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Wᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ! 

Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏʀ sᴛᴏᴘᴘɪɴɢ ʙʏ; ᴍʏ "ɴᴀᴍᴇ" ɪs Sᴛᴇʟʟᴀ Tᴇɴᴇʙʀɪs--ᴛʜɪs ʟᴏᴏsᴇʟʏ ᴛʀᴀɴsʟᴀᴛᴇs ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʀ ᴏғ ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇss ғʀᴏᴍ Lᴀᴛɪɴ. (Assᴜᴍɪɴɢ Gᴏᴏɢʟᴇ Tʀᴀɴsʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ʟᴏᴏsᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ғᴀɪʟᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ.) 

I ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɪᴛ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛɪᴍᴇ sɪɴᴄᴇ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀ "ɴᴇᴡ" ᴘᴇʀsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ. Iғ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴʏ ᴛɪᴘs/ᴛʀɪᴄᴋs, I ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. I ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇ ᴀɴʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ I ᴀᴄǫᴜɪʀᴇ ᴀs I ɢᴏ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ. 

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4.23.19 Wow it has been eternity! I graduate in less than a month and have a full ride to Ph.D. school! I hope to have more time to play over the summer and once I move in to an apartment that has better WiFi connection. Ah, the joys of living in the middle of nowhere...

12.19.18 I am finished with finals! I will be working quite a lot while on break and still won't be on as much as I'd like, but I am making a point to come on every day and take care of the horses I do have. I forgot to announce the birth of Mᴀᴍᴀ the other day. She is the result of Hᴇʀᴏ x Tʜᴇ Sᴀʟᴛᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ Rᴏᴏᴍ. She is NIB, has a black coat color, and gained over 50 GP points from this particular pairing. She will take a long time to BLUP, but I expect to breed more siblings of hers from the same cross. I will soon be looking for BMIs to immortalize Mᴀᴍᴀ and Eᴀsᴛ ᴏғ Eᴅᴇɴ from my Shagya Arabian line, so be on the lookout for trades/offers geared toward eventually obtaining those things. I am considering getting the Pegasus Account again, but I'm not entirely sold on it yet. 

My French Trotters are doing surprisingly well, too, so I may integrate them into the breeds I specialize with. 

12.14.18 Well... it's been a while... again... I'm up working on a take-home final exam as I write this. Not going so well, I'm afraid. Not that it's hard, I'm just tired and I have another one to do right after it... I hope everyone's Christmas promo is going well! This one is strange. 

11.19.18 It has been quite a while since I last logged in. I'm working about 20 hours a week, am studying for a GRE, and am working feverishly at applying for Ph.D. programs in my discipline. I'm also trying without success at doing NaNoWriMo.

10.10.18 - Hᴇʀᴏ ғɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ 100 BLUP. Hᴇ ᴡᴀs ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴀɢᴏ, I'ᴍ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴀᴢʏ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴀɢɪɴɢ ʜɪᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ I ʟɪᴠᴇ. Lᴀɢ ɪs sᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ʜᴏʀʀɪʙʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ. 

9.30.18 - I ᴡᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪɴᴇ ʜᴏʀsᴇ Aʟɢᴀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Tɪᴛᴀɴ's Cʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇ!

I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴏsᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ Tᴇɴɴᴇssᴇᴇ Wᴀʟᴋᴇʀs ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ. Gɪᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴄᴏɴsᴛʀᴀɪɴᴛs ᴏғ ᴍʏ ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ʟɪғᴇ, I ᴅᴏᴜʙᴛ I ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʀᴀɴᴄʜ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴇᴇᴅs/sᴘᴇᴄɪᴇs ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ. 

*Uᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ*: I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇsᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴄʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴ sᴇᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴡ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ Sʜᴀɢʏᴀ Aʀᴀʙɪᴀɴs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴇᴇᴅs ᴛʜᴀᴛ I ᴡɪʟʟ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ. 

I ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ sᴏʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ I ᴡᴏʀᴋ (ᴀs ᴏғ ɴᴏᴡ) sʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ғᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. 

Iғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴜʀɪᴏᴜs, I ᴅᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴘᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ I ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴍʏ Tᴇɴɴᴇssᴇᴇ Wᴀʟᴋᴇʀs. I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ sᴏɴɢs ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴘʜᴏɴᴇ; ғᴏʀ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ Tᴇɴɴᴇssᴇᴇ Wᴀʟᴋᴇʀs I ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ, I ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏɴɢs I ʜᴀᴠᴇ. As ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ Sʜᴀɢʏᴀ Aʀᴀʙɪᴀɴs, I ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʙᴏᴏᴋs ᴛʜᴀᴛ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅ. 

A ʜᴏʀsᴇ ᴍᴜsᴛ ʙᴇ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ғᴏʀ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴀ sᴏɴɢ ᴏʀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ--ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ sᴏʟᴅ/ᴀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴᴇᴅ. 

Sᴏ, ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ ᴀ ʜᴏʀsᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴀᴍᴇᴅ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴀ sᴏɴɢ ᴏʀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴀssᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ғᴏʀ sᴀʟᴇ. 

Aғғɪx ғᴏʀ Tᴇɴɴᴇssᴇᴇ Wᴀʟᴋᴇʀs: ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏᴘʜɪʟᴇs

Aғғɪx ғᴏʀ Sʜᴀɢʏᴀ Aʀᴀʙɪᴀɴs: ᴛᴡɪsᴛᴇᴅ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ

Tʜɪs ᴅᴏᴇs NOT ᴀᴘᴘʟʏ ғᴏʀ ʜᴏʀsᴇs ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ 2 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴏʟᴅ. Hᴏʀsᴇs ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ 2 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴏʟᴅ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ғᴏʀ sᴀʟᴇ ᴜɴʟᴇss ᴇxᴘʟɪᴄɪᴛʟʏ ʟɪsᴛᴇᴅ ᴀs sᴜᴄʜ. Iᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏxɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴛʜɪs ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴇ ᴡʜᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ "ᴡᴏʀᴛʜʏ."

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As I'ᴠᴇ sᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴀʀʟɪᴇʀ, I ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ. I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏғғ sɪɴᴄᴇ 2010; I ᴡᴀs ᴅᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ US Hᴏᴡʀsᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴅᴇʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ. I ʟᴏsᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 6ɪsʜ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴏғ ɪɴᴘᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ sᴏʀᴇʟʏ ᴍɪss ᴡʜᴀᴛ I'ᴠᴇ ʟᴏsᴛ. 

I ᴀᴍ ᴀ 19 ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ--ғᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ. Sᴏ, ᴋɪᴅs, ɢᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴏʀ ɢᴜᴀʀᴅɪᴀɴ's ᴘᴇʀᴍɪssɪᴏɴ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ. Tʜᴀᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ sᴀɪᴅ, I ᴀᴍ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴏғ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ sᴘᴀʀsᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ. I ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀs ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡs. 

I ᴀᴍ ᴀ sᴇɴɪᴏʀ ɪɴ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ ᴘᴜʀsᴜɪɴɢ ᴀ B.S. ɪɴ Eᴄᴏɴᴏᴍɪᴄs; I ᴀᴍ ᴀᴘᴘʟʏɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ Pʜ.D. ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇɢɪɴ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ɴᴇxᴛ ғᴀʟʟ (ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ, ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ). I ᴅᴏ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʀɪᴅᴇ ʜᴏʀsᴇs ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴀ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ--I ᴀᴍ ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʀɪᴅᴇ Eɴɢʟɪsʜ, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ I'ᴅ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙʀᴀɴᴄʜ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ Wᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ. I'ᴠᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴀ ʏᴇᴀʀ, ʙᴜᴛ I ᴀssᴜᴍᴇ I ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ sᴏ ᴏғᴛᴇɴ. I ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀɪᴅᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴏғᴛᴇɴ ʙᴜᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ɪsɴ'ᴛ ᴍʏ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ. 

Mʏ ʜᴏʙʙɪᴇs ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ, ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ, ʜᴏʀsᴇʙᴀᴄᴋ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴍᴀssɪɴɢ ᴀɴxɪᴇᴛʏ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀ ᴘʟᴇᴛʜᴏʀᴀ ᴏғ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴀssɪɢɴᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴍɪɴɪsʜ. I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ "ᴘʀᴇғᴇʀʀᴇᴅ" ɢᴇɴʀᴇ ɪɴ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ, ɴᴏʀ ᴀ "ᴘʀᴇғᴇʀʀᴇᴅ" sᴛʏʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ. I ᴊᴜsᴛ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs. Sᴜɢɢᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs? I'ᴅ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ I ʟɪsᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ. Aᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ, ᴡᴇ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ ᴛᴀsᴛᴇs. I'ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ᴏғ ʀᴇᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʟʟɪᴏɴᴛʜ ᴛɪᴍᴇ (ʜʏᴘᴇʀʙᴏʟᴇ, ᴍᴜᴄʜ?) 

Aʜ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀʟʟ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ. Wᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs? PM ᴍᴇ ᴏʀ sʜᴏᴏᴛ ᴀ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ʀᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛ! I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙɪᴛᴇ!       

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