Peas On The Moon

I had a riding lesson this morning. The first one in about nine months. I had fun. I think Fiero will teach me a lot. He's an amazing horse. He's done everything. We almost did a canter pirouette. To those of you unhorsey folks, that's a big time dressage movement, like cantering in place. Now that may seem weird for a western girl like me be be excited about, but i think it just shows the breadth of his training not to mention the fact that he hasn't been ridden in ages but still remembered it and tried). He's a barrel racer by trade, and a super horse by choice. I also found out we are the same age. I think that's kinda cool.

I have class today, my favorite class. I'm hoping the day will continue as well as it had begun.

I'm thinking of making cookies. I think it's me procrastinating. Baking is a tasty form of procrastinating.

I was at work today, and my fellow Anne-Storeee, Margo, and I were discussing the alternative names we have for stores around town. Some of them included:

MacDonalds= Rotten Ronnies, or Mickey D's
KFC= Dirty Chicken
Walmart= Wally Mart
Canadian Tire= Crappy Tire
Shoppers Drug Mart= Shop Lifters
Super Store= Stuper Store, or Stupid Store
Buger King= Booger King
I.G.A= iga (don't pronounce the individual letters)

These names are not really meant as insults, but more for just what rolls off the tonge.

I may or may not have asked this question before on here. I couldn't find any evidence of it though. I've been contemplating it. I remember discussing it in Men's Experience last semester. There are so many varied opinions.

Can males and females be friends?

Unromantically attached friends. I think they can. I'm not too sure why. Perhaps it because we are all just human. Many of us are attracted to the opposite sex, and this makes some people think we can't be friends, but i think a lot of my girl friends are beautiful, and i want the world for them, but i'm not going to hop into bed with them. I think of my guy friends in the same way. I would do almost anything to help them and i want to be there for them, but there is only one male i will hop into bed with right now, well two, including my dog.

I also think maybe some people are made to be friends, not lovers. There are so many amazing people out there, why should we have to limit ourselves to certain friends.

I hate when i get weird looks when i talk of hanging out with another boy, when if that person really knows me, they should know that i'm not out to hurt anyone, and i know where my heart lies. I always feel like i have to explain myself.

On another personal note. I sometimes think i get along better with guys then girls. I grew up as a tomboy, and thus i'm more comfortable doing active and "boyish" things. I'm getting more comfortable "being girly", but if they are willing, i will talk to either sex about anything.

Whether you have a partner or not does affect the answer to this question to an extent. I do, and i know that that is the reason why some people give me strange looks when i've hung out with the opposite sex. But I know where I stand, and so does my partner. If you are single, and hanging out with whom you are attracted to, then sometimes you are just seen as a super flirt. Its assumed that you are a "couple".

Even in writing this i feel like i have to be justifying something. It's gross. We have this dynamic engraved so heavily in society, that just in seeing people you ask questions about their affiliations. Why can't people just be people, and spend time whit whomever makes them happy?

I've been missing, I know. I'm sorry. I'm a total hypocrite because i hate it when i do my daily blog checking ritual and others haven't given me something to read, yet i'm guilty. Now for my defence; i've been meaning to post for a week. i've had a thought in my head that i've been developing just to put here for your viewing pleasure. This thought is a direct result of a couple of the courses I am taking, and me doing a lot of reading on Pomo. What is this thought you may ask? Well I'll tell you. I have decided that we are who we are because we think that is who we are supposed to be. Whether we consciously realize it or to society pretty much lays out the framework for what we can and cannot do, and even if we think we are "rebels" and plotting our own path, we are still playing for society, in the very fact that we are rebelling against it. Confusing? In some aspects yes, but its also so very simple, and at times so very annoying.

Also, we had the first meeting today for what i like to call "the anyone who gives a damn" group. We are trying to get some student activism going, as well as mainly just doing a ton of conscious raising about a variety of issues. I'm excited. there was a good turnout and great ideas. I'm not sure when the next meeting is, but i'll keep you all posted, and i think everyone who can come should. This group is not just for students either, not is it just for university students. You younger peoples can come too. We encourage it! All you need to bring is your enthusiasm, and some ideas.

I am typing this post proudly sitting in a chair on my new deck. A couple of weeks ago we tore down the old springy one, and my neighbor Bill began this new one. It's not as big as the last, but much nicer, and safer.

It just kind of hit me in the past day or so that i have a huge amount of work, and many projects to finish (and start) in the next few weeks. It has begun.

I think that is all of the news i have....Oh, does anyone have any tips on recording using iMovie?

It has been a busy past number of days. I've done some things i normally do, some things i wouldn't normally do, and some homework. All in all it's been good. Thanks to all who made it what it was.

I hand in/present my first major project of the semester tomorrow. I've spent the last few days up to my elbows in poststructuralist feminist theory. I have to admit i enjoy the stuff, but too much of it makes my head so very fuzzy. Like my head is now. I think i will go to bed.

How come, one of the hardest things for people to do is ask for help? (what is with me and questions?) I think it has something to do with pride. That maybe, if we do everything ourselves, then people will have more respect for us and like us more.

Sometimes the help that is needed is just a simple question like directions (though this can be mighty hard for some people, not naming genders, to do). Other times it could be a more serious problem.

I've been thinking about this, and i have decided that personally, i think that people who are willing to ask for help, are actually the stronger people. They are the people who are willing to "risk" being talked of or shunned because they couldn't do something themselves. Not that i think this talking of or shunning should have to happen, but it does, and the people who are willing to actually ask for assistance are strong, and confident enough not to care.

OK Scaredy Cats. If you didn't want to answer that one i'll pose the next.

What is love?

Is it a feeling? A chemical? Is it biological? Can we measure it? How do we know if we are in love? How do we know if it even exists? Is Love a question we will even be able to answer, or is it abstract? Perhaps it depends on each person. Maybe each person has their own way of "knowing" or 'feeling". Is it something we can learn? Must we always "fall" into it? Can it be gradual? Why do we usually think of it in terms of relationships with partners?

"There's a difference between like and love. I mean I like my Skechers, but I love my Prada backpack."
"But I love my Skechers."
"That's because you don't have a Prada backpack."

I've had a couple questions thrown at me in my classes this week. Questions that don't have easy or quick answers, i'm not sure if they have answers at all. Or at least universal answers. It definitely depends on personal opinion. Here's the first question, the other will come later.

What is Women's Studies?

This is a question that is close to me. It is after all my unofficial major. When i'm asked what i'm studying, i reply "women's studies" and 99% of the time i get asked what it is. This question always puts me on the spot. If it is taken directly it's "the study of women", but this never does it justice. It makes me think that it's the dissection of the female body or something. Sometimes i reply with it being a type of gender studies. I never really give the same answer. I never feel i have done the subject justice. You may be thinking, well if you can't define it, or explain it, then why study it? But if you think about it, can you easily define biology, or psychology, or english etc?