Buster is a freaking SAINT.

There's no other word to describe him.

He's such a good boy.

I <3>

YO SON.

MY BIRFDAY IS DECEMBA 5TH.

BAI ME SUMTHIN.

=D

KTHX.

Sooo we had Horse Judging yesterday. It was the first time any of us from my 4-H group competed in Horse Judging.
There were some tough classes to judge, but it was a pretty fun day.

We had to judge Miniature Halter, Draft Horse Geldings in Hand, Sporthorse in Hand, Hunter Under Saddle, and Wester Pleasure, with 4 horses in each class.
I placed the Western Pleasure class correctly, and in Hunter Under Saddle and Draft Horse Geldings in Hand, I got 3 out of 4 placings correct. I got 2 out of 4 placings correct in both Miniature Halter and Sporthorse in Hand.

Seniors had to give reasons for Miniature Halter and Western Pleasure.
For my Miniature Halter reasons I got 41 out of 50 points, and for Western Pleasure, I got 36 out of 50 points.

I came in 3rd place for Hampden County Seniors, out of around 15 or so.
And then I came in 8th place overall out of all 30 seniors for all of Western MA. =]

Another girl from my club, Ashlyn, placed 4th in Hampden County Seniors, and 9th overall for seniors.

What.
The.
Fuck.

I HATE the fact that my family is so God damn fucking racist.

Today we were out at dinner, and this man came in with his wife, and he was Cuban. You could tell that he was mentally handicapped or something, because he was yelling out things, and he wasn't speaking right and stuff, and you could just tell. Well, at least I could tell. >.<

My grandma looks at my aunt and goes "Ok, is this guy challenged, or is he just an asshole?" and then my grandpa goes "He probably just came straight off the boat."

WTF.

Jalissa told me that my eyes were too pretty for me. I wasn't good enough to have eyes that pretty. xD I guess that's a compliment? Lmao.

Equine Affaire <333333
It was love.
We went on Saturday, then went to Pfizer Fantasia that night.
We saw Clinton Anderson do a demo, and Gina Miles teach a jumping clinic.
I got a saddle pad and a matching fly bonnet, a bit warmer, a new french link D-ring snaffle, and I renewed my subscription to Massachusetts Horse magainze.

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When the sun came up,
We were sleeping in,
Sunk inside our blankets,
Sprawled across the bed,
And we were dreaming,

There are moments when,
When I know it and
The world revolves around us,
And we're keeping it,
Keep it all going,
This delicate balance,
Vulnerable all knowing,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, kill for this

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, you would...

Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything,
We're glad for what we've got,
Done with what we've lost
Our whole lives laid out right in front of us,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, you would....

Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything.

RAWR.

I'm angry about this weekend. Someone that was supposed to show up didn't. >.<

It was still fun though.
Hopefully she'll show up on the next trip.

My grandma is talking to Chris about Buster soon. Like, soon, soon. She wanted to do it this weekend, but me & Jennie aren't going to the barn this weekend, we're going to Equine Affaire instead. So she's gonna find out a day when she's gonna be free during the week or something and let me know so we can go up there. =]

I feel like drawing.
Maybe I'll start on the names for all the Christmas presents I'm making for everyone.
If I don't start now, I probably will never get them done.
I have to finish reading that stupid permit book though. I'm almost done. >.<

It's ok everyone, I know I'm a failure.
Yet again.
I never seem to be able to do anything right.
I'm just a fuck up. It's ok though, I'm used to it.
He lets me know all the time.
What great parenting though, don't you think?
Always letting a kid know how hard she fails.
Yepp. A+ for parental lectures.

I hate how I ride backwards.
Not literally, obviously? But like, in my head.

Yesterday my trainer wanted me to ride Zeke for her. He's one of the schoolies, and he's good as a push button horse, for walk/trotters that don't do anything. But a lot of them are starting to want to canter, and they are getting better with their riding, but that can't do it on him. He's a little snot when it comes to cantering for them, and all he does is get out of control and trot as fast as he can and charges into the canter like a mad beast. So my trained wanted me to school him for her, so he remembers what a correct canter transition is, and so he remembers how to do one. xD

But anyways, I had no problem with him. I knew that I had to ride defensively with him, and I was going to have to get after him most likely. And I was fine with it. Whenever I get on horses that I'm comfortable with, and that I know they know what they're doing, like Buster or someone, is more when I tend to get nervous. But if I get asked to school a horse like that, or I'm riding a horse that I know I'm going to have to get after and ride defensively, is when I don't get nervous? I actually enjoyed riding him, and I was kind of looking forward to it. I was in the mood to train a horse. I wasn't scared at all, and I had completely faith in myself that I could ride this horse, and get him to do what he needed to do.

On a horse that knows what he's doing, and will do it without any problem when I ask, are the horses that I doubt myself on. Maybe I was brain damaged as a child.

Show pictures.

From the show photographer.
http://millersalbums.com/Event/ViewImages.aspx?ViewFavorites=True&ecid=nWITceEtyv0%3d&ts=633612296064768350&size=6
Click on View Slideshow to make them bigger if you want. The zoom button doesn't really do anything, lmao.

Omfg, I got SO freaking left behind in IMG_9962. xDD.

Horse show yesterdayyyy. =]

Buster is a freaking saint. He was soooooooooo good yesterday. Since it was a schooling show at my barn, and they used mostly the lesson horses, he got ridden like a million times, and almost everyone used him for their jumping class, because he's like, the only decent jumper we have as a schoolie right now. But he still behaved all day, and he carried everyone around with no problem.
Our first class was Equitation, and he did so well. He got his leads and everything and he moved wicked nice for me. We got 1st. =]
Next classes was pleasure. He did really well in this class too. Only problem was that he had a little issue picking up the canter, which was my fault. He got really unbalanced in the corner, and he couldn't pick it up right, so it took us the whole long side of the arena to pick it up. We placed 3rd in that class.
After that was command. He did everything right when I asked, and he did all his canter departs like, right when I asked. We got 1st in that class as well. =]
Then our last class was x-rails. He was a little fast when we did lines, so he took off kind of big in those, but I can't blame him. He was probably wicked tired and sick of jumping. >.<>

We ended up getting Champion! =D It was my first champion or reserve champion or anything like that. I was so proud of Buster. =] He's such a good boy. <3

Walking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPl-ZyZAvnc
Trotting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n684vDWGohQ
Cantering
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iv4ILzrBWw
Jumping. I know that I'm not consistent in this course, I switch from the trot to the canter. My plan was to do the whole thing at a trot, but he likes to canter in between jumps, so I kind of just let him go with. If I interfered with him right before the jump, he would've gotten all screwy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ-z2CwyYZs

I might put up videos of some of the whole classes if I get a chance to upload them. But they're all like 6 minutes long, so idk when I'll get a chance to, because those will take forever to upload. >.<

Pictures will be up at some point.

So someone needs to buy me one of these. [Video starts at 0:29]



And one of these.



Omfg. xDDDDDD One of these ninja cats too.

Soooo the barn owner called me back today. Buster is actually $6500. >.<> But I just got home from school (I was helping out at an open house after school, so I just got home) and my mom was like "So I hear Buster's a little too expensive?" I was like mhmm...And she said "There's no other horses you're interested in there? Just Buster?" I just said yeppp. So she was like, "Well, I asked Nana (my grandma) how much they'd be willing to spend on a horse, and once she figures it out, me and Ricky (my stepdad) can probably pay the rest as your graduation present from us. Then once you get a real job, you can make some payments and pay us back for some of him."

So as long as he passes the vet check in the next month or so, I'm deff. buying him. =]

Buster has to have rabies. There's no other explanation for his actions. xDDD

Buster had his hocks injected on Friday. Finally. =] So hopefully he'll be feeling good this weekend. We'll have to see, but I'm hoping that he'll be completely sound now, and that he'll be happy and moving well.

Saturday I had a lesson on Diamond. He's sooooo smooth. But at the trot, he gets nervous about the rider catching him in the mouth whenever he goes forward, becuase he's used to having so many little kids and beginner riders on him who catch him in the mouth whenever he goes faster than a turtle. So it was kind of hard to ride that, but other than that, he was good. =]

I called the barn owner yesterday and left a message about Buster and how much he was and that I was interested in him and everything. So I'm just waiting for her to call me back. Hopefully she'll get back to me by tomorrow.

So I just went to dinner with my grandparents and I brought up the topic of the pre-purchase exam (700 freaking dollars! >.<). I was worried that I was going to have to pay for it by myself, becuase they said that they were only going to pay for my horse, and everything else I'd have to pay for by myself. But since it's pretty much like, included in buying a horse, they said that they'd pay for ittttt!. =]=]=]

AND AND AND! My parents said that they'd help me out with board a little bit, so that means I can stay at my barn! I was looking into other barns in my area that were cheaper, because I wasn't going to be able to afford to pay board at my barn by myself, becuase it's kind of expensive, but I reallllllyyyyyy didn't want to have to leave my barn, and have to go somewhere else and leave all the people at my barn and everything, and now I don't have toooooo!

*is exciteddddddddddddddd =D =D*

So I'm talking to the barn owner in like 2 -3 weeks about buying Buster. :) :) :)

Jennie jumping Buster in her lesson on Saturday -

Fail update.

Ok, I haven't posted in forever. x.x My lesson went reallllly well last week. I rode Buster, and he was awesome. =] I jumped him, and I got to do a 2' vertical a few times with him. Only at the trot, at 2' is nothing incredible, it's actually really tiny, but still. It felt really good. :]

Then I had another lesson yesterday. It was another half hour private in the afternoon, and I rode Chester. It wasn't as bad as the first time I rode him, but he was still really hard to get used to. He's got so much freaking power packed into such a small little horse. Everyone says I look so good on him, and that I look so pretty on him, and when my instructor was talking to me after my lesson yesterday she was like "You know, I hate to tell you, but you do look really good on him." She said I looked really secure and good on him, but I really felt like my leg was wobbling all over the place, and that it was soooooo unsecure. And I felt like I was posting huge, but my instructor said I actually looked perfect, it just felt big to me. *shrugs*

I get to ride Buster next week, and we're gonna practice a small course outside, to get ready for the barn's schooling show in 2 weeks. I haven't jumped outside in like, forever. I honestly can't remember the last time I jumped outside was. But Buster jumped sooooo good for Jen outside yesterday, he was really nice and soft, and was cantering so softly in between the jumps, and he wasn't jumping big or rushing at all, so I'm hoping he'll be have that well for me. xD

We're making these lesson times our permanent lesson times too. Which I'm actually really liking. It's actually really helping me a lot. When we had our lesson first thing in the morning, for an hour, I think that that was part of what has been bugging me. When I fall asleep, I was already thinking about what would happen in my lesson the next morning, because it was first thing. When I woke up, I would already be thinking about it, and I'd think about it all the way to the barn, and we'd be rushing around in the morning, and we'd usually be first to ride.

Now with these lesson times, I get to sleep later, it's not all I think about when I fall asleep, and when I get up, we're not rushing around, and I get to just like hang out for a while before we leave, so it's not the first and only thing that I think of when I get up. And we get to the barn like an hour or two early, so we just walk around and hang out ahead of time, so that keeps my mind off of it too. If riding is all I think about, and I don't keep my mind busy with something else, that's when my mind starts to wander, and get ideas of it's own, and that's how I get all worked up about it, before I even get on my horse. So this new time and stuff is really helping so far, and I'm really liking it. =]

Wow. o.O Long post.