Today will be a good day. Happy Mio Monday everyone.

10/8 2020
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Mia’s just hanging out.

10/8 2020
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Today will be a good day. HappY Yogi daY everyone.

11/8 2020
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Family health update.
My brother was admitted to the hospital. Dude. I don’t blame you if you think I’m making all this up. I wish I was. Well, my brother got a fever. My first thought was ‘oh no corona’ but he tested negative for that, so that’s good at least. But they still have to find out what’s wrong with him. He’s in a high-risk group after the the kidney transplant and all that. The tests showed no problems with the kidneys, but they didn’t show any clear cause of what’s wrong. They think maybe an infection of some kind. So we’ll see. Hopefully it’s nothing serious.
My dad has been to the doctor and gotten a referral to an orthopedic clinic, hopefully they can figure out why he’s in so much pain.
My mother is home and seems to be doing ok, though some of her levels are still not quite where they should be.
Hopefully everyone will be ok. It’s stressful that there’s always something going on now. You gotta wonder if I’m next for a hospital trip…I better watch my step.
I did not make it out yesterday or today. Mostly because of depression and anxiety. But we’ll see. The heat continues. I may require emergency iced creams.
11/8 2020
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Thank you everyone out there. Glad I got you on my side. And goats as well, he’s Sassy. Possibly pondering other ways to get my shirt.

11/8 2020
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Think goat thoughts

11/8 2020
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You think there will ever be another president who will refer to a political opponent as ‘pocahontas’?
You think, let’s say, 200 years from now there will be Americans who feel comfortable supporting a president who refers to people like that?
Or substitute pocahontas with any oft he other racist sexist dumb things he say. You think there will ever be another president who’s a piece of shit trashy reality show dropout with multiple casiona bankrupcies?
You think people think?
You think i’m made of rubber or glue? You think you can take me? You wanna piece o me. You ever dance with the devil in the blazing sun. You got nothing on me. you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it. no you hang up. Beep beep beep

12/8 2020
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Today will be a good day. Happy Hump Day everyone.

12/8 2020
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Good goat times today. So good to get out and goat again. Lovely day for it as well. Another hot day. Started out around 20C/68F in the morning and climbed higher as the day went on. But with a fair bit of cloud coverage and wind, so it was very pleasant. And being with the goats is always pleasant. Good for the heart and mind.
It’s a lot quieter now the fourth graders are back in school. We did get a few visitors though, and I had to lead the goats over to hte fence so they could get some closeup time. One kid was petting Mia and her mother had to keep telling him not to poke her in the eye. Haha. Reminds me of grandma Mio, who was always the perfect petting good and would always stand still and behave even when kids were putting fingers in her ears or eyes or nose. Mia didn’t use to be so patient with kids, but since grandma passed on she’s taken on that role. Didn’t flinch at all while the boy was mandhandling her. Sweet girl.
I did some renovation and building in the goat pen too. Nothing extraordinary but I’ll show you the pics later. And then of course lots of lounging around, eating treats (the goats) and drinking iced cola (me).
Much better.
12/8 2020
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O hai.
Yes, today was my first time wearing a mask. I only have to use it in the bus, though. I just put it on to model for a pic. The goats didn’t seem too bothered. Although Mia got a little confused when I made kissy noises. That’s normally the signal for her to give me a smooch, but she didn’t quite now how to do that when my face was gone.
It wasn’t too bad wearing the mask, although i’m glad I don’t have to ride the bus for too long. When I wear it over my nose, as you should, it fogs up my filter glasses. Which makes me even blinder than normal. I found that breathing through my mouth helped.
For now I have ot wear a mask in the busses until September 1st. So we’ll see how that all goes.

12/8 2020
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Don’t worry, it is I. Le Treatbag.

12/8 2020
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I made a new platform for the goats. The wooden board there. You may, or may not, remember that there used to be two platforms with pavement tiles on them. Unfortunately one of them was dismantled by the workers over the summer. And the took some of the pavement tiles away so I couldn’t recreate it. Too bad. I liked the symmetry of the two paved platforms, and it was a nice place for Milo and Sky to sit. Oh well. So now there’s only one paved platform, but to get something more for the goats to climb on I fixed up that wooden board as a platform. Goats just love climbing and jumping on stuff. Even if it’s only an inch above the ground, it still triggers the mountain goats in them. So that’s something. Nothing special, but better than nothing.

12/8 2020
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Yay, the new platform is Mia approved! We’ll see if this will be her new favourite place to sit. Or if she will still prefer the small platform where her butt hangs over the side because it’s too small.

12/8 2020
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Family health update.
Not much conclusive news. The doctors suspect my brother may have pneumonia. They were going to scan his lungs, but I haven’t heard about the results of that yet. Seems like the penicillin has helped his fever, though. There’s something else though, they’ve found a red spot on his ankle. Very sore. The doctors couldn’t say what it was. So they have to keep an eye on that. My parents said there was talk of him coming home tomorrow, but that sounds a little optimistic to me. We’ll see.
My dad didn’t sound too great on the phone. Tired and in a lot of pain. His referral to the orthopedic clinic was acute, so hopefully he can get in quick and hopefully they can fix him.
Mom sounded ok.
I feel better after seeing the goats. Quite tired now though, so I’m going to go dreamwalk. See you on the other side if you get the invite.
Once again, thank you everyone for, well listening. Thank you.
12/8 2020
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Today will be a good day. Here’s Mads and a lamb from 2004.

13/8 2020
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Family health update. Well, my brother is back home and sounds to be doing ok. So that’s good. They now think he didn’t have pneumonia after all, but ‘sore throat’. Which is what google translates says ‘halsbetændelse’ is. Ok. Sore throat sounds like nothing, I think halsbetændelse is a little worse than that. But ok. Not pneumonia so that’s good.
Meanwhile the red spot on his ankle was probably just a ‘blood clot’ which is what google translate says a ‘blodsamling’ is. BLood clot sounds like a dangerous thing in your blood vein that could kill you, but blodsamling is just a gathering of blood under teh skin, like if you got hit or something.
I dont know, medical translations am I right?
The important thing is that he’s doing ok and back home, and will be allowed to go back to work on Monday.
My dad got an appointment at the orthopedic clini on september 1st. I wish it coudl be sooner, but hopefully he can make it ok till then. He’s got a suspicion of what it could be and I’m not going to go google translating that too, but if he’s right then it’s something he’s experienced before and it can be treated and cured and he can be back home feelign better in an hour or two. So I forking hope so, although that would almost be too good to be true.
But for now things are trending upwards I guess.
Thanks eveyrone for the supports.
13/8 2020
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goatlog

13/8 2020
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Sassy tried to get my shirt again.

13/8 2020
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Hey, no tongue on the first date.

13/8 2020
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Here’s another of the things I did in the goat pen yesterday. That pallet there. It used to be the bottom layer on the paved platform that the workers took apart. The pallet was just lying around on the ground now, so I figured I’d put it up on the pile of branches and give the goats something new to climb around on.

13/8 2020
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Here’s Sassy, Lily and Nuller one the new pallet platform. Doesn’t take long for me to put something new up before there are goats climbing on it. They love to climb and explore new things.

13/8 2020
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Trigger warning: Politics and uninformed ranting. Here’s my hot take on Biden and his vp.
I’m not really a fan of Biden. I’m not really a fan of Harris either, although admitely I barely know anything about her because my brain is like that storage locker that’s full and i can’t cram anymore into it. But anyway. I’m not necessarily a fan of that ticket. And I understand why some people might not like them or want to vote for them. But in my book, and my book isn’t American and therefore has no forking relevance to anything, there is only one objective in that election. And that’s to get rid of Trump. No, I don’t care. About anything. No objection you have can outweigh the fat toddler on the seesaw. I’m fat and dumb, I can say that. To me that’s all that matters right now. America needs to show that Trump is not America. That is not what America is about. That is not who America is. There are shitty people on both sides, but Trump is a mountain of shit and until you climb that mount everest of feces you will not be able to see the horizon. Metaphors are hard.
So, get of rid of Trump. And then work towards changing the system or the world or whatever. You just need to get rid of Trump. Even if Biden/Harris would be bad, you can’t seriously think that you’d rather have four more years of yo antisemite. I mean, you can. It’s a free world. For now…
But it’s a long-term project. Getting rid of Trump is step one. And you can’t skip that step. Because then you tell us all that Trump is what you want. That Trump is ok. And then nothing fucking matters. Then reality is the internet and everyone is racist sexist transphobic greedy griefer forking shirtballs.
If you can’t get excited about Biden/Harris then please get excited about showing the world that your country isn’t as bad as everyone (apaort from other fascist states) think you are right now.
THank you, and please buy my shirt on the way out. I don’t get paid for these speeches, I have to make a profit off the merchandise.
Goodnight America, whoever you are.
13/8 2020
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14/8 2020
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Today will be a good day. It’s a special day today, I’ll tell you about it later.

14/8 2020
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Good goat birthday party times today.
Yes, today is Mia’s birthday! Eight years old. Can you believe it? Time is a weird beast. It feels like 8 years is forever but it sounds like such a short time. I can barely remember life before Mia. She’s been one of the best things ni my life, and through her facebox page I have met some of the best people in my life. Thanks for being part of the journey!
glorious, sunny day. In the past when celeibrating special occasions I’d bring watermelons for the goats. But they’re so big and heavy to carry and the goats never get super excited about them. Scary round things. So today I tried something new. I brought some assorted goodies that they never get. Strawberries, blueberries, grapes, watermelon slices and mixed other melon slices. I srtarted out by letting Mia try them all, and she loved it all. After she’d had a good deal of goody goodies I put the rest in their feeding boxes so everyone could have a taste. Goat party yummies! I had to make sure Sky got some too. No wonder she’s the smallest, she often gets chased away from the food and then she ends up standing a bit away and bleating complaints while the others eat. I made sure she got to taste the treats too.
So that was a big success and we had a good time in the sun.
Eight years. Mia’s an old lady now. She still wags her tail like an excited puppy when I give her treats. I hope she still has a lot of good years left. I love her to the moon and back.
14/8 2020
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Happy birthday, bae!

14/8 2020
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There’s now a video from the goat birthday party up at Mia, the cutest baby goat in all of Denmark if you’re into that sort of thing. Might be the longest video I’ve ever posted
Thanks all for the birthday wishes for Mia. We appreciate it! I’m going to head to bed in a minute. All that partying sure does wear you out. I was dancing with his girl, but she was all left hooves. Hello? Is this thing on?
See you tomorrow.

14/8 2020
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Today will be a good day. Here’s Mia’s daddy Preben from 2012.

15/8 2020
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goatlog

15/8 2020
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Calm down, Kevin Costner is on the case. The Postman, coming to a reality near you soon.
@djaliplume
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if you’re not following me on twitter you’re missing out on… even more lame drivel.
15/8 2020
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Had some great dreams last night. My brain conjured up two original Smashing Pumpkins songs. If you knew me back when, you might know that The Smashing Pumpkins is my One True Band. Maybe less so today. But certainly growing. My favourite band since I started listening to real music. So i thought it was pretty neat that my brain came up with two original sp pieces. One was called When I Lie I Lie. Now, as attached to this post, the pumpkins do have an old soing called Lie I Lie, so that may be where the title came from. But Lie I Lie is a very old and obscure song. And the song in my dream was vastly different and also came with a music video that was really cool and weird and would have fit in great on MTV in the 90s. As an fp fan it was like suddenly getting a brand new single from Mellon Collie.
The other song was a more lowkey acoustic thing and it was on my phone. As in, someone called me and when I picked up the song was playing. It was called Drought. And when I woke up I was still humming it. If I had been a more musically savant person and had had a pen and paper I’m pretty sure I could have written it down and had it completely saved for posterity.
As it is with dreams, they fade. The songs have faded too. Too bad. But it was a treat. Imagine finding previously unknown songs by your favourite bands, or a book by your favourite author that you’d never heard of.

15/8 2020
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We had some visitors yeserday after the birthday party yesterday. A couple of sweet girls, I believe they were sisters. They young one is feeding Mia here while the older is in the background getting more leaves. The older girl was really excited by the girls and talked to me quite a bit. Some kids are really eager to tell you stuff about their lives and such, you get the impression maybe they’re not used to adults actually listening to them and giving them time to talk and all. While I’m better at listening than talking, and I think maybe they like that. Or maybe I’m imagining all that. But anyway, she was talking about how she loved the goats, how she couldn’t have pets because she lived in a smasl apartment, how she wished Mia was her goat, asking what she should do so the goats got used to her like they’re used to me etc. Super sweet. And she told me she was turning 9 in, I think, 15 days. So almost a year older than Mia. The younger girl was less talkative, they spoke a foreign language together so maybe her Danish wasn’t so good. But they both loved running back and forth getting greens for the goats.

15/8 2020
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Today will be a good day. Happy Funday everyoner.

16/8 2020
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Goat butt parade, with Milo and Sky.

16/8 2020
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Sky and I

16/8 2020
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That’s all for now.

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