductions.com. Vicious Vixen is available at the iPhone App Store for $1.99.