Thursday Night Scattershooting

[nightdog_barks]

So we made spaghetti alla vongole for dinner, and it was good.

Have noticed a lot of commercials suddenly using Christmas music. The grocery store I went to this afternoon had a fake Christmas tree up. Too early, I say!

I really don't care about the new LJ personal info page. No, it's not very attractive -- there's way too much blank white space at the top, and that's visually unappealing. And Nature abhors a vacuum, or something like that. But I don't come to LJ for the personal info page. I come here because all you amazing people are here, and you're all different, and fascinating to listen to, and it's like this humming network with something happening and folks talking and people living, every minute of every day. And I love that.

Wow, do I sound like a total dweeb. I should drink more red wine. Hee.

Comments

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

She's like a big cushy sofa, but the thing is, she's a big cushy sofa with no confidence whatsoever.

So she isn't safe to ride, so I don't. However -- and this was one of the Thousand Reasons I Moved -- there are folks up here who can help with that. One of them, Jerusha, played with Twilight some last night and it was fascinating to watch and learn from her. It was the first time Jerusha had interacted with her at all, and Jerusha said, "Wow, I really thought she'd be a pain in the ass. I didn't realize she'd be so much fun!"

What she meant was, she'd expected Twilight to behave in a manner usually described as "drafty." Slow, obstinate, dull, not terribly responsive. But what she got was a very smart, sensitive horse who just has a lot of confidence problems and gets freaked out.

[perspi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I imagine smarts and spiritedness tended to get bred out of draft horses, a hundred years ago when they were needed to work on the farm. And how exciting, that Twilight may overcome her confidence issues and be fun to ride and work with!! :)

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

You know, it's not that draft breeds aren't smart. They generally are, very much so. The trouble is that some of them really do learn to throw their weight around and they become thugs, pretty much plowing over anything that gets in their way. And their even temperaments sometimes slow into laziness and obstinance.

Twilight has those traits, sometimes, but mostly she just wants to know how to understand what you want and Get It Right. And if she feels confused she gets scared, or sometimes throws a tantrum like a thirteen-year-old girl. You can practically hear her squealing, "OMG THAT IS SO NOT FAIR I HATE YOU!"

[perspi.livejournal.com]

*snerks at the idea of a thousand-pound tantrum*

*then runs away, because I don't actually want to BE there, Z's tantrums are enough, thank you*

*and I can pick her up if I have to*