A few words on tonight:

1) I'm proud of all of the frosh. Tonight was not easy for you, and I hated to see this conflict come to a head like it did. But so be it - it's resolved. At least this way, you're encouraging more people to work on Interhouse, and I'm proud of you for being inclusive in the work effort instead of excluding everyone who isn't oriented solely on construction. I just wish you didn't have to overcome such difficulties to include the artistically inclined in the Interhovse construction.

2) I'm proud of Raman, for taking an active role and worrying about how things were going to get done. You may be 'self-anointed psychobastard overseer', but you care about involving other people in this house and getting interhouse done, and that is incredibly important right now.

3) I'm proud of Sam, for speaking up on behalf of the artistically inclined when all I could do was silently fume in rage (otherwise, I would've been yelling at Gunnar, and yelling never solved anything). I'm also proud of him for helping direct and organize the meeting with Raman, as well as volunteering to help build the boat. I wish I could've reacted that way...

4) In the end, we came up with a damn good plan. One week to Interhouse. Together, we can do this. I've got faith in the frosh, and I think we can pull this off. Build Interhovse, moles!
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On an unrelated note, I finally fell off in riding today - the first time since we left TES. Boo was being obnoxious and shied right, and I kept going straight... straight down, that is. Managed to prevent another fall when he tried to pull a similar trick, learned how to lunge a horse from Davee's example, then took a few fences with him. Not much injured except my pride, I suppose - lower back still hurts a little (landed canted to the left on my backside and felt my lower back kinda crunch along a span of vertebrae), but I think it'll be fine if I stretch and take it easy over the next week. 'Twas the lesson for bruises today, anyway... haven't been this beaten up from riding in a long, long time. But it's ok, 'cause I've learned something from every injury.