Thoughts for the day:

I like Andrea Mc's white magic deck... it's a bunch of enchantments which become creatures as opponents play creature spells. Also, it has Pegasus cards :) and I'm a sucker for flying horses. And good art. It's just *fun* to play it.... unlike my deck at this point. Ah well. Hopefully that'll be fixed once I take Dan, Sam and Abby to the Magic store in Old Pas. Maybe I'll even have enough decent cards to make a green deck? Now *that* would be fun... my black/white deck is beginning to lose its appeal, probably because I've played so much with it since the draft tournament early this term. -shrugs- We'll see.

Riding was... interesting today. Boo was being a little dicey - apparently, he'd been ridden at a cross country event earlier that week, and was still running around 'balls-to-the-wall, pedal-to-the-metal' frisky. And he ditched me again after going over a pole with his usual trick: throwing his head down after he finishes the fence (wait, where'd the neck go?!). That was possibly my worst fall ever - managed to clear the hooves, but landed on my left hip, then my head slammed back against the ground. Good thing helmets are required. No concussion, only dazed, but I was so frustrated with my failure to keep him from doing that or to stay on, I started crying. It's just been that kinda week, I guess - I haven't felt very clever or sharp for most of this week, and I haven't been able to pull out of that slump yet. After a hug and commiseration from Davee and Yussanne, I got back on and did it again - damn well got it right too. He tried his trick that time too, but I was able to keep his head up, halt him immediately and back him up (gets their attention, and shows them they weren't listening). I felt better that I was able to counter it correctly the next time... I just wish my left hip didn't hurt so much right now. Argh.
I grant that I've learned a lot over the past 4 months, especially riding Boo, because he's so young and still has a lot to learn. I just wish that I could remember exactly how to counter tricks like this - he ditched me a couple months ago with the same trick, AFTER I'd managed to stay on the first time. Yussanne pointed out that the circumstances change every time this happens - you can't always stay on, even if you're a good rider. I just wish I could be consistently good, I guess. Then again, there's no way I could have ridden this guy a year ago, when I first started at TES. I've definitely made progress. :)


Found a site with RP 'famous last words'. In honor of Lyra's survival, here's what could have been her:
"Hah! I'm not dead yet. I still have five hit points."
"He hit me for HOW MUCH?????"