Of Pandas And Plumes
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Much better day today.
got up early and watched Lost. Some Like It Hoth.
Then I went and had fun with the goats. They were great as always. The boys very happy and cuddly. The sun shining. Everyone on their best behaviour. Even Magnethe. She stood quetly and let me scratch her for quite a while. Then she sat down up against me, facing the other way. So I sat there for a while and stroked her back.
I even brought out my goat comb. I haven’t used that since Mads was around I think. But it seemed like the perfect time. So I combed her for a good long while. She seemed to enjoy it a lot. When I stopped she slowly turned her head back and looked at me. And then tried to eat the comb. Because she is a goat after all.
Good times were had by all.
Finn & Jacob.
And Finn always very keen to jump up on my back. There were some (human) kids visint and I decided to amuse them by letting Finn walk around on my back. That was quite a hit with everyone.
They are a fun bunch.
Today I also got a belated birthday card from my old pal Corrie. Thank you Corrie. A lovely kitty card. Those are always good for the mood.
Pretty good day all in all. Let’s have some more of those.
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12 Responses to “Of Pandas And Plumes”
1. Katrine Says:
April 17th, 2009 at 9:53
Lovely pictures! And yes, let’s have lots of good days coming, now that spring has sprung!
2. Debster Says:
April 17th, 2009 at 13:30
Yes, that sounds like a perfect example of “goat-i-ness”. Magnethe lets you comb her, then turns around and tries to eat the comb. Silly goat.
Well, donkey girl was a little better last night. No one was stomped on or bitten although I have a nice little bruise on my arm. Doesn’t look like much, but it is tender when I touch it.
I wonder if Magnethe is getting really close to giving birth? Hence her mood change of letting you pet her.
3. Jessbot Says:
April 18th, 2009 at 1:18
What do you do all day everyday, aside from watching TV shows, and going to the petting zoo? I’m just confused because that is pretty much all you ever mention doing. Do you go to work, or have friends or hobbies or anyhing?
There is nothing wrong with it if you dont. Its just that from the outside looking in, it seems like such a bewildering lifestyle. Did you go into seclusion because of the health issue that you talked about, or is the just way you prefer to live your life? If it’s the latter, We all have different motivations for why we get up in the morning and reasons we look forward to our future with hope or whatever. But I just cannot imagine how watching TV and petting zoo animals being enough for a person. (i mean for *ME* only of course.) it’s really interesting. It seems almost kind of transcendental, not to have anything that would be commonly associated with the sex-obsessed materialism-driven narcissistic resources-wasting pollution-creating modern life, and just live by yourself and not give anything to or take anything from anybody. i am intrigued.
I came across this site because I’m using someone else’s laptop and this page was one of the histories in the url bar. At first I thought I was confused why they’d be interested in a website of goat pictures lol.
4. LuisLemmings Says:
April 18th, 2009 at 5:16
Jessbot, I suggest you go to the very beginning of Plume’s blog which will answer all of your questions.
So before you start making comments that actually show the true nature of your intellect which I’m sure you take every opportunity to announce everyone you come across, read Plume’s entire blog.
Because the very fact you write such an entry leads me to believe that you’re not exactly the kind of person who would understand.
It might be a bit too difficult for you in the beginning, but that’s ok. In time, you’ll get the hang of it. The world has been around for millions and millions of years which is probably the same amount that will take you to fully understand the words you put down in your entry.
As we all know, a word that you used yourself, it truly is a transcendental kind of thing.
But that’s only *ME*…of course!
5. Plume Says:
April 18th, 2009 at 7:38
Katrine – It sprang well!
Debester – Are you planning to ever let Snickers have babies? Or is she going to be an only donkey? I wonder if a donkey that spends all her time with goats starts to think that she’s a goat herself hehe. “What do you mean you won’t share your food with me? We’re all goats here, don’t goats share?!”.
It shouldn’t be too long before Magnethe gives birth. Hopefully. To be fair she does usually let me pet her. Her good behaviour was more in not charging me when I entered, and then sitting down next to me, that doesn’t happen so often.
Jessbot – I suffer from social phobia. It wsa once so bad that I almost didn’t leave the house. Now I can at least go do shopping and visit the playground (petting zoo as you call it) without feeling too bad. But no I don’t work and I don’t do much else. It’s still hard for me to be out and around other people. It’s hardly a perfect life but we make do with what we have.
Also, everyone should be interested in websites with goat pictures. Because goats are awesome.
LuisLemmings – Thanks for having my back, man. I appreciate it. Don’t be too hard on Jessbot though. I don’t expect people who stumble upon my blog to go read all of it from the very beginning. That would take a while. I can understand an “outsider” not understanding my life. That’s okay. There is room for everyone in the great goat circus of life.
6. Debster Says:
April 18th, 2009 at 14:40
No, we don’t plan on letting Snickers have babies. We might start a whole race of “demon donkeys” and they would take over the world.
Jessbot: Plume has hobbies that include photography, goats, blogging, TV, music, and writing. Just because he has trouble being with people face-to-face doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to have some interaction with people.
Some things that we all take for granted, he has trouble doing. His health has changed lots in the past few months making his life even more difficult.
Plume is very funny, witty, and smart. He loves animals and has learned to enjoy talking to people at the playground about the animals, especially the goats. The goats love him and he helps socialize them so they can be around people at the playground.
He is bi-lingual in Danish and English and knows some other languages as well. The blogging has been a lifeline for him and he has friends in the US, UK, and in Europe. I hope you continue to follow along in his blog so you can understand him and share in his life as we all do.
7. Plume Says:
April 18th, 2009 at 23:00
Debsster – You are too kind. I think you know me better than I do! I should have you write my official bio. It will come in handy when I become President of the Universe. People will want to know everything about me.
8. Debster Says:
April 19th, 2009 at 1:54
Hey, don’t forget yourself! I am the “Exaulted Ruler of the Universe”. Of course, I do need a President for all the day-to-day stuff. Are you interested?
9. Jessbot Says:
April 19th, 2009 at 5:29
Dear LuisLemmings: Woah so many vague abstractions! Tell me, what is the true nature of my intellect? What is the kind of entry such the entry I had written? What is the kind of person who would understand and what are they understanding? Get the hang of what? And what is this transcendental thing that you are talking about?
Is English not your native language? If that’s the case then I apologize, as your command of English is quite good. It’s just that I had a hard time understanding what you are trying to say. I get the sense that you’re trying to be snarkily condescending and are trying to insult me, is that correct?
Unfortunately I can’t follow the logic of it or figure out what the sentences put together is supposed to mean. I thought I would point out just a few of the many examples, in the hope of helping you improve the comprehensibility of your English. (If English is your native language, I can link you to websites of lawyers who will work pro-bono to help you sue your elementary school teacher to get your money back, because something went wrong around that period I think.) For example, where you had said that you didnt think I would be the kind of person who would understand, I didnt know what the understanding was supposed to be regarding. I kind of assumed that you mean understanding that kind of lifestyle. But then in the next paragraph, you said that the “understanding” is referring to “understanding my own words.” But using that information, the previous sentence with the “understanding” would make no sense, because if you pluck it into the sentence it will be “the fact that you wrote such an entry leads me to believe that you wouldnt understand the words you put down in your entry.”
And I’m confused about what you meant when you said “it” is “transcendental.” Because, the previous sentence was “blah blah blah is probably the same amount of time required for you to understand the words you put down in your entry.” So the “it” object in there is the “words I put down.” and then the “it” in the sentence after it, I would assume it would refer to the same object, because you didn’t specify what the new “it” is. So what is my words transcending?
Oh and then, you were like, “as we ALL know, blah blah blah.” And then the next sentence is, “but that’s just ME.” So it is something that everyone knows, but it is somehow also just you? Here is a tip for if you are not a native English speaker: mocking someone’s choice of words only works if it makes sense. You have to work it into your own argument. Because otherwise you’re just like, repeating them. That’s kinda dumb and pointless.
Why do you keep telling me to go read read the entire archive of the blog? Maybe you are the kind of person who can sit and read through five millions pages of journal entries just to satisfy a passing curiosity you had about some random person. But I can think of many much more enjoyable ways of spending my free time (for example, I enjoy going outdoors every now and then, watching Lifetime movies while eating glazed donuts with melted cookies n cream ice cream poured over it, shaving.)
I had a question so I asked. I did not ask you, nor do I think you are any position to speak for the person I addressed the question to. I think it is rather gauche and disrespectful of you, actually, to presume that you can tell visitors to Plume’s blog, who asked him questions, what is and is not okay questions to ask, and what they should do instead of asking him. Plume might not mind it, but that is up to him and his personal predilections. Just FYI, as a general rule, it is a pretty tacky thing to do, to be rude to visitors to other people’s site ostensibly on their behalf, to tell the visitor what to do and what they should not do (i.e. ask the question in the first place) before the owner of the site to whom the question is directed, has a chance to address it. Some people mind not hold it against you if you do it to them. But it’s kind of in the same way that they wouldnt mind if you spit all over them when you talk or sneezed into their oatmeal. It’s magnanimous of them. But you should try not to do that to people anyway.
If the site owner ever decides to hire a spokesperson to field questions on behalf of him, I do not think you should volunteer yourself for the position. 1)you do not have the most clear, coherent way of getting your point across. 2)You come across as having an unpleasant personality that might turn a lot of people off. And then people might transfer that distaste to the person you are representing, who is innocent. 3) I don’t think you have the best problem-solving skills. I asked a question that can be answered (and indeed was, in the other less odd responses from others) in a few brief sentences. (for example, “I have social phobia.” “His other hobbies include photography and music.” ) But you not only chose to reply me rudely, but also gave me the most ridiculous advice on how to obtain an answer. Why do I need to read the entire archive, when all I wanted to know is a quick answer to a simple question?(I didnt ask “what is the best way to get to know the details of your every day of your life, from 1991-present, so that I can see where you were and where you are and where you re going and REALLY appreciate it,” for which your advice might be suited.) That seems so unnecessarily time-consuming and waay beyond the scope of my interest. lol
Your eagerness to stick up for someone else is admirable in intention. Too bad you are so inept at actually forming an argument.
10. Plume Says:
April 19th, 2009 at 7:20
Jessbot – Excuse me for saying it, but I think you yourself come off as “snarkily condescending”, and I think perhaps the tone of your original comment was the reason for the tone of Luis’s reply. He felt the need to stick up for me, and I understand and appreciate that.
But in any case, I do not wish my comment section to be a place of negativty and fighting, even if it is doen with big, fancy words. So if we could consider this matter settled then that’d be swell. And if you have any other questions for me, feel free to ask.
I’m a he, by the way. There’s a little blurb on the righ hand of the blog that identifies me as male. And social phobic.
11. jessbot Says:
April 19th, 2009 at 20:26
Oh yes I totally was trying to be snarkily condescending. My point was that your fan was doing a pisspoor job at it, seeing as you cant be condescending when you can barely form a coherent sentence. I, on the other hand, hopefully am better at it.
You need to get smarter fans, man. These chumps reflect poorly on you, if you’ll excuse me for saying so.
12. Plume Says:
April 19th, 2009 at 22:22
Jessbot – You’re quite excellent at being condescending, well done.