Post by Liz on Sept 25, 2008 21:46:18 GMT -5
Well, today's an awesome day to post this because we literally just talked about what things define us in AP government class today. It's funny really...anyway Sports that define me are (in no real order):
-Horseback riding
-Marching band
-Swimming
-Gymnastics
Random other things that define me are:
-my friends
-Music
So, Horseback riding...HUGE part of my life. I have my own horse and have had a LOOONG history with him. I'll try to make it long story short though because I could ramble on and on about training him...which leads me to my first point. I got Cherokee when I was younger (not below 10) and started training him then. We got him from the U of MD's re-feeding program, where they got him from an Ohio auction. Since then, I've trained him for the past 5 years and can now show him pretty successfully at First Level Dressage (this is where the more advanced moves start to come into play, bit by bit.) To say the Cherokee was less than perfect would be a major understatement.
He was scared of EVERYTHING on the farm land and when I mean everything I mean it. Wanna test me xD?? Post a random thing normal horses wouldn't be frightened at and I'll answer whether or not he was...chances are he was though.
Marching Band: OWNS MY SOUL!!! That pretty much sums it all up for marching band xD. Over an entire season we practice at least 500+ hours (a season starts as soon as January for once a month practices and really gets into full swing in August-Nov.) These hours go towards the hard earned 2nd place band of the East coast. Yes, that's right, we are 2nd outta the east coast from last year with a 95.95% out of 100. We are the bomb and are gonna get first this year, since our show is kick butt!!
Swimming and gymnastics were my favorite sports before I got full swing into riding and Band. We had to stop both after we moved to where we are now. We moved like maybe 45 minutes away from our old house, but it was going to be too much of a drive to make practices for each. I did compete in competitions for each sport and loved it. I really wish I could go back to these because I really loved them when I was participating in them.
I can be very random and very dirty...marching band pollutes my mind. Most times I'm not on on the weekends cuz of band since we have band competitions every saturday from last weekend (the 20th) until the 15th of november.
Lol, so you've read my life story xD....not exactly, but close. I could add so much more and I would, but maybe later. There could be like "Cricket's Life: Part 2" xD. IDK, but look for it from time to time.