I think we have a winner...!

For the past week or so Breyer has been doing a countdown of live auction models for Breyerfest and while they've had some nice ones, today they announced the one that is THE BEST so far.  I like the color and the pose is okay.  I don't conga the mold but only because I got in at Mistral Hojris and it wasn't one I wanted to go back and get others on.  If I did performance showing I might since it's really only suited for Dressage.  Anyway, here it is

But now that I look at it, granted the angle is different, but is this Totilas?  No.  It's not.  I just looked Zydeco from Big Easy Bash and that one is Totilas and is doing a more extended trot than the one above.  Still.  It's a good thing I'm not going to Breyerfest since I would be spending all my money trying to win this guy.  Good luck to all who bid on him.

Well, that's all there's time for this morning because mom and I are going grocery shopping here in a minute before it gets too hot.

Happy Sunday!

I guess she REALLY wanted them to have it!

I occasionally suffer from bouts of insomnia and when it's too late to want to take a sleep aid, I get on my iPad Mini and start surfing the net...like now.  Usually I get tired enough to go back to bed within a short while, but I wanted to post this first...

I was looking at a zoo nut message board I frequent, I looked along the right-hand side to see if there's any interesting news in the zoo world and saw a headline about someone wantig to feed the lions at the Memphis Zoo...

Woman climbs barrier, tries to feed lions cookies at Memphis Zoo

http://wreg.com/2014/06/24/woman-tried-to-feed-cookies-to-memphis-zoo-lions/

The woman had been caught not once, but TWICE trying to feed some cookies to the lions there.  I mean, who does that?  Not to mention how incredibly dangerous and stupid it can be to climb a barrier.  I wonder if she was drunk or had some kind of mental issues going on like others that've done similar things.  I'd like to be able to say this was an isolated incident, but it's not.  A year or so ago some dude got into the Elephant yard.  Fortunately they got him out before any of the three elephants saw him.  The one at the Bronx Zoo in 2012 wasn't so lucky.  That guy jumped off the monorail into the Tiger exhibit and was injured pretty bad.  Anyway,  I wonder if she was refunded for her recently-purchased membership since she's been banned for life...? Those can be expensive, depending on the zoo and the perks that come with it.  At one time I had memberships at three zoos and all had very different prices.  Only one was worth the cost and is the only one I still have because it was the most difficult to acquire, but it also has the most perks.  They don't just cater to children and have tons of programs for children but none for adults, unlike the zoo that's only 6 minutes away.

Anyway, eyes more to this post than just the article.  Well, the article was the main point, but I have a personal story to share that is related...I used to have this friend that I went on many "Zoo Adventures" with.  She often said we should toss meat balls (balls of meat, not meatballs) to the male Tiger at our local zoo.  We never did and I'm pretty sure she wasn't serious about it, but it was pretty silly.  A girl I work with and I also often say we are going to go to our local zoo and start building the new Tiger exhibit ourselves.  They were supposed to break ground in April, but here we are at the end of June and nothing has happened.  But the point is, there's a big difference between joking about it and actually doing it.

Well, I guess that's it for now.

Random Cool Video Wednesday

Well, it looks like Blogger is back to normal.  I checked in this morning...just now, actually...and saw multiple blogs listed that had updated.  Yay!

So anyway, today's RCVW is brought to you by BrownEyedCountryGurl.  I enjoy watching videos like this and wish I could ride a horse through a drive-through again.  I say again because when I was 14, I think, my dad, brother and I rented horses from a local stable for two hours and because the stable was close enough, we rode them to our house.  That was actually the main purpose of that particular ride.  Anyway, on our way to the house, we decided to go through the drive-through of a liquor store because we knew the guy who was working at the time and we thought it would be fun.

Something that impressed me about this incident is that the horse is being ridden with a bitless bridle  and the horse was very well-behaved even with the cars creeping up around him.  At one point, you can see a Pontiac get a little close to them, but the Nissan you see a short time later keeps a respectable distance back.  I also like the horse itself.  I'm a sucker for Paints.  :)

So there you have it.  I hope you enjoy the video as much as I did.  I didn't listen to it with the sound so I don't know if there's stupid commentary on it or anything.

The clock is counting down to our move to the main building.  I spent much of the morning packing up my desk and I only have one drawer left plus labeling the bigger stuff like my computer and chair.  I'm excited for the move, but it's going to suck not seing my friends whenever I want.  Even when they move over in January, they'll be in a different part of the building.  I'll be able to see them, just not as conveniently as I can now.  I have stuff I'm going to take to Goodwill and when I re-open my desk space on Monday I'm going to have a slightly different decorating scheme.  I'll take pictures, although I should have taken one of what my desk used to look like.  Oh well.  Too late now because I'm not going to put everything back up!  hahahah. 

Happy Wednesday, Everyone!

Something weird is going on...

With Blogger.  Usually when I go to blogger.com it shows all the latest posts on blogs I follow but today it's only showing one with a button that says 'view more' but when I click on that nothing happens.  I've tried it on two different computers and three different thingies...you know, Internet Explorer, Chrome etc.  I forget what those are called.  Hahaha.  Anyone else having that problem?  Also, it tells me there's a new post on one of the blogs I follow and let's me read a few lines, but when I click the link for that specific post it says it doesn't exist.  It's very strange.  not to mention very frustrating because that list on my blogger page tells me when someone ha written a new post.  <sigh>

New Model....

So, last Thursday I got a call from the local toy store I do the majority of my Breyer buying from.  He'd gotten in the mid-year releases and wanted to let me know.  I asked about Harley D Zip, the only one I was really interested in, and he said yes and asked if I wanted him to hold one for me, which I said yes to, of course.  hahaha.  On Friday I went down during lunch since it's only about 2 or 3 miles from work as opposed to 14 or so from home and he showed me what he'd gotten in, including the Harley D Zip.  There were 5 to choose from but since I was on limited time and would probably want to socialize a bit with the owners, I looked at 3 of them and selected one that looked semi-glossy over the more matte one.  I may have mentioned before that I'm not the type of collector that scours all the models and goes over them with a fine-toothed comb in search of the best shaded, best dappled, darker/lighter one but if I see an obvious difference then I'll choose based on that.  Of the 3 I looked at, one was very matte and one was semi-glossy (I barely glanced at the 3rd) and I took the semi-glossy.  And without further ado, here he is

Harley D Zip is the first regular run on this model, but because he was released as a Premiere club model first under the name Latigo, that's what the mold name is being called.  I need to find me a Latigo now

And I have someone that is hopefully getting me Platinum Star from Breyerfest

I really wish they hadn't changed the mane on it.  It doesn't flow as nicely as Latigo and Harley.  Oh, but wait.  Now there's another Latigo mold that will be available, except this sucker is one of the auction items and so I won't have any chance getting him because only one will be made.  Bummer

Such nice, soft coloring.  He doesn't seem to be very popular on Blab, but I like him.  I think the simple color suits him.  Oh well.  You can't please everyone, right?  hahaha.

This week at work is going to be pretty crazy.  We are buried in work and we're moving on Friday.  Well, the move will be over the weekend, but our last day is Friday and we get to leave a little early.  Nobody is likely going to get much done.  When CERU moved they worked for a couple of hours in the morning then stood around and ate pizza before leaving at 1pm.  We'll get to leave at 2, which is nice.  We still have to pack up, too.  Our supervisor wants us to all take an hour tomorrow to pack up our desks, leaving out only what we'll need for the week.  Hahahaha.  We'll only be able to pack our personal stuff then.  But we get to dress casual (jeans/tshirts/athletic shoes) the rest of this week plus next Monday so that'll be nice.  Our regular dress code is Business Casual but most of us stretch it to "Dressier" Casual.  Hahaha.

Well, I guess that's it.  I think I had more I wanted to say, but I can't remember now.  Til next time!

**edited**  Oh yeah!  I remember now.  Rajah is finally available for purchase.  I pre-ordered him back in, what, February?  I was on Blab this morning and saw someone had posted he was now shipping so I went to check my email and saw

Hurray!  Needless to say, I bought him right away.  hahaha.  I can't wait to get him and add him to my Kalahkaari and Marwari models.  I'll be able to still have a complete conga of him (minus customs, but I don't consider them part of an official conga because they were painted from an OF...only official Breyer customs would count towards an official conga)

Well, this time that's it.  hahaha

Random Cool Video Wednesday

I hope everyone enjoyed last week's Random Cool Video Wednesday.  I know it probably wasn't all that exciting in the grand scheme of things, so hopefully this week will be more to your liking.

So, this last weekend was the Festival of Champions in Gladstone, NJ and it was also a selection trial for the World Equestrian Games to pick the short list of riders who will get to compete in Normandy in August and September.  I got to see a few riders have their tests before it moved on to the younger competitors and I turned it off.  I mostly only watch the Grand Prix and Freestyle Dressage because the movements are more interesting that just the basic stuff.  I love Piaffs and Passages and Shoulder-Ins and all that fun stuff.  Add it to music and it's even better.  One rider I saw really had me frowning.  In Dressage, you're not really supposed to see the cues the rider gives the horse, but this girl you could see her jabbing at her horse's sides and her legs were just all over the place.  And she was an upper level rider, too!  That had me real surprised.

 Anyway, I got to see Steffen Peters and Jan Ebeling compete and that was the best.  Steffen had the highest score after his ride and I knew that if anyone could beat his score it would be Jan.  And while Jan had a good ride, he wasn't good enough to beat Steffen.  On Sunday, which I didn't know about,(well, I know about Sundays in general, but I didn't know this particular event was happening on Sunday hahaha), was the Freestyle competition.  That's when they do Dressage set to music.  My favorite.  Once again Steffen Peters and Legolas92 came out on top and that is what the video is below.  It's a bit long, sure, but it's amazing to watch.  In Arizona, we have Dressage competitions, but not at this level, which is a huge bummer for me because I'd LOVE the opportunity to watch the big names compete.

Well, I guess that's it for today.  It's going to be a busy day at work and we have to attend our quarterly meeting/"awards" ceremony thing this afternoon.  Personally, I would rather stay at my desk and try to get caught up, but it's a requirement.  Oh well.  I hope everyone has a great day!

Breyerfest Live Auction

People have been chomping at the bit, wondering when the live auction models would be released and today is the day. 

Looking at the logo for the 25th Silver Anniversary, there's quite a resemblance

The Breyer Facebook page says Tom Bainbridge painted him during his visit at Big Easy Bash, but I have to wonder if he was asked to paint it grey to match the logo, or if it's just a coincidence...?  Either way, it's a nice model with wonderful coloring and I don't generally like this mold.  I like the new swishy tail and different mane and if I were going to Breyerfest, I likely would bid on him.  Not much, mind you, but just for the heck of it!  Good luck to all who enter the Silent Auction for this beauty!