Post by bizz on Sept 10, 2010 13:53:38 GMT -6
Henry Williams
Full Name:
Henry Williams
Nicknames:
Most people just call him Henry, though his students do refer to him as Mr. Henry
Age:
forty-two
Grade/House:
staff/ brown ribbon apartments
Gender:
male.
Nationality:
Henry is from California, USA.
Orientation:
Straight
Occupation:
breeding, training, and teaching hunter/jumpers and the occasional eventer.
physical
Height/Weight:
five feet eleven inches, two-hundred and eleven pounds.
Scars/Tattoes/Piercings:
Henry has Q37317 tattoo on the inside of his forearm with "Gun Smoke" in block letters under it. It's a memorial of Henry's first horse, an off the track racer who Henry bought with his own money when he was 19. His only other scar is a faint outline of a horse shoe on his back from where he got kicked by a pony when he was younger.
Striking Features:
Henry is a rather striking man in general. Everything about him is--- well it seems to be custom made for him. While his whole visual appearance is very appealing the thing that really ties Henry together is his never lacking charm.
Anything else?
Not really, no.
Height/Weight:
five feet eleven inches, two-hundred and eleven pounds.
Scars/Tattoes/Piercings:
Henry has Q37317 tattoo on the inside of his forearm with "Gun Smoke" in block letters under it. It's a memorial of Henry's first horse, an off the track racer who Henry bought with his own money when he was 19. His only other scar is a faint outline of a horse shoe on his back from where he got kicked by a pony when he was younger.
Striking Features:
Henry is a rather striking man in general. Everything about him is--- well it seems to be custom made for him. While his whole visual appearance is very appealing the thing that really ties Henry together is his never lacking charm.
Anything else?
Not really, no.
personal
Likes:
-teaching
-watching his students succeed
-women
-flirting
-the occasional rum and coke
-horse back riding
-seeing an competitive edge in his students
-seeing students compete in his classes
-coaching
-adrenaline rushes
Dislikes:
-his students not winning
-his students winning when they don't deserve it
-being turned down
-excessive over eating
-people who are rude to his horses (and by his he means any horse he has worked with ever)
-when people give up
-quitters
-dressage
-whiners
-wimps
Fears:
-he will push his riders to hard
-commitment/ marriage
-losing his job
-that he will die alone
Flaws:
-he is quick to loose his tempter
-he doesn't know when to stop pushing his students
-he values the horses over their riders
-he is a bit of a player with the ladies.
Hobbies:
-horseback riding
-teaching
-going on dates
-cooking
Background:
”Childhood was such a long
time ago-- did I even have one?
Hah, of course I did... It's just not
something I want to
remember.”
Henry grew up in California. Not movie star California, not beaches California... Just California. He never saw a movie star, he never went to the tourist attractions unless his relatives were in town, and he never once got scouted by a talent agent. He did, however, wear shorts almost all of the year, only saw snow twice, and went to an open air school. Henry grew up in a single parent home, his mom had taken off after his younger sister was born. It didn't bother Henry much, not until middle school picked up.
That was when the bulling really started. Sixth grade was when kids really learned that gay didn't always mean happy. It was when other children started to draw connections to that fact that Henry's father as a single parent, a single parent who didn't seem interested in finding a wife for his kids to call mom. That's when the assumptions started flying around. He became the son of a gay man, by imagination only. He constantly got pencil sketched pictures of his dad with other men, or of his mom running off when she found his dad in bed with other men. Henry didn't get depressed, but he couldn't just brush it off like his younger sister would prove she was able to do when she hit this age. Instead Henry got angry, so angry. He didn't know what to do. He just wanted to hurt someone, anyone. The kids at school, his dad, himself-- anything that he could bring pain to. Anyway that he could show the world his pain inside. So he did. The next time a note got passed to him Henry turned around and punched the boy squarely in the jaw. He pushed the other boy to the ground and started kicking, and didn't stop till two teachers dragged him away.
Of course after this incident Henry got moved to a different school. It wasn't exactly juvie, but it wasn't much better. It was a boarding school for trouble youths. The best part about it was the horses. Each kid was given a horse, and the idea was that they would have to care for the animal, respect the animal and love the animal. It gave them something to do, something to work for. Henry got paired with a large appendix quarter horse mare named Gypsy Queen, or GQ for short. How could Henry be angry when he was looking into those eyes? Henry left the school after one year, but he continued his bond with horses.
"Being a teenager was pretty
cool. The ladies, the ladies. And
of course I did find a place that
would take me to the
top"
When Henry got back to reality he was somewhat of a hit in school. When he entered high school there was no one to pick on him, because they were scared of him. Rumors started circulating about juvie and about what had happened there. In reality he had gone to a school that just redirected his energies, and nothing violent had happened except for the falls that were general in horseback riding. Suddenly he went from being left alone for being weird to being left alone because he was feared. And with fear comes power. He wasn't awkward anymore, he looked different, the confident from pushing around a two ton animal everyday left him looking different. He was stronger, tanner, more self assured-- well he looked more attractive.
He also found a place to ride, started working there. He rode whatever needed to be ridden, every bucker, every stopper, every thing that pulled it's rider around. He was on that horse, getting better, working harder. In the time that he wasn't forced to be at school he was at the barn, and if he wasn't in the saddle he was mucking stalls, turning out horses, hot walking, feeding anything he could do to work off his lesson fee. When he was a sophomore he was given his first big break. He was riding a green mare for some clients of his trainer and the owners were there while he was working her. After he got off they offered to take him to a show. They were trying to sell her and they wanted her to get out into the ring, and Henry was the only junior rider who was able to keep quiet enough to make it around an eight fence course quietly. So he went. They didn't finish first, they didn't even come close. But somehow this opened a door in Henry's life. Suddenly he was invited to the big shows to be a catch rider. Then his trainer's clients were offering to pay him and his shows fees if he would take their horse to a show, and get them sold. His junior years were a total dream
Of course being one of the only straight guys on the show grounds he got a lot of girls coming after him. His bad boy reputation at school got the girls there. All in all Henry became quite the ladies man. He did have many girl friends in his teenaged years, and many girls who wanted to be his girl friend. He loved girls, worshiped girls, needed girls. He knew what to say, when to say it, and how to say it. The list of girls he has asked out is almost endless. While horses were his passion, girls were his hobby.
At the end of his teenaged years Henry bought himself a thoroughbred of the track and named him Gun Smoke. He always meant to sell the gelding but it never happened. The two became inseparable, and Smoke was truly the first horse that Henry really felt a total complete connection with.
Since I grew up? What
have I done? What does it
look like I've done? I've
been doing what I
love"
As soon as Henry turned eighteen he did ride in the Adult Amateurs and the Regular Workings, he did the jumpers, and dabbled a bit in cross country. But what Henry really started focusing on was training green horses. And from training horses he started taking over beginning riders. He started picking up lessons from his trainer, and started coaching teams for high schools that affiliated with his barn. As he got older he started to work for more advanced students he started to go on the campaign trail with students. He went from horse show to horse show, sometime taking green horses in some classes, but mainly coaching.
He liked his life coaching life, but he began to flirt with other trainers. One trainer in particular. Liza Bard. He was in love, he guessed. They saw each other, here and there, their riders competed against each other. Their courtship was quick, and his proposal was accepted. They started a barn together, their riders joined the same team, they began to train the same horses-- they opened a joint bank account. Of course-- as things go their married life ended almost as suddenly as it started. Things got messy after that. Henry was a broken man for awhile, after catching Liza with a young working-student at their barn. He floundered for awhile, not knowing where to go. He packed up his horses, the three he'd been left with after the divorce and moved to a private barn.
It's taken him awhile to get it back, but Henry is back in the swing of coaching. That's when the academy picked him up, as they were in need of a jumper coach. He is happy to be here, and happy to be working again and back around horses.
-teaching
-watching his students succeed
-women
-flirting
-the occasional rum and coke
-horse back riding
-seeing an competitive edge in his students
-seeing students compete in his classes
-coaching
-adrenaline rushes
Dislikes:
-his students not winning
-his students winning when they don't deserve it
-being turned down
-excessive over eating
-people who are rude to his horses (and by his he means any horse he has worked with ever)
-when people give up
-quitters
-dressage
-whiners
-wimps
Fears:
-he will push his riders to hard
-commitment/ marriage
-losing his job
-that he will die alone
Flaws:
-he is quick to loose his tempter
-he doesn't know when to stop pushing his students
-he values the horses over their riders
-he is a bit of a player with the ladies.
Hobbies:
-horseback riding
-teaching
-going on dates
-cooking
Background:
”Childhood was such a long
time ago-- did I even have one?
Hah, of course I did... It's just not
something I want to
remember.”
Henry grew up in California. Not movie star California, not beaches California... Just California. He never saw a movie star, he never went to the tourist attractions unless his relatives were in town, and he never once got scouted by a talent agent. He did, however, wear shorts almost all of the year, only saw snow twice, and went to an open air school. Henry grew up in a single parent home, his mom had taken off after his younger sister was born. It didn't bother Henry much, not until middle school picked up.
That was when the bulling really started. Sixth grade was when kids really learned that gay didn't always mean happy. It was when other children started to draw connections to that fact that Henry's father as a single parent, a single parent who didn't seem interested in finding a wife for his kids to call mom. That's when the assumptions started flying around. He became the son of a gay man, by imagination only. He constantly got pencil sketched pictures of his dad with other men, or of his mom running off when she found his dad in bed with other men. Henry didn't get depressed, but he couldn't just brush it off like his younger sister would prove she was able to do when she hit this age. Instead Henry got angry, so angry. He didn't know what to do. He just wanted to hurt someone, anyone. The kids at school, his dad, himself-- anything that he could bring pain to. Anyway that he could show the world his pain inside. So he did. The next time a note got passed to him Henry turned around and punched the boy squarely in the jaw. He pushed the other boy to the ground and started kicking, and didn't stop till two teachers dragged him away.
Of course after this incident Henry got moved to a different school. It wasn't exactly juvie, but it wasn't much better. It was a boarding school for trouble youths. The best part about it was the horses. Each kid was given a horse, and the idea was that they would have to care for the animal, respect the animal and love the animal. It gave them something to do, something to work for. Henry got paired with a large appendix quarter horse mare named Gypsy Queen, or GQ for short. How could Henry be angry when he was looking into those eyes? Henry left the school after one year, but he continued his bond with horses.
"Being a teenager was pretty
cool. The ladies, the ladies. And
of course I did find a place that
would take me to the
top"
When Henry got back to reality he was somewhat of a hit in school. When he entered high school there was no one to pick on him, because they were scared of him. Rumors started circulating about juvie and about what had happened there. In reality he had gone to a school that just redirected his energies, and nothing violent had happened except for the falls that were general in horseback riding. Suddenly he went from being left alone for being weird to being left alone because he was feared. And with fear comes power. He wasn't awkward anymore, he looked different, the confident from pushing around a two ton animal everyday left him looking different. He was stronger, tanner, more self assured-- well he looked more attractive.
He also found a place to ride, started working there. He rode whatever needed to be ridden, every bucker, every stopper, every thing that pulled it's rider around. He was on that horse, getting better, working harder. In the time that he wasn't forced to be at school he was at the barn, and if he wasn't in the saddle he was mucking stalls, turning out horses, hot walking, feeding anything he could do to work off his lesson fee. When he was a sophomore he was given his first big break. He was riding a green mare for some clients of his trainer and the owners were there while he was working her. After he got off they offered to take him to a show. They were trying to sell her and they wanted her to get out into the ring, and Henry was the only junior rider who was able to keep quiet enough to make it around an eight fence course quietly. So he went. They didn't finish first, they didn't even come close. But somehow this opened a door in Henry's life. Suddenly he was invited to the big shows to be a catch rider. Then his trainer's clients were offering to pay him and his shows fees if he would take their horse to a show, and get them sold. His junior years were a total dream
Of course being one of the only straight guys on the show grounds he got a lot of girls coming after him. His bad boy reputation at school got the girls there. All in all Henry became quite the ladies man. He did have many girl friends in his teenaged years, and many girls who wanted to be his girl friend. He loved girls, worshiped girls, needed girls. He knew what to say, when to say it, and how to say it. The list of girls he has asked out is almost endless. While horses were his passion, girls were his hobby.
At the end of his teenaged years Henry bought himself a thoroughbred of the track and named him Gun Smoke. He always meant to sell the gelding but it never happened. The two became inseparable, and Smoke was truly the first horse that Henry really felt a total complete connection with.
Since I grew up? What
have I done? What does it
look like I've done? I've
been doing what I
love"
As soon as Henry turned eighteen he did ride in the Adult Amateurs and the Regular Workings, he did the jumpers, and dabbled a bit in cross country. But what Henry really started focusing on was training green horses. And from training horses he started taking over beginning riders. He started picking up lessons from his trainer, and started coaching teams for high schools that affiliated with his barn. As he got older he started to work for more advanced students he started to go on the campaign trail with students. He went from horse show to horse show, sometime taking green horses in some classes, but mainly coaching.
He liked his life coaching life, but he began to flirt with other trainers. One trainer in particular. Liza Bard. He was in love, he guessed. They saw each other, here and there, their riders competed against each other. Their courtship was quick, and his proposal was accepted. They started a barn together, their riders joined the same team, they began to train the same horses-- they opened a joint bank account. Of course-- as things go their married life ended almost as suddenly as it started. Things got messy after that. Henry was a broken man for awhile, after catching Liza with a young working-student at their barn. He floundered for awhile, not knowing where to go. He packed up his horses, the three he'd been left with after the divorce and moved to a private barn.
It's taken him awhile to get it back, but Henry is back in the swing of coaching. That's when the academy picked him up, as they were in need of a jumper coach. He is happy to be here, and happy to be working again and back around horses.
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horse talk
[/size][/center]Favorite discipline: hunters, jumpers, and cross country
Years of experience:
nearly thirty years
Accomplishments:
-top honors at AA horse shows as a junior rider
-trained countless champion riders and horses
-voted top coach at many year end banquets
-taught at many large show barns
School or Board?
He has three horses of his own, which he allows students to ride. But he trains on students horses, his own horses and school horses.
Other:
Henry owns a corgi named Speedbump.
Years of experience:
nearly thirty years
Accomplishments:
-top honors at AA horse shows as a junior rider
-trained countless champion riders and horses
-voted top coach at many year end banquets
-taught at many large show barns
School or Board?
He has three horses of his own, which he allows students to ride. But he trains on students horses, his own horses and school horses.
Other:
Henry owns a corgi named Speedbump.
