We went to Wendts today even though it was raining and even though I was eepy and I am glad that I did because they had a baby kangaroo we were able to hold, a camel we got to ride, and most important, a baby zebra that came up for pets and treats and was very soft and fluffy and cute.

I have always wanted to interact with a zebra, so. That was especially very magical. I hope that we can finangle a meeting with her as she gets older.

what

No, I'm an early player who didn't like the direction the game took. It was my "I have 20 minutes I'll just futz around" game that clearly devolved into "we are never going to properly finish this game we are just going to churn out content in adhd riddled fashion chasing whatever is popular at the time."

Like you're allowed to NOT like the direction a game takes and be kind of mad that it feels like a bait-and-switch after you've invested 3000 hours in the original game concept.

This is extra bizarre because like.

I left a vague complaint on a post and that's the only thing I can think of where you'd see it?

The desire to leap to the defense of a video game over an "ugggh the game makes me so maaaaad" whiny comment says a lot more about you than me, buddy. It's also like the worst possible way to "defend" a game and reflects reeeeal bad on the community and it's why people make fun of DEfenders. yeah see i remember some of the lingo.

getting up that hill (eventually)

horses are doing good. Owning my own horses has definitely led me to understand a lot of things better. They're a joy to have, but I absolutely do not ride every day like I thought I totally would because guess what, you're a lot more vulnerable to the rain.

And being in the horse state is great, there are amazing resources.

Can you get the horse to those resources? Can you beat the lines of Extremely Rich Worth Literally Millions People who are also going to these vets and stables?

yeah.

My horse care and the knowledge there and the HOW TOs have all improved. Even if I worry a lot about them. Farrier is always telling me how happy she is to work with my horses, that my horses are only ones she trusts to work on and hang out freely, and their hooves are in excellent condition.

The riding part has not been so great. It turns out arenas are VERY EXPENSIVE. And what does it matter if you get a week of rain straight? You aren't riding outside buddy, especially on a property that's ALL HILL.

And a lack of arena and the social construct as well as the physical leaves me surprisingly unconfident. Like I know I act and look like an idiot to people, but shocker, I don't actually like the thought of riding by myself in the middle of nowhere and falling off my horse and breaking something and having to crawl inside to splint my injured bones by myself. I would rather ride in an arena with people around to help me if I Oops Broke Myself.

But that's not to say I'm not grateful. In some ways it's led me to understand more how the Horses are Important to me, but not the Riding part of it all. It's shown me how just existing and continuing to see them every day has still resulted in the horses becoming calmer and well-adjusted. A lot of "naturalization" in training, if you will.

I dunno. Lots of food for thought, and I know we're all working hard to hold onto things these days.

found out I have either a rare genetic disorder or possibly a tumor that will need to be surgically removed, or my bones will turn to dust

kroger karen watching over the self-checkout glared at us and was extremely rude to us for no apparent reason. gay-hate, probably

the blood nurse could not find my blood so had to stab me multiple times

this didn't affect me, but like, two old ladies pulled up while we were at the coffee shop, BLOCKED the drive thru, and then walked off to the hair salon so i guess EVERYONE'S having a bad day today

wake me up when september ends.

Did you know that song was about his Dad dying? Which is fitting because, you know, Ian also died in September.

everyone else out here playing Monster Train 2 and I'm still here on Monster Train 1 working on getting all my Covenant 25 wins. To avoid adding YET ANOTHER game to my library I will play a few times and never finish, I'm making myself get a C25 win with every clan combo and a few Last Divinity kills where possible.

I did it. It was long and grueling and miserable but I did it. I wrote something that closes out everything in my pony universe. I wrote enough.

What a journey. All the way from Moonrise, where I dipped a hoof in the water, to here and now, a full on insane AU full of gods and monsters, robots and norseology. Madness.

Hellbutts.