My life is now boxed and ready to be relocated; summer officially ends fairly soon and a my Uni adventure begins! Its been a fantastic summer, and I’ve learnt alot about myself, about my friends and about life in general.
I’ve faced down a few demons, and found that I’m actually a lot more emotionally stable than I give myself credit for.
I’ve strengthened friendships and I’ve lost a few.
I learnt that everything changes - for better or worse -and that resisting this is too much like swimming against the tide; you’ll only wear yourself out and it will happen just the same.

I hope me and my friend all manage to maintain contact through the millions of channels availiable - I’m gonna miss you guys. I’m gonna try and keep up blogging for my sake if for no one elses.

So there isnt alot else to say apart from good luck everyone in your futures! May they be bright, sunny and successful whatever path you choose

Lotsa Love
Kat
xxx

I was browsing the BBC for post content and I found the most disastrous thing yet. Screw the war on terror, screw global warming. The bee’s are dying.
I’m not joking! This is bad bad stuff…
Watch for yourself

The reason why this does actually make me more than neutral (I don’t mean concerned…but I can’t think of a lesser word) is because alot of people seem to be spending a lot of money on saving the little critters. Albert Einstein once said: “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination … no more men!”
And if Einstein says it I’m inclined to give it some weight - he was a pretty smart guy from what I hear.
So the BBC report gives the bees 10 years, which gives humanity 14 years - so till 2022. I think we should act now people - go support bee keepers and buy some honey!

Links to scare you -
Another concerned blogger
A Fuck off Long Essay about Bee’s
Even CNN has something to say!

Lotsa Love
Kat
xxx

I assume most people have already seen this video, but for clarity I thought I’d include it in this post. This student’s arrest not only spawned the internet phrase “Don’t tase me bro” but also my interest in tasers; not the actual weopon, but the use of them by the police. Whilst I think that they are a good idea for officers to use in place of guns as the incidence of death when used correctly seems logically to be less (although I don’t know actual figures - just using some common sense). Also it seems like a good way to subdue the suspect by forcing muscles to twitch uncontrollably as it allows officers to then cuff etc the suspect.

However I absolutly abhor the idea of the “Drive Stun” function. An LA police document says “The Drive Stun causes significant localized pain in the area touched by the Taser, but does not have a significant effect on the central nervous system” Its used for a law enforcement technique know as ‘pain compliance’ which usually refers to the manipulation of joints or the use of pressure points to subdue a victim - whilst this is not a pleasant idea it is naturally necessary as officers will often be faced with suspects who try to avoid arrest through struggle and force will naturally be needed. However allowing the police force to use a taser in the drive stun method (which involves simply touching the taser to the suspects skin.) seems wrong to me. For one, it is so easy to poke someone with it that officers may become ‘taser-happy’ so to speak - According to the analysis of the first 900 police Taser incidents by the Houston Chronicle, no crime was being committed and no person was charged in 350 of those cases. Also, because a taser is referred to as a ‘less than lethal weapon’, officers may not be aware or may not consider the true damage that can be caused. Further more, tasers do not have automatic stop’s - and I assume this means they can be continuously fired which doesn’t sound very clever considering the human body can only take so much electric shocking.

I also can’t settle the idea of the police using pain compliance - I can understand its use with like pressure points, but when weapons become involved it seems to me that the abuse rates will rocket (but I guess I have no actual proof of that - just a gut feeling) To me tasering someone to make them shut up sounds like torture.

Lotsa Love
Kat
xxx

Okay - not really even spring yet, but I’m feeling so summery and happy, I’m ready for summer now. Probably mostly because I bought myself a new tankini (and shock horror, its a size smaller than last years, so I’m more than slightly chuffed with that :D)
But I just undid a lot of that because I then chose to have McDonald’s for lunch. STUPID IDEA. I have just added up my calorific values (sodding mission to find them - they done make it easy. A google search was fruitless and I had to trawl through a FAQ page to find a link) and now I feel obese. Bloody McDonald’s - how can they sell such shit and how can I pay them for it. I swear I shall never go again.

*big sigh* I just shouldn’t have looked - ignorance is bliss after all!

So this weekend I have a lot of coursework to do of both the historical and literary kind. I also have a horse show to help out on which will probably manic - around 300 children with as many horses competing. Add relatives, teachers and helpers and you have a very tense bunch of people with some very skitty animals.

Roll on summery summer and the summery summer heat. PLEASE
Lotsa love Kat
xxx

There once was a teenage girl called Kat
(She’s the author of this blog - you should know that!)
Kat enjoys buying wonderful new tops
Especially ones from those new online shops
For a party, the perfect one she found
It was gold and lacy, which suited her too the ground
However at home she was completely non-plussed
To find the hem on the sleeve had bust!
Luckily her mum came to her aid in this glitch
“don’t worry my dear, it can be fixed with a stitch”
And so stitched she did, and Kat partied all night
But when the top was washed, along came another fright!
The top had been shrunk and was all out of wack
When Kat put it on it it looked like a sack
She was distraught, upset and stunned
Would the shop take it back and give her a refund?
Well the story must be left hanging in mid air
As only time will end this dastardly affair

So I hope you enjoyed this little ditty
But please be kind and leave me some pity

Well I failed my driving test. Again.
With 3 minors and a stupid pull out in front of a landrover (now I have even more reason to hate them)
But I don’t want to talk about that - it makes me depressed.

So I’ll talk about my fabulous riding lesson last Sunday where I jumped a whole course of jumps which were about 2 foot. Small yes, but that’s exactly what I needed and I think its been the first riding lesson since I started back where I feel like I’ve made progress and I didn’t spend the whole time sick to my stomach. I approached (most of) the jumps confidently and actually enjoyed doing it. Onwards and upwards! It helps that Saxon is my little star pony - he’s so sweet and honest, he even jumped a jump directly after tripping up - a lot of horses would have put the breaks on. He just carried on doing his thing. Love Love Love that pony!
Also helped out at a jumping competition which was (as always) absolute mayhem with about 15 horses competing and all trying to stay in the same tiny enclosed arena - we had a few squabbles from both horses and riders! Was very very fun. Also got to see some of the instructors who are on part time work now.

And to end on a cheerful note, how about reading about some Stallion fighting here (Pictures which are not for the faint hearted)

Lotsa Love
Kat
xxx

Was out riding today and…yes…my first fall since I smooshed a bone.
Clever clever little me!
Well I’m not broken this time, and this time it got caught on camera, so I’ve been banned from bringing any recording device as they seem to curse me!
Its weird though - this time all I got was a bump on my shin, but I was jumping a 2 foot 6 upright at canter, rather than trotting over a tiny weeny little 2 foot cross pole! Stupid Sods law.

However, the lesson today wasn’t going so great - I have no confidence in jumping any more (it terrifies the bejeebers out of me) and am not ashamed to say I was a little bit tearful. I even had the thought ““I don’t know if I want to do this any more” So I need to seriously work on getting back my nerve…

Its right at the end - as you can see I got a little confused as to where I was going!
Sorry about the wind noises!

Lotsa Love
Kat
xxx

Well aren’t I just a genius!
Yesterday I managed to break my collar bone whilst riding - I was just doing a diddy little warm up jump, and I guess I was just a bit enthusiastic about going over because once the horse had landed I just kept going over his head, landed on my left shoulder, rolled onto my bum, sat up and began to exhaust my vocabulary of swear words (and bearing in mind they make up roughly 10% of my normal vocabulary, there were quite a lot)
This screws my going on the mock hunt because I’m not allowed to ride for the next 3 months but the doctor said the pain should ease off in a week or two, which is good seeing as the only way I’ve managed so far is to max out on doses of codeine and ibuprofen, and move slowly.

Its my first ever broken bone but doing a sport like riding, it was only a matter of time. So this is me signing off one handed
kat xxx