Half a day's work is long

[altivo]

Well, the day was long and cluttered, the work wasn't so much. I did get network and PC maintenance done without having to dodge around other people, which is good. I did not get any cataloging done, since there were some horrendously large and slow Windows updates for some reason. Then my spinning study group, followed by barn chores (my day) including taking Tess out to play in the pasture again. She is still in the "look at me, dad" stage she gets every spring, where I turn her loose and she just has to show me how fast she can run and how agile she is at turning shy of the fence (or me.) I try not to show it, but every time she makes one of those tendon-wrenching turns I expect to hear a crunch and see her fall over squealing in pain. But she knows what she can do better than I do, and it never happens, thank goodness. The vet says she's overweight, so running should be good for her as long as she can stop when she wants to. The boys exercise each other to some degree, chasing and boxing. Tess doesn't get that because she refuses to get along with them peacefully and has to be kept in a separate pen or field. She apparently thinks they should respect her as "boss horse" and they don't have the concept, having lived amiably with just each other for so many years.

Gary's day was just as complex, as he went to school, then to his mom's so he could take her shopping and unclog a drain for her, and then came back home rather than staying at her place until the morning. Now we are debating whether to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox (arrived yesterday from Netflix) or just go to bed.

Comments

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

I got that on DVD the other day. It was not bad. :)

[altivo]

Not bad, but not real good in my opinion. I've never much cared for Roald Dahl's amoral view of society, and that's very evident in this story.

[moonhare]

She is still in the "look at me, dad" stage she gets every spring, where I turn her loose and she just has to show me how fast she can run and how agile she is at turning shy of the fence (or me.)

I loved watching our horses thunder out of the paddock, through the ring, and out into the fields, mud flying from their hooves as they jostled and nipped along... always a frightening race to see who could get through the gate first (two could go abreast, if moving at a normal pace...).

I'm hoping the library gets "Mr. Fox" and that I don't end up waiting six weeks while the rest of the staff brings it home and forgets they have it ;o)

[altivo]

Yep, I rather like that too. Unfortunately, Gary does not. After his runaway experience, he finds it terrifying.

Mr. Fox was OK, but I didn't find it as exciting as others apparently did. I sort of expected that, though, since Roald Dahl's books have never done much for me either. I imagine that viewers/readers are supposed to like the fox (I did not, he's dishonest with everyone including himself) and that kids especially are supposed to empathize with his son Ash (again, I did not, he seems selfish and irritatingly obnoxious.) Of course the three farmers are suitably villainous but that doesn't justify the actions of the fox. In the end it bothers me that Mr. Fox mostly got away with his crimes simply because others were more nasty than he was, which made him look better by comparison.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

*grins* Tess sounds sweet, if rather spoilt ;)

[altivo]

You got it. That's Tess, exactly.