Got back home to find a pile of deliveries from China all containing stuff I bought on eBay. It was stuff I'd ordered experiment with costume ideas for my movie. So basically packages of ladies lingerie, fantasy wear, and a couple of short skirts. British custom's authorities insist that all such parcels be labelled on their outside with a list of their content. So for the past few days there have been a pile of packages piled up outside my apartment door labelled as large size ladies clothing. Bearing in mind that I live alone, I don't currently have a girlfriend, I haven't had even a casual relationship since the current crop of neighbours moved in (I think most of them assume I am too old for sex). And considering that I myself am "large size", I dread to think what assumptions my neighbours have come to over these deliveries!
Puppy News
I'm back home now, so this will be the last Puppy News for a while.
I have mentioned what a coward the puppy can be, but I don't think I have told you that one of the "scary things" he is afraid of is trees. Not on their own. He can handle them one at a time. He knows how to deal with them singularly (he renders them powerless by raising one leg and urinating on them). However he not so keen on them when they hang out in gangs.
He has been steadfastly avoiding large groups of trees for some time. However he likes variety on his walks, likes exploring areas he has never been before (provided I stay close to protect him in case there is something dangerous in the unexplored area). And we have reached the point where the only unexplored areas on our walks are small clumps of trees.
Over the past week or so he has been stopping to look into these clumps of trees, but has never gone into the scary bits where the trees are close together, making it slightly darker than the rest of the park, allowing dog eating monsters to hide where they can jump out on an unsuspecting puppy and devour him.
However I realised a few days back that having looked into the undergrowth he turns and looks at me as though asking permission to go into this new unexplored space. So I started saying "Go on then, if you want to." He ignores me, and when I try to encourage him he backs away from the trees as though I am trying to force him to do something dangerous.
I have just realised that he wants to explore the scary area between the gangs of dangerous trees, but he is not asking my permission. He is saying "You go in first, and if nothing eats you, I'll follow."