Fact

Here is my fact to you for the day..."the "unofficial" world record jump is 8ft, 3 1/2 inches, jumped by Fred (Freddie) Wettach, Jr. riding his horse King's Own. They jumped in front of 25 people with motion picture photographers capturing the occasion. The record was not considered official because it was not made in front of a public gathering." http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/worldrecord_jump.html

Posting

Here goes nothin.

I started at the PPCC this week. It does not seem too difficult thus far, but it is only the first week. The people there are pretty cool. I have only seen one person I know there, but I really do not know many people in CO yet, so the fact I saw one was pretty amazing.

Mi amor has gone back to school, and would you believe he left me here...again? I asked to go along to Cornell, but no. Flag would miss me anyways. Well, that 5 1/2 days were very enjoyable. I had to start class half an hour before he left though, so that was a bummer.

The horses are really good. My boy and I took them out across all our land. They both behaved very well, and Rosie cantered! She is going to be a pretty fun horse I think. I will turn her into my westen cow pony, and Flag will stay the eventer fun guy he is.

Kung fu is going alone well enough. Duncan kicks my butt in that aspect though (no pun intended). He is very talented, and I am more like a great big, unbendable blob that bounces off the floor when I try to do an ironbroom-tigertail (a kung fu, awsome kick where you go to the floor and sweep the "bad guys" feet out from under him). The next test is the day after my birthday, and I will be going for my patch (the next level). It will be pretty sweet.

Other than that I have been busy with homework, and work on the land. So, I am chuggin along alright.

"A big change needs to happen right about now."

-AtotheC

Coming Up

Thursday, August 25, 2005
I will update soon...my h/w is keeping my away from xanga/blog.
-Aidan

The day is here at last

when my petit choux will be here. I am ready for the arrival but the house is not, not yet anyways. We, that is my brother and I, will clean and scrub until about 5 30 mountain time tonight. Then I will take him to kung fu and then head off to the air port, which is close to the kung fu school.

On other news, I got an e-mail about mars and sent it out to some of my friends. This e-mail is not real. The event happened in 2003, and it was not ever the size of the moon to our eye. Oh well, I am sorry to all I sent it to.

My father, after several weeks, has come to his senses and found that insteed of moving the rocks and dirt by hand and now will rent a bob cat and do it with real power.

My school starts next week. Am I ready? My poor nearves are on edge about the whole thing. I have only three classes a week, but I am still scared.

I write more later. Now I must go dust and sweep. Cinderela Cindereal....j/k.

-Aidan

Good Good Day

Happy today I am! I talked to an old friend on-line, one I have missed very much these past ten months. He is doing well, and it was wonderful to hear from him again. Also today someone named "my boy" told me he will be coming for a visit. The farrier came to trim horse feet and she (yes a female farrier) asked me to come try out, or feel out, the polocrosse. Duncan agreed to go ride with me, even though we did not get the chance today, I think he will tomorrow. This day tops all for my days here in CO. I hope more will turn out this way. See some of you soon! Yeh!
-A

I thought some interesting pictures from time to time might be nice. So, feast your eyes on this... 

Flag and I at our rental property. He was sweet, until the flash went off...then he was mad.

Rant

Do you know what I feel when I say I want out of this place? I see all the things I want to do with my life, and learn and explore, and take care of and experience. But there are too many things holding me back. Here I am, living at home, nearly 19 and about to start some college courses (but living at home still). I want to get out of here and live my life! My GPA is good, my spirit is high, and my expectations of life are kept up. Please someone, if you know how, tell me how to get out of this life and start what I want to do. *sigh* They say life as a teen is not easy, and boy have I found that out this past year. Having been ripped from somewhere I loved, to being placed in something that feels like and resembles a hellhole has really put life into perspective. Now I have been to a great school, the school I want to attend and met many great people there (one in particular) I want my dream to start. I can study; maybe explore the US or even the world. I will study and start work, but why let that keep me from doing things I want to do? I want to know more about how being me feels, away from being watched and ruled. Is this how a dictatorship feels? I will work hard to get my dreams to come true, and I will try to make the most of the life I have now, all the while hoping and looking forward to the life I want and will have. Settle down...HA! Well, there is my rant of the day. Did you enjoy?
-Aidan, aka The Lump, aka e.p., aka petit choux