Starshot

October 15th, 2023

Good goat times today. A cold morning. Had my jacket on, but I still got cold as the day wore on. May be time for longer shirts or blouses. I said to Jeanette I said “well now it’s 6 months until it starts getting warm again” and she went “Oh Lasse, don’t”. Haha. She was complaining about the cold too.
We had company of Jesper handyman all day today. Working on laying out the pavement tiles. Not just laying them down, he’s trying to make sure it’s all level because the hill is apparently quite crooked.
Of course he had some nosy goats ‘helping’ him. I tried to get them away so they didn’t get in his way too much. We had some nice chitter chatter, I don’t feel as comfy talking to him as Jeanette, but pretty good and he’s quite nice. Visiting kids today too. The newfeathers came into the goat pen again, but again just walking along the fence and pretty much walking right back out. Not mingling with the goats yet.
Nearly had a disaster today. I forgot my camera when I left. Whoopsie. I usually put it up on a shelf above the hayrack when I stretch after I arrive and before I leave. And I forgot to bring it with me. Didn’t realise until I was packing my groceries after shopping. Then I thought “hmm why is my camera box so light..”. Oh dear. So instead of heading home with my shopping I had to head back to the playground. I’m sure the goats were confused to see me, they were all on the platform together. First time i’ve come back after leaving them. I was only gone for about 30-45 minutes. And the camera was on the shelf in the dark in the goat house, so it’s not like there was a big chance someone would have found and nabbed it. And it was there just fine. No problem. Other than having to lug my groceries around for twice as long as normal. Of course on the day I decided to buy blubbery sodas. I found a new sugarfree soda, blueberry flavour. It’s pretty good, and my selection is so limited because I can only get the sugarfree ones. So I bought a 6 pack of half litre bottles of that. Along with a couple of squash ones. And then potatoes and carrots and other goods.
I deserve some soup now.
9/10 2023

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Morning view. And it was the same when I returned after forgetting my camera later in the day. Seems like Luna just likes standing like that on the steep ramp. “What, I’m totally comfortable”.

9/10 2023

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“Oh, I see what the problem is. You forgot to calibrate the flux capacitor.I t’s all out of skew on the treddle”.
Luna is helping Jesper out.

9/10 2023

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The goats weren’t the only ones helping Jesper. Henrietta Solo and Red Sonja got quite involved too. Jesper couldn’t quite figure out why they were so eager to get in his way. Until he realised “they eat worms, don’t they?”. Yeah there was a lot of interference with his work!

9/10 2023

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Good goat times today. Getting colder and colder, though. Down around 7C/44F in the morning. That is uncomfortable for me. Started freezing after a few hours of sitting around. I did warm up a little when I ran around with the goats, got Sky to do some twirls on the mountain and zooms around. That was good to see. I miss her and Milo speeding around on the mountain. Sigh. But yes, it might be time to start layering up. A lnogsleeve shirt and a t-shirt under the jacket. I get too cold too easily.
The goat running was fun though and we had nice visitors, as we usually do these days. Red Sonja made me laugh when she came running as fast as she could and started pecking at the cucumber in my hand while I was feeding it to the goats. Normally she just grabs stuff that falls, or I throw, on the ground. But here she was like a fourth goat during the feeding frenzy. She’s a hoot.
10/10 2023

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Morning view from today. Hey look, I guess Luna doesn’t always want to stand on the ramp all the time. Haha. Well, it is good to see them all together again. And I’m glad Luna doesn’t spend ALL her time perched on the ramp.

10/10 2023

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Now that I have to wear a jacket, it will be interesting to see how long the zippers survive. The kids are predictably obsessed with trying to eat them. METAL DOESNT TASTE GOOD. The same way Luna will. Not. Stop. trying to eat my blind badge. Whenever I pick her up so her head is on my shoulder she acts like me when my head is near a pizza box. I MUST HAVE IT ALL IN MY MOUF RIGHT NOU.

10/10 2023

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Got my monthly deliver of Pepsi this morning. Along with some other goods. I am really happy I started doing this. The delivery site had a sale on butter, so now I don’t have to buy butter the next month… hope it keeps long enough. Got sugarfree red and green soda too, along with the blubbery blue I bought in the grocery store. One of the things I missed when I had to stop drinking sugary sodas was the colourful ones. Pepsi Max keeps me going, but I always liked the brightly coloured sodas too. Nice to have some of those again. I don’t have drinking problem YOU HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEm I’m fine hiccup.
11/10 2023

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goatlog

11/10 2023

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Thank you for subscribing to my Indiana Jones blog. Here is the final update.
I watche the two last movies. As I had suspected I liked Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull a lot more on my second viewing. Just watching it in proper quality obviously makes a big difference. It’s a pretty fun adventure. It’s got some nice archaeologist Sherlock Holmes stuff. I don’t personally mind the interdimensional alien thing, in fact that sort of thing interests me more than religious artefact stuff. I know a lot of people have isseus with the fridge thing, but eh I don’t mind that either. It’s certainly no worse than jumping out of a plane on an inflatable boat and rafting straight into an unlikely plot. There is stuff I don’t like, and it’s kind of the same as with Dial of Destiny. There are characters that are kind of annoying, and there are characters introduced who we’re told are important to Indy’s life, but I just don’t.. feel it. It’s kind of inevitable given the long breaks between the last movies. There’s a lot of history that you don’t get to see you just get to be told and then you have to accept that. Like McHale and Shaw. I just.. don’t feel it completely. I wish Brody could have been there, I loved Brody. At least we got a nice nod to Brody and Henry Senior. But yeah, there’s some of the implied history that just doesn’t quite land for me.
And then there’s Mutt. And honestly I’m not sure if I dislike the character or if it’s just because it’s Labeef. I can’t shake the prejudice against him.
And then there’s a problem I have with almost all the movies, and it’s due to my bad eyesight. They all have these highspeed action chase sequences. And it’s just not great for me, because I can’t keep up. I think the mine cart sequence is one of people’s favourite scenes in Temple Of Doom, but for me it’s just a blur. You could cut most of that stuff out oft alpl these movies (except Raiders, Raiders is perfect) and I’d enjoy them more. But I know that’s not really a fair criticism.
But all in all I enjoyed Skull to a fair degree, don’t quote me on that out of context. Not as good as the original trilogy, but not as bad as its reputation. And I have seen a lot of people say that recently, so maybe its reputation isn’t actually that bad. People just can’t let go of the fridge.
And then Dial of Destiny. And my feeling about that one is.. about almost the same as Crystal Skull. Except probably a little worse. It’s got the same problems of characters and action sequences. But it’s got some fun stuff too. And there’s just a joy to seeing Indy, because I love that character so much. Getting to see him again was a treat and I appreciate it. I don’t mind seeing him kind of old and broken. Just like I didn’t mind seeing Luke old and broken in The Last Jedi. I would rather see them in their prime, but when you make the movies so much later after the originals, I find it almost more interesting to see tehm slightly failed instead of just having fulfilled all potential and being succesful in all they’ve done.
I loved the first flashback scenes with younger Indy though. Deaged Ford worked for me. I’d take a whole movie of deaged Ford just having more adventures.
It was fun seeing another Mikkelsen. Our Mikkelsens get around.
I could have used some more fun and adventure, some more archaologist detective work. Loved the ending, loved seeing Sallah.
All in all I had a good time, but it is my least favourite of the movies. My ranking goes; Raiders, Crusade, Temple, Skull, Dial. And you could slot the Fate Of Atlantis adventure game in around Temple too if you wanted.
So that was my Indy journey. I’m happy I went on the nostalgia trip, and watched the new one. For years I haven’t really been watching movies. I’d like to do more of this. There are several other franchises that have new movies out in recent years that I haven’t watched. Ghostbusters Afterlife. The Matrix Ressurections. Terminator Dark Fate. Several Jurassic Park movies. Clerks 3. I want to go back and watch the old ones and then the new ones. I want to watch Conan movie with Momoa too, even if the reviews were awful. But first watch the two first Arnie ones. It’s a fun thing to watch the old stuff you love in preparation for the new chapters.
It’s something to do.
No more cosplays though.
11/10 2023

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Looks like Sky didn’t bother to learn the choreography for our new sweet dance video, sheesh.

11/10 2023

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I didn’t just get pepsi and groceries delivered today, also got pizza delivered. The new place uses a delivery platform where you can follow the delivery guy via gps. I like that. Even when it’s something good that’s being delivered, my anxieties always kick in when i’m expecting someone to come to my apartment. Being able to keep track and see exactly when they’ll be here helps with that. And it also tells you the name of the delivery person. Guess who delivered to me today? .. Lasse! Haha. I was half expecting a clone to show up at my door with a pizza. Unfortunately, it was not a close. Just another nice Lasse. It did make me think about how fun it would be if I had a clone army bringing me food every day. I wonder if Kamino delivers…
11/10 2023

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Checking out the work-in-progress. I’m a little surprised by the gaps between the tiles, but hey I’m not path expert. I can just imagine the goats jumping from tile to tile.

11/10 2023

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Good goat times today. Tiny bit warmer, with some sunshine. Nice to sit in the sun with the goats for a bit. I got warmed up by doing some goat exercise too. The kids started running around and I thought maybe I could get them all worked up so I ran around with them for a bit. And it worked, they started sprinting around. Lots of fun. Sky was sprinting up the hill at the goat house and went so fast that she kinda skidded along on her knees. I almost felt bad for laughing at her. But she was fine, just her dignity bruised a little. It’s hard to keep up with the yungins!
Jesper continued his work laying out the tiles, and we had visitors feeding and petting the goats again. The kids got to go on an egg hunt too, Sonja and Henrietta had layed several treats in the goat house. One egg was smashed though. Not sure how that happened. Certainly not pointing fingers at anyone. LUNA. Ahem. She’s still after the feathers when they come near her soemtimes. Sometimes I’ll sit with her on my lap and one of the feathers will pass by us on the ground below and she’ll swing her head like she’s trying to hit them down on the ground. Oh dear. She leaves them alone most of the time though. And they clearly know to be careful around her. While with Sky they can literally eat from the same food bowl as her in the morning. No danger from her.
12/10 2023

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Here’s Sky sharing her breakfast bowl with Henrietta and Sonja. Surprised me a lot the first time I saw it. I know Sky likes the feathers, but you know how goats are about food.

12/10 2023

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Meanwhile Luna is… less accepting, of the feathers. Planning a sneak attack on Henrietta Solo.

12/10 2023

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Visitors today. The lady there with Jeanette comes by often with her kids, not sure if she’s a teacher at the school or if she’s a daycare or other sort of thing. But she’s really nice, she laughs a lot and likes the animals and taking the kids in to see them. Nice to see Sky getting some love there too. She will often hang back and stay with me, while Bella and Luna will immediately run to the visitors because they’re eager to get the carrot snacks that Jeanette prepares for visitors to hand out. Sky isn’t so eager for that. Jeanette will usually come over and see if she wants some, sometimes she’ll take some, sometimes not. Carrots aren’t her favourite snack.

12/10 2023

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goatlog

13/10 2023

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This is hard work, what is your policy on treat breaks?

13/10 2023

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“Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, spectre ot ghost?” If the answer is yes, then I’m watching Ghostbusters on Friday The 13th. Who ya gonna call? PIZZA MUNCHERS. Dee dee dee dee diddily.
Happy F the Tth, everybody. Don’t forget the real worse is way scarier and more forked up than anything in any horror movie. I’m pretty sure humanity was built on the site of an ancietn racist burial ground.
There is only Zuuuuoup.
13/10 2023

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I don’t know if you know this about me, but gosh darned I love Ghostbusters.
It’s been a long time since I last watched it, probably a decade. But I have watched it many times. I loved it when I was a kid. I think I was a little scared of it the first time I saw it, I remember that opening with the librarian ghost scaring me. And there was definitely stuff that went over my… head. But I loved it and had it on VHS and watched it many times.
And rewatching it today, Friday the 13th, was great. Just like Raiders Of The Lost Ark, it just holds up. It’s just so good. It just works, all of it. I wouldn’t change a thing. There’s just something about those old movies. The combination of nostalgia and the slower pace, the practical effects.. are they practical in Ghostbusters? Or is that.. a form of digital. But, not CGI is what I mean. You know if they made it today it would all be CGI and some of it would undoubtedly look more realistic, but it would also just be.. so CGI. It would move fast and it would all be different. The old movies just have to move in another way. The gargoyle dog things, you can see it’s stop-motion. But I still vastly prefer that to most modern CGI effects. If you made it today it wouldn’t be as good. Ahem. I haven’t watched the reboot. I don’t have a problem with an all female Ghostbusters cast, but I have a problem with them rebooting it and using the same title. Thankfully the reviews were so bad I don’t have to feel guilty about skipping it.
The whole cast of the original is just fantastic. But watching it again now I really appreciate Rick Moranis even more. I just love him in this. He’s so oddd and funny, annoying yet endearing. The gatekeeper and the keymaster, I just love it. There’s a couple of scenes where Moranis and Sigourney Weaver are out in the hallway and it just made me think how much I want a sitcom of those two living in the apartment building, like Seinfeld and Kramer.
I played the old Commodore 64 game Ghostbusters too, although I was bad at it. But I still recall outfitting the car and driving around and trying to catch ghosts. It’s one of the big C64 games.
Next up is Ghostbusters 2, which I have watched a lot less and barely remember. I know it’s considered considerably worse. I think I convincced myself that I liked it back in the day. We’ll see, but I’m looking forward to Afterlife.
13/10 2023

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Bella, demonstrating how goats like to not take the easy route.

14/10 2023

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I think Luna is trying to make me jealous.
15/10 2023

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goatlog

15/10 2023

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There goes the path. I think Jesper is done with it. There are a few blocks left over, Jeanette said something about maybe putting them out right outside the goat house. We’ll see. I know Jesper was putting out sand too, hopefully the gaps won’t get too muddy. We’ll see how it all works when the weather gets wetter.

15/10 2023

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Here are the leftover pavement tiles. Jeanette may still take some or all of them and put them right outside the goat house. She did find an old pallet in one of the other animal houses. Brought it to the goat house. And asked me if I wanted to mess around with it. I’m glad I get to have some say and be heard and the chance to do things. I like finding stuff an apprropriating it for the goats. I put the new pallet under the tiles that Luna is standing on. To get some extra height to the few remaining tiles. Since Bella no longer seems to want to sit in the hay box, I left it turned upside down there. More stuff to jump around on.

15/10 2023

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Oh great, the babysitter’s drunk again.

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Falling

October 8th, 2023

Good goat times today. A little rain in the morning, mostly grey day. But not too cold thankfully. It was a quiet day. Literally. The goats were pretty quiet. They bleated when they saw me coming, but other than that there wasn’t too much chatter. Even Luna who usually talks back to me a lot was pretty quiet. Must have been tired after partying hard all weekend.
I saw the new feathers properly for the first time. They actually came out and came into first the big pen and then into the smaller one. They just walked around the fence and went back out pretty much immediately, they didn’t come up to the goat house. But hey, they’re getting braver. Maybe we’ll see them all the way up at the goats at some point.
Some nice visitors as alawys. The boy Khalil was back. Last time he was running around like his pants were on fire and we had to tell him not to chase the chickens. Today he was mucht calmeri, still excited to see the chickens, but not bothering them. This is one of the reasons for public playgrounds with animals like these, to teach kids how to be with animals. He’s a handful, but nice to see him learn how to respect the animals.
The new playground leader started work today. Just when I was leaving, Jeanette was going in for a first meeting with her. I told her to say hi from me. I wonder if she’ll come out and say hi to me at some point. I just hope she will be prioritizing the animals. Hooves crossed.
2/10 2023

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The greeting squad in the morning. Since it was raining they didn’t come running right out. Which meant I could get the zoomed in sight of them standing there. Nice to see them standing together like that.

2/10 2023

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Here are the newfeathers taking their first steps into goat territory. Jeanette was surprised to see them out here too. Four different races. One of them is big and white, so I’m not sure how easy it will be for me to tell that one apart from Henrietta Solo. But for now it’s not a problem since Henrietta walks around with Red Sonja in their own little group. Did I mention that Henrietta and Sonja don’t want to lay eggs in the chicken coop because of the new residents? Jeanette set up a box of hay they can nest in, in the gaot house. She found four eggs just while I was there today.
But welcome to the newbies, nice to see them daring to come out now. We’ll see if they end up mixing with the goats in time.

2/10 2023

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Good goat times today. It was a rainy one. Boy howdy, was it ever. Jeanette said she couldn’t remember the last time she’d seen so much coming down. She’d bought a new raincoat but it wasn’t working well and she got soaked. Trying to dig trenches to lead the water away. Good thing we were up on a hill, apparently the bunny house got flooded.
Yeah, it was a day for staying inside. If it’s going to rain, I like it to be heavy rain. At least while I’m not out in it. So I can sit and listen to it fall. With good goat company.
I met the new playground leader today. Andrea. Jeanette was showing her around the animal grounds. In the pouring rain. They came up the hill to the goat house while the rain was at its worst, pounding down. But she seemed very nice. We shook hands and I welcomed her to the place. And as always Jeanette was very complimentary of me and what I do with the goats. It is always nice to hear, nice to be appreciated. So we talked a little and then they headed back out in to the rain. A good first impression, she seemed sweet and kind. Hopefully that will hold up and she’ll want to prioritize the animals a litlte higher than the previous regime.
Other than that, it was just hanging out with my 5 little ladies, three furs and two feathers, listening to the rain. Fall has fallen.
3/10 2023

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Breakfast is a good distraction from the rain and thunder storming outside.

3/10 2023

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Notice anything anything different?
If you needed more proof that Jeanette is a lovely and caring person, well she brought me a blanket! When her and the new lead were talking to me, Jeanette remarked that I was practically wearing nothing. I had hung my raincoat in the storage room to dry, and was just wearing a t-shirt. So a little later Jeanette comes through the rain and goes “here you go” and wraps a blanket around me. I have to admit, at first I thought it was a little silly. It wasn’t THAT Cold. But after sitting in the goat house for a couple of hours, storm raging outside, I was really glad to have it. Guess I gotta start wearing my jacket now.

3/10 2023

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Since this is turning into a fashion show channel, we might as well continue the trend. After the Indy hat and the Jeanette blanket, here is my raincoat fit. Don’t worry, I’m not bombing anything.
I wonder if people think I’m nuts for wearing sunglasses in the rain. But 1) they’re filter glasses and help me even when there’s no sun and 2) actually I don’t care what people think. I’m a mud hob.

3/10 2023

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4/10 2023

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Oh look, Luna is starting to grow a lil beard. It’s tiny, but because it’s all white it stands out when it’s against a dark background. Pretty cute. I think she’s ahead of Bella on this one.

4/10 2023

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Look at Henrietta Solo in the background, scooting under Sky! Haha. Not something I thought I’d see with dwarf goats.
4/10 2023

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Good goat times today. The rain is thankfully gone, leaving water and sludge in many places, including the street level of my apartment building. But at least we got some sun today. I miss the warmth already. Had to keep my jacket on. It was nice when we went out in the pen and sat in the sunshine, though.
Bella was up to trouble again today, now I remember why I called her the troublemaker. But I’ll show you with a photo later.
Sweet visitors in the pen today. One kid was poking around, I think it was Bella’s, backside. And her tail, Bella’s not the human’s, was wafting back and forth like ‘get away from here’. Humanswatter. The kids were sweet though, they came into the goat house since the goats weren’t too keen on going out into the muddy wastes.
Jesper handyman started laying out pavement tiles outside the goat house. Only got two done, as a test. It will be nice to have firm ground there, for the wet season. I am a little sad at the thought of them taking away the tiles from inside the house though, I like the way I lined them up in two stairways to the new platform. Jeanette said ‘maybe we’ll just have to buy some new ones’. I wish they would, but I’m not sure that’s in the budget. Still, it will help the goats to have the pavement outside to avoid the mud.
5/10 2023

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Here’s Bella being troublemaker again. There have been these signs hanging on the walls for as long as we’ve been there, with details of how to care for the goats. I don’t know why, but today Bella decided that they were an eyesore and they all had to come donw. First she got one down, and I thought haha oh well. Then later she managed to reach another one and pull that down. And I thought, whoopsie. And then even later she got a hold of a third one and pulled that down. And she was trying for a fourth, but that remained out of reach. Haha. I don’t know why today was the day she decided to try to wreck all the signs.
I gathered the ones she pulled down and gave htem to Jeanette. She made new ones. They had to be updated.. because of the name of goats on them.. sigh. They’ve been up since Mia and Milo were there.
Well, she put the new one up and we’ll see if they last. Or if Bella’s vendetta against laminated paper continues.

5/10 2023

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Luna checking out the first steps on what will become the new pathway.

5/10 2023

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6/10 2023

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Currently editing footage from the big rain day. Here’s the bit where Jeanette comes in and gives me the blanket. Funny thing, in the beginning where you see her coming up on the hill, I didn’t even realise she was there. I was just filming out the door to get some rain footage. Wasn’t until she was right up at the house I realised she was coming. But boy howdy that was a lot of rain in a short time.
6/10 2023

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Don’t fall down, Bella! From this angle it looks like quite the balancing act.

7/10 2023

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Someone left a comment on a video on the goat page saying I was a meanie for ignoring Luna. Snort. Okay, in that particular video I was focusing on Sky, and not paying that much attention to Luna. But that’s only because the kids demand so much attention, in that particular moment I was making sure Sky felt that she got plenty of love, and treats, too. I don’t think Luna feels ignored. It’s not like it’s possible to ignore a goat kid who constantly crawls all over you. And she definitely doesn’t miss a treat.

7/10 2023

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Speaking of Luna being woefully ignored by the big beanie meanie, here she is leaning on me to reach some leaves. We were out in the sun for a change. And she took me by surprise and jumped right up on my shoulder and stood on my back, for like 5 seconds, before I made her jump off. It’s fun to have a goat on my back again though, even if it’s bad for my back.

7/10 2023

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Yes, it’s a week into October. Of course you should be firing off fireworks all night. Sigh.
I read a newspiece about the government tightening the fireworks laws so you’re only allowed to fire them off on two days around new ytear’s. iI was so excited. Then I read the article and it said that it was only a tightening of 4 days or something. So.. it’s already illegal to fire off fireworks other than just around new year’s? I don’t know. Maybe it’s big fireworks or maybe they’re just not actually doing anything to uphold the law, because yeah there’s barely a week without fireworks in my neighbourhood. And the last couple of days there has been plenty.
Oh well. It’ll get worse in December.
Speaking of that giant rain fall we had, there was a casualty. My dad’s phone. He goat soaked and when he came home he put his clothes in the washer and drier and well.. you can guess where this is going. So him and mom had to go downtown and get a new phone and sim card and there was a whole ordeal with that, but hopefully his phone is working now. Like me, he does not have a smart phone. So at least it wasn’t a monster expensive eyePhone.
In other news I tried a new pizza place today and it was great, so that’s nice. It’s good to have alternatives when one of them rudely decides to go on vacation or something like that. I’m the center of the universe, I should always have access to pizza.
Mentally I have not been doing great lately, but I’m trying to focus on the good. Goats, pizza and soup. And other things that I can’t mention here. It’s between me and Kristen Bell and I’ll thank you to not poke your nose into our business!
Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery and read the fine print before placing your order, thank you for shopping Lassecorps. A new life awaits in the offworld colonies. This concludes todays sermon, make sure to tip your nun on the way out.
End communication.
7/10 2023

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It’s too bad my camera went blurry in the second shot, I don’t know if that was a yawn or what Red Sonja was doing, but it looked pretty funny.

8/10 2023

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I love Luna’s tiny beard, and how its split in two so it looks like a triangle.

8/10 2023

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