http://halt-near-x.com/blog/ en rider@halt-near-x.com Copyright 2010 2010-01-27T06:24:19+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/i-need-a-personal-shopper/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/i-need-a-personal-shopper/#When:06:24:19Z Maybe it’s because I started in hunter land, but I really hate Dressage bridles. They’re so… big. And blocky. And padded. And cranked. And blingy. And full of buckles. And the padding is all contrasting colors. And they’re black. And… Unfortunately, I suspect my budget is not going to give… 2010-01-27T06:24:19+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/i-should-have-known-better/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/i-should-have-known-better/#When:01:48:02Z I am sitting on the couch with various parts of my body on ice and other parts on heating pads and others being smothered by Pook… although, to be honest, I think she’s just trying to steal the heating pad. Today started out so well; it really did. After a… 2010-01-25T01:48:02+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/in-which-we-progress-slowly-without-drama/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/in-which-we-progress-slowly-without-drama/#When:05:53:32Z [This bout of shameless bragging brought to you by the letter A for Awesome] No pain, no gain. That’s what they say. They can tell it to my abs, which are currently so sore that even menstrual cramps sound pleasant. This is what happens when you try a new exercise… 2010-01-20T05:53:32+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/photo-op/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/photo-op/#When:03:54:06Z I realize I never post photos, but Gabi’s owner sent me some she took a couple weeks ago and I thought I’d share. She takes this trot and just floats across the arena. 2010-01-08T03:54:06+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/i-am-a-cruel-cruel-person/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/i-am-a-cruel-cruel-person/#When:00:38:06Z With the freezing weather coming in, horses were not being turned out tonight so I figured I’d go hand walk Gabi. I tossed her in cross ties, threw a cooler on her back, and out we went. After the walk, I tossed her in cross ties again, grabbed brushes out… 2010-01-08T00:38:06+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/call-out-the-national-guard/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/call-out-the-national-guard/#When:03:05:09Z It’s going to be below freezing in Houston! For a day! Maybe two days! Maybe two and a half days! Maybe it’ll break the record 53-hour freeze! There may be sleet! Run! Run for your liiiiiiiiiives! (Actually, the last is not bad advice. Whatever you do, don’t drive. There is… 2010-01-05T03:05:09+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/feeling-irresolute-theres-an-app-for-that/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/feeling-irresolute-theres-an-app-for-that/#When:19:59:37Z It’s that time of year again: we all get peer-pressured into making resolutions we know we won’t keep. “I am,” we say, standing on the living room couch and waving a pretzel in the air like a scepter, “going to lose weight this year!” And our friends bench-press their champagne… 2010-01-03T19:59:37+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/jumping-into-the-new-year/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/jumping-into-the-new-year/#When:07:23:50Z As you know, I’ve been dealing with a crippling—can’t-ride-over-poles-on-the-ground crippling—fear of jumping. I kept trying to tell myself I was resigned to it, but as everyone but me realized (I’m sure), I really wasn’t. The thing is, I liked jumping. A lot. And I don’t like giving in to fear.… 2010-01-01T07:23:50+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/in-memorium/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/in-memorium/#When:04:41:55Z Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias, ut te postremo donarem munere mortis et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem. Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum. Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi, nunc tamen interea haec, prisco quae more… 2009-12-24T04:41:55+00:00 http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/this-is-the-world-we-live-in/ http://halt-near-x.com/blog/archive/this-is-the-world-we-live-in/#When:02:32:57Z I just… I… you know… I… Oddly Specific It’s not that there’s a blog collecting all these signs, it’s that these signs were necessary in the first place. I’m a little worried about the future of humanity. 2009-12-23T02:32:57+00:00