What's your thing?

[wolffe]

I have lots of little things, but only one thing. My thing is horses. I remember when I was a preteen (oh right, they call them tweens now) and I would spend hours pouring over State Line Tack and Dover catalogs carefully choosing tack and all manner of accoutrements - picking one of everything to stock my imaginary barn and equip the horse who lived there.

Of course, I had a real horse too, but with him so far away at Dad's and me riding so infrequently he was near imaginary. Lessons were out of the question. I think I took two until I had a job of my own. Then other things were more important: school, boys.

After college I got back into the scene. I took lessons. Dad finally made good on a promise to buy me a horse he'd made years before. I struggled to keep him boarded when I lived in Birmingham, then got tired of the political and social crap that seems to inhabit every boarding barn and moved him to Dad's. Sort of fell out of it again what with marriage and Jake.

But horses are never far from my mind and always in my heart. After the incident with Zane I was surfing around online, catching up on the latest happenings and such. Jason asked me if I was getting back into it. I replied that I was always in it, I just push it to the background when being more involved isn't feasible. But oh, how I love and miss snorgling a pony's neck.



So what's your thing?

Comments

[annanda.livejournal.com]

I don't think I HAVE a thing anymore. For years and years and years it was music and french horns, but then I realized I'm not very good :) And it kinda got pushed to the back. I miss it though.

[wolffe]

You don't have to be good at it, just love it! I'm not a very good rider either. :)

[purangel.livejournal.com]

For me, it's animals in general. I had always wanted to be a vet when I grew up, but going to college for it taught me that I just don't have the stomach for it. BUT... I realized that my dream was really less specific than that... I just wanted to work with animals - it didn't have to be medical. Hence the reason I became a dog groomer (I LOVE grooming dogs, and really miss being around all the animals all the time - you grow quite attached to your clients). I did the horse thing for a while, and while I love horses, I never had any of my own, so I never got to be around horses purely for pleasure. My experience with them was teaching others how to groom, tack, ride, and care for them (I was a certified Riding Instructor). And honestly? People are stupid and careless when it comes to horses. I really lost interest in the horse scene because of the people.

But really, my thing is animals. ALL animals (except monkeys, because they're creepy).

[wolffe]

LOL. I don't like monkeys either!

Yeah, horse people can be stupid. Well, pretty much all animal people can be stupid. I also love animals in general, but I feel differently about horses.

[labradors.livejournal.com]

haha, my thing is also horses, and drawing them. Neither of which I've been doing much of lately. I was also obsessed as a child. It started with unicorns and once I realized those were not real no matter how much I wanted them to be I settled for the next best thing! Luckily my parents could afford lessons for me starting around age 14. I used to be so envious of the girls who got to start riding when they were 8 because they were so much better. My lessons were on Saturday mornings and were super early and about 45 minutes away, and since my dad had to drive me I didn't get a whole lot of just hangin out at the barn time like the other girls, nor did I really make any friends. But at least I learned a lot. And it was good bonding time with Dad, sort of.

After marrying a very non-horsey guy and riding at a crappy stable I got out of it and haven't gotten back in. I wish there could be horse-enjoyment without the snobbery and stupidity that surrounds them!
And I've been drawing horses since I can remember. I used to be pretty good at it! I stopped drawing around college graduation and the discovery of warcraft. :(

Geocities= copy/paste the link I think?
Windsor: http://www.geocities.com/nyara22.geo/images/Windsor.gif
omg those GLASSES: on Cully http://www.geocities.com/nyara22.geo/images/katecully.jpg
Joker: http://www.geocities.com/nyara22.geo/images/KateJoker.jpg

[wolffe]

Cute pictures! Cully looks like the kind of horse I like. :) I used to draw all the time too. Gah. I have some many things I like to do and not enough time!

[amerynn.livejournal.com]

photo! I guess

Brian mentioned to me the other night how it used to be something he would see me doing all the time and how I used to really enjoy it, but he doesn't see that anymore, so I'm trying to rectify that... I've signed up with www.photofriday.com and we'll see if maybe that can't kick start things

[wolffe]

I think with any thing you sort of fall in and out of it. And since you work in the field I imagine it would be difficult to keep your focus on it for the love of it. Does that make sense? It's early and I haven't had breakfast. Haha.

[amerynn.livejournal.com]

That does make sense :) Looking at and working with photography all day can definitely make it seem a little bit less like fun, but I do still enjoy it... I tried to say, without making him feel bad, that right now I have a LOT of other priorities that take my energy and then when I do have free time, I really just want to relax. (i.e. being breadwinner and taking care of the apartment and meals and dog and a law student requires a lot of energy since I have little help)

[wolffe]

I hear you on the relaxing thing. Too many things going on so when you get a minute all you want to do is veg. *nod*

And ooooh, that photo friday looks like the old LJ communtiy photo challenge or whatever that went belly up when the mod disappeared. I might have to give that a shot. Have you seen the 26 Things photo project? http://sh1ft.org/projects/ I want to do that one too.