A Little Bit O' Ramblin

I don't know if I've ever mentioned this before but I hate and loathe finals week.

I had one test in American Literature that consisted mostly of Moby Dick nonsense (oh man, that book was terrible), a 6-8 page paper in American Literature comparing Anne Bradstreet to Phillis Wheatley, and a 6 page paper on the changes in the public sphere of reading with the lack of attention span and Google books.

Next week, 2 more papers due. One on the social repurcussions of a show like American Idol and another on the concept of racism throughout history based on the book Kindred.

Oh my God. My brain can't handle it.

I've been living off of caffeine for about a week now and that's not healthy at all.

Anyways....

I went to see The Hobbit at the midnight premiere.

HOLY CRAP. If I had the energy to keysmash, I would.I don't care what anyone says, that movie was so freaking great that I started crying during the opening title sequence with glee. Yes I am that big of a nerd, what of it? Don't judge me. I could write a whole blog about my feelings for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, but I won't bore everyone with those thoughts.

It was so freaking great. SO SO great. I stayed up until 5 in the morning and slept until 10 am. Then I went over to my friend Lauren's (HA, we have the same name) apartment to chill and work on some papers which is where I am currently residing. We have plans to make chocolate covered pretzels, candied pecans, and chocolate covered Oreos. It's going to be awesome.

I also came on here to comment on how creepy Christmas commercials can be. I'm sitting here watching American Gangster and that stupid Folgers ad comes on with the brother coming home from West Africa. He shows up at the door and is all excited for the coffee (because apparently they don't have coffee in West Africa?). The sister gets a present from him and she takes the bow off of it and pins it on him and claims that he's her present. Umm. Okay, I get that this is supposed to be all cute and heart warming but it makes me feel really uncomfortable. Like why are they looking at each other like that? Stop that! It's creepy and...just...ish. And why are the parents like hiding in the shadows? Didn't he just arrive? Shouldn't this be like one of those big reunion deals? Why would the best part of waking up be coffee when your son just came home (unless they have a caffeine addiction problem). I don't even care if people think I'm weird for thinking this because I know it's a thing because I GOOGLED IT.

I also find the new Target commercials to be AWFUL. The singing dude and girl are the most annoying. Not that Target Lady wasn't annoying but these guys are really annoying. Ugh. Holiday advertisements are the worst.

So now we're getting ready to go make delicious things. I have the recital to photograph tomorrow along with some other single shoots so that should be fun.




Currently playing: The Misty Mountains-The Hobbit OST (WHY IS THIS SUCH AMAZING MUSIC? WHY? I HAVE SO MANY EMOTIONS.)

What's on your mind?

So I've been asked multiple times what runs through my head when I say something. I'll admit, sometimes I take offense to that questions because come on, I'm not that mental. The things that come out of my mouth have been filtered and everything (insert applicable 'that's what she said' joke). I'm not totally stupid.

So, that being said, this is going to be an entry about the crap that runs through my brain that I don't say. Everyone should consider themselves lucky that I sort of filter.

Morning

What? What day is it?

Caffeine. I need caffeine. CAFFFFFFFIENE!!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee putting on my faaaaace. Make up sucks. That's an investment I wish I didn't have. Why don't guys wear makeup? Who made up this shitty social norm? I bet it was the Romans or something. CURSE YOU WOMEN OF THE PAST.

I could really use some waffles or something. Pancakes? I really should wake up earlier to make breakfast. Poptarts aren't that great. Oh but these are pumpkin pie flavored. Okay I can handle that. WHERE'S MY COFFEE. BREW FASTER, GERRY, BRRRRRREW.

Oh I suppose I should put on clothes other than my pajamas. What's the weather today? It looks sunny out. Jeans and a t-shirt. Alllllriiiight.

HOLY SHIT BALLS IT'S FREEZING OUT HERE. YOU MOTHEREFFING SUN. YOU TELL ALL OF THE LIES. MY FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE IS COOOOOOOOOOOLD. WHERE'S MY BUS?!?!???!?!

Aw man I forgot to pee before I left. What the hell. Oh God. Now I really gotta goooooooooo. Move traffic, mooooove.

Is it trashy to want a drink at 9 am? Probably. I don't even care.

At School

Why is that kid wearing shorts and a t-shirt? Is he crazy? He must be on the crazy juice.

Why is food in Gopher Express so expensive? ALL I WANT IS A BAGEL. STOP RAPING MY BANK ACCOUNT.

Hey I see a magazine with Hobbit on the cover. HOW YOU DOIN BILBO BAGGINS? HOW. YOU. DOIN.

How the hell did hobbits haul all that stuff? I can barely make it up the stairs. So tired. Sleeeeeep.

I want a smoothie.

What are we even talking about? Oh that was the reading we were supposed to do? I'll get right on that...

I wonder if I can connect to the WiFi. My social networks need me to be clever and witty har har har

Laptop, you have been on for 10 minutes, how are you at 30% battery? I LOATHE YOU.

Falling asleep. Sleeeeeeeep. I wonder if the teacher will notice if I fall asleep. No that's bad. I'm paying for this class, I should focus.

Head nod. Head nod. Nodding head. Man, I'm annoying myself with my head bobbing. No wonder my neck is always sore.

I still haven't peed! GOTTA GO GOTTA GO GOTTA GOOOOOO

Oooh my phone is blinking. I don't know why I bother trying to discreetly check it. No one just awkwardly stares at their own crotch, right? I love text messages.

I should make a list of things to do. That will make me feel productive. Ummmmmmm.

Oh oh oh! I can blend different colored gummy bear parts to make a Frankenbear and he will be ten different kinds of delicious!

Why is this classroom so cold? U of M, what are you using my tuition for if not to turn on the heaters? I shouldn't be wearing my jacket in the classroom.

I'm hungry.

Bored. Bored bored.

Ha. Diet Coke clown. Hahahahahahaha

I want my puppy. Doooooooooooooooggie. I want all of the puppies.

Gotta peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

So not wild water?

 HEY I HEARD YOU WERE A WILD ONE

Oh hair. I wish I could just buzz you off. WHY SO DIFFICULT?

I hate this TA. He's a dick. Giving me bad grades for no reason. You sir, are a jerkwad and a half. STOP BEING SO HATEFUL.

Wheeeeeere are you, Chriiiiistmas? I LOVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC.

Except for Santa Baby. That song just makes me really uncomfortable, especially when played in my headphones.

Don't make eye contact with anyone whilst walking. They may talk to you. Must catch bus, must catch bus.

I HATE PEOPLE IN VESTS. LEAVE ME ALONE. I HAVE NO MONEY FOR YOU. STOP ASKING MY NAME. DO YOU NOT SEE THE HEADPHONES. NO TALKING.

Safety of the bus. Sweet salvation. What a sorry sorry salvation. What is my life?Why is everyone so strange?

Home

AMERICAN HORROR STORY ON TONIGHT WOOOOOOOOO!!! YEA YEA YEA!!!

Oh food. I love food. Kraaaaaft Mac n Cheeeeeeeeeese. Cheeeeeeeeeese cheeeeeeeese. Oh hey, Blue Moon.

Nap time? Nap time.

I've got candaaaaaay. Nom nom nom nom nom. ALL OF THE SUGAR. WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

What the hell? Why is Kevin Bacon on TV?

I wonder what the inside of a pokeball looks like. I wonder if it was like a mansion since they just turned into a beam of light.

Hey MioEnergy, just because you have green and red flavors does not make you Christmasy. STOP LYING.

Oh I have homework. BUT I WANT TO WATCH ALL OF THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

Holy American Horror Story. This nun is EFFED UP. WOAH.

Sleeeeeepy. So sleepy. I love sleep.






See? Everyone is very lucky that I don't spout out all that is on my mind since it's kind of a weird place.


Currently Listening to: Christmas music on Pandora

Freakin Weekend

I revamped my blog! It's now ~stylish. Not really but it's far better than the garish green that it was.

So I've been home for two and half days and it's been great. I have missed being home! My dog was especially pleased to see me!

It's been a pretty chill weekend. I had a few epiphanies that were kind of hard to deal with but my friends are so great and helped me understand myself better. I blew out my knee again playing with my dog so hopefully that heals up faster than it did last time. It doesn't hurt anywhere near as bad so I'm not all too worried about it. It certainly didn't stop me from lifting our Christmas tree into our truck.

Guys, I am strong.

 Like the Hulk.

Nowhere near strong enough to deal with bales of hay, though. Nope. I refuse to sign up for that stuff.

Anyways...

We got our Christmas tree! Yay! Our house smells amazing and fresh and I freaking love Christmas! It's already decked out in lights and is all sparkly! I also insisted that we buy some hand-pressed cider today from the Deer Lake Orchard today. Never in my life have I had cider like this stuff. It smells like caramel apples and tastes like pie. I plan on picking some more up and hoarding it. Or maybe sharing if you're special enough. We'll see.

I finished my registration process for Spring semester. I wish I could say that it's going to be my last semester but I know it's not. Boo.

On the plus side, I'm signed up for Victorian Literature, Scandinavian Folklore, History of the Crusades, Intermediate Fiction Writing, and my senior seminar on John Keats. My brain is already exploding in a panic over how much work all of this is going to be.

Whatever.

I also was asked to be the photographer for the recital that will be happening at the barn. I'm pretty pumped about that! I haven't had the time to take many pictures lately so I'm looking forward to getting back behind the camera. Tomorrow I head out to CP to visit the boys and spoil them up. Yay horses! They always make me feel better.




Currently Listening To: Titaniumby David Guetta ft Sia

Blurb

HELLO!

It's been a few weeks since I've actually written anything for the fun of writing. School is getting into the final rush of papers and tests that get squeezed in at the end of the semester so my days feel like they're going by way too fast for me to actually get anything done.

This is me sitting here listening to A*Teens, working on my resume, and waiting for American Horror Story to come on. Job hunting is not fun.

What has everyone been up to? I know Thanksgiving was last week and I ate my body weight in delicious foods. I did a bit of Black Friday shopping in Burnsville with Erin, Sarah, Maddie, and Kayla which was awesome! I didn't get much because, as my luck goes, the things I wanted we not on sale.

We also celebrated the retirement of Kye and Zeus at the barn two weeks ago. I got them all glamorized and they were turned loose in the arena during their party. I cried. I forget how much of a bond I have developed with every horse in that barn until they are leaving. I'm so happy they're going to great homes to live out the rest of their lives but I'm going to miss them so much. They're all my babies and I hate when any of them leave.

I discovered on Saturday that if you have a few drinks, bowling becomes hilarious because I am terrible at it. Not just bad, terrible. There was also a group of teenies at the lane next to us requesting One Direction and Bieber music...they sucked too.

Know what else is fun? When you watch a scary movie with a group of girls. One girl (I won't embarrass her by saying who) was so terrified and we all thought it'd be fun to shut all the lights out and hide in the laundry room while she was in the bathroom. We also thought it'd be fun to run our nails down the wall that linked to the bathroom. All of a sudden we hear noise and she comes flying out of the bathroom, flicking all of the light switches, and crying. She had managed to fall off the toilet and pee on the floor. I have never experienced the ROTFL but I actually fell to the floor laughing.

What else...

I was compared to McKayla Maroney last week? That was cool. She's pretty and she does a wicked "I'm not impressed face". I'm also pretty sure the people who said I looked like her were hammered.

This blog makes my life seem so boring, it's sad. I obviously need to get out more and do things instead of being a hermit.





Currently Playing: Firefly-A*Teens
(I figure I can share my musical tastes when I write these things because they're kind of all over the place)

We're All Pyromaniacs.

I feel like I should do a blog post! I'm not really sure what to say but I'm trying really hard to procrastinate on my homework.

I went out to Erin's this weekend since I couldn't go home because my family had gone to our timeshare in Brainerd. Guys, she was SICK. I was just sitting there praying that I didn't catch whatever she had (which ended up being a group of things including strep). I'm thinking I'm out of the danger zone for that now which is good because I can't miss any school for being sick since, you know, I would need a doctor's note to miss class. I feel like that rule is the most ridiculous rule ever. Why would I go to the doctor for a thing like a cold or 24-hour flu? I know what it is. I don't want to pay a co-pay just for them to tell me to sleep it off.

Ergh. College woes.

One thing that we did that I really enjoyed was the 'burning of the fears'. Erin had us sit for about 5 minutes and write down everything that made us nervous before going into the show ring. I didn't realize so many things made me so nervous until I wrote them all down. Some of them were dumb things that I know I have control over but, nonetheless, make me nervous.

We then proceeded to dunk them in gasoline and light them on fire.

It was epic and symbolic in a deep way.

What I found funny (and kind of complementary) was that one of the girls said that my list probably consisted of something like being afraid of the dark.

Har har har my list was 10 strong.

But it made me very happy (and probably made me blush) that I can put on a front of total confidence when I show. I try really hard to keep it together even when I'm so nervous that I get ill before my class.

So for anyone who thinks that I don't get nervous. I do. Oddly enough, I'm the most nervous with Buzz and he's the one I've done the best with so...Living up to my own expectations is HARD.

Burning the 2012 show fears away!

I think I've done enough reflecting and procrastinating now!

Woooooooooooo!!!!!

Hey guess what, OBAMA WON! I'm just plain giddy! I can't stop smiling! But you know, I have to avoid "gloating" because I may offend some of my republican friends.

FYI, I'm not gloating, I'm HAPPY. There's a difference. Some of the hate that is being spread around on my Facebook is shocking. I thought we were all adults and understood that everyone is entitled their own beliefs and opinions.

That's all I'm going to say on that subject or I will start ranting and get mad. So that's that.

In other news, I had a peppermint mocha this morning and it was like paradise in a cup. There is nothing better than when Starbucks has their holiday season (many things are better, I'm just pleased by the little things).

I also am very excited for December. VERY excited. Know why? This is why.

The mothereffing HOBBIT is coming out. Oh my God. I'm already totally tweaking. I love Martin Freeman (Sherlock, anyone?) and I'm TICKLED PINK that he's Bilbo!

There is also this:

Les Miserables. Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, and other people that I enjoy. I'm EXCITED and already almost in tears based on the preview.

Next week, I'm excited to go see this:

So this is me. Being excited. I also can't wait for Thanksgiving break. I just want to sleep for a while.

All Fired Up

I'm getting so lazy with my school work. I didn't make it out to the Oklunn clinic this past weekend, much to my dismay, because I had to write a paper on the benefits of Google Books.

Seriously?

What is my life? That is the most mundane topic to ever be pulled out of the topic hat.

On the plus side, I went home and got to see my dog which is always a good time because in case you guys didn't know, I freaking love my dog. I love all dogs in general but I love mine in particular because she's MINE and she loves me more than anyone else.

I also did laundry which is also a plus I guess. I went out to Centre Pointe after not being out there for SO LONG (too long, way too long) and got to snuggle with my boys. I've missed them so much. I got a nice love bite from Buzz and gave him some Nerds candy which he thoroughly enjoyed. I then went out and tried to visit with Soldier but butthead Knight kept shoving him away. What a punk. Solider did get close enough to swipe his Nerds out of my hand and then run away. He's a knucklehead but I love him.

Handsome horse and me with a doopy face.

LOOK AT THAT FACE!

In other news, did you guys know that there's this election tomorrow? Who knew. In all actuality, I'm so freaking nervous for tomorrow. I'll just toss out there that I'm voting for Obama. Love me or hate me, I don't really care. I have my own opinions on everything and I don't need to justify them to anyone. I'm usually more of a moderate person with liberal beliefs but this election is so unbelievably black and white (BAHAHAHA I'm hilarious) in the viewpoints of both candidates.

Everyone is so full of hate for the other party and I'm pretty sure it's worse this year than it's ever been. It makes me very very nervous because I feel like everyone is just waiting to lose their mind over something.

I don't know. Maybe that's just me.

I'll be voting tomorrow. I'll also be chugging the hard cider because I'm at the point that I'm so nervous that I swear I'm having heart palpitations.

And now, some political quotes (because, again, this is my blog and I can do as I please).

 “The enemy isn’t conservatism. The enemy isn’t liberalism. The enemy is bullshit.”

—

Lars-Erik Nelson, political columnist.

Happy Halloween!

I love Halloween. I don't even need to go out and go trick-or-treating for it to be great (because let's be honest, I'm totally going to go an raid the candy shelves at Target).

The day started out awesome because Caribou was having a BOGO deal. I downloaded that coupon like it was worth a million dollars. So Jena and I went to Caribou and she bought me a latte. There's a reason I love her. It was great.

Class blew. What else is new? (See that? I rhymed and I didn't even mean to. Har har)

Then I dragged Eric out to Papa John's because I had a pizza coupon and I wanted pizza. What I really desperately wanted was Chipotle but their deal didn't start until 4 pm and I was hungry. I also learned that there is a new Noodles and Co on Washington Ave. And a Dino's Gyros. I freaking love gyros...

ANYWAYS. So pizza was good. Then I went over to Jena's where we watched The Avengers and she made me look like Peggy Carter and we drank tea. We are quite obviously badass.

Holy 40's chick

Seriously! How did she do that? Even I will admit that I think I look freaking awesome. She could be a makeup artist for movies or something. SO cool!

Now I'm waiting for class to start. Tonight I'm going out to dinner and a Gopher basketball game with my Dad. Tomorrow I head out to Oklunn to watch their equitation book camp with Judy!
















What is sleep?

Would You Like Some Cheese to Go With That Whine?

First off, to anyone I have interacted with in the past few days, I am sorry. I'm off my medication because I'm an idiot and had it filled at the wrong CVS and I am CRANKY. As in, someone looks at me and I either blush or end up with a clenched jaw and balled fists. Everything has a weird haze about it, I'm physically sick, and my focus is so shot that I'm struggling to write my papers. Me. Struggling to write papers. I never struggle to write anything.

So I am very vexed.

On the plus side, I will have my meds tomorrow and won't be so crazy feeling by the weekend.

Don't do drugs, kids.

Today was my day from Hell. I had a 10 minute presentation, 2 papers to write, and a midterm. While it may seem like I'm complaining (because I am) please realize that when I sat my attention is shot, I mean it is SHOT. Boooooooooooooooo.

Speaking of Boos.

Halloween is tomorrow! American Horror Story is on tomorrow! Chipotle has $2 burritos tomorrow!

Tomorrow will be better. Mostly because...well, candy.
















My infatuation with the Pandora country station is becoming ridiculous. Seriously, it has to stop.

Trials and Tribulations of Being Passengers on Joe Pesci's bus

Today was another first and not in the good way. I'm not sure why this week is being such a pain in my ass but it is succeeding.

As yesterday, my qualms are with the bus. This time, it's with my Joe Pesci driver. I'm just going to call him Joe Pesci from now on because it fits and I just like saying his name. Picture in your mind an old (I mean like 70s), over-weight, white-haired, hat wearing, sweater vest clad man.

So I'm on the phone with my Grandma because I always tell her when I get on the bus so she knows I'm on my way home. She decided to tell me that our refrigerator is STILL not fixed because the repair guy that came today didn't bring the part with him. Awesome sauce. We were discussing what to make for dinner and she said she had cheese in a cooler that we have been storing all of our dairy products in (don't worry, we change the ice out daily).

I asked her what kind of cheese and all of a sudden I hear...

"How about you talk about your cheese when you get off the bus. Get off your phone," over the speaker.

Excuse me?

EXCUSE ME?

I have been on the phone for exactly one minute and I'm not even talking loud. I'm whispering for Christ's  sake. The bus also had 3 other people on it, all of which had their headphones in.

Hey jackwipe, how about you use a little common decency when asking someone to do something. Had he politely asked, I would have been fine with the request. The fact that he snarked at me over the speaker with a piece of my conversation and, mind you, I was sitting in the front seat so he could have easily told me to get off my phone at any given point just by saying it. No, he had to make my conversation seem utterly ridiculous (which come on, I was talking about what I was going to make for dinner) and say it over the speaker so everyone on the bus could hear.

What. A. Jackass.

I hate you Joe Pesci driver.

If my eyes had laser beams, you'd totally be dead.

On the plus side, I did have the door opened for me 5 times today. And hey, it's only Tuesday!

For those who don't understand my Joe Pesci references, go watch a Snickers ad.

A Critique on Society: AKA BE NICE TO PEOPLE

Yet again, I just have something to say about the decency of people in this world.

I try really really hard to be an optimistic person. Anyone who knows me knows that I usually have a smile for someone and am willing to chat. I'm a generally happy person and excited about life because life is good! It's good to be alive! Even in the morning (much to Erin's dismay)! I've even been called spastic and I choose to think this is said with a deep affection.

POINT BEING.

I'm so sick of dealing with rude people. They are the blight on my life and I'm at the point that I think my jaw muscle is developing a six pack from clenching.

I've been walking around in a knee brace from spraining my knee and I figured that maybe people would be nice to the gimp walking around.

Apparently I'm the blight in the life of people who are in a hurry!

I'm going to get off the bus today and I get knocked into by this big burly dude who decided that getting off the bus out of seat order was a good idea. Hey jackwagon, there is a way that we do things out here in the world. Did your kindergarten teacher never teach you how to wait your turn? Settle down. You'll be off the bus in 15 seconds.

But whatever.

I figured he had somewhere to be and knocking into me was an accident. I ended up following him into the parking ramp. Mind you, I've got a brace (that is visible on the outside of my jeans) on that is really hard for me to walk in and I am limping. I end up behind him  and, maybe because I'm a girl and I've been raised to see it as correct behavior, I was expecting him to hold the door. Not all butler style letting me go first or anything, just holding it open behind him so I could grab it.

Not the case.

How about we just drop the door on little miss hobble-along? That sounds like a fun game. It'll be fun to watch her battle the door. Maybe she'll lose and end up with her backpack suck.

WHO KNOWS?

Or maybe this is exactly what happened.

Did the guy even turn around and notice? Nope. No he did not. Jaw. Clenching. I curse you with fire, sir. FIRE. Fire from my hateful words.

This is some high quality sitcom action right here. I've been told I should make video blogs because, really, how on earth does this even happen to me? What did I ever do to anyone that makes this my life?

Life Advice #1: Don't be the jackwad on the bus because maybe some hateful girl will write a blog post about it.




















Mondays are the worst.

It's Almost Halloween!

October always seems like such a busy month! I've had papers due, I went to a horse show, and I feel like I'm always running around even when I sitting.

Some of you may have seen that I went to Octoberfest and showed Ultra's Dash Of Color again for Oklunn Equestrain. I love that mare, I would buy her if I could (she is for sale! So if interested in a kick ass little Morgan, contact Erin Lunn)! If you were there, you were witness to my 9 point emergency dismount in the class. I was told it would have been a 10 had a hung onto the horse. She didn't do anything naughty but I learned the hard way that doing a circle on the wrong lead really confuses a horse who's been working on patterns.WHOOPS! Good thing she hates being alone because she ran right up to Kathy Laridaen and stopped! Poor mare was freaked out! We still managed to get 5th out of 8! I think the judge really liked Dash!

I love riding Dash because she teaches me something new every time I ride her. She's teaching me the basics again because she is still learning and I forget that she's only 6 and still new to all these experiences. She handled everything in stride, even when people in the stands were doing things that were not good horse show behavior.

Dashel!!!

Such a pretty girl!

She makes me smile!

Such a happy girl!

It was fun but the days were LONG

So many ribbons!

Now I'm sitting at home craving to watch a bunch of scary movies. American Horror Story is TERRIFYING! If you haven't seen it before, I highly recommend it. It is so well made and the story is frightening. I would like to go and see the movie Sinister and Paranormal Activity.

 I love Halloween!

Go Home and Eat Some Fiber

I'm just going to complain for a second about public transportation.

It's a great thing. As someone who doesn't have her license, the buses are a great way to get me to where I need to be on a fairly good time schedule.

But.

Some of the drivers of said buses are ridiculous to a crazy degree. They can be rude or polite, slow or fast, and any other extreme that you could think of.

Today for example. I was on my express bus coming home from the U and this driver was just laying on the horn. These weren't mild taps, folks. These were holding down the horn and making rage gestures at the people he thought were blocking his path. I realize that buses are special and can get away with some traffic things that cars can't but holy crap. We were stuck in traffic and no one could go anywhere and he was just honking this horn CONSTANTLY.

Then we got to a stop and someone pulled the cord and the driver just neglected to stop. He breezed right through it. Someone stood up and said that someone had pulled the cord for the stop and he yelled at the passenger like it was their fault he didn't hear the cord go off! Dude, who pissed in your oatmeal this morning? Settle down. And quit slamming on the breaks whilst going through a turn. Good thing I'm used to abrupt stops (thanks Buzz!) because otherwise I'm pretty sure I'd have hit my head on the person sitting in front of me.

Who knows. Maybe he just had an angry Joe Pesci in him and needed a Snickers.

Meet me in Saint Louis!

Well, I'm home from St. Louis!

Oh my God. I can't even believe I went! But let me give you a recount of what happened because it was an eventful week to say the least.

The Sunday before leaving for the show I gave Buzz a mayonnaise bath because he looked like a fluffy toy! Body clipping a black horse makes them look weird!

Mayo bath! Much to his dismay!

The ride down there felt like it took forever and a day because it took TWO HOURS to get going off 494 and 35W. SERIOUSLY? What is even wrong with those roads? They're like a pit of slow. Once we got out of there it was pretty smooth sailing other than the need for potty breaks and fuel ups. Jennifer and I were in one truck and we discovered our deep set love of Selena Gomez and Maroon 5. Party time in the Ford!

On the way!

We finally arrived at the show grounds at some point (I don't remember because at this point everything was blurring together). We got set up and the horses were comfortable so we left and got dinner!

Front of the set up!

First look at the arena!

Tuesday came and went. I worked Buzz in a bit rig and, holy crap, he was showing off! I've never seen him flaunt himself before but he had his tail arced up and was prancing around me. I was so happy that he was so happy and feeling good! I've been so worried about his eye (in case you didn't know, he scratched it and now it's all wonky looking and he can't see very well out of it) so to see him in such high spirits made me feel good and confident that he was going to be awesome!

Happy horse!

Wednesday brought with it the butterflies that were shooting bazookas off in my stomach and my 22nd birthday. I don't think I've ever been so nervous for a class in my entire life. My nerves for my class totally overshadowed my birthday. Good thing I had Jennifer (who had woken me up by bashing my in the head with a pillow yelling HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!) to focus on in the morning or I might have run and hid in the trailer for a  few hours. Truman was SUCH a good boy for her. Little dude did everything perfectly and Jennifer should be very proud of how far she's come with him because anyone that knows him knows about his start. No funny business was had!

By the time the PM session rolled around and I got on Buzz I was almost positive I was going to hurl right on his pretty neck. Seventeen horses was a lot in my mind (even though I've been in bigger with Soldier) so I just wanted to place. Not only was Buzz the best he's ever been in a class, we came in 6th out of 17! I'm not going to lie, my eyes welled up a bit. I was so proud and happy. Later that night we all looked at the cards and saw that we had even received a first place vote from one of the judges. HOLY CRAP. I'm surprised my squeal of joy didn't deafen anyone!

All set and ready to go!

Someone loved his boo Peeps!

Judges cards. We were number 213

Thursday was my Saddle & Bridle 2013 qualifier. I've been nervous about jumping just because of his vision in his eye but, yet again, I should know better than to worry about anything that concerns Buzz and his abilities. We had a moment in warm-up where he deer jumped the jump and knocked it down but that was it. He had the spunk that he had the day before and went into the class like the show horse he is. Buzz took such good care of me and went over the jump with no hesitation. We got 4th out of 11 in that class! Yet again, I was thrilled beyond belief! His treat for being so great was a thing of Himalayan rock salt that he enjoyed!

Mmmmm rock salt!

I don't think I could have had a better horse to have this experience with. He may act like an idiot some times but he's got the heart and spunk when it counts. Thank you Grace for letting me have this time with him! I love him so much and can't wait to see what next season brings us!!!

Jump Buzz jump!

So handsome!!!!!

I love you Buzzard!

I may be a little bit excited. Maybe.

If you are friends with me on Facebook you've probably more than likely seen my frantic posts about St. Louis that contain too many exclamation points. Well we're finally leaving on Monday and I'm actually, surprisingly, calm. I had my final ride before my class today and I don't think Buzz has never ever been that good for a lesson.

He knows something is up.

This could be a good thing!

The thing about Buzz that some people have come to realize, and other have not, is that he has his own ideas about what he should be doing and unlike many of the horses I've ridden, he doesn't change his mind. He can't be coxed or forced into acting like a good boy. When he's good, it's a gift from God and will probably be the best ride ever. When he decides he's had enough...he lets you know by being a dink in every possible way.Never naughty, he just pulls stupid things that make you rage inside while you know he's laughing at you in his little horsie head.

Not making excuses, JUST SAYIN.

 So I'm just trying to keep very chill and keep him happy. He's been so good for the past 2 weeks so I've got my fingers crossed that he'll be in a good mood all next week! He's going in, potentially, four classes so I'm hoping we can keep his energy up and going. Someone may be getting a little extra grain at dinner time!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed! My parents won't be coming with because we couldn't afford the hotel so I'm super bummed about that but hopefully they'll be able to watch online.

 

Here's Buzz and I in Iowa last year!

ANYWAYS, point being of this whole long-winded post is that I'm EXCITED!!!!!!

"So, this is the Hobbit"

I was sitting in class today when I got a text from my Dad (yes I'm THAT person on my phone during class, so what). The text consisted of multiple !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and something about a new Hobbit trailer. Now, if you know my Father and I, we have a massive infatuation with Tolkien and his books so the Hobbit is a big deal.

I just watched the trailer (because my phone decided to be a piece of crap and not let me see it) and I'M SO EXCITED. Oh God. There are hobbits, dwarves, trolls, and swords, and the Ring!!! AH! OH MY GOD. I can't wait until December.

Seriously.

I'm freaking out.









Is it December yet? No? Oh.

Ermahgerd! I Made A Blog!

So...I've decided to create a blog?Maybe I'm just trying to make myself seem far more interesting than I really am but whatevs. I can write whatever I please and everyone can judge me for it! Sounds like a good deal to me. I'm being totally facetious and if you didn't get that, get out now.

I think I'll just post about daily happenings (aka the weird crap that happens on a daily basis), horse stuff, and whatever else floats my boat.

I'll be updating this every few days or as per my fancy because it's mine and I can do as I please with it!





Currently listening to: I Don't Care- Fall Out Boy. (Haters gonna hate, I love this band)