love and the 'horseback riding is not a sport' debate

First of all I am frustrated because I am hearing the same old **** (avoiding literal spelling because I am at school) when it comes to the game (i know that it shouldn't be a game but that's how it seems!)

love is an idea that is even more abstract than the idea of god. once you think you have it conceptualized, it's gone. Kind of like when you're looking at a far away star - you can't see it when you're looking directly at it; you have to see it through your peripheral vision.

my ex said that one of the reasons we broke up (and it was true) was because i was too distant... recently i was reminded (as if it were fact) that to maintain a new boy's interest i must also be distant. am i the only one who sees a problem here? While it is kind of fun when the ball is in your court, i also feel that feigning non-interest is a little on the fake side when the interest is there.

about the 'horseback riding is not a sport' debate. Yesterday I rode the new pony, and was trying to get her to go on the bit. (that is the quintessential point when the horse is bending his neck and is completely at the mercy of your hands and your seat. that's key in dressage riding). She had never done this before, so it took a while to get her to get there, and i had to fight with her every step of the way. finally she was there, and i was working SO HARD that for the first few minutes she was on the bit, i was out of breath! i had to tug and pull so hard with my arms and hands to get her there. i feel like i should start lifting weights. so to those of you wonder how people who ride horses can call this a sport, believe me, the horse isn't the one doing all the work!

I would write more details (and DO I have more) but i have to go tutor one of my friends in physics (he's paying me in lunch)...

next time: the new student in s's class who tells me that he doesn't have papers but his brother does.