giddy-up

[hafital]

It's been a while since I bored you all with horsey talk, but really I have not much to say other than it's AWESOME. I had my weekly lesson this morning and so now I'm sleepy and pleasantly sore. Rode the very go go go Idaho. My instructor started me on flying lead change on figure eight cantering which I pretty much completely failed at, hahah, but it was fun still. Actually we didn't really start on flying lead changes, but rather going down to a trot and picking up the other lead, but Idaho had a mind of his own about all this. He wouldn't drop down to a trot and then just did the flying change on his own and I was like, hello! so that's what that feels like.

Every week I have all this weird anxiety over my upcoming lesson, but usually on the day of I'm thrilled to pieces and then the lesson is always ten times awesome. It has gotten better, in any case, and at least I'm sleeping pretty well the night before.

Last week I had a horse who can't go in the x-ties, so I had to tack in the stall and that was new. That was Maryland, and she likes to turn her head and bite you (although, well, I'm sure she'd bite if she could, but it's mostly just a nip) and didn't want me to pick her hooves or anything, and hated being brushed, but she was great on the flat. Whatever, lady. I just kept pushing her head away.

yayz, fun, so ti ti now, zzzzz.

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Is anyone else following this major brouhaha over at the BBC regarding Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross prank calling actor Andrew Sachs, he who was Manuel on Faulty Towers? Not that I'm really that big a fan of either comedian at all (although I admit they both make me laugh), seems like it's blown way out of proportion. I mean, people are quiting, investigations by Ofcom, politicians are demanding apologies, the public has sent in a ton of complaints, Ross's show is suspended and may be chucked, heads are flying. Except that, you know, it's Manuel! How do you make fun of Manuel, man? That's low.

Here you can see Russell Brand's apology. He kind of skeeves me out, but hey, he's a comedian, I feel like he's done worse than this. Ross should have known better, though, he's been around forever.

Whatever, clearly I'm bored to tears at work. ;)

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Manuel: Ohh, he hit me on the head.
Major Gowen: No! You hit him on the head. You naughty moose.
German Guest: However did they win?

Comments

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

I saw this this morning:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5042843.ece
Sounds like Brand (or Ross -- it's hard to tell, the way the sentence is written) will be in LA shortly.

[hafital.livejournal.com]

Brand's been picking up a US career of sorts, so that's not surprising.

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

Whatever, lady. I just kept pushing her head away.

Good on you.

She tries to nip you again, give her a little smack on the tip of her nose. Usually stops that.

[hafital.livejournal.com]

Okay! Will do, thanks. :D

[greensilver.livejournal.com]

I've been following the Russell Brand thing largely because he was scheduled to be on an episode of my best beloved panel trivia/comedy show Never Mind the Buzzcocks tonight, and the BBC yanked his episode. What he did was inappropriate - though from looking at the transcript, I think Ross was more inappropriate, and he definitely should've known better - but the response has been wildly disproportionate, IMO.

[hafital.livejournal.com]

nod nod, totally agree. Given the outcry, and Brand's rep with women, I was expecting much more raunchy, but it was Ross who was egging the whole thing on. Whatev, dudes, that's a lot of oops, there.