It was 84 degrees yesterday in Portland, Oregon. When that happens, Portlanders grab their dogs and congregate near bodies of water. I don’t have a dog, but I do have a manatee friend, so we headed down to the river for some sun. You probably can’t tell here, but I have a Blazers blanket [...]
Posts Tagged ‘summer’
Manatee Monday: Sunny day at the beach!
Posted in Manatees, My super fun activities, tagged beautiful babies, being awesome, Manatee Monday, Rose City Rollers, summer, sweatiness on May 6, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Bonnie Thunders judges you.
Posted in Derby, tagged Bonnie Thunders, derby girls, roller girls, scrimmage, shenanigans, summer, wftda on October 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Alternate title: Never let the other jammer catch you. A couple of years back, Bonnie Thunders and OMG WTF came to Portland for Derby Daze and stayed over a little while. Like a lot of skaters hanging around Portland, they came to our regular Wednesday scrimmage. At one point, I ended up jamming against Bonnie. [...]
Further thoughts on Westerns: none.
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller girls, shenanigans, summer, tournaments, wftda on September 27, 2012 | 9 Comments »
I think I’m done with westerns. I could write a response to Atomatrix about why no one likes Oly (and it’s only maybe 10% jealousy, btw), but I don’t want to bog myself down with that negativity anymore. Or what WOJ could have done better, but that’s a bummer too. Or my mixed feelings about [...]
5 things that don’t disqualify you from being drafted
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, Fresh Meat, messing up, roller girls, Rose City Rollers, summer, sweatiness on August 21, 2012 |
The Rose City off-season drafts are coming up, and I’ve seen that the eligible Meat are starting to get itchy. Maybe this advice is a few weeks too late, but for now: Relax! Derby is fun, right? So, for those dear Fresh Meat: 5 common Fresh Meat traits that feel like they might disqualify you [...]
Funtastic Friday: Bye internet!
Posted in My super fun activities, tagged nature, shenanigans, summer, Water, Weekend talkin' 'bout the weekend on August 17, 2012 |
Bye internet! I’m leaving you for a few days. I imagine and hope it’ll look a lot like this. Enjoy your float, guys! Beer and hat optional. Well: hat optional. There will, at least, be a swimming hole involved. *
Hanging at the hangar
Posted in Derby, tagged Acid, Betties, Oaks Park, roller derby is glamorous, summer, Video on August 14, 2012 |
Yesterday I watched this video of Acid talking about how she started roller derby and got onto Team USA. Which is great – really – but um, I already knew all that stuff since I was on Fresh Meat when she got drafted and we’re on the same team and everything. It was fun to [...]
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 [...]
Break Neck Betties 250, Tilted Thunder All Stars 89
Posted in Derby, tagged banked track, Betties, retirement, Rose City Rollers, summer, sweatiness, tilted thunder on August 6, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Hey, we won! We avenged the loss on the banked track on Leet’s birthday! I spent five minutes in the penalty box (which is really really weird for me)! And it was fun! My parents came to the hangar for the first time to watch, and at halftime, they pointed out how much time I’d [...]
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 [...]
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