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I had planned to go see the goats today. But I am still so very tired. Feeling okay other than that, thank the spray. But just deadly tired. Might sleep the rest of the year away. Maybe sleep 2025 away too, why not.
\nHopefully the goats are doing okay. I always worry most about them around new year’s. But in the 20 years (can you even believe it) that I have been goating, we’ve never had anything bad happen around new year’s. So hopefully that will ontinue to be the case. And Jeanette and I will be back and we can get back to the good goat routine and hopefully all be happy.
\nNow I’m going to get me some soup. Soup is better when you’ve been out in the cold, but soup is always good. Soup understands. Soup is the way.
\n30\/12 2024<\/a>
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\nHey hey. Thank you so much Deborah Ladd for the lovely card! You always make such lovely ones. With goats and Jeanette, the good things in life. Happy seasonal time!
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\n30\/12 2024<\/a>
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\nI have watched the second season of The Lord Of The Rings The Rings Of Power the last few days.
\nA lot of people talk trash about it but I quite like it. I think it helps that I haven’t actually read Tolkien since I was a kid, or t least young. If you’re Tolkien purist then you’re probably going to be upset at things they get wrong. But I mainly remember LOTR for the Peter Jackson movies now really. And even that is 20 years ago now. And people were upset at the things they got wrong too.
\nAnyway, The Rings Of Power. The writing isn’t always the best some things are kind of dumb. But it’s fun and cool and I enjoy a big budget Tolkien world.
\nAll that being said, what I wanted to get to was Tom Bombadil. When I read, before the season, that they were going to do Tom Bombadil I thought to myself I thought “Wow, that’s a mistake. That’s going to be a disaster”. But, I think he worked fairly well. Not perfect Tolkien purists probably hate the portrayal. But he’s such a weird character and hard to include, which is why Peter Jackson didn’t have him in his movies.
\nNoow, I’m getting to the point. What I really appreciated about The Rings Of Power’s depiction of Tom Bombadil was… that he had sheep and goats! In fact his first line in the show is “I see you found the goat”. So, you know. I gotta love that.
\nIt’s funny how my ears perk up whenever there’s goat bleating in a movie or tv show I’m watching. I hear the song of my people. Now why didn’t they make rings for the goats? Three rings for the elves, 7 for the dwarves, 9 for mortal men. YEAH WHAT ABOUT THE GOATS. The lord of the berries.
\nOkay that is all.
\n30\/12 2024<\/a>
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\nI’m thinking of a destination wedding.
\nThe destination is eternal solitude and crushing loneliness.
\n30\/12 2024<\/a>
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\nNothing like a good 13 hour sleep to get ready for a big party.
\nPizza and youtube, then? Sounds right.
\n31\/12 2024<\/a>
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\nWell, it’s been a year. It certainly has.
\nHope you all have a happy New Year’s Eve. Hope all the animals get through okay. I don’t like NYE, the constant explosions, the smell of gunpowder, the noise and ruckuss. It might be my least favourite day of the year. When I was a kid there was a thrill of doing fireowrks, of watching the traditional 90 \u00c5rs F\u00f8dselsdag short on tv, watching the clock count down.
\nNow, I only register the midnight because the constant explosions increase to a thundering crescendo, just sitting here hoping nothing hits my apartment, worrying about the goats. I just want it over.
\nBut I hoe you all have a good night.
\nIt’s been a strange year for me in some ways. There are probably 3 major headlines for my year, three things that stand out.
\nFirst off, my weight loss. Losing 50 pounds. That was a journey. A fun journey. A satisfying jounrey. Getting down to weight that I have never been close to in my adult life before. From a life of being overweight to being.. close to normal weight. That’s a good feeling. Now I have definitely put on weight over the holidays. And probably more than i should. But so it goes, so it alwys goes. I don’t do new year resolutions, but it is definitely my ambition to first off get my eating back under control. Get back to the exercise scheudle. First the chest\/lung thing had me slow down and now I’ve been sickish and lacking in motivation for a week’s time or so. So I need to get back to the proper living. My hope is to drop the weight I’ve put on and then to drop more and get even skinnier. Starting from a position that’s already lighter than i’ve been most of my adult life should make it possible to get even lower. I don’t want to obsess about it, but I’d like to add 10-15 pounds to the 50 lost last year. That’s the hope.
\nSecond major thing of the year has been my father’s health decline. It has been hard to witness. Physiaclly he’s getting weaker and the alzheimer is getting worse. He’s still functioning, still coming over, getting out most days, keeping in good spirits. Accepting of the reality of the situation. But is difficult and draining, and the future is scary. Along with all the health problems of our family in general.
\nThe third is the recent hierarchy change in the goat group. We had a lovely summer with lots of warm and sunny days and just hanging out together. But now things are a lot more complicated. I can’t just sit down with all three goats and relax, now it’s a constant struggle to make sure everyone is included and that Sky still gets her fair share of everything. She’s my special girl and all that I have left of the old days. So she’s my priority. And it just makes things harder. And I hate seeing her having to retreat. Being with the goats is al ot less carefree now, although it is still my source of happiness and wellbeing. Love the goats and so glad to have Jeanette there with us too.
\nAnd the world in general? Just continuing down the same path, a world I don’t really want to be a part of. War and fascism and unkindness and depravited. No real hope of any good change any time soon. The worst kinds of people are being empowered. But I won’t ramble on about all that now. You know how I feel.
\nI am still suffering from a lot of depression and pain. Don’t really want to be here, but here I am. Here we are.
\nThank you all for the love and kindness and support, for being there and caring about me and the goats. You help make it bearable. I hope 2025 will bring you good things. Happy New Year. Sk\u00e5l.
\n31\/12 2024<\/a>
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\nWell, it’s 2025. So far not a lot to report.
\nMy brother is going to have hip surgery on Monday, if all goes to plan. Hopefully that will go well, he’s been suffering from a lot of pain I know. Let’s hope 2025 will be the end of that.
\nSo far I have spent most of the year napping and watching The Lord Of The Rings. The Fellowship Of The Ring. Watching The Rings Of Power got me in a tolkien mood. I never watched The Hobbit trilogy. So, i’m going to rewatch the Lord trilogy and then watch the Hobbit trilogy. Not in one go of course. I forgot the extended versions were 4 hours long. I don’t have the attention span for that these days! But that’s the nice thing about watching it on the computer. I can pause it and go and check bluesky an watch a dumb youtube video and then go back to the movie.
\nI’m sure Tolkien purists can find a lot of flaws in the Jackson movies, but I sure do love them. I remember buying the special editions on DVD and drowning in the extra material, loving it all. The music is so wonderful, it looks so wonderful. The cast is wonderful. Ian McKellen’s Gandalf makes me happy. And there are goats in the Shire! Of ourse there would be. It’s funny, The Fellowship Of The Ring came out in 2001. That means the first time I watched it, hearing goats would have meant nothing to me really. In 2001 I didn’t know goats would be the defining thing about the coming decades for me. Back then goats were just another thing. Like fiyr hydrants and apples and people wearing hats and the tingling in your nose before a sneeze. Just another thing that means nothing special unless you’re interacting with it in the particular moment. Now goats are my everything in my thoughts every day. Everything else is unreal and unimportant. I can’t even remember the last time I saw a fire hydrant. Do they still exist at all? Is it all digital now? I don’t know. Pretty sure apples are real. Cos I feed them to goats.
\nAnyway, I think most people are in 2025 by now? Or just abouts. Hope you’ve all had a safe night. And that the year will bring you good things. May the road take you to good places.
\n1\/1 2025<\/a>
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\nFucks sake.
\nIt didn’t take long for 2025 to do its thing. New year, same shit. So sad for the people in New Orleans. For everyone.
\nAn attack with vehicle and guns. I would not be surprised if they banned cars before guns. In some states it’s probably harder to get a driving license than a gun license.
\nBut on the bright side, it’s not like this will be the last one. Odds are it won’t be the deadliest one.
\nNot enough informtion out to really say much yet, but that’s not going to stop people politicizing it of course.
\nFucking humanity.
\nDon’t worry, you’ll be safe and have cheap grtoceries soon. As Jesus said, let the worl burn as long as I’m safe.
\nAnd so on and so forth.
\nUgh. I can’t stand this world. I’ll be in the Shire if you need me.
\n1\/1 2025<\/a>
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\nHaven’t been feeling good today.
\nMy sleep rhythm is all whacked out.
\nAnd then starting the day with the horribleness in New Orleans.
\nAnd I have been in pain since yesterday. My back. It’s different than my usual back pain. Normally that goes away when I sit down or do certain things. But this thing has been persistant. Lower in the back than usual too.
\nI finally just took some painkillers about an hour ago, and thanfully they helped. After 30 minutes or so I could feel the pain melt away. Such a relief. But hopefully this isn’t a new permanent development. I did a new variant of core exercise before I got up yesterday, it’s the only thing I can think of that might have caused this. Hopefully it will go back to ‘just the regular pain’ soon.
\nI have also had stomach problems, probably because I’ve been snacking pretty badly yesterday. Oh let’s just celebrate New Year’s with bad food, what could go wrong.
\nAnyway. I am still lucky compared to many people. Hopefully I will feel okay to go goating soon, i need to see the goats.
\nHope you’re all doing okay out there, that you got into the new year safely. Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy new year. As always I’m thankful to have the fb community to keep me, relatively, sane.
\n1\/1 2025<\/a>
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\nGood goat times today. I managed to get out. So good to see the goats again. They got over New Year’s just fine, thankfully. And good to see Jeanette back from vacation. She had lots to do today. We’ve had a ton of rain and the bunny house was flooded. There was a big pond in front of the gate to the goat pen too, and in other places. And ice too. It was freezing. Little spots of snow here and there. Brr.
\nI had to watch out for the ice on my walk there and back. Had a couple of “slipnslide and flail arms to regain balance” moments. And one moment when I slid on some ice and I didn’t realie that the ice kept going, so I skated forward and didn’t know when I’d stop. Thankfully I stayed on my feet.
\nAnd other than that not too much going on, just hanging out with the goats and trying to get back into the rhythm of things. Back on track hopefully.
\nAnd the track includes soup, so I’m going to slide into a pot of that.
\n2\/1 2025<\/a>
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\nIt’s getting cold out here.
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\n2\/1 2025<\/a>
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\nNice to see the sun coming up. Sorry bout the misty lens. That’s what happens when it’s freezing.
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\n2\/1 2025<\/a>
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\nSky watching Jeanette at work.
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\n2\/1 2025<\/a>
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