Yummy Cupcakes makes me sick! I feel really gross right now! That's why I go about five months between visits, even though I live one block away. And I'm glad you got it because I really miss you too!
Time to slay. Vampires of the world beware!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Alibelle - Aug 09, 2008 5:17:05 pm PDT #2185 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Hil R. - Aug 09, 2008 5:17:53 pm PDT #2186 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hi, Alibelle!
I was inspired to go bike riding by watching the Olympics coverage. I figured I don't have anywhere quite as interesting as the Great Wall, but there are still a bunch of bike paths around here.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 5:22:25 pm PDT #2187 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
We should hangout more, Ms. Alibelle. Especially since we live close to each other.
sumi - Aug 09, 2008 5:26:03 pm PDT #2188 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
It wasn't dressage- it was dressage for eventing. Dressage on it's own is . . . well, none of THOSE horses will be shying at the judge's table.
Alibelle - Aug 09, 2008 5:26:50 pm PDT #2189 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
All my dance classes were canceled this weekend, so I'm feeling kinda restless, which was why I was planning on the gym. At least I walked a bunch today. I also had plans for later today that got rescheduled again, which kinda bites. Especially since I look really pretty today, other than the cupcake hangover. I got a haircut and gave myself a manicure, and last night I took a long bath and gave myself a facial. I feel so girly! And yet...all dressed up with nowhere to go, you know?
And we totally should, Kat.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 5:27:06 pm PDT #2190 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
AH! Okay, I was trying to figure that out. Dressage for eventing is like the trial before the other stuff, yes?
amych - Aug 09, 2008 5:29:12 pm PDT #2191 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
No, dressage is one of the three parts of the event -- it's just that they're not specialists in it, and they tend to pay less attention to dressage than the other parts, and so they're *way* less good than the real dressage specialists.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 5:29:31 pm PDT #2192 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I had fish and chips and part of a cornish pastie. yum.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 5:30:30 pm PDT #2193 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
hmmm... I know NOTHING about horses. K and I were talking about that today. I so wanted a horse as a kid and now, not so much.
sumi - Aug 09, 2008 5:31:38 pm PDT #2194 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Eventing is in three phases:
dressage, cross-country and show jumping.
Then there is the separate sport of Dressage and the other separate sport of Show Jumping. The sort of performances you see in the specialized areas are at a much higher level then what you see in the phases of eventing.
(When they said, for example, that this was the first time that they had flying changes in dressage - they meant that it was the first time that eventers were doing flying changes. . . clearly the dressage specialists have been expected to do flying changes - even much more difficult ones for years.)