day two-hundred-and-thirty-five - xmas pig

on the third day before christmas i made a piggy card (and some jam [and truffles...]):

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and i also ate too much, which does not bode well for christmas day.

xj

day one-hundred-and-seventy-five - pig-nosed turtle

good eve

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au revoir

xj

day one-hundred-and-seventy-three - turopolje pig

or fat-spotted piggy to you

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well... have you?

xj

day one-hundred-and-twenty-two - micro pig?

apparently this is a baby micro pig. now THAT is tiny:

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i don't really know what a micro pig is but i presume it is a pig that is bred to be extra tiny so as to also be extra cute. and thus, i presume, it probably has boned organs and such and dies early much like teacup pomeranians. now they are crazy cute, but crazy cruel - so one kind of cancels out the other.

with the interwebs at my fingertips i could actually look that up, but aren't presumptions just so much more fun!?

fine. i just looked it up, and i was right. if you breed an animal mainly for its looks there's a good chance of inbreeding, which means there's a good chance of depleted immune systems and sickly animals. no good.

if i were unethical i'd snatch me up so many teacup puppies - but ultimately it's terrible for the animals so no dice.

animals are cool as they are. just about anything can be cute in its own way - fat, wormy seals; scary-looking aye ayes; and even woolly bear caterpillars.

or maybe it's just me...
xj

day twenty-five - meh

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sorry. this is all you get because today: my dog ran away, my wallet was stolen, i lost my job, i had to wash my hair, i was in a car crash, i had a funeral to attend and i had to go to hospital. (two of those are true... well three, but i didn't NEED to wash my hair)

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i only drew the right page in the first picture today. the others are lunch-time doodles of the week.

i'll cover my penchant for animals riding other animals at a more opportune time. g'night.
xj