#jip the dog

[shakespearefreak]

Samantha and Nellie’s Northwoods Adventures

As I’ve already mentioned, last weekend Samantha, Nellie, Kaya, and I went to my family’s Cottage in Northern Wisconsin! 🌲 Samantha had visited the Cottage with me when I was little, but a lot had changed since she (and I) had last been there; and this was Nellie’s first time ever! Sam described it to her as being like a smaller version of Piney Point, where Nellie had joined her and Grandmary on vacation after being adopted into the family. I already shared photos of what Kaya did up North, so now here’s Sam and Nellie’s Northwoods adventures!

We left in the afternoon, but the drive to the Cottage is four hours(!), so it was already evening by the time we got there. In keeping with Cottage traditions, I rang the loud, clanging ship’s bell 🔔 that’s mounted on a pole near the door to announce our arrival to the forest and the few neighboring cabins. That first night, we really only had time to unpack and get settled before going to bed.

The girls were so excited they stayed up late into the night, snuggled into their sleeping bags, talking in low tones and giving the occasional hushed giggle.

Despite the late night, we awoke bright and early for the first full day.

Breakfast somehow tastes especially delicious when eaten in a cabin by a wide window with a lakeside view.

After breakfast, I was mainly occupied with taking the pictures of Kaya and swimming 🏊, so the two girls were left to their own devices for most of the day, but Nellie did join my mother, stepfather, and me on the pier later on.

Nellie stood on the pier, staring out at the bright blue sky over the deeper blue of the waters.

We also discovered a perfectly doll-sized chair that matched the bigger ones, so of course I had to take advantage of that!

She relaxed in the chair in the warm early evening sunlight, listening to the waves lap at the wooden planks.

The next day, I was so exhausted that I ended up sleeping into the early afternoon, and by the time I woke up the sunshine had been replaced by a wet, cloudy sky. Samantha passed the time painting 🎨 on the deck (Virginia had kindly allowed her to borrow her paints and easel) until it began raining 🌧️ in earnest.

The gray day was a little disheartening, but Samantha made the best of it with Virginia’s borrowed paint set (though she did have to duck inside with the painting still unfinished when the occasional light spotting of rain turned into a regular drizzle).

After it began to pour, we went back inside and made popcorn 🍿 before retiring early.

The last day seemed to sneak up on us before we knew it. It started out gray again, but Sam and Nellie decided to take a walk with Jip 🐕 anyway, and while they were playing ball the sun came out again.

Jip was full of energy, so they decided to tire him out with a game of keep-away. Sam and Nellie tossed the bright red ball back and forth, Jip running back and forth between them, following the ball’s progress and occasionally leaping up in an attempt to grab it out of the air. Finally he caught it and paraded around proudly with it, then sat down to chew it and refused to relinquish it for several minutes until he was convinced the game was over.

After a short rest, it was time to head back inside to pack up again and begin the long journey back home.

The sun had come out during the game, and both girls were feeling hot and winded. They sat down on a fallen birch to catch their breath, grateful that they’d brought along a big jug of iced tea*. Jip already seemed energetic again, wagging his stubby tail and sniffing eagerly through the dead leaves. “I think he tired us out!” Nellie laughed, a little breathlessly. They sat and drank their tea, listening to the sounds of nature (and the occasional sharp bark from Jip when he saw a squirrel), reluctant to leave… but eventually they went back inside to pack and say goodbye to the Cottage. 

“I hope we can come back next year!” Nellie remarked, watching the Cottage dwindle down the road behind them, before disappearing around a bend and being lost to sight.

THE END

*I realized after taking the photo that their mugs of tea look kind of like beer steins, but I promise they’re not 😅

BONUS:

(In case anyone was wondering what Samantha's finished painting looked like!)

I’m thinking of covering my poor attempt at a birch tree in the lower left with something else… a pine tree perhaps, or maybe just re-painting the trunk so it’s brown instead of white with black marks… though then I’d have to make it much darker than the surrounding dirt, to make it stand out. I’m open to suggestions!

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Submitted for classification by @the-flowing-river

"What is my dog, Jip?"

[britneyshakespeare]

Accordingly, I told Agnes about my declaration of poverty, about the cookery book, the housekeeping accounts, and all the rest of it. "Oh, Trotwood!" she remonstrated, with a smile. "Just your old headlong way! You might have been in earnest in striving to get on in the world, without being so very sudden with a timid, loving, inexperienced girl. Poor Dora!" I never heard such sweet forbearing kindness expressed in a voice, as she expressed in making this reply. It was as if I had seen her admiringly and tenderly embracing Dora, and tacitly reproving me, by her considerate protection, for my hot haste in fluttering that little heart. It was as if I had seen Dora, in all her fascinating artlessness, caressing Agnes, and thanking her, and coaxingly appealing against me, and loving me with all her childish innocence. I felt so grateful to Agnes, and admired her so! I saw those two together, in a bright perspective, such well-associated friends, each adorning the other so much!

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Chapter 39: Wickfield and Heep

[chaotictomtom]

NICE ONE BRUVA!!!!!!

human traffic (1999)

[visualtaehyun]

I already spent way too much time watching and dissecting this episode so let's get right into it!

Disclaimer: not a native Thai speaker, still learning 🙏

Title

คลื่นกลางมหาสมุทร /khluen glaang mahasamut/ = waves/ripples amidst the ocean

-> "Echoes Across the Endless Blue" sounds super pretty and, most obviously, it seems to refer to Rak's panic attack underwater

Writer Tongrak

Love that Mut's shirt matches the tassel curtains in Rak's room lol

I copied down the entirety of the 4 articles Mut found but I don't have time right now to translate them so let's just breeze over the last two right now-

The articles mention two of Rak's novels (irl they're MAME's obviously): - "The Boy Next World คนละกาลเวลา" aka the new BossNoeul series - "Love Director วาดรักกํากับใจ" aka the novels Prapai's uncle Frost is from

ViMook

their pronoun use: มุก /Mook/ -> พี่(วี) /phi (Vi)/ and พี่ /phi/ -> มุก /Mook/

A->B is to be understood as I->you, meaning Mook calls herself by name and Vi does so vice versa, and, because Vi is the older one, they both refer to her as พี่ /phi/

The name of Vi's script is so on the nose omg

กลพรางนางมารร้าย /gon phraang naang maan raai/ "The Devil's Tricks"

-> นาง /naang/ specifically means a woman, นางมารร้าย /naang maan raai/ can mean villainess, evil woman, demoness, ...think femme fatale, too. For reference, "The Devil Wears Prada" is called นางมารสวมปราด้า /naang maan suam Prada/ in Thai.

-> as far as I can make out, the cover says 'written and directed by วรรณรัตน์ รัตนเดช' (no clue what it says below his name) - that's Love Sea's art director:

And because I just about lost it at Vi leaving her underwear out for Mook to clean, here's our dearest pearl holding Vi's lacy undies hehehe

I keep calling her pearl btw because that's what her name means- ไข่มุก /khai mook/ = pearl

รางวัลสำหรับเลขาคนเก่ง /raang-wan sam-rap leh-khaa khohn geng/

-> เก่ง /geng/ is the same compliment Mut gives Rak later:

...and what got fittingly translated as "Quite the biter":

กัดเก่งเลยน่ะ /gat geng loei na/

ชาติที่แล้วเป็นหมารึไง /chaat thee laaeo bpen maa reu ngai?/ = Were you a dog in your previous life or what?

More from and about Rak

This translation took me out, it's so fitting and funny:

เสร็จแล้ว ปล่อยแล้ว ก็กลับไปได้แล้ว /set laaeo, bplaawy laaeo - gaaw glap bpai dai laaeo/ = Finished/Came, released - then you can go back now.

ก็ใครจีบพี่สุดหล่อติดน่ะ /gaaw khrai jip phi soot laaw dtit na/ = Well, whoever's gonna succeed in pursuing that handsome Phi (Rak).

พาไปกินข้าวหน่อย /phaa bpai gin khaao naawy/ -> หน่อย /naawy/ softens the request which kinda surprised me after he came in so fiercely with the possessiveness (that he immediately denied lol)

She calls herself พี่ /phi/ as in Rak's literal older sister! The credits tell me her name is ของขวัญ /khaawng khwan/ = gift, present

[thedeviltohisangel]

Meatball idea: Cass walks him when Demarco is busy/flying as a happy distraction and when Bucky is around, he’ll join them and it feels so domestic but neither want to say anything

Domestic Cass and John make me scream!!!!

I like that Cass is such a girl in that she sees a fluffy dog and just immediately thinks he is the most handsome thing on the planet. She sneaks him treats and maybe brushes him once in a while and always is willing to throw the tennis ball around.

Was literally just discussing with @gloryofroses19 that she is his legal guardian when Demarco goes down and takes care of him until they can be properly united (which the show jipped us of!). (Also feel free to join our discussion in what kind of dog John/Cass should get themselves)

But long dog walks around base as a couple my heart!!!! They hold hands and chat about their days and wave to people they see. They stop in town and John buys them ice cream and Cass lets Meatball get his own little cup and she feels so at home. Like John is becoming family. And Meatball proudly carries home a stick and whines when John says goodnight and Cass just says don't worry i feel that way too.

[haveamagicalday]

Duel of the American Girl Dolls: Pets (Round 1)

This is a poll in the Duel of the American Girl Dolls. Other polls can be found here

[toofasttoocool-reborn]

DMU:An address to the people of Japan by eternal prime minister Celestia Ludenberg

"My dear, loyal subject,

Let's cut the useless democratic babble and cut right into the important part:I am Celestia Lundenberg,also known as Taeko Yasuhiro,and I will talk for my party,the JIP who I am both the Leader and main shareholder of!I firstly want to thank the people of Japan who voted for us during the legislative! With more than 450 seats belonging to our glorius party there was no doubt that old...I mean our dear Emperor would choose me!Of course everyone knows that kind of power is useless to making our Nation the top dog in Asia again,I herebly declare myself as Eternal Prime Minister of Oyashima!"

The journalists were all silent, facing such a bombastic and confident declaration,the attention of Celestia was always clear:To put back this country back in the center of Asian politics and economics,after numerous actions in the region of Osaka who secured herself a stronghold,she took the lead of the party, assuring, thanks to multiple strong-handed tactics, control over the most rural regions of Japan the goth bimbo victory made no doubt,but this kind of speech weren't seen since world war 2 .Given the incompetent, because he was chosen before hands by the most trusting of ally, useless pen pusher, no resistance was made and the declaration was soon heard on all television,all computer,all radios around Japan.

[verecunda]

I'm just getting over this godawful flu that's been going around, and today was my first day out walking the dog in nearly two weeks. Possibly a bit over-ambitious on my part. I got stuck in some mud and didn't have the energy to get myself free. Ended up having to step out of one of my wellies, find a slightly less muddy spot to put my foot (socks instantly soaked!), and use my stick to lever the welly out of the mud. Meanwhile Jip, noticing that here is something decidedly not part of the usual routine, gets all excited and starts racing mad circles around me.

All I can say is, thank God there was no one else around. X'D

[historicalfictionsims]

Gramercy Park was a pretty space that separated the girls from the hustle and bustle of the city. They strolled around, with Agatha walking Jip and Samantha pushing Agnes’s doll in the pram. When they reached the fountain at the center of the park, Jip began to bark at the decorations. He pulled at the leash and even when Agatha tried to pick him up and turn him away, he kept on barking. Agnes refused to hold him, and the twins got into an argument about whose idea it was to bring him in the first place.

Agatha decided that Jip could ride in the pram so that no one would have to hold him. Agnes thought it was a great idea, but Samantha disagreed. They promised Cornelia that they would keep Jip on the leash. Agatha explained that Jip would still be on the leash, but none of them would have to be.

Jip stayed in the pram for only a second and then managed to disentangle the leash from the handle. Before anyone could stop him, he dashed out of the park through the iron bars of the fence. Once they had time to process what had happened, the girls found themselves chasing the little dog all over the city. Every now and then Agatha would spot him in the crowded streets, but he kept evading their reach.

It was as if Jip knew exactly where he was headed. The girls caught sight of banners and signs, and realized that they were at Madison Square Park. They tried to catch his attention but he ran up to the stage, where a surprised Cornelia was about to speak! The twins quietly told Samantha that they had overheard Cornelia and Gard talking about the meeting. Gard had advised Cornelia not to attend for fear of offending Grandmary. But Cornelia replied that she would make her own decisions and not care what others thought of her.

Once the speeches were over, the twins wanted to leave and pretend that Jip had come over on his own. But Samantha knew that they needed to apologize for breaking Cornelia’s trust. She had never seen her aunt look so angry before.

It was time to meet Grandmary at Tyson’s ice cream parlor. By their disheveled appearances it was clear that something had happened, and the girls held their breath as Cornelia looked Grandmary in the eyes and confessed to being at the suffragist meeting.

What no one expected was for Grandmary to admit that she had been at the meeting as well. When she saw Cornelia up on stage, she figured that she should at least listen to what the women had to say. The speeches she heard were all about how women deserved the right to speak up for what they believed in, which was a point that Grandmary agreed with wholeheartedly. If granting suffrage would help women’s voices be heard, then perhaps women should have the right to vote.

With the air cleared, Cornelia announced that it was time for ice cream. Grandmary asked Samantha if she would like her usual favorite, peppermint, or if she’d like to try a new flavor. Samantha already knew the answer. When it came to ice cream, the old ways were still the best ways. She would have peppermint.

[timetravelingcourtney]

My tree is decorated with some historical gals and their little lovvies.

Ps: Sam can’t hang on the tree with Jip because Jip is her aunt and uncle’s dog, in case you were wondering.

[shakespearefreak]

Nellie is currently at the doll hospital, and Maritza is still hiding from Makena and Evette to surprise them on Christmas Day, but everyone else is getting into the holiday spirit here at my place!

Samantha is reading A Christmas Carol with Jip close by, Makena hangs her stocking with care, Evette (who celebrates Yule instead, but enjoys decorating with everyone else) is putting the final touches on the tree, while Virginia and Josefina enjoy some hot spiced cider.

(I'm not including a closeup of Virginia because she's still in her "Meet"... I figured since the time of mourning in her era was between 1-3 years, and one was expected to wear black or at least mostly black that whole time, I could get away with not getting her a Christmas dress for this year.)

[animals-in-old-films]

A Japanese spaniel dog as Jip in David Copperfield (1935)

[britneyshakespeare]

Chapter 53: Another Retrospect I did cry

[harrison-abbott]

I heard him through the walls. Talking to himself. At first I thought he was just getting irate at the videogame, the way boys do. Except Kurt was a man, and it didn’t sound like he was gaming. These odd, ejaculative expressions – though I couldn’t understand what he was saying. He was doing it again one afternoon: so I thought I’d go in and speak to him about it. He was sitting at his desk watching a movie. “Who are you talking to?” I said. Kurt blinked. “I’m just talking to the dog.” He pointed to Jip – the collie – who was asleep on the bed. “But you’ve been talking to the dog for like half an hour …” I said. And Kurt just laughed. Because he’d been caught out. And cos he didn’t care. [I’m not the only one who’s always thought Kurt was slightly crazy; and I should know anyway, being his brother.]

[chaletnz]

El Salvador: Cerro Verde - Volcan de Santa Ana

During the night I thought I heard wind and rain lashing around the tent - while definitely "glamping" it was still a tent and I was worried about waking up with everything soaked. But my bed kept me toasty warm all night and I woke up early for breakfast of toast with peanut butter and banana (no eggs for me). Our Cerro Verde local guide Dionesio took us on our hike up the Santa Ana volcano trail. Walter had to leave to do some paperwork and turned around once we reached the trailhead so Georgi and Emily took on the role of "sweeper" staying at the back of the group to make sure no one got left behind. The trail was surprisingly steep actually and we were all laughing at how we were already sweating and out of breath while we were walking through the forest - we hadn't even reached the open switchbacks yet! It took us about an hour to reach the top of the volcano to get a peek inside the crater. The Cerro Verde National Park website lists this hike as being 4.3 miles roundtrip and 1,532 feet of elevation gain which is heftier than I expected! It had been a steep rocky climb accompanied by a dog that apparently does the hike everyday with a group of tourists. There were a few old boys at the top selling ice creams that they'd lugged all the way up to flog off for 4x the regular price. We took some nice photos individually and as a group before heading back down to the campsite. It’s not really advised to stay at the top for long because the sulfur is so potent up there, we could certainly feel it in our throats even before reaching the top. There were so many people coming up it took twice as long to get down because the trail was super crowded with people puffing their way up wearing jeans and jackets obviously not expecting such a hike! Possibly this one is commonly underestimated... We devoured our included lunch which was soup and panini sandwiches, then a group of us crossed the other campsite (jam-packed with a work team-building event or something) and picked up coffees. I heard Deme ordering a cappuccino with an extra shot so I asked for the same as her. We both got a bit jipped though as they charged us for a cappuccino and an espresso each! Turned out to be a very expensive coffee but they were decent and were served with a tiny straw and a mint. We had a little bit of free time to get changed and rest and then we piled into the van for a thirty minute drive out to the lake where we sat around in the heat getting the worst mosquito bites of the trip. I tried to read my Spanish phrasebook quietly for a bit but then Emily and the group came to chat with me and watch the others splash around. Once we got back there was a bit of a wait for dinner but finally grandma arrived to fire up the grill and started making pupusas for our workshop. We had a bit of background to the famous street food in Central America, it's basically a corn tortilla but other ingredients like cheese, meat, and vegetables are pounded into the dough before it gets fried. We all had a turn to make our own and throw them on to cook. I made one with pork and cheese, I also tried grandma's specialty squash/cheese and spinach/cheese combos. Three was definitely enough as they were very heavy and oily - an acquired taste shall we say! As we ate Walter gave us a briefing on Nicaragua and what to expect with politics and the border crossing, we had some natural drinking chocolate in little clay cups and headed off back to our tents for the night.