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Monday, June 21, 2010
Things accomplished so far
1. Went to rodeo!!!!!!!! yeahh I am inspired to learn western now!!! there is something very inherently sexy about guys in cowboy hats, shirts and jeans and cowboy boots.. oh a HORSE would be good too....
2. Got my g-1!! bit of an adventure, findin the ottawa street place and then goin to fairviewe then booking a driving lesson, then comin home
3. Started riding lessons again
4. Going to start research work again
YAY!!
things i have realised-
PArtying/ clubbing - Ive always had a wierd relationship with this.... i guess it is something you do when single, but hell im not! There was a time when i thought not going out or doin something or a weekend meant that i wasn't doing shit ( wasting my life) but i realise it is not. Just because im not out clubbing or partying it up doesnt mean im not living im wastint anything. The whole college partying/ drinking thing seems a little juvenile now, i know im say in this probably prematurely, i mean im barely 3rd yr. It's just, IT IS NO BIG DEAL. I thought seeing two girls make out was a HUGE deal... ( it's not...) i think it is overexposure, seeing 2 girls make out 3 times in a row one night, then the entire grp having a making-out orgy kinda wierds you out ( alas i digress) As for drinking, damn your cells being unable to break down alcohol.....Clubbing- if the music sucks, you are done for, you might as well go home. As for meeting guys.... im ill-equipped to advise, but chances are, you are just booty for the night. Ladies, enjoy the free drink, the dance, feel special for the night.... maybe a kiss or two, just try not to expect anything more. .
Maybe its the ppl i hang out with now, they don't really club/ party, so why should i?
Realistically- back home, am i the kind who would go out and party on weekends at zouk? ( never even been to the place) UM NO!!
there you go
it;s pure social group.
1. Went to rodeo!!!!!!!! yeahh I am inspired to learn western now!!! there is something very inherently sexy about guys in cowboy hats, shirts and jeans and cowboy boots.. oh a HORSE would be good too....
2. Got my g-1!! bit of an adventure, findin the ottawa street place and then goin to fairviewe then booking a driving lesson, then comin home
3. Started riding lessons again
4. Going to start research work again
YAY!!
things i have realised-
PArtying/ clubbing - Ive always had a wierd relationship with this.... i guess it is something you do when single, but hell im not! There was a time when i thought not going out or doin something or a weekend meant that i wasn't doing shit ( wasting my life) but i realise it is not. Just because im not out clubbing or partying it up doesnt mean im not living im wastint anything. The whole college partying/ drinking thing seems a little juvenile now, i know im say in this probably prematurely, i mean im barely 3rd yr. It's just, IT IS NO BIG DEAL. I thought seeing two girls make out was a HUGE deal... ( it's not...) i think it is overexposure, seeing 2 girls make out 3 times in a row one night, then the entire grp having a making-out orgy kinda wierds you out ( alas i digress) As for drinking, damn your cells being unable to break down alcohol.....Clubbing- if the music sucks, you are done for, you might as well go home. As for meeting guys.... im ill-equipped to advise, but chances are, you are just booty for the night. Ladies, enjoy the free drink, the dance, feel special for the night.... maybe a kiss or two, just try not to expect anything more. .
Maybe its the ppl i hang out with now, they don't really club/ party, so why should i?
Realistically- back home, am i the kind who would go out and party on weekends at zouk? ( never even been to the place) UM NO!!
there you go
it;s pure social group.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Riding post!!!
Ok, i REALLY should be studying for the mid term tmr ( i have 3 hrs between class tmr!!!!)
Ok, riding lesson...
I think i've been put on beginner's ponies....
either way
I got assigned a chestunt and white pinto called Buttercup ( how much more school pony do u get? i feel the cringe)
So anyway, she was super easy to tack and up and groom. Then got on her, I was told she was very forward, not so... quite managable.
We did trotwork, no circles or diagonals though ( maybe not yet) I ndon't know. It got me thinking that this was like mid level while riding at RL is like equestrian boot camp * images Catherine going " QUIET HANDS!! Sit up!! " and cantering around in circles. But i do thinthat all the yelling, and plus seat and hands quiet stuff didnd work. I find myself really trying not to rely on the reins so much, but more on seat and legs. Although i have a major blister on my heel from those new leather boots which kind of did not help with using my lower leg today AS much as i should have.
I was also riding with super short stirrups, when we did canter work, I was pre-warned about a tendency to turn and CRAP buttercup went SCHOOL PONY on me. Which meant trying her best to turn in towards the centre, so i got unseated, had to get my shit together and work with her to just get her canter one damned round without her trying to run to the middle of the ring. Remember- be 10 steps ahead of a horses tricks if YOU know are going to pull something in that corner at H.
We did a little x cross rail at the end of the lesson too. I actually got to learn the Hunt seat position!! No rising up over and out of the saddle, just lean forward, and aI had to remember to release my hands, other than that, it seemed like a whole new approach to jumping! I really want to improve my jump!!! Just need more practice.
Honestly, lookin back on it now,im just so grateful for the chance to work at BDF, it was one of the mOST awesome, amazing, confidence-building times of my life. I was no longer just a lesson kid, i GOT to start a young horse, i GOT to work with a driver short-listed for the World equestrian games in combined driving!! I GOT to ride for free for 6 weeks!!
I may not be the best rider or horseperosn in the world, but I know where I stand, and how farr ive come. I have further to go, but i am happy.
Ok, riding lesson...
I think i've been put on beginner's ponies....
either way
I got assigned a chestunt and white pinto called Buttercup ( how much more school pony do u get? i feel the cringe)
So anyway, she was super easy to tack and up and groom. Then got on her, I was told she was very forward, not so... quite managable.
We did trotwork, no circles or diagonals though ( maybe not yet) I ndon't know. It got me thinking that this was like mid level while riding at RL is like equestrian boot camp * images Catherine going " QUIET HANDS!! Sit up!! " and cantering around in circles. But i do thinthat all the yelling, and plus seat and hands quiet stuff didnd work. I find myself really trying not to rely on the reins so much, but more on seat and legs. Although i have a major blister on my heel from those new leather boots which kind of did not help with using my lower leg today AS much as i should have.
I was also riding with super short stirrups, when we did canter work, I was pre-warned about a tendency to turn and CRAP buttercup went SCHOOL PONY on me. Which meant trying her best to turn in towards the centre, so i got unseated, had to get my shit together and work with her to just get her canter one damned round without her trying to run to the middle of the ring. Remember- be 10 steps ahead of a horses tricks if YOU know are going to pull something in that corner at H.
We did a little x cross rail at the end of the lesson too. I actually got to learn the Hunt seat position!! No rising up over and out of the saddle, just lean forward, and aI had to remember to release my hands, other than that, it seemed like a whole new approach to jumping! I really want to improve my jump!!! Just need more practice.
Honestly, lookin back on it now,im just so grateful for the chance to work at BDF, it was one of the mOST awesome, amazing, confidence-building times of my life. I was no longer just a lesson kid, i GOT to start a young horse, i GOT to work with a driver short-listed for the World equestrian games in combined driving!! I GOT to ride for free for 6 weeks!!
I may not be the best rider or horseperosn in the world, but I know where I stand, and how farr ive come. I have further to go, but i am happy.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
RIDING LESSON
My gosh
I haven't done this for a while.
Riding post!!
I had my first lesson since coming to UW. The barn seemed nice, clean and tidy with a large indoor sand arena. There was plenty of fenced turnout ( which I like) and bright and clean stalls. Our instructor was a plump friendly blonde girl called Lauren. ( she reminded me a slighter larger, blonde and Ontario version of Melanie) I was to rie a cute pinto pony called Jack. Lauren showed me to the tackroom, a rectangular space which connected two barns.
The bridles were hung on gold hooks with the girths above it. Saddles, all individually numbered were covered with saddle pads placed on top. A calico cat lay sleeping on a nearby hay bale. After picking out the tack, i went outside to groom. First, feet picking, he picked his feet up easily without a fuss, he was REALLY quiet, probably a kid/ beginner's horse. Tack was easy, then we went off into the arena to mount up.
I was wearing my new boots so it felt a little awkward like there was now an extra layer to my shoes, as compared with my other rubber boots, felt a little stiff. Getting back into the saddle, literally. Jack moved off easily and we fell into line. I decided i should try to stay aware of my riding position, that my reins followed my arms, i was sitting up and not leaning forward, my feet turned in. Started at a walk, then onto rising trot. I kept bumping into jonathan' horse, so was told to make circle, which jack ( bein the school pony he was) tried his best to resist and protest.
Onto sitting, trot- remember sit back, sit deep, push weight into heels. This pony was on auto trot, i had to do nothing.
We then moved on to cantering. I was told by lauren that i would probably need to push a lot suwith the leg....So i expected that, to my surprise, i gave the signal and off he went!! i didnt even have to try!!
Then when we went again, he tried to resist, and i realised that yeah he does leg.
et
When the lessons was over, there was a slight confusion about wherae to go to keep my pony, what the barn did etc ( each place is different) A teenage girl, who looked no old er than 14 eyed me suspiciously as i put jack in cross ties " Do you kno w how to ride? " she asked. SLightly taken aback i replied " yeah, I just haven't taken regular lessons for a while" she pouted slightly before asking again " How long have you ridden for? " Of which i wanted to reply " I started when you probably an infant" but instead smiled and said " Well, several years, i started in 2000 but haven't had regular lessons for the last three years"
It felt so awesome to be back in the saddle, of course, i wasn't working overly hard ( like RL tends to do) this was mid-level, i was still working hard but not too hard.
What I want out of this
1. JUMPING experience- I have a shitty forward seat over jumps and i know it, i am nothing next to the hunt-seat babes they have scattered across all the hunter barns all over north america
2. Perhaps try out for the OUEA team next yr?? Now that they won this year... i probably do not stand a chance
Side note- Dammit i wish OUEA had Dressage, I would SOOOO DO IT
t'
- Not jumping a lot in lessons kind of forced me into Dressage. But I do love it. It's far from boring.
At the end of the lesson lauren suggested I try riding another horse next week, I agreed. This means something - I do not claim to a terribly great rider, but i think i was the best of the three! maybe cos i have the most experience. Oh wells. I am happy
Horses make me Happy
the end
I haven't done this for a while.
Riding post!!
I had my first lesson since coming to UW. The barn seemed nice, clean and tidy with a large indoor sand arena. There was plenty of fenced turnout ( which I like) and bright and clean stalls. Our instructor was a plump friendly blonde girl called Lauren. ( she reminded me a slighter larger, blonde and Ontario version of Melanie) I was to rie a cute pinto pony called Jack. Lauren showed me to the tackroom, a rectangular space which connected two barns.
The bridles were hung on gold hooks with the girths above it. Saddles, all individually numbered were covered with saddle pads placed on top. A calico cat lay sleeping on a nearby hay bale. After picking out the tack, i went outside to groom. First, feet picking, he picked his feet up easily without a fuss, he was REALLY quiet, probably a kid/ beginner's horse. Tack was easy, then we went off into the arena to mount up.
I was wearing my new boots so it felt a little awkward like there was now an extra layer to my shoes, as compared with my other rubber boots, felt a little stiff. Getting back into the saddle, literally. Jack moved off easily and we fell into line. I decided i should try to stay aware of my riding position, that my reins followed my arms, i was sitting up and not leaning forward, my feet turned in. Started at a walk, then onto rising trot. I kept bumping into jonathan' horse, so was told to make circle, which jack ( bein the school pony he was) tried his best to resist and protest.
Onto sitting, trot- remember sit back, sit deep, push weight into heels. This pony was on auto trot, i had to do nothing.
We then moved on to cantering. I was told by lauren that i would probably need to push a lot suwith the leg....So i expected that, to my surprise, i gave the signal and off he went!! i didnt even have to try!!
Then when we went again, he tried to resist, and i realised that yeah he does leg.
et
When the lessons was over, there was a slight confusion about wherae to go to keep my pony, what the barn did etc ( each place is different) A teenage girl, who looked no old er than 14 eyed me suspiciously as i put jack in cross ties " Do you kno w how to ride? " she asked. SLightly taken aback i replied " yeah, I just haven't taken regular lessons for a while" she pouted slightly before asking again " How long have you ridden for? " Of which i wanted to reply " I started when you probably an infant" but instead smiled and said " Well, several years, i started in 2000 but haven't had regular lessons for the last three years"
It felt so awesome to be back in the saddle, of course, i wasn't working overly hard ( like RL tends to do) this was mid-level, i was still working hard but not too hard.
What I want out of this
1. JUMPING experience- I have a shitty forward seat over jumps and i know it, i am nothing next to the hunt-seat babes they have scattered across all the hunter barns all over north america
2. Perhaps try out for the OUEA team next yr?? Now that they won this year... i probably do not stand a chance
Side note- Dammit i wish OUEA had Dressage, I would SOOOO DO IT
t'
- Not jumping a lot in lessons kind of forced me into Dressage. But I do love it. It's far from boring.
At the end of the lesson lauren suggested I try riding another horse next week, I agreed. This means something - I do not claim to a terribly great rider, but i think i was the best of the three! maybe cos i have the most experience. Oh wells. I am happy
Horses make me Happy
the end