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Good goat times today. Absolutely gorgeous sunny day. Temperatures up around 12C/53, even warmer now. The first really feeling it Spring day. As I said to Jeanette, it almost feels like summer. Good to see her again. After her vacation and Easter it’s been a while. Now the gang is back together. The goats frisky in the spring sun. Lots of headbutting. And of course when the weather gets warm they love to sit and relax too. And I love to sit and relax with them. Bella usually the first to sit down, the first to curl her head around her body and nap. Luna always like to sit up against me. Sky liking her tub throne, but also found a new place. I took teh wooden boarde that we’ve had laying over by the fence and I moved it over to the mountain, put it on the side there. Great spot in the sun and Sky settle down no that for a while.
Nice visitors at the fence too, and chimney sweepers. By the hair on my chinny chin chin. They came over to the fence and said “Hi, we’re the chimney sweepers”. And I said “okay….”. Haha. Jeanette wasn’t there yet by then but I told them there would be someone over in the office building who could let them in and tell them where to do what. “I’m just the goatsitter..”.
But a lovely day, I hope to get more like this. Sun and goats is good for me.
8/4 2024
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I missed this. Sitting with my three little ladies in the sun. Spring jacket for the first time, and it was warm enough I could have taken it off.
8/4 2024
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Here’s Bella on the board. As I had suspected, and hoped, the moment I dragged it over to the mountainside it had goats jumping on it and buting heads because “This thing is my territory now”. We had a similar board at the first playground and there were some great times with goat kids playing on it. Just a wooden baord slightly askew (well askeeewse me) and you have a Disneyland for goats.
And as previously mentioned it also made for a great place in the sun for Sky to relax on later.
8/4 2024
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Hope it’s a good eclipse for you all, but for me it’s just not fun if it doesn’t involve the world’s most powerful man staring right at it like a belligerent toddler.
8/4 2024
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Speaking of the sun, here are the goats out in the sun. Notice anything strange? Yes, they’re out of the goat pen. I brought pumpkin seeds today, and in my quest to find a good surface to serve them on, I thought I’d take the goats out of the pen and do it on one of the tables there. Went pretty well, the goaties enjoyed the treats and they followed me when I called them back to the pen. Good show.
8/4 2024
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8/4 2024
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Got on the bike and did an hour 37 today. Every second counts. After a 6 day break exercising my legs were good to go hard again. So that was good.
It was harder getting up and started because the depression was strong this morning. I’ve had some sad dreams lately. A couple of nights ago I had a long dream where I was Steve Martin and Martin Short had just died. Obviously that documentary I watched got in my brain. But it was a really sad dream. Last night I dreamt I murdered someone. I don’t remember who or why, just that I went on with my life waiting to be discovered and apprehended. And then I woke up and by pillow was gone! No just kidding about that part. Anyway, I still love my dreams and I still dream a lot. The real world holds less appeal.
9/4 2024
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For the premium subscribers, an outtake. This is some video from the rains last week. It’s not a particularly interesting video, hence why I’m not posting it on the goat page. But I do think it’s kinda funny how it almost looks like it’s security camera footage. I put the camera on the tripod and up on the storage shelf which is why the angle is a bit funny. And I guess I accidentally set my camera to some weird mode, it almost looks greyscale. The whole look of it just reminds me of security camera footage from a robbery in a supermarket or something. The only one getting robbed here is me of apples by the goats.
9/4 2024
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Here’s Sky yesterday, after the pumpkin seed party on the table outside the goat pen. It was like she was looking out of the pen thinking ” I wish I could go back out there”. She was the only one who did a little looking around after most of the pumpkin seeds were devoured.
9/4 2024
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Soon..
10/4 2024
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Got a Pepsi delivery today. But contrary to usual routine, I got less Pepsi this time, I mean, I still got 6 1½ litre bottles. But that’s a low for me. Along with it, and some other goods, I also got bottles of Blåbærbrus, sportsbrus and hindbærbrus. Blueberry, sports and raspeberry sodas. Still sugarfree, still probably not the best to drink. But hey, without caffeine. I’m going to try to not drink as much Pepsi. I still like Pepsi on soup days, it’s my joy. Hot soup and icy Pepsi. But on non soup days I’m going to try to not drink Pepsi. So, we’ll see how that goes. Maybe in time I’ll completely dump the Pepsi. Or maybe I’ll cave in and go back to a 1½ litre of Pepsi a day, don’t judge me I’m a reponsible adult I can do whatever I want to do ner ner.
Speaking of being a responsible adult, I’m having noodles again today. But on top of the ketchup and coconut oil I am adding fried potatoes. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I have always loved mixing refried potatoes with pasta. Just me? Okay then. Tune in soon for more In The Kitchn With Lasse, responsible adult chef!
10/4 2024
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Judge me by the company I keep, not the stupid sht I say on Facebook.
10/4 2024
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Good goat times today. The lovely summerly spring went away and was replaced by cold, grey and lots of rain. Boo urns. So it was a day mostly spent inside. Other than a trip down to the fence to say hello to some kindergarteners visiting Jeanette was away for a meeting today, so I had to take the goats down and play ambassador. Thankfully the rain had mostly died down by then, so the goats came down to the fence with me. They got some snack and the kids got to feed them, s that was a succes for all.
Other than that I spent a lot of time sitting in my chair, with Sky in her regular spot next to me. It’s funny, if she sees one of the others standing next to me and getting attention she’ll walk over and send them packing, like she’s claiming me. “He’s mine”. She can stand for absolutely ages and get scratches and cuddles. She’ll nudge her head against me until I do it. And she seems to be happy just standing there and getting attention for as long as I care to give it. Sweet old girl.
11/4 2024
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Luna watching the rain.
11/4 2024
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Luna again. I don’t think I have ever mentioned it, but I have thought it often, sometimes her white patch of fur on her forehead looks like a mohawk to me. Now the fur doesn’t actually stand up like a mohawk, it’s just that because of the colouring it kind of looks like it sometimes. Lil punk rock bleater.
11/4 2024
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Watching more old snl. Tonight, John Lithgow from season 14. I love John Lithgow so much. Him as Margaret Thatcher, don’t even need to say anything. Just the look.
Stealing the show though, musical guest Tracy Chapman. I don’t wanna talk sht about current snl, but some of the musical guests… Ice Spice. Travis Scott, 21 Savage. Jesus. It makes me feel very Old Man Yells At Cloud. YOU CALL THIS MUSIC. It amuses me because a while back I watched Radiohead doing Idiotequeom 2000 and I have to wonder if there weren’t a bunch of older people watching that going THEY CALL THAT MUSIC?!
Anyway. Tracy Chapman. What a voice. John Lithgow. What a voice. I laugh until my head comes off.
11/4 2024
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Well, I think I broke my back,
Or a bit of it anyway.
For a while I have been using a psoam therapy massage thing. I don’t know if you all know what that is, it’s basically a black piece of plastic with two protusions rising up. Like twin peaks. And you rub your back on it. It’s been feeling really good to use it. Well this morning I was doing it and suddenly I felt a give in my lower back and there was a loud crack. My spine cracks a lot, lots of sounds from my bonest. But this was a loud one. Neighbours might have heard it. I thought uh oh what happened. It felt kind of like the many many, many, times I have broken or bruisd a rib. Only in my lower back. It actually felt good right when it happened. But a couple of hours later it started hurting. The pain also reminds me a lot of the bent ribs. How far down do the ribs go anyway. Maybe it’s my hip. I don’t know. On my lower back left of the spine. Well, it hurts I move those parts now. I guess I’ll be hurting for the next few weeks, that’s how the ribs usually went. Maybe it’ll take away focus from my regular back pain. Oh boy. My body is just a wreck.
Well as long as it doesn’t get much worse than it is now I guess I’ll just have to live with it for a bit. Take it easy with the psoammer.
12/4 2024
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Thank you everyone for the concerns and advice. I’m going to take a page out of Bella’s book and relax as much as possible this weekend and see how I’m feeling. I expect a painful few weeks, but then I can’t really remember a time when I was ok. Oh I’m fine, what would I do if I didn’t have things to complain about! Love you all everybuddies.
12/4 2024
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Hello. Good day, good morning, bonjour mess amys. How are you all doing this fine temporal fixated occurence? I am apained in my back. Feeling sad and tired of depression and pain. But hey hoo, one day a day. I’m going to sit back and watch the TWin Peaks pilot and try to get started on that rewatch I have been threatening. Three seasons and a movie. I will be inviting BoB back in, but I want to go back to there. Along the yellow bridge roads to galaxies far far away, there are also portals to the lodges, I know them well.
And then I’ll have some soup and pepsi and then we’ll see where the lost highway takes us.
Happy weekend, I hope you’re doing fine.
13/4 2024
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I am posting this photo of Bella and Luna butting heads instead of a mile long ramble about Twin Peaks and the real world and terror beneath the glossy surface. I hope you appreciate my restraint. I just want it noted that a) Twin Peaks is still phenomenal. 2) It’s lovely to watch a show in 4:3 aspect ratio when your vision is limited. q) Angelo Badalamenti’s music is absolutely genius and such a giant part of the Twin Peaks experience. Other than maybe John Williams’ Star Wars score I can’t think of a score that hits deeper and is more important. Absolutely class, rest in peace Angelo.
I know i’m going to have nightmares again, but I am excited to rewatch the entire Twin Peaks saga. My first time watching the entire stretch, if I survive it.
13/4 2024
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14/4 2024
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Another sleepy Bella pic to end the week. I’m not in the greatest space, but tomorrow’s another day. Spaceballs!
14/4 2024
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That’s all for now.