Trim
May 11th, 2025Good goat times today. A lovely day with a good deal of sunshine. Not as hot as last week, but a decent spring day for us.
The main event of the day was the dreaded hoof trimming. Oh no!
Like last time, Anna joined Jeanette and I to get it done. It will be her last hoof trimming as she is moving to another job. I haven’t seen that much of her, but she has always seemed kind caring when i talked to her. While we were doing the hooftrimming I said “Well, at least you won’t have to do this anymore” to which she replied “No, the animals are really my favourite thing about this job”. I know Jeanette is sad to see her go. Hopefully her replacement will be someone who cares about the animals too.
The trimming itself went fine. Same procedure as last time. Filling the goats breakfast bowls inside and closing the doors. And then one goat a time in the smaller antechamber. They really don’t like it, but there wasn’t too much fuss. We laid them down on their sides more or less, my job was to hold their heads and comfort and keep them calm.
No hard feelings afterward. Hmm, maybe I should check if my backpack is full of berries..
We had some sweet visitors that came and petted the goats too. And a carpenter doing some work down by the bunny house and chicken coop, I forget the exact details of what they were doing. If it’s not about goats then it goes in one ear and out the other for me!
Now i’m going to cook up some soup so it can go in one and end well you know how it goes.
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Poor abused goaties, recovering after the trauma of getting their hooves did.
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Calm down Luna. We didn’t cut your legs off, we just trimmed your hooves.
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I get that he’s not very bright, but that’s going way too far just to avoid reading subtitles on foreign films. SHeesh.
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Happy birthday to Lance Henriksen, the guy who is almost exactly the same as me, apart from a couple of letters, other than that we’re bsically the same.
5/5 2025
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I had quite the nightmare last night.
i was in my apartment, I think. A bunch of other people there. And there were patches of duct tape on the floor. People started pulling the duct tape off the floor, and unvovering drawings on the wooden floorboards. Pictograms. Weird cultish stuff I think.
And then there was a woman, I am not sure if i know who she was and have just forgotten who it was in the dream, of it it was just an unknown person. But she started throwing things on the wooden floor, i think they were pebbles and nuts. She threw them down so they sort of formed a face, like eyes and nose and mouth.
And then the face started burning. And it became a firey circle in the wooden boards. And now there was a flaming hole in floor. Like red flames and hot yellow light beaming up, like a portal to hell was opened in the floor.
And then we all started running away. I fled. I think i was with people, maybe my family. We were driving away.
The portal to hell was not in the sky, like a giant firey mouth in the sky and with billowing smoke flowing down and covering the skyscaper we were in (I don’t exactly live in a skyscraper in reality, but it is a big apartment block). The smoke ‘ate’ the whole building. And the big firey mouth in the sky started growing and moving and it started swallowing more buildings. And it started coming after us, as we drove away. It was following us and eating the world behind us.
We did something that made it veer away from us, i think we put something on the ground. Salt? Something that repelled it. And we were standing outside our car watching this giant flaming mouth and smoke tear the world apart as it kept going away from us.
And that’s about it. It’s weird, even when I used to have the craziest lucid dreams, the dreams would usually fade very fast from my mind. Like dreams do. But this one is sticking in there. i can still see the fire and flame and smoke, the giant hellmouth, hear the tearing of duct tape from the wooden floorboards.
Creepy. But as I always say, I enjoy a good nightmare. This was cool and fascinating, and scary.
what does it mean? I don’t know, maybe that the whole world is on fire, so put a circle of salt around you and maybe you’ll be fine.
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Actual photo of me trying to get out of bed.
Also, Bella.
6/5 2025
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Got an hour fifty on the bike today. Good intensity going. Legs stronger. The flesh is flabby but the spirit is willing. Or something.
After that a few hours of apartment work. Had to touch up the window blockade, and did some final testing on the old computers. That stuff should be pretty much done now. I’m pretty much finished with half of my apartment. I live in a one room apartment, in theory. But it’s kind of split into two sections. I’ve been through the section where i spend the most time now. It’s not like it’s… clean and organised. But it’s a lot better than it used to be. Next it will be time to dive into the section where I don’t go. Not sure what beasts may be lurking there. Hopefully no portals to hell in the floor. Lots of old junk to get rid of. I have old cardbpard boxes that literally haven’t been opened for more than a decade. i think I may have olf school stuff in there, old ‘memorabilia’. I just want to get rid of it all, i don’t want to cling on to a past I can’t use anymore. But it will take a while, just doing it all little by little after exercising is a good way to go.
Anyway want some old DVD collections of Casper Og Mandrilaftalen? Pickup only.
6/5 2025
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“I’m a mirakelmedicin!”. Mm talk Danish to me, simpsons.
I’ve been asked if I lost the weight with ozempic. To which I smugly reply no and keep chewing my cucumber.
I wish there had been ozempic when I was a kid. Who knows how my life might have turned out. Anyway.
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you never know how strong you are until you start to break
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goatlog
7/5 2025
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what we did in the shadow
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Time flees
7/5 2025
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You all know I don’t agree with the prez about a lot, but I have to agree that little girls don’t need 30 dolls. 3-4 dolls, that’s fine. Just to check though, that’s only for girls right? Boys can have 30 dolls? Also an unrelated question: Star Wars figures aren’t dolls, right? That’s what I’ve been saying all my life. So a freshfaced young boy in his early to mid *cough*ies can have as many Star Wars figures which aren’t dolls as he wants, right? We’re all on the same page here, yes?
Also, I do support the effort to bring back the TV show Alcatraz with Jorge Garcia, I can’t believe it got cancalled after just one season.
Okay, back to waiting for the new Space Pope. We can’t let the space force go withut leadership much longer.
Fucking stupidest timeline, jesus the morons are running the nuthouse.
7/5 2025
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where the willows weep, and whirlpools sleeps you’ll find me
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Life isn’t fair.
It’s not unfair either. It just is, until it ain’t.
7/5 2025
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Cloudy with a chance of Sky.
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Good goat times today. A lovely, warm sunny day. Almost summery. Great weather to be out goating. With the furs and the feathers. Jeanette had warned me in advanced that there was a big happening to be happened at the haphap, at the playground sorry. Lots of visitors would be coming around. She told me that maybe i’d want to come in early and spend my time with the goats so I could avoid all that. And that’s pretty much what I did. got in early and got lots of good goat loving. I was just leaving as the crowd started rolling in. I forget exactly what it was that was going on, but hopefully everyone had fun.
I appreciate that Jeanette understands me and my needs and looks out for me like that. Like she looks out for the goats. I really am happy she is in my life now. I believe she has some family experience with some of the same issues as I have, but obviously I’m not going to share all that with the internet. But she understands, and that is very helpful to me.
Came home and did an hour and change on the bike. A good effort there, then a litlte finishing maintennance on the old computers and some rearranging of cupboard space. And now it’s soup time. A full day, and soon a full belly.
8/5 2025
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Breakfast under a blue sky. The composition and quality is subpar, but you know I love that blue skyboc so ima post it like a bawler.
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An American pope? Lols. Hey, you know I love you my American friends. Not necessarily sure I’d look to America for the blessings of saints and moral high ground right now. But I hope he’s one pf the good ones.
I assume it’s a he. Has there been female popes? Could there be? I don’t even know, I suppose I could do research. But in the spirit of the times we live in, i think i’ll just stay ignorant.
Looking forward to seeing religion solve all our problems, as always throughout history.
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Btw the other day when i was on the bike, my exercise mix went from Go Ask Alice to Idioteque, and i almost got a contact high.
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For no particular reason
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On the plus side: The elephant her upstairs seems to be sleeping.
On the downside: Renovations have begun on the apartment block next to ours, which means constant machine noise. Right now loud bangs like they’re dropping in cement blocks from helicopters.
Living in a construction zone, hooray. Well, I’ll probably miss it when I get thrown out of here.
9/5 2025
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Deep dish communion wafers.
Joke (c) Ralph Garman 2025
Da Pope Da Pope.
Tune into Chicago Pope, next on CBS. See bull sht-
So far, easily the best pope for comedy.
9/5 2025
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For the cloudlovers, here’s Bella withc a chance.
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in the middle of the night, i go snorkling with my fez, I go snorkling with my fez, i know i’m searching for something, but it’s perched on my head, in the middle of the in the middle of the
10/5 2025
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FEeeeed us
10/5 2025
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Got an hour fiftyfive on the bike today. Really good groove, baby. And some rod manipulation and crunches on the floor. Felt good. My weight was going a little up, after all the blueberry pies and whatnot, but now I got it back down. The constant struggle. To eat as unhealthily as possible without ballooning up. That’s the dream.
I have been eating a lot of protein bars. Like, 5 a day many days. That’s not so smart. Mostly because they’re so expensive. I can’t keep that up for long. Also more calories than the protein powder. But it’s like eating chocolate bars! Mm. Trying to pack on more muscles. Not because I want to look muscular, but because the muscles are the engines that burn off the sugar. Yes, I have been watching youtube fitness videos. Okay, don’t believe everything you hear on the internet. But there’s especially one guy who does a lot of science based videos and cites sources and talks about diabetes and exercise and protein all that stuff. I have learned some good stuff from him, in between the sponsorships. i have a better understanding of how it all works now. And as a diabetic, the burning off the sugar is the most important goat for me. i want to be able to eat stuff that’s fun while my body processes it without my blood sugar exploding and the doctors yelling at me. That’s the struggle for the rest of my life, but right now it’s going very well.
And then i did some apartment work. Mostly cleaning my kitchen and doing cable management. For the work I did with my old computers i had to undo my cable management so I could hook them up to my internet cable. I only have one cable. Now that I’m done with the old computers it was nice to get the cables back in order, less mess on the floor.
And now it’s time for soup. And then some protein bars. I just ordered more protein bars. I’m probably going to go a couple of weeks longer with that diet. Just to see if it gains me more muscle. And because did I mention it feels like eating chocolate bars? Having an addictive personality and a sugar craving is an awesome way to be, lemme tell you.
Alright, as you were.
10/5 2025
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Over the last week and change I have watched season one of Andor. And it has gone pretty much as I thought it would.
i fkn love it. So goood. One of the things that turned me off it originally was hearing how everyone was saying it was the best Star Wars ever, but following it up with saying degrading stuff about other Star Wars shows and movies. And that just bugged me, I hate how toxic and divisive the SW fandom is. Wheether it’s OT vs PT vs ST or woke vs antiwoke or all that bullshirt. it’s so annoying.
I stand by my previous comment that I generally like my Star Wars to be fun and pulpy. But Andor is just terrific, great writing and performances and so compelling. And set just around the period that is my favourite SW era. Basically, if there are stormtroopers and tie fighters, I’m in. Okay, my favourite is a little later on when the rebellion is in full swing too, this is about the start of the rebellion. But it’s still great. I want more stories from the Empire era. That’s my jam. I love getting more Mon Mothma. In the old days she was one of those cool minor characters you were fascinated by, and I love getting her story. Now that Carrie is sadly gone, she’s the perfect choice for that strong female leader character. And in fact I just started reading a book that she is heavily featured in as well, Mask Of Fear. I don’t think it’s an official Andor tie-in book, but it’s set around that time. First of a trilogy called Reign Of The Empire. So yeah, my jammies.
I’m glad i finally got to Andor. I’m not mad I slept on it for so long though. It means instead of a three year wait I get to go straight into season 2. So a winner is me. i think I may watch Rogue One before starting season 2. Since that’s where the Andor character came from. I quite enjoyed that movie. I wish they’d make more standalone SW movies. Where’s our dang Lando movie already.
Anyway. That’s the Star Wars report. Oh I also have to watch the new Tales Of The Underworld animated series, but I’ll save that for when I’m done with Andor. Still have to watch the rest of the Bad Batch series as well, I fell off from that after the first season I think, but I still want to to watch the rest.
Okay, THAT’S the Star Wars report.
in music report, my Bowie journey has reached Tin Machine. I didn’t know much about Tin Machine, but I must say I’m enjoying that album. it’s kind of like, what if David Bowie was the frontman in a rock band. I’m not mad about it. Not as emotionally affecting as the best solo stuff, but i’m enjoying listening to it. More my type of music than the previous couple of more dancey records. I keep going back to the Labyrinth soundtrack though. Just love that to bits.
Escapism, it’s what gets you through the day. Escapism, when reality is *waves hands at the world*
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One thing i will say about Andor, it is kind of interesting and frightening to see the parallels between ther ise of the Empire and what’s going on in America.
Ok ok enganging hyperbole drive.
But still. It’s the same with the Mask Of Fear book. That and Andor was written before Trump’s second term started, so it’s not like it’s a direct commentary on what’s going on right this moment in the world. I guess it’s just kind of inevitable when the world starts seeing a rise of fascism again.
There really are eerie similarities between between Palpatine and Trump. I hope they don’t start pushing that and making the empire=republicans. Reality is too horrible, i don’t want it infecting my escapism. And I love Palpatine, I don’t want him sullied by connecting him to someone evil.
Alright alright, part of this is comedy. But it’s hard not to see the parallels with the sentencing, lack of trials, emergency powers, xenophobia, overwhelming the public and opponents with constant new laws and regulations and distracting catastrophes and oy. Parts of Mask Of Fear and Andor just feel like they were written.. this month.
i could go on and on. I am sure there are much smarter people on the internet doing deep dives and studies on the actual similarities and influences. I’m just a Be Too Emo droid.
Meanwhile, I’m glad we’re finally cracking down on foodstamps. No more easy rides, unless you’re a billionaire or giant corporation. Cutting foodstamps should make up for the tax shelters and crypto scams. Free porg eggs for everyone!
10/5 2025
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Do android politicians dream of electric sheeple?
10/5 2025
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Sky with her relatable tactic. Find a spot that’s slightly hidden and with a little geographical boundary. I do the same thing, just hiding in my apartment behind a door.
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goatlog
11/5 2025
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once again, Sky’s got her boundaries.
11/5 2025
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I know air travel safety and security are a hot button issue these days, but has anyone considered playing Tie fighter sound effects when planes take off and land, i think that would be a good first step to solving the problems.
11/5 2025
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Happy Mother’s Day to my mother and to all the other mothers. i say it every year, it has been a privilige to see some of my friends from way back in the day become wonderful mothers to wonderful children. And I hope the best for the world, for the children. Some might even say they are our future.
11/5 2025
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That’s all for now.