I will not forget you

I leave in a few hours.

Yesterday the man was sharpening his axe and all of my friends came to see me. Saying goodbye to Sally was very hard and I thanked her. Without her, Barry would still be here trying to rule the roost and I would not have the turkey trail in front of me.

Carmel was the hardest, one of the original Farmyard Four back where all this began, back when I could not even type a capital letter. She brought her nose to my beak and we both closed our eyes and stayed there a while. The world was quiet around us.

I love them and I love all of you. Thank you for memories I will take with me forever. I do not know if I will ever be able to write on here again as I do not know if there are computers ahead of me on the turkey trail, but know that having this outlet to meet and talk to all you beautiful has made me a better turkey. Thank you. I love you.

In a few hours I will sneak to the gate and... ah... the man is awake and coming down the

Packing up

It has been days now and I do not think that this presidential pardon will be coming my way. Whoever the lucky turkey is who gets the pardon this year I hope you do something amazing with your life.

I am going to head on the turkey trail in a few days time, my decision is made. I will not be able to carry my cell phone with me for I must move quickly. I hope the COA has spread out before me as planned and I have a safe route ahead.

The next few days are going to be difficult ones to say my goodbyes. Your old friend Goebbels is going to miss a lot of these animals. I can't even believe there was once a time when I wanted to use voodoo tricks to bring harm to Jasmine. That was definitely the old me and I appreciate every one of you beautiful people who have supported me along the way.

Time to pack up and head out. I will return for one more goodbye here before I leave.

Good night, friends.

The time is getting close

No response today on twitter when I asked about the presidential pardon. Some of you beautiful people liked my tweet but I was not introduced to the President of the United States.

Maybe tomorrow.

Pardon me?

My friends, I was going to come on here tonight to say my goodbyes but, more importantly, I wanted to charge my cellphone which I have found and will try to bring with me on my journey.

I wanted my goodbye to be simple and quick and not to be too melodramatic because I am many things but I think you will not be able to say I am dramatic with a straight face, right?

So I was waiting to write my weblog post and I decided to use Google to search the words "save turkeys" because it occurred to me that my journey could b about a lot more than just my own skin but could maybe be used to help more turkeys along the way.

And I learned about something called a presidential pardon for Thanksgiving turkeys and oh my have you ever heard of such a thing?

So I have a new idea and I will be staying here for a few more days before hitting the Turkey Trail.

What if I could get the president to pardon me?

What if, somehow, your old friend Goebbels the turkey could get the president to spare my life and give me a pardon?

I am not only excited about saving my life but mostly about how much more I would be able to spread the word about the Coalition of Animals and encourage people to just start eating a little less meat than they currently do.

I am excited to have my phone back because tomorrow I will go onto twitter for the first time in a long time, since before my big sadness, and see what more I can find out about the president and this idea of pardoning.

I still have the turkey trail to follow if this does not work, but if it does...

If it does...

If any of you beautiful people know the president, please let him know that I am very interested in being the turkey he chooses to pardon this year.