After over a month of not being on skates, just approaching the world in a bipedal fashion, instead of a rolling one … I went back to practice on Monday night. *Groan* Of course, I was dreading it because I didn’t feel like having everyone notice that I’d forgotten how to rollerskate and wonder where [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Inspiration in the A.M.!
Posted in Derby, Thoughts, tagged apartment therapy, kendi everyday, morning grump, overhead lights bad on December 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Omigod it really works. A couple weeks ago, I tried an experiment: to get up and exercise each morning, pre-work. At least 30 minutes of something, be it jogging or following along with the wonderful Roller Derby exercises here. And you know what? All those crazies were right! I felt happier and more energized throughout [...]
Orpheus and The Awkward Foot
Posted in Derby, Thoughts, tagged awkward, fort mchenry, greek gods, myths, orpheus, sandman on December 10, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I’m a huge fan of Greek Mythology. Somewhere around the age of 11 I got a little obsessed, when we started going over the Pantheon and which god was responsible for which cool attribute. I felt like they were divvying up superpowers. Over the years I’ve read about it, taken extra college courses about it, and started [...]
Wield Those Boobs! For Justice!
Posted in Comics, Thoughts, tagged boobs, confidence, pow, power girl on December 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been kind of obsessed with Power Girl lately. Power Girl who, up until recently, I knew absolutely nothing about. I had heard about Supergirl, and her XXL torso, but I didn’t have any interest. I like Superman okay. Why do they need to make a kid sister/copycat/female Superman? He’s not interesting enough to inspire a [...]
Which Way’s Macy’s?
Posted in Derby, Thoughts, tagged cold as balls, john roberts, macy's, parades, snow on December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Some of the bizarre perks to being a rollergirl are the events you get involved in. Some are charity based, some are guest bartending based, and some involve you freezing your tookus off skating in a parade for two hours, avoiding horse poop to the best of your abilities. This was my second year skating [...]
Weak Sauce
Posted in Derby, Thoughts, tagged derby, hibernation, practice woes on December 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yes folks, I’m still hibernating. Actually, since the off-season began in November, I was going to practice about once a week, and stressing out over not going more than that. Then after having to miss a couple practices in a row, I thought – you know what? Eff this noise. This is the off-season, a [...]
