(Taken straight from the email I just sent out to the usual interested parties... but I thought I'd share with the rest of you, too ( Read more... )

Back in Calgary now, after two months in Edmonton, and a few days in Vancouver.

I just wrote a bit on the other blog (London-related one), so if you're looking for reading material, head over there.

I miss my horses.

-Nicole

Some photos need to be shared:


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It's very good to be back in Calgary, if only for a day. I'd write more, but as anyone who's every moved away and then come back to visit can likely attest, I'm busy having breakfast, lunch, dinner and coffee all day with people.

Still, manage to find time to fall back into old routine: so, here are some photos of the track and my room... in ( Read more... )

Student loan came in, my flight is booked, and I'm officially excited/panicked/...

-Nicole

Survey stolen from James and used because I feel like writing, but haven't any thoughts in my poor, tired head.( Read more... )

Met my parents in Red Deer for dinner and a movie; went to see Spider-Man 2, which made me think of one of my favourite movie lines ever, from the first:

Peter Parker: Spider-Man wasn't trying to attack the city, he was trying to save it. That's slander.
J. Jonah Jameson: It is not. I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.

Made me ( Read more... )

Random list, as an update on my life since moving to Edmonton, numbered for no apparent reason:

1) Living in a shithole isn't so bad, as long as it's your shithole. There's something to be said for private, personal space. (Pictures to follow, as soon as I get my USB, which I forgot at home.)

2) Being homesick is the worst thing I've ever felt. It' ( Read more... )

Car is fucked again; this time, it's the transmission, at the low, low cost of $1,700--an amount I really don't have.

Very frustrating, and means I'm heading to Edmonton a day late, which is also very frustrating.

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Had my last riding lesson today--well, last for now, at Teesdale, anyway. Considering I've been riding there ten years, I've known ( Read more... )

So, I took the shiny new digital camera to feed at the track today, just to try it out and see if it's any good or not. Considering I paid just over $100 for it, it's not perfect, but I think it'll do. I always forget how easy it is to blur digital photos, so must learn to keep my hand still.

The camera is some knockoff brand bought at Walmart, ( Read more... )