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Opa has been in the hospital for a week now and things are bad. I don't foresee him ever coming home. It was so sudden and I am not ready for him to go yet however the alternative is even worse I think. Amanda eloped and I can't help but feel a little sad she didn't tell me. I miss Ryan. I miss endorphins. Nobody exists on purpose, we don't belong anywhere, everyone's gonna die.
Things I have discovered new love for in my twenties.
Pot. Xanax. Not wearing under wear. Riding English. Sushi. Nicotine and caffeine together. Being a little skanky. Not giving a fuck. Omg cherry pop tarts are so good. If I can supply myself with these ideas and things for the rest of my life I should be good to go.
From the video description: “This desert kingsnake was hit by a car in Arizona, and a group of students came to its rescue.”
Rescue almost doesn’t begin to cover it. First off, this is a baby snake, only a couple months old. Second, the snake’s heart was outside his body and somehow the teacher managed to push it in and perform emergency surgery… and the snake survived. And is doing fine! He’s got a twitter!
Whoaaaa. Not super gorey but fascinating.
This is amazing.
Whoa!
Equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EOTRH) - is a progressive and painful disease syndrome that affects aged horses.
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so cute
so in order to fill my wardrobe a bit I decided to do some low lvl quests and of course I started with those cuties (because Tarenar acts pretty much like Nono that’s kinda cute) so me is all happy and doing quests when suddenly-
…new banshee models..oh god.
they’ve never been scary to me and all but now… holy cow stay away from me (⊃д⊂)
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Holy shit new banshee models are cool as fuck. I have officially boarded the hype train for legion;
MUST BRAG ABOUT HEKATE. I think I have finally turned her into a trusty steed. We went for an evening ride last night and the time escaped us so we didn’t make it back to the barn before dark. She did soooo well, I am so proud of her. She spooked at a coyote but she didn’t come completely unglued. I don’t want her to be afraid of spooking, its deeply embedded in equine’s psyche; how they survive. I allow her to spook but maintain her composure and she did just that. Feeling her giant heart rate between me and the saddle is a little unnerving but also amazing. If this had happened a year ago I would have been on my ass with a concussion in the desert and no mount. We ended up in a wash we’ve never been through before right along Ironwood Hills. Unfortunately this took us up to Silverbell and Goret which is still under a lot of construction. I had to get off Hek and show her the newly paved road wasn’t an abyss of darkness and pain and just a road. ‘TIS FIRM!!!!! Riding North on Silverbell with construction in the dark plus traffic sounds like a catastrophe, but she actually did AMAZING. Listened to all my cues and received lots of encouragement. Unfortunately, Zack’s horse not so much. She spooked, ran across the street into oncoming traffic and completely ignored his cues. She reared up and popped him in the head. He busted his lip pretty good. He thought he needed to go to the ER at first. Nah son, cowgirl up, you’re fine. He was fine. Good day at work, not much to do with my principle investigator gone, but I basically get paid to watch Netflix all day. We had an incident with the cannabinoid study. Connie euthanized a good portion of the heterozygous mice we needed for the seizure data. Luckily I wasn’t there that day so I had nothing to do with it. This project has been my baby though and now we only have 39 mice we can use data on. Grr. We start dosing the dams July 30th which I’m pretty excited about.
Things are going okay- one day at a time.
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Everything Is Awful and I’m Not Okay: questions to ask before giving up
Are you hydrated? If not, have a glass of water.
Have you eaten in the past three hours? If not, get some food — something with protein, not just simple carbs. Perhaps some nuts or hummus?
Have you showered in the past day? If not, take a shower right now.
If daytime: are you dressed? If not, put on clean clothes that aren’t pajamas. Give yourself permission to wear something special, whether it’s a funny t-shirt or a pretty dress.
If nighttime: are you sleepy and fatigued but resisting going to sleep? Put on pajamas, make yourself cozy in bed with a teddy bear and the sound of falling rain, and close your eyes for fifteen minutes — no electronic screens allowed. If you’re still awake after that, you can get up again; no pressure.
Have you stretched your legs in the past day? If not, do so right now. If you don’t have the spoons for a run or trip to the gym, just walk around the block, then keep walking as long as you please. If the weather’s crap, drive to a big box store (e.g. Target) and go on a brisk walk through the aisles you normally skip.
Have you said something nice to someone in the past day? Do so, whether online or in person. Make it genuine; wait until you see something really wonderful about someone, and tell them about it.
Have you moved your body to music in the past day? If not, do so — jog for the length of an EDM song at your favorite BPM, or just dance around the room for the length of an upbeat song.
Have you cuddled a living being in the past two days? If not, do so. Don’t be afraid to ask for hugs from friends or friends’ pets. Most of them will enjoy the cuddles too; you’re not imposing on them.
Do you feel ineffective? Pause right now and get something small completed, whether it’s responding to an e-mail, loading up the dishwasher, or packing your gym bag for your next trip. Good job!
Do you feel unattractive? Take a goddamn selfie. Your friends will remind you how great you look, and you’ll fight society’s restrictions on what beauty can look like.
Do you feel paralyzed by indecision? Give yourself ten minutes to sit back and figure out a game plan for the day. If a particular decision or problem is still being a roadblock, simply set it aside for now, and pick something else that seems doable. Right now, the important part is to break through that stasis, even if it means doing something trivial.
Have you seen a therapist in the past few days? If not, hang on until your next therapy visit and talk through things then.
Have you been over-exerting yourself lately — physically, emotionally, socially, or intellectually? That can take a toll that lingers for days. Give yourself a break in that area, whether it’s physical rest, taking time alone, or relaxing with some silly entertainment.
Have you changed any of your medications in the past couple of weeks, including skipped doses or a change in generic prescription brand? That may be screwing with your head. Give things a few days, then talk to your doctor if it doesn’t settle down.
Have you waited a week? Sometimes our perception of life is skewed, and we can’t even tell that we’re not thinking clearly, and there’s no obvious external cause. It happens. Keep yourself going for a full week, whatever it takes, and see if you still feel the same way then.
You’ve made it this far, and you will make it through. You are stronger than you think.
thank you so much
How To Get A Gaited Quarter Horse
Step 1: Find two Quarter Horses.
Step 2: Breed them.
Step 3: Wait and see if the baby is gaited!
It’s really that simple. Change the breed to Warmblood, Thoroughbred, Connemara, whatever you ride. Any foal can be born gaited!
Ok, now that I’ve scared you into never breeding your Warmblood because it might come out gaiting, let me throw down some knowledge.
Any horse can be born gaited. It’s true fact, and it’s because of the “Gait-Keeper” gene.
All horses (and dogs, humans, things that walk..) have an allele called the DMRT3 allele which controls locomotion through the spine and pelvis. A normal DMRT3 allele gives us ponies that trot. A mutated DMRT3 allele gives us ponies that do..something else. Who knows what tbh. Could be anything.
“Mutated” DMRT3 allele’s have a premature stop codon which alters the entire gene, which alters the way the horse moves their legs. Super straightforward stuff.
Gaited breeds, like Tennessee Walkers or Rocky Mountain Horses, have been selectively bred for the mutated DMRT3 allele. And, just as it’s possible to get a gaited baby by Uthopia, it’s possible to breed two perfectly-gaited Walkers and get a non-gaited foal.
I’m not surprising you by telling you that the chances of getting a gaited foal by Uthopia are extremely, very, super slim. But the extremely, very, super slim chance is always there. Stock horses are more prone to DMRT3 mutations because of the gene pool - the first Appaloosas were gaited and did/do a gait called the Indian Shuffle. You can still find gaited Appaloosas if you search for foundation-bred horses, and there are a few studs out there that breed selectively for the gaited Appy. The gait was bred out of the App with Quarter Horse blood, but the gene mixing led to stock horses being more prone to DMRT3 mutations. (Keep in mind that there are Walkaloosas, which are a cross between non-gaited Appaloosas and Walking horses. This is not the same as a gaited Appaloosa. The Walkaloosa actually became one of the most common gaited/non-gaited crosses because Appies are so easy to pop gaited babies out of)
As a fun side note, the DMRT3 mutation is also responsible for the occasional gaited horse that literally can’t canter no matter how hard they try. Canter is a diagonal gait, like the trot, so if the mutation is in the right place, the horse will be incapable of any diagonally-based movements. Some horses physically can’t trot, but can canter (like my Bella). Some horses can trot and gait. It all depends on where that stop codon ends up.
For good measure, here’s some stuff
DMRT3 Mutation Study Article Summary
Actual DMRT3 Mutation Study
More Sciencey Stuff On DMRT3 In Gaited Horses
A Page About A Gaited Appaloosa Named Redneck
A Video of Redneck (I’m just using the video for gait example, I don’t necessarily agree with any training that occurs.)
And, because I feel that Redneck just doesn’t show quite the correct Indian Shuffle I’m looking for, here’s another gaited appy.
And Another One. THIS one is the video I believe shows the most accurate Indian Shuffle and tbh I’m swooning over this horse.
This is really interesting. A friend of mine has a Kentucky Mt Horse out of registered Kentucky Mt Horse parents and he doesn’t gait. He also doesn’t canter very well either. He just trots, and trots and trots.
When I first got my Appaloosa mare she did something that I suspected was an Indian Shuffle. I never did catch it on camera, and she only did a few strides before she would start trotting.
Here is a registered QH that gaits.
Something good in this world…
Excellent weekend. The arena was still flooded so we went out on a trail ride but only went for four miles. It was hot and I almost died; but what is dead may never die. We came back and I let Hek splash around a bit which was pretty hilarious but also gross. Zack didn’t ONLY talk about himself this time which was pretty nice. I know everything there is to know about his past careers, girlfriends, family, family ancestry, education, hobbies. I think he just learned my last name like a week ago -_- Yesterday a bunch of people came over and we played Cards Against Humanity, drank, had dinner, and lit off a thousand sparklers. Everyone had work today so we called it pretty early.
I forgot how much I love Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
I am also level 100 on WoD finally and I gotta say, I really hate it. You have to spend 5k to upgrade your garrison in order to go to the zone where you can upgrade your gear. Every four yards there’s a pack of four mobs that fuck your face. A quest boss spawned on me 3 times yesterday before I was even to get out of combat from the first encounter. UHhgggg it was so annoying. Kind of probably won’t keep playing unless Tyrone does. ROIGHT.
Hmm well today was also pretty good. I weaned forty pans which equated to about 150 new weanling pans. Then I had to go ear tag for the new PI I started working for. I was there like 2 hours longer than I’m supposed to be.
Cool thing, I didn’t know I got holiday pay which is pretty cool.
Ehhhhh I’ll be posting around for a bit. WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB n we’re here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff!!!!"
cersei rolling up to the iron throne like
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