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Lali ho!
I had today off. So I figured screw it. Nanaki has been innoculated for everything except Kennel Cough, and in order to actually catch it he'd have to be with lots of other dogs in a confined space for a long time. So he should be fine for now. So I took him for his first proper walk. Here's the report.
- He's shockingly well behaved on the lead. Doesn't run off, doesn't pull, waits by the road without having to be told. He requires literally no training at all. Perfectly behaved. He obeys all commands, if I tell him to drop whatever he's chewing he does it without question or hesitation. Couldn't have got a dog with a better nature if I'd gone the way of the Pokemon games and custom made one with cheat codes
- He loves being outside and meeting new people. Everyone we pass on the street he just has to stop and say hello. I've noticed a wierd pattern though. Families ALWAYS stop to pet him (he's a red and white husky puppy, all kids want to play with him), people on their own will normally glance at him but leave him be, and the indian/asian people walking down the main road were all inexplicably terrified of him and would cross the road to avoid contact. What the hell? I try not to have an issue with anyone based on their race, religion, skin tone or whatever. I try to judge people for who they are. Sola Nobilitat Virtus. Virtue Alone Ennobles. But when it's only the foreign people crossing over to avoid him for no reason and they all do it, it kinda gives me a bad impression of them. Not a good day for racial harmony.
- He's scared of other dogs. Granted, he's met no other dogs except his family until now. But he was scared of a spaniel, for crying out loud. He towers over the damn thing. If it came to a fight he could piss on its head without lifting his leg. But he cowers away from all other dogs. If I kneel next to him and reassure him he'll stop hiding behind me, but he still wouldn't socialise at all. Strange considering he has no issue with humans or any other creature.
- He's a bit too adventurous for his own good. He's always hated getting his fur wet. He's never seen a stream before. He saw the stream, went to see what it was (via the medium of diving face first into it), figured out it was made of cold water and spent the next few minutes sat on the rocks sulking.
- He doesn't mind people ignoring him as they walk by, unless they're girls around my age. I'm perfectly serious here. While walking through the park he had no issues if people just walked past him without acknowledging him. Right until a girl about my age walked by. Not bad to look at but I wouldn't go out of my way for her either. She totally ignored him, and as a result he sat on the grass, watched her walk away and outright refused to move. To further wierd me out, he then turned to me when she was out of sight and starting doing his 'apology paw', in which he paws at my hand and tries his best to look cute, something he generally reserves for when he's chewed something he wasn't supposed to. Maybe he understands his role as a babe magnet after all.
- He has an unlimited supply of energy. Seriously, I was out with him for nearly two hours. I walked him the long way round to the smaller park by our house, walked him all the way around it, through Tesco's car park, all the way to the bigger park about 15 minutes away, all the way around it for over an hour, then the long way back. And he STILL wasn't tired. My old dog was a full grown german shepherd and she couldn't handle that without a rest. He does it without batting an eyelid.
- He doesn't seem to understand that he's not allowed in to other people's houses. Every house we passed on the way home, he wanders into the front yard until I give a gentle tug on the chain to get him back with the schedule. He's a bit too eager to meet new people. When there are none on the streets, he'll go to them. He also had a little trouble grasping that yes, there were lots of people in Tesco, but no, he couldn't go in and play with them.
Overall I think he enjoyed his first proper walk. He's still a bit sulky because his fur is dirty from the water, but that's his own fault. I'm giving him his dinner soon, so that should cheer him up.
In other news,
- Today being my bonus day, I've spent a lot of time on Dissidia Duodecim. Perhaps too much. I've been playing around with the settings and found a combination that helps power-level everyone. I've taken Tifa and Yuna to lvl 100 already, Tidus jumped from lvl 1 to 38 with one move. Good times. Shockingly I still can't beat 000 Story Mode, as even though my team now pwns the ever-loving fuck out of damn near everything, I can't figure out where to go. My team tends to be Tifa and Yuna at lvl 100, Tidus is lvl 70-something, Laguna is lvl 56, and just for giggles I have Ultimecia as my last at about lvl 55. If I transfer my save data from Dissida I can add a lvl 100 Cloud or Squall to that too.
- My money worries may be over. Someone sent me a message on the Swapz website I use asking if they could buy my Warhammer 40K army off me. I like the models, but I fail to see what good they do me now that my only opponent is so badly pussy-whipped he never makes time for games any more. I'm keeping my custom models (Cloud Strife on his 'Fenrir' bike and Vincent Valentine, respectively) but the others can go. If nothing else I need both the money and the space.
Incidentally my Doctor Who VHS tapes are now on said site. I don't watch them, I've never been as big a fan as my brother. So fuck it, they may as well go to a better home.
- How many times must I repeat that I'm allergic to mushrooms before my brother stops putting them into fucking everything? They make me go dizzy for ages and yet he puts them into every single recipe. THIS is why I need to get my own place. So I can eat without fear of spending the night vomitting.
Well, nothing much else going on. Just the usual. The old man bitching and whining like a five year old who walked past Cadbury World but didn't go in, joining forces with other disgruntled employees to take our boss down, etc. Same old. So until I have something more interesting to say, toodles
Blaze.
And to leave on a dark tone, since it wouldn't be my blog without something depressing;
'Imagine if Rebecca Black and Justin Bieber had kids. One note from that baby's vocal chords and that's it, game over. The world simply gives up and crumbles into dust around us. And it'd STILL get to number one.' - My good friend Sam.
I had today off. So I figured screw it. Nanaki has been innoculated for everything except Kennel Cough, and in order to actually catch it he'd have to be with lots of other dogs in a confined space for a long time. So he should be fine for now. So I took him for his first proper walk. Here's the report.
- He's shockingly well behaved on the lead. Doesn't run off, doesn't pull, waits by the road without having to be told. He requires literally no training at all. Perfectly behaved. He obeys all commands, if I tell him to drop whatever he's chewing he does it without question or hesitation. Couldn't have got a dog with a better nature if I'd gone the way of the Pokemon games and custom made one with cheat codes
- He loves being outside and meeting new people. Everyone we pass on the street he just has to stop and say hello. I've noticed a wierd pattern though. Families ALWAYS stop to pet him (he's a red and white husky puppy, all kids want to play with him), people on their own will normally glance at him but leave him be, and the indian/asian people walking down the main road were all inexplicably terrified of him and would cross the road to avoid contact. What the hell? I try not to have an issue with anyone based on their race, religion, skin tone or whatever. I try to judge people for who they are. Sola Nobilitat Virtus. Virtue Alone Ennobles. But when it's only the foreign people crossing over to avoid him for no reason and they all do it, it kinda gives me a bad impression of them. Not a good day for racial harmony.
- He's scared of other dogs. Granted, he's met no other dogs except his family until now. But he was scared of a spaniel, for crying out loud. He towers over the damn thing. If it came to a fight he could piss on its head without lifting his leg. But he cowers away from all other dogs. If I kneel next to him and reassure him he'll stop hiding behind me, but he still wouldn't socialise at all. Strange considering he has no issue with humans or any other creature.
- He's a bit too adventurous for his own good. He's always hated getting his fur wet. He's never seen a stream before. He saw the stream, went to see what it was (via the medium of diving face first into it), figured out it was made of cold water and spent the next few minutes sat on the rocks sulking.
- He doesn't mind people ignoring him as they walk by, unless they're girls around my age. I'm perfectly serious here. While walking through the park he had no issues if people just walked past him without acknowledging him. Right until a girl about my age walked by. Not bad to look at but I wouldn't go out of my way for her either. She totally ignored him, and as a result he sat on the grass, watched her walk away and outright refused to move. To further wierd me out, he then turned to me when she was out of sight and starting doing his 'apology paw', in which he paws at my hand and tries his best to look cute, something he generally reserves for when he's chewed something he wasn't supposed to. Maybe he understands his role as a babe magnet after all.
- He has an unlimited supply of energy. Seriously, I was out with him for nearly two hours. I walked him the long way round to the smaller park by our house, walked him all the way around it, through Tesco's car park, all the way to the bigger park about 15 minutes away, all the way around it for over an hour, then the long way back. And he STILL wasn't tired. My old dog was a full grown german shepherd and she couldn't handle that without a rest. He does it without batting an eyelid.
- He doesn't seem to understand that he's not allowed in to other people's houses. Every house we passed on the way home, he wanders into the front yard until I give a gentle tug on the chain to get him back with the schedule. He's a bit too eager to meet new people. When there are none on the streets, he'll go to them. He also had a little trouble grasping that yes, there were lots of people in Tesco, but no, he couldn't go in and play with them.
Overall I think he enjoyed his first proper walk. He's still a bit sulky because his fur is dirty from the water, but that's his own fault. I'm giving him his dinner soon, so that should cheer him up.
In other news,
- Today being my bonus day, I've spent a lot of time on Dissidia Duodecim. Perhaps too much. I've been playing around with the settings and found a combination that helps power-level everyone. I've taken Tifa and Yuna to lvl 100 already, Tidus jumped from lvl 1 to 38 with one move. Good times. Shockingly I still can't beat 000 Story Mode, as even though my team now pwns the ever-loving fuck out of damn near everything, I can't figure out where to go. My team tends to be Tifa and Yuna at lvl 100, Tidus is lvl 70-something, Laguna is lvl 56, and just for giggles I have Ultimecia as my last at about lvl 55. If I transfer my save data from Dissida I can add a lvl 100 Cloud or Squall to that too.
- My money worries may be over. Someone sent me a message on the Swapz website I use asking if they could buy my Warhammer 40K army off me. I like the models, but I fail to see what good they do me now that my only opponent is so badly pussy-whipped he never makes time for games any more. I'm keeping my custom models (Cloud Strife on his 'Fenrir' bike and Vincent Valentine, respectively) but the others can go. If nothing else I need both the money and the space.
Incidentally my Doctor Who VHS tapes are now on said site. I don't watch them, I've never been as big a fan as my brother. So fuck it, they may as well go to a better home.
- How many times must I repeat that I'm allergic to mushrooms before my brother stops putting them into fucking everything? They make me go dizzy for ages and yet he puts them into every single recipe. THIS is why I need to get my own place. So I can eat without fear of spending the night vomitting.
Well, nothing much else going on. Just the usual. The old man bitching and whining like a five year old who walked past Cadbury World but didn't go in, joining forces with other disgruntled employees to take our boss down, etc. Same old. So until I have something more interesting to say, toodles
Blaze.
And to leave on a dark tone, since it wouldn't be my blog without something depressing;
'Imagine if Rebecca Black and Justin Bieber had kids. One note from that baby's vocal chords and that's it, game over. The world simply gives up and crumbles into dust around us. And it'd STILL get to number one.' - My good friend Sam.
