Should I go to champs? I applied for a media pass – and who knows? The WFTDA will probably laugh me out of their email inbox, but I’ve got things to say! People link to me! In these dark days with no Derby Deeds, where will people get their sassy versions of unfolding roller derby [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beers’
To go to champs? Or not to go to champs?
Posted in Derby, tagged Atlanta, beautiful babies, beers, big 5, Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, tournaments, wftda on October 3, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Things I would have done differently
Posted in Derby, tagged beers, Betties, derby girls, gear, Roller derby, roller girls, shenanigans on August 30, 2012 |
Okay, if you want to get down to it, there are a thousand things that I would’ve done differently if I’d known better or had more clarity/didn’t have my helmet up my hot pants. But for the most part, they boil down to these two things. Given the chance to do my roller derby career [...]
Things to do instead of playing roller derby
Posted in Derby, My super fun activities, tagged beers, food, nature, Portland, roller derby is glamorous, summer on August 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »
After championships, I went to about 5-6 practices to shake the rust off for our bout. In two months. What I’ve been doing instead: Reading books Sitting outside Cooking dinners that take more than five minutes of prep time Walking around the neighborhood with my husband Watching the Olympics Grilling Spending time with family Making [...]
Leveling the playing field
Posted in Derby, tagged beers, Betties, brutal beauty, popsicles, Red lipstick, shenanigans, summer, tilted thunder on August 2, 2012 |
On Friday, I get to hang out with my beautiful Betties again. Just us, in red lipstick, trying to get more points than the other team. I normally don’t get excited for bouts – I get nervous. But I miss those Betties, and nothing’s at stake except for gaining back a smidge of the dignity [...]
8 things I can do in Portland this weekend (that you can’t do at Rollercon)
Posted in Derby, My super fun activities, tagged beers, Portland, rollercon, shenanigans, summer, sweatiness, wftda, WOJ on July 26, 2012 |
Skate outside during the day without dying Drink nanobrews! (Pretentious? Potentially delicious!) A) Pick berries. B) eat some C) make pie D) eat pie Sit quietly by myself and not feel like I’m missing anything Speed skating lessons without standing in line for an hour Scrimmage and get to play every other jam Eat delicious, fresh, reasonably [...]
Day 90: Total Body Transformation
Posted in Derby, Food, My super fun activities, Running, tagged beers, Betties, crossfit, fitness, Roller derby, sweatiness on March 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
For those of you who haven’t been following along, I’ve been doing this Total Body Transformation program, inspired by Frida Beater. Today is day 90. After tomorrow’s bout, I’m free to be bad. What’s the TBT? For 90 days, basically, you “eat clean” 6 days a week – no white flour, no white rice, no sugar, no alcohol, [...]
Things that happened at Wild West Showdown
Posted in Derby, tagged beers, Betties, roller derby is glamorous, scrimmage, shenanigans, tournaments, wftda, Wild West Showdown on March 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
These things happened: Shenanigans “with a capital S” – (as declared by DK) Betties lost twice Rose City Ropers (Betties and Friends) won twice Worm-off! Shooting the duck I blocked against Anya Heels, with her jamming and blocking Successfully started a chant for MYSELF (for taking Hurtz’s tequila shot, so help me) …failed at starting a respectable [...]
Running Buddies: I mostly failed
Posted in Running, tagged beers, sweatiness on March 2, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Oh, hey, you guys. Um, so we’re supposed to be running, right? Yeah, about that… Here are my goals from a month ago: Run 5x/week 5k in 32 minutes 8:45 mile Two 3.5 mile runs, two 4-mile runs Get some new running music How did that all work out? Run 5x a week: More like [...]
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