tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391335904890951481.post2740289597492428909..comments2023-05-16T09:44:08.624-04:00Comments on The Collegial Equestrian: Blog hop: BuckarooCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01428539179552096078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391335904890951481.post-23957897409560167722012-05-19T11:12:38.625-04:002012-05-19T11:12:38.625-04:00Hmm... I will have to experiment with that floatin...Hmm... I will have to experiment with that floating thing. I also tend to arch my back too much and it does get tiring, especially at speed.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428539179552096078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391335904890951481.post-52255901873531582052012-05-19T11:10:54.262-04:002012-05-19T11:10:54.262-04:00Yup! I like to torture myself with stirrupless pos...Yup! I like to torture myself with stirrupless posting as well. It's so good for you.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428539179552096078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391335904890951481.post-86354623478679751452012-05-19T11:09:22.255-04:002012-05-19T11:09:22.255-04:00Oh, the perennial question: "You're major...Oh, the perennial question: "You're majoring in English? What are you going to do with that?"<br /><br />Since my days as the editor in chief of a high school publication, I've always loved the feel of a new book in my hands after I've been agonizing over it for months. So I knew I wanted to go into publishing. I like to learn about just about anything, and I saw that technical writing was where the money was (well, as far as writing goes) so I am applying for editorial positions at companies that write about everything from scuba news to stocks advice.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428539179552096078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391335904890951481.post-53195765052026411402012-05-18T20:50:04.757-04:002012-05-18T20:50:04.757-04:00Hi Carla!
*sings* "Congratulations on finishi...Hi Carla!<br />*sings* "Congratulations on finishing uni/college/school/whateverthehellyoucallitoverthere!"<br />What are you going to do with your english degree? What kind of jobs have you applied to?<br />Thanks for being the first human to read my blog btw :DCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454384973270742505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391335904890951481.post-43436789199345238282012-05-18T12:10:14.300-04:002012-05-18T12:10:14.300-04:00At one point, I would have loved to do some judged...At one point, I would have loved to do some judged trail riding, but I think I'm over that. We would have failed miserably at the L-shaped backing. Her Highness, Queen Estes, does not believe in backing if she can just fold herself in half and turn to face where she is going.<br /><br />I've only taken one riding lesson as an adult (the rest were when I was five or so and I don't remember much other than playing with my godmother's horse, Flame) and it was a dressage lesson, which is about as far outside of the kind of trail riding we do as you can get.<br /><br />Sharon, my instructor, had me post without stirrups, which I then carried over into my bareback riding. It's tough! But I can manage a few steps in a posting trot bareback. At first, Estes was like, "what are you doing back there?" but then she got it figured out - I think it's actually easier on her when I post bareback instead of trying to do a sitting trot.GunDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02965363044411500380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391335904890951481.post-49250321441806893362012-05-18T11:26:17.850-04:002012-05-18T11:26:17.850-04:00Congrats on finishing your exams...and school! Wow...Congrats on finishing your exams...and school! Wow! You have some big things ahead of you :-) Our son graduates in December.... uh, the timing of that could be a series of blog posts!<br /><br />It was fun to see your responses and your pictures. Stalin is cute... an overgrown Haffie!! That pipe would be scary... I need to get a piece to torment my boys.<br /><br />Good question! I have to decide what my chosen discipline is, first! If I were to say that dressage is my chosen discipline, as that's kinda where I started when I was your age, then I'd have to say the best advice I've gotten is to "sit on my pockets". I tend to arch my back too much. Even Buck pointed out 3 positions - the first, like I'm accustomed to, with an arch, the 2nd being neutral - where the seat bones 'float' above the saddle (???? Float??? Yeah, right!) and the third where your pockets are on the saddle. <br />If I say that Western riding is my chosen discipline, then I'd have to say that having and instructor harp on me to "look where I am going and keep my head up" is probably the most valuable lesson I have learned!Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113432418609414054noreply@blogger.com