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[evile]

 

Aug. 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.