It’s been awhile since we’ve seen these characters. The man is Principal John Ashton, and the woman reading some sort of pirate-themed novel (again) is the secretary, Lisa Miazelli. The Nurse’s Station is attached to their offices, which was also visible in the background the last time Selkie had to “visit”.
-EDIT- I completely forgot! Two more things! Firstly, the strip’s third anniversary was this past Friday and I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO MENTION OR CELEBRATE IT. So… Happy Year 3! I guess the traditional annual Toddler Selkie sketch will ave to be a little late.
Also, Selkie reader Craig Olsen has used Selkie as a subject of discussion for a thesis paper on online communities. It’s an interesting read, and I rather like his observations on the Selkie comment threads. Craig, hope you don’t mind me sharing it.
Jessie could carry Selkie when needed, but she’s feeling it now, huh?
Also…*shifty eyes* … First!
Get shit done… die from doing it.
I certainly know that feeling.
The mark of a really good teacher/parent. Act first, think about it later.
“My only shape… I am in” reads a little awkwardly, to me at least. That aside, I laughed at Lisa being scolded for reading a book when she’s supposed to be doing other things. Used to happen to me all the time when I was reading in class. Not my fault that most of my high school classmates took 40 minutes to read a chapter from a 7th grade level book.
I second that. Those three words are unnecessary, and take from the impression that she is panting with exhaustion.
We’re pretty tough on you aren’t we Dave? Three comments in and we’re already critiquing your word choice. Just trying to help you become better and better!
Wouldn’t it be ‘the only shape… I am in’?
Sorry to complain, but “The only shape *gasp* I am in *wheeze* is spherical…” might be better wording (with added exhaustion, of course)
I like it, it reads like she was going to say one thing and changed the sentence halfway through, showing how out of breath she is that she can’t even waste a few words making sense.
That was certainly how I read it. My brain shuts down sometimes when I’m stressed, too. (Speaking words go before typing words…)
About “in shape”:
http://pics.nase-bohren.de/im-in-shape.jpg
Exactly:) I got it right off.
I’ve been the one huffing like that a couple of times, and honestly I don’t know that my word choice was that great. Then again, I’m no conversationalist. 🙂
In other news: Craig, I very much enjoyed reading your paper. I’ve gotten accidentally kicked out of a community when the posting type changed (being one of three survivng humans without a facebook account). Seeing a scientific analysis of online communities is interesting and encouraging. Thanks for letting Dave post a link to it.
To be entirely honest, I didn’t… ask him, exactly. I assumed it would be okay to post because it was uploaded to a public website.
If that isn’t the case, Craig, please let me know.
Of course you’re welcome to share it! I’m glad that I was able to portray the community in a way you were satisfied with. I actually would’ve asked you for permission to use Selkie BEFORE I finalized my project, but as one of the sections dictated, I was on a rather short time crunch. ^^;
It’s no problem. And thanks for the “I already did it anyway” permission. XD
I’m glad you enjoyed the paper, and I’m sorry to hear about you getting booted from your other online community. On the plus side, you are taking part in this excellent one~ 😀
I guess my best friend would also fall into the catagory of one of the few surviving humans without an internet connection at all… Though he does have a facebook account because I made him one so I could play the games that want you to spam all your friends with neighbor requests. Shh… don’t tell anyone.
Ah yes, adrenaline crash. Very fun. I once flipped a 10-foot long couch during an adrenaline rush and picked a guy twice my weight off the floor with one hand. When it wore off I had that arm in a sling for a week.
Does make you feel like a superhero looking back at what you were able to do though. I guarantee that at dinner Jessie’s going to be remembering being able to carry someone as big as Selkie that far that fast and have a big grin despite the soreness.
Just so you know, heat raises, so the best way to use an electric blanket is to place it under the person and then you keep the heat in by placing another blanket over the person. In this case however, given Selkie’s small size and desperate situation, it might be best to place her on one half of the blanket and fold the other half over her so she gets heat from all around.
Never thought about that, but it’s a good point.
The difference is pretty insignificant though. Modern electric blankets warm up so fast and so warm, she’ll be fine.
Now if the school has one of those old cheap ones which just have like 2 spots that get warm, then your suggestion would be a lot more useful.
Happy belated 3rd-versary!
Dave selkie looks a bit like a dinosaur or dehidrated in that one panel….you can really see she is sick.
You watch Hetalia! I love your Russia/Ivan avatar! (one of my BFF’s cosplays as Russia- I got her the scarf.)
I Demans Vishies!
Thank you Dave, for an entertaining 3 years; and here’s to having as many more as you’d like!
A while back Dave had Todd take Selkie to “the Falls” where she got the chance to go swimming for the first time in who-knows-how-many-years, and it made me think ‘too bad Todd doesn’t have a pool so Selkie could go swimming all the time.’
Of course the problem with that idea is swimming pools have to be loaded up with chemicals that would be bad for her. However today I found an idea that would work;
http://naturalswimmingpools.com/
http://inhabitat.com/natural-swimming-ponds-ditch-the-chemicals/
http://www.eco-pools.ca/
You can even keep live fish in these things, Selkie would love that!
It’s recreation AND a buffet line all in one!
Yup! 🙂 Of course it would be too costly for Todd to have one (plus he lives in an apartment building) unless you’re planning on promoting him, but the Fairweathers are rich and Barb seems like she’d be one of those “green is trendy” sorts.
I LOVE Selkie in panel 5 so much! <3
At least Selkie seems to be getting her color back.
I hope this doesn’t turn into a double whammy kind of thing with Jessie stroking out or something after running with Selkie all that way. I hope they’re both better soon. I also wonder if this means we might get to see more of that doctor again – the one that’s the same race (species?) as Selkie.