Wally in his hiding place, wanting to be left alone to die. Not today, chum.
Status:
Feeling better again, but still a bit fragile. Was nearly sideswiped by Wally deciding to stop eating this morning necessitating medication and syringe-feeding. He really didn’t look great and I was catastrophising, especially as the recovery food wasn’t mixing into a suspension like it’s supposed to, but we waited the normal amount of time and he slowly got better. By 10pm he was pretty much back to normal.
This is on the Saturday of a long bank holiday when the vets are all closed, so of course it’s when a rabbit decides to get ill. Fucking pets, eh?
When a rabbit gets ill in the wild they tend to go off and find somewhere to die away from the pack and it’s notable that Lavander was ignoring her bonded life-partner today while he just sat in a corner hunched up, waiting for a predator to take him, or something. It’s not even like he had a disease or anything, just some blockage in his gut which could easily be dislodged. Such fragile creatures – it’s no wonder they only live for a year or so in the wild.
Reading:
- Where to begin with Peter Weir – A director I feel I have a handle on, but then realise I don’t, or do I? And then I read a list like this this an am all “he did that?”
- The Zlotnian Calculator, Official Digital Calculator of the Zlotnian Space Program
Watching:
- CinemaStix on Peter Jackson’s King Kong (12:24) – While it’s not a film I think about ever, I remember liking it for the simple audacity of him just making it seemingly for himself. Like he’d done the LotR stuff and now he got to do what he’d wanted to do since being a kid.
Books on the go:
🎧 Finding Albion by Zakia Sewell [####------] 40%
📖 Stone Junction by Jim Dodge [#####-----] 52%
Movie Night:
- Ghost Elephants – A lesser Herzog, I think, though that’s still well worth anyone’s time. Be warned, there’s an extended sequence of archival sports-hunting footage which is quite disturbing.