Pictures from the Saddledome and pubbin' after the game.

...And I just bought a digicam, so expect more photos, tho not at the level james used to do.

I haven't taken many pictures at the track so far.

I should take more, but horses are hard to photograph, and it's just not easy to find time between all the shoveling of shit, tacking of horses, and such. Here are a few, tho, taken because my coworker, Shah, needed photos to send to his mother.


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So, I think I'm going to Edmonton for the next two months, for work. I wasn't going to, and then I wanted to, and now I'm not sure, but with my complete lack of decision-making abilities, I'd waffle for the rest of my life. And, clearly, I don't have time for that. So, I told my boss I'm going, and if I do what I normally do (that is, follow the ( Read more... )

Never be the last child to leave home, unless you like guilt-trips, random arguments, and being accused of "hurting your mother ( Read more... )

Today, I took a quarter horse out on the race track to gallop. I specify the type of horse so no one thinks I'm talking real race horses here, and this horse is called "Chubbs," so that should tell you something.

I'd describe it, but unless you've been on a horse going that fast (and honestly, I wasn't even going that fast) with an open track in ( Read more... )

Flames won a spot in the battle for Stanley, so there's massive partying on 17th, or so I feel safe to assume. The drinking and yelling and related reverly I get, but weird stuff is starting to happen, like people are getting bored of normal celebration methods.

I'm not sure why girls are ripping off their shirts on 17th post-game, but I can write ( Read more... )

Heard back from the University of London, and I'm in there, too. As it's in London, it's much more expensive--as in, tack on an extra 10k--but it's in London.

I really need to figure out how student loans work.

-Nicole

From IMDB.com:

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Nat and Daorcey got engaged!

Tomorrow is Kentucky Derby Day, and everyone should go here and try and guess the order of finish for the 18 remaining horses (two were apparently scratched). Why? Because if you guess right, which is pretty well impossible, you win 5 million dollars. American ( Read more... )