*sigh* I have a long shift to do tonight, with two big parties booked in one after the other. I'm going to get ready in about ten minutes but currently enjoying the niceness of being freshly showered, fully exercised and not working, lol.

My riding lesson today was interesting. A new instructor, Sally, who was a little stricter with me than Leanne and I rode quite a difficult horse. Gemini is a really big Irish mare, who is very slender except for a very rounded tummy (anyone would think she was pregnant!) She had a very short and awkward stride, which meant I was naturally thrown into a bad position and had to really work with her to lengthen her stride. Half an hour wasn't really long enough, because we only had chance to go over a small jump a few times properly before the end of the lesson.

Sally is determined to have me ride Gemini again, and I am pleased with myself for achieving what I did with her. I mean, she's clearly not a novice ride, not because she's really forward going or boystrous (but I wouldn't say she was lazy either) but because of how she moves and how unbalanced she can be. I am pleased that I can on a horse that is 16.2hh and very different from anything I have ever ridden before, and achieve something with her. I'm hoping I can  make even more progress next week (I asked for Toby again, but Sally told me what I already knew -- his owner is too bloody fussy about who rides him and when, so it might not happen. Honestly, what would you rather: your horse to get daily exercise, or your horse to sit in his stable getting fat?).

Jumping Gemini was very different to any other horse, though. She takes very short strides (so short, in fact, that when warming her up in trot she preferred to move into canter rather than lengthen her trot strides) so she kept going back into trot two strides away from the jump, where Lizzie would have put in one long stride. My general rule approaching a jump is to hold the horse in and keep my leg wrapped around the horse to keep the impulse. This falls flat with Gemini because she doesn't need to be taking shorter strides, but rather longer ones. In the end I worked it out that in order to have Gemini approach a jump in a reasonable number of strides, you need to have her going at super-speed! This takes at least two practice runs to get right. She is certainly a horse I need to get used to! I'd still say she's a more enjoyable ride than Bradley ... that's because you get more out of her and she does listen to you. Her shortcomings come down to the type of horse she is rather than lazyness or stubborness.

I feel like drabbling....so I'm redoing that drabble meme of a couple of weeks ago:

If you comment below I'll write you a drabble (100 words exactly.) You do not have to repost this meme in your journal thought it would be nice so I could request back from you. You may request the character and/or the pair [even slash] - but I can't promise I'll write them in a relationship, and even then not necessarily a nice, stable relationship.

I only write Harry Potter fanfiction, btw.

Please provide a short prompt - but nothing that's like PWP, or NC-17 [I'm not very good at it] Crack! is ok. =]

no, not really, but it does sound like fun...
*goes to find mini, fishnets and heels*

Never let it be said that this isn't a sexy crazy cat lady:

You know what is more annoying than going to work? Going to work and finding out that you are a useless piece of nothing because the party of thirty that was booked in haven't fecking shown up! God knows how much food was wasted. Two chefs to serve zero customers. And I wasted a tenner of petrol. Fuck off is what I say.

Hahaha!
I win at life! Or possibly fail, it all depends on your POV, really.
I woke up this morning and was munching on dry cereal thinking of all the stuff I need to do today before I go to my friend's wedding when I heard someone knock on the front door. Me, still in my morning get up, went to see who it was, and I saw two girls in their PJs holding a white kitten no more than two months old.

O.o
-cue Twilight Zone music-

I opened the door, and was like "yeah?"
Girl #1: Hi.
Me: O.o Yes?
Girl #2: Hi. We were told that you're the cat lady of the apartments, and we found this kitty last night but it's hungry, and we don't have cat food, and could you keep it?
Girl #1: Or give us cat food, please?!
Me: -blinks real slowly- Hmm...I'm sorry. I can't have another cat. But sure let me give you cat food.

-closes door and goes get cat food-

Me: Here you go -hands over cup of cat food-
Girl #2: Thanks so much!
Me: Yeah, ok. You're welcomed....hmm...who told you I was the "cat lady"?
Girl #2: Everyone.
Me: -dies of embarrassment- Right, ok. I only feed some of the cats, not all of them. And I don't exactly have beds for them all over the patio.
Girl #2: -gives me a scrutinizing eye- Yeah, but you're still the cat lady, no? <blank> said that the cats follow you whenever you go out.
Me: -face!palm!-

LOL

WB and I often have [very deeply serious] discussions about zombie attacks, and possible scenarios on how we've survive if it ever happened. We scout buildings where we could possibly live, and come up with strategies and find holes in each others strategies. We've watched one too many zombie movies, imo. But it is still fun, nonetheless.

Today was one of those days which called for some Zombie Business Discussion. We ran errands, and amongst the boredom that is chores/errands we began talking about "what if" scenarios.

Me: Say my mom and I are dead, and you know this. What then? Do you save Ferret?
WB: Depends, do the zombies eat animals too or only humans? And do I know this?
Me: Only humans, but you don't know.
WB: Hmm...Ok, I take her with me to use as bait. I'd throw her to the zombies in hopes of buying myself time.
Me: O.o You'd use my Ferret as bait?!
WB: Ok...I wouldn't. I mean, I would need companionship of some sort. I'd go mad otherwise.
Me: You're going to carry Ferret? How? Are you going to dump her carrier and stuff her in there, and then make a run for it with a cat carrier AND a backpack?
WB: >.> That is...a lot. Maybe....not.
Me: I'd save her.
WB: It just seems like a hassle.
Me: O.o Bastard....

When we walked into the apartment, I promptly picked up Ferret and said "You'd let this cutie pie die?"
WB: >.>
Ferret: Meowr!
Me: I would save you, Ferret! I'd throw you in a rucksack and run!
WB: You're crazy.
Me: Hey! I'm proud of my crazy cat lady status! -snuggles Ferret-

I had a dream last night about Dr Who!!! It  was like the bestest dream ever. We were running away from these daleks down this street - then Billie Piper, Martha and myself had to hide behind a garden fence from the Daleks - then I defeated three Daleks by tricking them into blowing each other up. Then we ended up at a football stadium that was being patrolled by UNIT - UNIT began atacking us because they thought we were the baddies - then Martha persuaded them that a bomb was going to be released and that the football stadium needed to be evacuated immediatly - this happened, and then there was a big explosion!

David Tennant only *pretended to regenerate* in order to fool Davros - and then he pretended to lose his memory and became John Smith - he even fooled his companions into believing the Doctor was dead - but then at the eleventh hour 'John Smith' snuck onto the Crucible and defeated Davros - and then we had to find the TARDIS that had floated off into cyberspace - but we failed to find it, and whilst the Earth moved back to where it should be in the Universe, we were stuck in outer-space. The end.

WASN'T THAT LIKE THE BESTEST DREAM EVER?

Note the absence of the Torchwood team, Sarah Jane and ... Donna! Where was Donna??? I know --- I was  Donna! Because at the end it was me who stayed with the Doctor as his companion and comforted him over what happened.

Now if RTD doesn't do a better job than I did in a dream I will be writing to BBC Wales!

I wrote a sort of funny Harry/Luna for SC and Lacey =]
I love that pairing and the prompt just screamed them...

>.> So I just realised that particular parts of my flist (specifically, the non-MNFF parts) might not be aware of my holiday. So, I haven't disappeared off the face of the planet, I'm just trying to enjoy myself without the evil temptations of the internet hanging over me. Or something.

I'll see you guys on the 10th! :D

Ahem.

I'm going to be in New York from July fifth to the twenty-sixth. If you want to meet then just comment and we can work something out. <3

This morning my mom and I didn't fight, or get in a spat, but we disagreed about relationships...like whoa!


It's weird though that this conversation with my mom made me closer to my father. I guess my mom has always been right, I'm exactly like my father.

I'm sort of glad.

I saw this, and just about died laughing because part of it is so true, that it should not be funny but it is.

>.>
<.<

I mean, I love California [born and raised, and will probably DIE here], and I like to think I'm not THAT self-centered about this state that I don't know that Canada is an entirely different country!

And LOL - Ok, I can totally take the piss at being labeled this ignorant 'cause I know several Californians who would probably think like this [bless their little pot-fogged brains...they don't know any better -pats-]

However, I think most people in the contiguous states probably view America the USA in this fashion. Better yet, most countries in the world view America the USA like this. ...so I'm not going to take personal insult at being labeled "like a total airhead, dude."

Word! <---Ok, that's so California's fault. I've been influenced for 25 years. o____O

But let's face it, most New Yorkers ARE rude and obnoxious; Seattle is Coffee Depot, USA - for fuck's sake, Starbucks started there!; there ARE a lot of senior citizens in Florida; Vegas is in the middle of FUCKING nowhere; and there's a lot of religious nuts in the old South [hello?! ex-Gov.Huckabee of Arkansas! Did you HEAR his politics? But ok, you know what, fine label me a liberal. Care.]

And this is the sort of shit that tears Americans United States citizens apart!
But if you really want to start a civil war between us Californians...well...I guess all you have to do is say "NorCal or SoCal" -- 'cause trust me...THERE is a riot waiting to happen. We're very loyal to our geography. Except, you know...when you band us all together like ignorant sycophants.

BTW: 5 brownie points to whoever actually knows why I crossed out "America" XD

Edit: And I can totally name at least ten things wrong with my state and have MAJOR flaws. I'm not blind to it just because I love it.

I am pissed off. Majorly pissed off.

*sigh*

I just found out that one of my students who graduated this past June 9th, died Saturday night.

It's July. I always feel the year goes by faster when July comes around. Considering how fast the first half of the year went, this sort of terrifies me. But at the same time, it's sort of exciting.

But...it's July. O_O

LAYER 1: THE OUTSIDE
Name: I go by many names...it depends on who you are and oh ok...Ritta. But I prefer "Ebil One"
D.O.B.: O__o I don't trust you enough to post it publicly. Besides, if you're my homie you should know it!
Current status: Of what? Currently, I'm sitting at the desk of my old PC trying to clean a dusty desk and shredding mail. And I found a check for $99 USD - PWN
Eye-colour: Just Brown
Hair-colour: Dark brown --- almost black
Right or left: Right-handed though I can persuade my left arm to cooperate if rightey is having a fit.



LAYER 12: TAG PEOPLE
1. SC
2. Suya
3. Rachel
4. Suzie