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Daily Journal – August 28

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Daily Journal - August 28

 

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Audiobook walking

I am still disappointed about my audiobook’s narrator doing male and female voices, and cringe every time a male character talks. But I love the writing and the story and it makes my daily walks so much less painful. I even look forward to walking every day so I can continue listening to the story.

For some reason today, my body was super fatigued and I could only walk in a slow crawl. I wanted to give up so many times and make up the steps I need for my group challenge, tomorrow. After one painful hour, I hit my daily goal thanks to the book keeping me sane. Also my fierce desire to win at challenges, lol.

Gratitude

I’m grateful for wireless earphones and headphones!

TIL

Today I learned that Basil is not the only dog who likes to lick creams and lotions off people! I also learned that cats enjoy it, too. What is wrong with them? It must not be good!

 

Bonus: Here’s a comic I drew of Basil five years ago! Click on it to read the blogpost.

Basil comic

 

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I am heartbroken!

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Received the most awful piece of news about a week ago and now the worst has happened. :(

Last week, Basil was hit in the eye by a flying stone in a freak accident, while his mum and dad were away.

He went to the vet several times; the injury was very serious but there was a possibility it would get better. And it seemed to do so for a while. And then it got worse. And then, yesterday, he had to have his eye taken out!

I mean totally removed!

Poor Basil! It makes me cry thinking about him having to go through all that trauma, and then now having to be sightless in one eye forever. :( :( :(

I can’t wait to go back to England to see him. I’m going to baby the hell out of him.

Here’s my favourite photo of Basil.

 

Sweet Basil

 

Okay, I can’t talk about it anymore. Can’t stop crying when I’m talking about it!

:(

The kind of dog I love — #9 Saves his poo

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Saves his poo

 

Piers says my Basil cartoons are getting gross. But it’s not that gross, is it? It’s life! It’s all part of having a pet!

I told reader Pepper last week: When we love someone or something, we have to love them warts and all.

But I must admit that it’s much easier to love someone or something when you don’t have to put up with their poo every single day of your life. Basil is not my pet; he belongs to Piers’ parents and I babysit him occasionally, so it’s all very easy for me.

I might get truly annoyed if I had to deal with him pooing in batches every single day! (But he doesn’t really do it all the time, just occassionally.)

Okay, I’m going to Mallorca this weekend so there might not be a comic next week.

But we’ll see. I’m a very play-by-ear(-and-mood) person!

Love me for that if you love me at all!

 

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Previous chapters:

#1 Won’t play fetch

#2 Jumps on your lap

#3 Follows you everywhere

#4 Barks at nothing

#5 Gets too excited

#6 Has strange taste buds

#7 Sleeps on your bed

#8 Sniffs inappropriate places

The kind of dog I love — #8 Sniffs inappropriate places

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Sniffs inappropriate places

 

It’s not easy having a dog (or children, for that matter). They find new ways to embarrass you all the time!

Of course, dogs sniffing crotches and bottoms is nothing new. It’s just their way of getting to know a person or another dog.

But some male dogs are sexist, like Basil. They only sniff females. I’ve never seen Basil sniff a man’s crotch. And when I take him out for walks, I observe that he only sniffs some dogs and not others, so I assume they are female dogs.

Scientists say that dogs can tell if you have cancer (and other illnesses) just by sniffing you.

That’s quite a handy skill.

So, if your dog is acting strange around you, always sniffing at a different spot, or scratching, licking or biting a specific spot on your body, they may know something you don’t know.

Hmm. Basil’s always licking my arms and legs (besides sniffing my crotch). Oh no! Is he trying to tell me something?!

 

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Previous chapters:

#1 Won’t play fetch

#2 Jumps on your lap

#3 Follows you everywhere

#4 Barks at nothing

#5 Gets too excited

#6 Has strange taste buds

#7 Sleeps on your bed

The kind of dog I love — #7 Sleeps on your bed

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Sleeps on your bed

 

I can’t believe I’ve done quite so many of these Basil comics already.

Okay, seven strips is pathetic if you’re thinking about proper comic strips by proper cartoonists, but I’m not a proper anything and I never set out to draw comics in the first place.

(Although I did draw a bunch of comic strips for my teaching journal during my Montessori training last year, and I might share them when I run out of material for Basil comics.)

My original idea for a funny Basil post was to write: “5 things I love in a dog” and draw five crappy drawings to illustrate the post.

I’ve always done crappy drawings (using a mouse) to illustrate my writings when I didn’t have any photos. And that was the extent of my interest in drawing.

Then, as I wrote the points down and I looked at Basil’s silly earnest face staring at me, my list grew bigger. Also, when I drew some initial sketches, I realised that I had to draw at least four panels each for anything to make sense.

And that’s how Basil became a series and I befuddledly became a comic strip artist (although still not a proper one).

The few of you who enjoy my drawings, thank you for reading! :)

 

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Previous chapters:

#1 Won’t play fetch

#2 Jumps on your lap

#3 Follows you everywhere

#4 Barks at nothing

#5 Gets too excited

#6 Has strange taste buds