2443icq w/A
Aug. 11th, 2004 02:38 pmAug. 11, 2004
evile: happy hump day!
SkyeDS: got here at 11:30, have a two 	person ride scheduled for 6:00, 
and my parents may or may not 	still be at my home around then, lol. 
They're stopping by on way 	to Corpus, and staying the weekend on way 
home.
evile: 	OMG..sounds hectic!
SkyeDS: I told them, $60 per hour, and you 	have to have ground crew 
of one person with you, although I will 	make myself scarce, if you 
want to propose or the like.
SkyeDS: 	tried to get them to do it this morning, and they wouldn't, 
and 	told them, I'm not taking my horses out at 1 pm in the afternoon 
in 	August, even if it is mild for August.
SkyeDS: so 6 pm it 	was.
evile: *nod*
evile: shorter day at the office, at 	least.
SkyeDS: yawns
evile: me too.
evile: So I guess your 	weekend plans are still kind of up in the air, 
due to parentals 	& whatnot. 
SkyeDS: aye.
SkyeDS: and I think I'ms upposed 	to teach a lesson Saturday
evile: We're seeing the Asylum St. 	Spankers Saturday night, that's 
the total plan for my 	weekend.
SkyeDS: most cool. love that CD you gave me.
evile: 	They are fun. And from what I can tell, this is going to be 
*all* 	of them, not just 5 or 6
SkyeDS: :)
evile: Christina & Guy 	have such great chemistry. Wammo can sing just 
fine, but I don't 	buy him as her 'romantic' counterpart when they 
sing 	together.
SkyeDS: I miss music making.
evile: *nods* I 	bet.
SkyeDS: looks like storm brewin
SkyeDS: sineater says 	parents just arrived
evile: *nod*
evile: with Hurricane Bonnie 	out there, I'm not sure I'd try the 
coast this weekend. 
evile: 	I do want to get to the ocean again sometime. Maybe the last 	
weekend of August...
SkyeDS: they're on their way to Corpus 	<sigh>
evile: good luck to 'em. Nasty weather out in the 	Gulf.
SkyeDS: going to see friend in hospital, don't think 	they're going to 
beach, but still nervousmaking
evile: 	*nods*
evile: lots of rain & wind, bad roads. People forget 	how to drive in 
weather. 
SkyeDS: some of them never seemed 	to know in first place
evile: Probably not as many rain-idiots 	behind the wheel in CC as 
here in Austin.
SkyeDS: hate Austin 	when it rains
evile: Boy, today is suckin'
SkyeDS: ?
evile: 	a friend's sister broke her back, a friend's mom was hit by a 
drunk 	driver, same friend is going to get the big ovarectomy like I 
got 	when I was 22, SAME friend is losing her job. ...alright, enough 	
already.
SkyeDS: time to go home and hide under the bed 	:(
evile: no shit. I'm not reading livejournal or diaryland any 	more 
today. People can have their horrible crises without 	me
evile: I have my St. Jude candle for [brother A] 	going.
SkyeDS: so the only people he's speaking to right now are 	[uncle B] and 
[k/mom], right?
evile: *nod*
evile: ooh, an 	arab 	paint!!
http://www.turningpointarabians.com/savannah.html
SkyeDS: 	yep
SkyeDS: pintabians are popular
SkyeDS: can be triple 	registered some of them
evile: pretty.
SkyeDS: paint registry, 	half arab registry, pintabian registry
SkyeDS: like 	morabs
SkyeDS: half morgan reg, half arab reg, morab reg.
evile: 	*nod* Whenever I stress, I go 'window shopping'..shoes, 
castles, 	horses, etc. :P
SkyeDS: :D
evile: helps me feel better, even 	when I know I'm just daydreaming.
SkyeDS: I like shopping 	therapy
evile: Looking at pretty stuff is always a fine 	thing.
evile: The world can't be 100% rotten & evil with such 	pretty horses 
in it, ya know?
SkyeDS: pretty horses, pretty 	birds, good music, good food, good books
SkyeDS: and good lookin 	men in movies with those t hings
evile: heh.
evile: Next time 	I go out to L&B's land, I'm going to track down the 
Magnolia 	horse ranch. They have vanners.
SkyeDS: I wanna go 
evile: I 	wonder if L& B will. They're wierd about animals the way Mom 
is 	wierd about violence.
SkyeDS: they don't think you should have 	companion animals?
evile: No, but they don't go to zoos, 	etc.
evile: and [aunt L] is very anti-horse racing due to cruel 	practices in 
that milieu.
SkyeDS: I hate horse racing with a 	passion
evile: I don't know how far her distaste spreads, re: 	livestock, 
captivity, etc.
SkyeDS: she'd hate what they do to 	Tennessee Walkers and other gaited 
horses in those breed 	specific shoes
SkyeDS: is worse than racing
evile: A lot of it 	would depend on the conditions the animals were in 
when she saw 	them. The pictures of Magnolia Ranch make it look very 
clean & 	spacious. 
SkyeDS: I don't know why anyone would do abusive 	stuff
SkyeDS: but I can't see people abusing high dollar horses 	like Vanners
SkyeDS: but I don't understand abuse
evile: Most 	of that kind of stuff is something you'd start to say and 
[aunt 	L] would interrupt and say "I don't want to hear about 	it"...
evile: it just upsets her too much.
evile: A lot 	of horse training can be viewed by someone who doesn't 
know as 	abuse.
SkyeDS: particularly sacking out
SkyeDS: although there 	are many ways of desensitizing an animal that 
ARE abusive
evile: 	*shrug* I don't know enough about to feel like I have a right 
to 	say anything. As with kids: "Don't tell me how to raise my 	____"
SkyeDS: the next time I see Ashia beating her horse 	with a sword, I 
damn well am going to stop her though.
evile: 	If I saw wounds, or they were too thin, or limping..I'd call 
re: 	abuse....but as far as training methods. a lot of them look cruel 	
and some may be...but...?
SkyeDS: I know enough about the 	bidness to know you don't have any 
reason to beat any horse with 	a sword.
SkyeDS: although unless a horse is dying there isn't any 	point in 
calling the SPCA
evile: sad but probably very 	true.
SkyeDS: what they've told friends of mine about rescuing 	dogs
evile: sad.
SkyeDS: I have no intention of getting anyone 	in trouble with the 
SPCA anyway
SkyeDS: but I'm not going to 	physically let her beat on a horse in my 
presence with a 	sword
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: Lorraine might not feel impelled to 	stop her, but her 
daughter and I feel the same way about 	it.
SkyeDS: Her daughter is an animal control officer in 	Houston
evile: wow.
evile: It really is too bad that the SCA 	equestrian bunch has icky 
people in it. On one hand, any 	equestrian (SCA) better than none 
(HFS)....but frurstrating for 	y'all to deal with.
SkyeDS: Bridget is slated to be next 	KEO
SkyeDS: but I have a contingency plan
SkyeDS: both short 	and long term plans so it's ok
evile: *nods*
evile: makes me 	glad that all of my hobbies & most of my interests 
can be 	accomplished solo.
SkyeDS: I could ride solo, but sineater gets 	upset because of the safety 
factor
SkyeDS: used to ride solo 	all the time
evile: *nod*
evile: I know Jessie, sineater, and 	sonar0m all like the thrill of 
competition, and that you'll put 	up with a lot of shit for their 
sake. But...no good reason to 	put up with abusive jerks.
SkyeDS: I can ignore B for the time 	being so I will
evile: esp. when those kinds of attitudes may end 	up hurting your 
family. (4 legs & 2)
SkyeDS: anyone does 	something hurtful, they die.
evile: *nod*
evile: oof. Moon in 	Leo all weekend. Definitely hiding under the bed.
SkyeDS: no wo 	nder they chose this weekend to descend on us :)
evile: 	heh.
evile: 	interesting
http://www.astrowisdom.com/thisnewmoon.htm
SkyeDS: 	tis time for you to scoot :) I get to scoot at 4:30 :)
evile: 	drive safe & have fun this evening :)
SkyeDS: HGUS
SkyeDS: 	err HUGS
evile: hehe. :)
those too.