Sit tight I'm gonna need you to keep time

Well I feel like I've been dragged through a number of hedges backwards, sideways and upside-down. I just had an hour private jump lesson at Middleton EC, which, despite the fact that it rocked and was really useful and satisfying, seriously has worn me out. Aside from that I feel that I have made a lot of progress in that hour. I think it is so much better to have the hour because in half an hour the lesson is over before you realise you're really getting into it and starting to adjust more things to improve. But at least in the hour you have time to warm up, work really hard in the middle, improve considerably and then warm down, rather than warming up, working hard and suddenly finishing. Much better today. And Oliver, of course, was an absolute angel. He did wonderful jumps today and although there were a couple of awkward ones to follow through (resulting in a smack where it hurts from the front bump of the saddle >_<) most were just perfect and full of energy and enthusiasm. We tried to force him to take off and land in the same correct place this lesson - (because we had more time) - which obviously helped him a lot too because his jumping was way better than normal and when the guiding poles were taken away he still jumped fantastically, so they had clearly had an effect.

I think I improved a lot in terms of my jump position and my keeping him straight over the jumps rather than cutting the corner too soon. I did a lot better in balancing him round corners as well, I feel, especially in the canter, which he did really well with aswell because he was on the correct lead pretty much all of the time... bless him... and I managed to get him on the correct lead over the jumps even if trying to push him the opposite way so that he didn't cut the corner... phew... LOTS to comment on haha. Probably confusing you a little now.
Hopefully going to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix tonight, so I'll let you know what I think of it. I saw Outlaw at Sam's last night, which was alright but could have been better... I found it a bit boring to be honest and more than slightly pretentious, ah well, that's another film seen, along with Blade which I saw on Wednesday, which was also good but got silly when it came to the people blowing up to big red blobs and then exploding. Stephen Dorff, however, absolutely MADE that film by being hot hot HOT! ... http://images.allmoviephoto.com/1998_Blade/stephen_dorff_blade_002.jpg ... Check him out.

Right, time for beans on toast I think. Then I need to ring Kerry (though maybe not today) and ask about hiring Oli for a week and the terms and conditions etc etc. Yay.
Over and out mes amies

xxx

"Yeh we're only gonna fake it"

"A slap in the face and a look of disgrace infront of the whole race, it's all gone sour.

I stare at the floor as she storms out the door and the man at the bar shouts 'Happy Hour'"

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Such a 'feel-good' song but I don't think it's meant to be a very happy song *shrugs* oh well. Check it bitches!

Well exams are dead and so technically I should now be a bit more alive... but I'm really not. I am spending to long on the computer and doing F all. I have 3 months of holiday in total, 3 weeks of which will be spent away in Ireland and Wales. I think I probably need to get off my backside and do things. I've made cakes, attempted to read more of James Joyce's 'Ulysses', played way too much World of Warcraft, worked the normal hours at the pub and done nothing much else thats any different to what I would normally do. I just want to sun to come out so I can go out and stuff. Im going to ride to Little Aston park at some stage, just because it IS acceptable for a nearly 18year old to play on swings :) Speaking of which... I will be 18 in just over a month... a month and 5 days to be precise. I still don't know what I want or what I'm going to do. I have nothing planned so I think it'll be spontaneous drinking, though having drunk a whole bottle of Baileys last night the thought of alcohol is making me feel a little disgusting... though I must say... I have definately shifted the threshold of my 'feeling and being drunk' point. One glass of wine, maybe 2 used to be all it took but now I can drink a whole bottle of Baileys or 3 glasses of champagne and 3 glasses of red wine and still be ok to drink more because I feel just a teeny bit tipsy. I must say, the Baileys was the worst out of those but it makes up for that by being THE sexiest drink in the world. Yes, drinks CAN be sexy... Baileys proves that in my opinion. Though Remy Martin does come in at 2nd place very close behind.

I can't get Palladium's Happy Hour out of my head!
Watched Blade today with a couple of cups of Earl Grey at Rach's. How lovely. I made Butterfly cakes especially for the occassion but went and left them at home. Oh she's clever! *pats own back*

I'm feeling somewhat tired but quite thoughtful. What I want is to feel creative but I think the very concept of a holiday is turning me into some sort of zombie pretending to be alive even though Im actually not getting up or going to bed at considerably different times :S I think it's because I'm not doing much. I ought to go out and run or cycle or something. Maybe I will go swimming. Well I have horseriding on Friday... hour private jump lesson... which will be good. And sometime this holiday I will have my birthday thingy from my parents where I get to own a horse for a week and ride him/her as much as I like, which will be wonderful.

I need to go now because Im sure I can hear WoW calling me to kill some Rabid Dire Wolves before I pop off to work ce soir.
Auf Wiedersehen ladies and gentlemen *tips tophat*