Learning, Learning, Learn.

On Thursday, being at work was torturous.  Not because I hate my job, because actually, I love my job.  It was torturous because I was waiting for the day to end so I could speed up the mountain to my first riding lesson.  My teacher Caryl owns three horses named Jack, Boomerang, and Bo (maybe Beaux?).  I rode Boomerang, but before I even started riding, we spent about 30 minutes breathing together, finding our center, and just learning about the horse's basic psychology.  Then we practiced getting on and off the horse, (WOW!  Horses are HUGE!) bareback.  Apparently, her method of teaching is totally different from the norm.  She believes that following the horse and becoming one with him allows you to ultimately lead the horse better.  It was easy to learn to get the horse to go, but really hard to get him to stop (without reins).  Apparently, she said some people think it's insane to try to stop the horse without reins, bareback.  BUT I DID IT!  She said I did extra well, so she taught me how to trot!  This is all super exciting, and I scheduled to have lessons with her for the rest of the summer.  FTW!  Also, the absence of cello lessons has made my life (un)surprisingly dismal, so having riding to stimulate my learning brain is totally awesome.

The other thing I'm learning how to do: playing Starcraft II.  I have always loved video games, but was never able to fully express my love for them usually because of parents during the pre-college days, and then because of ex-boyfriends, ahem.  But Jason keeps me young :P  We play lots of video games together, and with our friends, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it.  Though, SCII is kind of a big deal, because it's the national sport of my people.  That's right, people in Korea DIE from playing Starcraft and not eating for days.  Rest assure, it'll never be that bad for me - I will wake up on time, go to work, and act as if my army did not get totally demolished by the Zerg at 3 AM the night before.  Jason is a good teacher, though sometimes he pushes me too hard because even he cannot deny my uncontainable potential ;)  Let's face it - war is here, and it's gonna be a long battle.  I'm too n00b to play anyone just yet, but you just wait...

Warning: Deep fried CHEESE with CHEESE mousse on top
Now, I'm posting this video NOT because I think it deserves cinematic acclaim in ANY way.  In fact, I think it's probably one of the cheesiest things I've ever seen and felt a little shameful to actually watch the full 16 minutes.  It's not totally trash, though.  I'm posting it because someone else, director Wong Fu (LOL!  Yes, I am racist), feels the same way I do about relationships.  I am particularly jaded and I corner myself into self-fulfilling prophecies by believing that my relationships will ALWAYS go this way:

But here is to hoping that I learn to stop forcing myself into tragic situations and learning to be happy without feeling like the next thing is the inevitable stage 5.  Happy is happy, and that's it!  You just have to look at Happy, and keep riding towards it.