Coffee + TV

Ice age coming, ice age coming
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the..

Stepping away from the politics and the hatemongering for a minute. To catch up with loose ends from the playground. Videos and pictures.

I have mentioned a couple of times that the sound of goats baahing is sweet to my ears. So here are three videos of goats baahing.

There is a hatch so they can go in and out when they want. But around 30 minutes to an hour before it’s closing time the hatch is shut so they can’t go in. And then the playground staff will go in and clean up and put food down for the goats. And the goats are outside and they can hear the noises. And that’s when they always start baahing, because they want to go in and eat. That’s a good time for me to be there, it’s like a concerto in bleating minor. Especially Magnethe baahs a lot when she hears people inside.

Also a handfull of videos from inside. You can see the goats eating. I always find it funny to watch. You’ll see their head disappear in a bucket and then hear the munching sounds. Until they have to come up for air.

Sometimes they share a bucket too.

Although Mads will never share, of course. In the videos you can see him chase away Magnethe and Mathilde if he decides that he wants to have a go at their bucket. Then they’ll go to another bucket, and Mads will turn around and chase them away from there too. I think he finds it very hard to accept that all the food doesn’t belong to him. He is obviously the leader, he takes what he wants. But there’s always enough for everyone. Two buckets and a trough, plus hay. He can’t chase the others away from everywhere at once.

Also in one of the videos there you can see Magnethe and Mathilde go up against the door. Like Mads here:

I’m taking the picture from inside their pen. You can see how he goes up there, and his head is over the door. It always makes me smile when I walk inside and I see a goat’s head popping up like that.

I also made a video of the new lamb. A little cutie. And some pictures to go along…

The other new sheep hasn’t given birth yet. But it should happen any time now. Kurt told me on Thursday that he could feel it would be very soon. He said he was expecting it to happen Friday, and that it would be fun if I happened to be there for it. That would be something yes, but I guess it’s unlikely that the timing will work out. We’ll see.

Luis asked where the Prince and the twins had gone to. They have gone to Kurt’s home. He has a farm or something like it. They simply don’t have enough space at the playground to keep lots of the animals. So the sheeps sort of take turns I guess. It’s sad that they are gone yes. I still sort of miss Black and White, the two previous lambs. They were fun. But new lambs are nice too.

So I shall not complain. At least the Prince and the twins and their mothers are in a good place with lots of space and lots of other sheeps for company.

And I get a lovely new lamb to adore.

There’s something I hadn’t thought about though. The space issue. I wonder what will happen when Magnethe and Mathilde have kids. Assuming they have one each, that would make for five goats. I don’t think there will be room for that. Not if there will still be sheep. So some of the goats might have to leave. Mads should stay, he’s the only animal that the playground actually owns. The other animals belong to Kurt and he just loans them out to the playground. I imagine that there’s no way they’d split up the kids and their mothers. So it’s quite possible that either Magnethe or Mathilde will be leaving. That will break my tiny, little heart. I do remember when Magnethe was born that they talked about her replacing Mathilde. So I think Mathilde might leave. She’ll probably be retired to the farm. If that does happen then I will miss her so much. I am still amazed at how she has grown. From such a shy and withdrawn goat to a confident and happy one. When I first met her she would run away from people. Now she runs up to them. I would hate to see her leave. But let’s not get sad about that yet. Who knows, maybe they’ll build a new house or something. The goats share a house with sheep and rabbits, maybe the rabbits can be moved somewhere else and the goats can have extra space. Yes. And anyway, kids are really tiny. They wouldn’t need much space. And if everything else fails then Mathilde can just go and live in my house, yes she can.

I don’t want any of them to go of course. They are very special to me.

Very special indeed.

In other news, I’m thinking about buying a new monitor. A 19 inch flatscreen. Instead of the 15 inch one I have now. That would be a good upgrade. And I’d get a cheap one, nothing fancy. I haven’t decided yet though. Will the joy of a giant flatscreen outweigh the guilt of spending cash on comics and computers? I should save up and save the world, or something equally noble.

Finally, I got a comment on my Fogh collage.

What’s so slimy about a guy who defends freedom of speech?
Wake up and smell the coffee.

I am not sure I should dignify that with an answer. But let me just say, I have smelled the coffee. And it ain’t smelling good. There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark, and it just might be Gevalia.

So there.

We’re not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We’re not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening

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1. Katherine Says:
   February 5th, 2006 at 22:05 e

   Not sure which “guy” your commenter is referring to, but if it’s Bush, he’s eroding civil liberties in the US. He’s engaged in illegal spying of US citizens. He’s trying to destroy the teaching of science in schools and instead encouraging the teaching of intelligent design – godspeak. He runs around shouting about liberty for the Iraqis and at home he’s a fascist. Go figure. My psychiatrist once said that 98% of the human race is stupid. I thought he was joking, but you look at who people vote for, who they follow, who they support, whether it’s Osama or these cretins running governments in the “free” world and he’s right.

2. Peter Says:
   February 8th, 2006 at 9:31 e

   The comment was about Anders Fogh Rasmussen. I don’t think it’s fair or relevant for that matter, to make a side-by-side comparison with Gollum after he’s been standing up to fundamentalists by not willing to offer an apology for what some newspaper in Denmark is fully entitled to do, since we live in a democracy with freedom of speech. What the newspaper has done is not very wise, but it doesn’t change the fact that they have the right to do if they want to and that they should not be controlled by some islamists in Arab countries that has never seen democracy and where the media is controlled 100% by the government (i.e. Iran).

   Plume is entitled to his opinion that the Danish PM looks like Gollum, but I don’t think now is the time to publish such a cartoon on “Plume”. In fact I’ll now throw a Jihad on him.

   And now we’re talking about Lord of the Rings. Plume kinda looks like the fat hobbit from there.

3. Milla Says:
   February 12th, 2006 at 12:32 e

   I believe that with the freedom of speech also comes the responsibility to use it wisely… sadly, this is not the case.

Suicidal Fish #16

(Click to see full version)
Past ones.
PS. I still love Mutts.

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1. Milla Says:
   February 9th, 2006 at 23:18 e

   hehe :) makes me wanna hug the suicidalfishy… :)

Satired (Fogh + Gollum = Fogullom)

Denmark’s embassy in Syria was, apparently, burnt to the ground. It’s a little odd to see Denmark on CNN and BBC and every other channel in the world. We’re a tiny, little unassuming country. It’s somehow funny that we can inspire such hatred and conflict.

But then it’s not funny of course.

Yesterday I called our prime minister “slimy”. I really think he is. And not just because I don’t agree with his politics. He reminds me a little of Gollum. Here, I’ll show you:

Can you see the resemblance? If not Gollum, then at least the later-stage Smeagol. Corrupted and blinded by the ring. The ring being a metaphor for political power, in this particular story.

I hope I don’t get in trouble for making that picture. But at least I don’t have a flag they can burn or an embassy they can torch. I am only using my freedom of speech.

While looking for pictures to make that collage I happened upon this one too:

*shudder*

That is one of the creepiest things I have ever seen. Saruman and Sauron.

“Saruman used the palantir of Orthanc, and was trapped by Sauron, after which, though he thought himself to be free, he was controlled by the Dark Tower”. Yup, that sounds about right.

It’s a crazy world. I think I need a dosage of Magnethe to calm me down.

That’s better.

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1. Milla Says:
   February 5th, 2006 at 0:36 e

   Oh, Magnethe does have that healing gaze :) sooo shweet!
   Plume, thanks to you I now know of the muttcomics and they really bring good vibes into my days. I lava them like a vulcano. thank u :) heh :)

   sorry to hear about the embassy. to me politics always rhymed with shmolitics and come to think of it, I like shmolitics better. hope that made any sense ;)

   huggs

2. Katherine Says:
   February 5th, 2006 at 3:18 e

   Magnethe for Prez! Mathilde for Foreign Affairs, and Mads for Homeland Security!

   Do you notice how alike these Bush loving leader are, physically? Tony Blair could be your Prime Minister’s first cousin. I love Jon Stewart’s imitation of President Bush…it makes me laugh out loud. It is very sad that Denmark’s embassy burned to the ground. The Canadian embassy might not be far behind now that we have a Bush loving Prime Minister in office, too. Maybe it’s a plot by the Cylons. (Battlestar Gallactica fan here!)

   I’m surprised terrorists hate Bush because he’s got way more in common with them than us common peaceloving folk do.

3. Peter Says:
   February 5th, 2006 at 19:48 e

   What’s so slimy about a guy who defends freedom of speech?

   Wake up and smell the coffee.

Between Light And Nowhere

A new diamond sparkles, a new lamb at the playground.

I don’t think it has a name yet.

I wonder if it’s possible for a lamb to not be cute. Somehow I doubt it. All the little lambs I have ever seen have been wonderfully adorable.

That’s the mother. And there’s another new sheep at the playground, she was scheduled to give birth today.

So next time I go there might be more lambs. But I am not greedy, even one is great.

The downside is that the Prince and the twins have left. And so the seasons pass, we say hello and goodbye. For everyone that leaves us, new ones will take their place. Flowers will grow from the corpses.

A little sweetie. I look forward to getting to know him/her better.

Yesterday I talked to Bodil. That is the name of the old lady I sometimes see at the playground. She is nice, and good to talk to. She remembers my name, because she once had a dog called Lasse too. Now she has a dog called Lulu.

That is Lulu. It’s a bad picture, but you get the idea. A cute, tiny thing. I can tell that Bodil is very proud of her. She likes to talk about the race, which I have forgotten the name of. But how they are dogs of emperors and such.

I have been feeling sick. My body sore, and then my stomach started acting up. And tired, very tired. I did go to the playground today. There was an incident though. Mads almost knocked me out. He head-butted me right in the face. Luckily my glasses survived. It hurt like hell though. I am not a goat, I don’t have solid horns to take the blow. Ouch. It also wounded my pride a little. It was probably just the shock from the blow. But I started feeling sad. Self pity. “Oh even the goats don’t like me”. I know that’s silly, it’s not like Mads did it on purpose, and certainly not with any sort of malicious motive. My self esteem is just a little fragile. All it takes to blow it is a knock on the head, it seems. I actually cried a little. Sitting on the bench. Mads was being quite affectionate afterwards. I’d like to think that it was his way of saying sorry and trying to cheer me up. A typical trait of humans, to project human emotions on to (or should that be in to, or something else?) animals.

I didn’t stay sad for too long, it’s hard to stay sad when you have three wonderful goats around you.

Just looking at that face always makes me smile. My Magnethe. She has a little wound on her back. I went and told Per about it. It’s probably nothing. But it did look a little odd, not like cut or a bite or so. And a little bald spot around it. Very small though, and the surrounding fur would cover it. So you’d only notice it if you sat like some crazy person and scratched and nuzzled her for hours. I found it like that, by accident, and she freaked out. She did not like to be touched there. I had a hard time holding her still when I wanted to examine her to see what it was I had found. Poor girl. But I’m sure it’s nothing yes, I just wanted the playground people to know about it.

In other news: I have discovered Antony and the Johnsons. And fallen instantly in love. Hope There’s Someone is just about the most beautiful song I have heard in a long, long while.

Hope there’s someone who’ll take care of me
When I die
Will I go?

Hope there’s someone who’ll set my heart free
Nice to hold
When I’m tired

It makes me cry, like a goat’s butt on the head.

Speaking of music, the pumpkins revival continues. Maybe I will get to see them live some day after all. I can but hope.

News that I’m ignoring: The whole Jyllands Posten deal with the drawings of Mohammad. That situation is just completely grotesque. Burning the Danish flag? Wouldn’t it be something if World War III got started over some Drawings in a Danish newspaper? You’d never see animals start a worldwide war.

Flag burning, boycot, fatwa. And then our slimy prime minister on Arabic television. The whole thing is absurd. I wonder what the gods are thinking?

Okay, I’m ignoring it from now.

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1. Desiree Says:
   February 3rd, 2006 at 23:16 e

   I had a dog called Lasse too, when I was a little girl. Now, I’m expecting a little girl, and her dog is called Angel. I’m trying hard also to ignore the news at the moment, cos it saddens me no end that my little girl will be born into a world so full of ignorance and misplaced anger. I just want her to be happy and live in a world where people aren’t always arguing. But I guess that’s too much to ask. But at least she’s got a guardian Angel;)

2. Anne Says:
   February 3rd, 2006 at 23:29 e

   Det er en pekingeser, tidligere tempelhund i Kina, mens vi andre rodede med stenøkser. Forøvrigt en fætter til min moppe, Thor. Kun kejserens familie måtte ha’ pekingesere – andre fine folk måtte nøjes med mopper. Og Mads hakkede dig, fordi han tror, du er ved at overtage legen. Så’n er drenge. Og han har ikke ment noget ondt med det – det gør dyr nemlig ikke, og derfor er de på en række punkter bedre end vi dyr, som tror, vi kan tænke. Og så få en læge til at se på den mave – det er for tid, den te’r sig.

3. Christina Says:
   February 4th, 2006 at 8:43 e

   Hehehe,.. slimy primeminister. Den var god ;)

4. Lindsay Says:
   February 4th, 2006 at 19:35 e

   The new mother sheep has the same skinny face as her baby. I didn’t know family resemblance held that much in animals, although I suppose it makes perfect sense.

5. Milla Says:
   February 5th, 2006 at 0:42 e

   newbies! fun :)))
   my friend is a big fan of Antony and the Johnsons, he wanted to lend me their cd, but then I forgot to remind him. the next time I see him I’ll be like ‘remeber that cd u wanted to lend me. well, I want it now!’ ok ok, maybe I’ll say ‘hello’ and ‘how are you’ first. maybe ;)

Gold Medals

My body feels like it has passed through a meat grinder. And then passed through it again. And then somebody jumped on whatever is left. But don’t worry, the Olympics are several months away. I will be in better shape by then.

Remember the ice? The ice diamonds and the ice layer on the snow with the funny goat walking? Videos here

And closeup of Magnethe. She has grown so big. I remember when I could pick her up and hold her. I’d break my back if I tried to do that today. Objectively maybe she isn’t as gorgeous as she was when she was a kid, but I still think she’s the loveliest thing in the world.

And finally me falling in the mud. D’oh! I should learn from the goats, stay away from the mud.

Achy, breaky heart.

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1. Milla Says:
   February 5th, 2006 at 14:04 e

   shweet :)))