Changes, changes and more changes

Soooo, its been awhile since i last wrote in my blog..and there has been many changes, names, adresses, jobs n such. But never fear im back!!!!

Let me start with the name change...whilst driving home with a couple of my derby wives after practice we were chatting and..i can't remember who said it first...but we came up with an addition to my derby name...drumroll please............................................................

Faerie SaiDystic!!! yeah son! i likie!! so from here on out...your favorite little derby girl is going to be henceforth known as Faerie SaiDystic.

Freshmeat happened and we have sooo many new faces with DRD! very exciting let me tell you! and the skills these girls have already! awesome sauce!

We also just had a big ol' fundraiser...Kareoke night with the DRD girls...it was fun! supporters were able to pay to have their favorite derby girl sing a song of their choosing. yes folks..i do not know the words to like a vigin..and probably will never live that down..just sayin.

Group B..are now known as the Autohotts~! yeah very very cool and are now being coached by Jam Solo...Loving it!

PILONS...effin things are still on my shite list but i'll have you know that i own them...they are my bitch and i will continue to yell obscenities at them weekly....move on to cross overs...bloody fucking hell..cross overs...i have been trying to do these damn things..correctly..cause i should let tell you that i can do them..rather clumsily and wobbly but i can do them....but cause im the obsessive type of gal..yeah i want them to look like a dream...instead of me squealing my way through them and tripping on my damn toe stop.

in other news...learning the running start......WEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
done by turning your feet out, jamming them down, leaning into it and running a few steps to get speed up from a dead start...looks friggen awesome i must say...prob not when i do it but when someone does it that knows what they are doing it rocks!! so picture it...setting my self up for the running start....one step...two step..oops...yeah boom goes Faerie down on her arse....BUT!! keep on going and i actually did it!! wobbly and some windmilling of arms but i did it!! woot woot woot!!

so here i will end this entry...more to come! seriously

bend yer fucking knees and keep watching the skys!!!!!!!!!!!!

ouff!

sitting here at work...reaching for a pen...who knew that would be a workout in itself? good lord and baby jebus...abs are still feelin the burn of all the sit ups...arms are nothing but dead weight from all the push ups...can't wait for practice tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OUCH!!

last night was the first night back....feels like it was after about 5 years but really only about 2 and a half weeks...sweet jesus im sore today....but whew! i sure did miss it!

K coached us last night...whistle stops, whistle falls, push-ups, sit-ups and more falling (on purpose of course) just a few things...

Seriously love my knee pads..have had them for awhile now...cushiony soft, like falling on kittens...or er...what i would imagine falling on something soft might feel like...seriously i heart kittens.

bunch of new bruises...horrid toe cramps...new waxed laces...thanks Smokey...owe you for that one!

sweaty, sore, and lovin derby.. i made it through the first practice of 2012.....

as an aside...remember when i said my dog like veggies...and i had dumped a whole veggie tray???? yeah puking dog, plus week stomach = don't let the dog eat veggies again...yuck!! still tramatized...

so until next time...bend yer fuckin knees...oh and can someone hand me an ice pack?

time rolls on...especially when your on skates....

Soooooooo....yeah...its been a damn long time since i have written any words of wisdom for my adoring masses....pfft! lol ok not so much as adoring masses but more like kind hearted people who make me feel warm and fuzzy by reading this hot mess....

well baby im back!! lots has happened...derby related and not so derby related....and so the story begins....


Sooo....there have been new skills added to the repratoire that is Sai Dystic...yeah son! I, my friends, can skate forward...turn around backwards...WHILE STILL MOVING!!!!....and stop up on my toe stops (slow moving tomahawk) now lets take this moment to make a high pitched squeeling sound to commemorate how frikken fan fuckin tastic this is...

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

it took a lot of meeting floor with my arse...and some pretty impressive bruises...but i did it! with lots of encouragement from Coach Pixel Ninja and Fire CrackYa....gotta remember to stop watching my damn feet lol.

Gumball Toe Stops....got them!! for christmas...from one of my very special wifies!!...im sure i have already mentioned this...but hey, its been a while and i can't remember shite on a good day :)

cross overs...attempted...sort of accomplished....working on them...frustrated as fuck...but don't you worry your pretty little head...i'll get them...if i can get the fucking pilons and do all three rows..HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I GOT THE FUCKING PILONS AND MANAGED TO DO ALL THREE ROWS??? No? oh hey..yeah i totally did all three rows of pilons...maximum swearing...some squeeky high pitched noises...but i did it..no biggie...LMFAO yeah i'll whip out the cross overs too...eventually. Might wanna cover your young children's ears during this...tee hee

The last week of Derby...i was slowly dying...of the plague...missed some good practices....bitter as fuck about that...managed to get the last practice in before the holidays...and then we were off for a break....

Last night was the first practice back...and what do you know?? yeah..my 2nd job says hey..lets have a meeting..but instead of having when it was booked...lets make it earlier...working is seriously screwing with my Derby time....sigh...better start playing the lottery....and to top that off nicely...yeah i get gone to the meeting..oh wait...they cancelled it...just in time to make sure i don't make it to Derby...well..at least i wasn't sitting in a meeting...

so here i am...all whistful...wondering whats going on at derby without me...i mean other than the tears, wailing and nashing of teeth at my absence....(come on guys..let me pretend) and i say hey! you sai have a very lovely veggie tray just waiting for you to eat it....so im just starting to munch down...and decide i need something to drink...i get go to get up...moving the veggies...and woosh! i drop the whole damn thing all over the floor and dog..who i might add was absurdly happy and the dropped carrots and calliflower...sigh.....so much for that treat...glad the damn dog enjoyed it........

so for now..there you have it...im sure i have forgotten some good shite that i wanted to put down...but thats what i get for being a lazy arse and not writing more often...until next time...bend yer fucking knees...oh! and wednesday here i come!!!!!!!

speed, cross overs pilons and such

sooooo picture it, monday night practice, my derby girl SinNic picks me up and off to practice we go....yeah son! we gear up and warm up...drills, drills and more drills....my shins are cramping, and im having a hard time skating, Pixel Ninja tells me to sit down...and points out i had better do it since he NEVER tells us to sit down, lmao. he got out his skate tool and loosened my trucks....so i make a squeeking sounds and say eeep! loosened trucks mean more able to turn and such...also means that your skates are harder to balance on..but, since i trust my coach...off i go...and boy oh boy what a difference! it always amazes me everytime he makes them looser how much easier i find it to skate and manouver...

we have a break and out come the fucking pilons....im swearing under my breath, and if you have been reading this hot mess then you know how i feel about the fucking pilons...but thats ok, off i go to wind my way through....and what do you know?? out of the three lines of pilons, i made it through two!! the last line i ended up skipping every second one but they get closer together each line that you do, but, did i mention i got through the first two???? fuck yeah! i went from not being able to go through any to two lines of pilons, pat me on the arse and call me sweetie! i did it!!!

next its time for push pulls...and Pixel pairs SinNic and i up with the faster two skaters...and yes he had an evil grin on his face while he did it...i was with S (don't know her derby name yet) and SinNic was with Caraseen Fury. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! ohhh sooo fast! some advice from the sidelines shouted out on my way past them in a blur helped me flo a little better with her speed....i was moving faster than i normally do, pulling and pushing S. but i was getting frustrated that i was losing speed in the corners...i really really need to get doing the cross overs!

the last go around with S i realized that i had been closing my eyes while she was pulling me around, i know it sounds crazy, but it really helped me get a feel for where my feet and body should be when moving around people and through the corners, really helped a lot with my balance too, strange but true!

and here we find ourselves at the point of panic....i tell S i gotta stop for a minute,,, seriously im going to puke...i coast over to the side of the floor drop to my knees and start deep breathing....i absolutly HATE throwing up, i don't know why but every time i do it i panic...strange as fuck but true....so im losing my shite at this moment in time cause im really afraid im going to toss my cookies....and therefore cry and panic infront of everyone.....Dii Mented and PIxel ask me whats shaken, i say, with a breathy and high pitched voice that im trying not to throw up..they say hey, its ok, it happens...and i say, in a paniced voice...and probably more loudly than i remember, I DONT WANNA THROW UP!!

so gladly i managed to breathe through it, and not throw up....its a good night indeedy...grabbed a donut that Karma's Gunna Getcha had brought in on the way out, and yeah couldn't eat it, still a little puky feeling, but all in all an awesome awesome practice...

fast forward to wednesday night....off to derby i go...i have been told on good athority that we will be working on cross overs and im super fucking excited....can't wait!!

Smokey 5-0 is there helping out too and we start with some excersise to help in the process of learning to do cross overs as well as building muscle...found new muscles boy and girls...sure nuff i did

but i digest....we did three different excersises tonight...we skated in circle...first one way then the other and when we got to the turns we kept the leading foot on the floor (the one that would normally be infront when turning) and pushed with the other....eeeeee!! did i ever pick up speed!!! loved this!!!!!! i was going sooo fast!!!!!! much faster then i normally go...yeah son!

next was the one where you are skating in a circle and you are now pushing yourself with the hind foot, sticky skating with the one foot...weaving it in and out behind you..sounded difficult...looked even more difficult...but with the help of S i did manage to work it out and do it...whooo! feel the burn!

aannnnd....then we were lined up at one end of the floor...and facing one wall...walking sideways...lifting a crossing one foot over the other...like when doing a cross over...well...proud moment there....i called out in a half squeek and half mumble...ARENTE SUPPOSED TO BE HANGING ON TO SOMEONE????? LOL...luckily Smokey 5-0 came to my rescue, held me up and helped me get through the first couple of times up and down the floor by holding on to her...then she and Pixel let me do it on my own...yet more muscles found, hurting unit but i did it...thanks Smokey for being there while i worked it out!! greatest team captain ever!

now its that time of night where i have to strip off my gear and get my arse off to work...as im taking off my gear...the others are starting to skate around and do the acutal cross overs!!!!!!! i have my skates and most of my pads already off and i make a decision that i need to try this! i need to finish out this cross over business...so with the help from Kitty Von Doom, who was there visiting and who will be returning to practice hopefully in a couple of weeks...and is one of my very wonderful derby wives (yes i have two, cause that's how i roll, lmao) i got my gear on and got back on the floor to give it a try....away i went, they were a little jerky and bumpy but i was getting my foot and leg over..kept knocking my toe stop off the floor...Caraseen Fury help on to me, gave me some pointers and worked through it with me until i was doing the motion and cross over a little better...we even did some more cross over excersises together along with help from S, then held me up and steady while i worked on getting my feet moving with out tripping myself up on my toe stops and making the movements more smooth...yeah! team work!!

i stayed as long as i could, and then i had to make trail outta there before i was REALLY late for work!! i don't know if i mentioned this but damn i love derby...im hurting, sore, sweaty and tired as fuck by the time practice is over but every time, everytime... i find myself loving derby and my derby family even more!!!!

so until next time...bend yer fucking knees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OOO!!! Pain is the Cleanser!!

SOoooooo, its been a while...too caught up in my head and life...so this is gonna be a post about the last couple of weeks of derby, rather than a blow by blow account.........
Things i have learned.......

I HAVE A NEED FOR SPEED!! yeah!! who knew????? soo picture it...coach Pixel Ninja says hey guys, its time to do some push pulls...pair up!...Em J'Kill is back from LOA and practicing with B squad for a little bit, so i pair up with her...not even thinking hey, yeah this is a girl with some skills...so she half turns, says, 'Hold on' and AWAY SHE GOES!!!!!!!! well i tell you friends....that girl can MOVE!! after i got over the initial fear and stopped calling for my mummy....i was rather enjoying myself! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! (said in a high pitched squeal) what a rush! holy hell! i mean don't get me wrong, it was scary as fuck...but i loved it!!!!!!!
I think the others on the side lines loved it too...or at least the look on my face and the high pitched squealing sounds that were coming from me anyway, lmao
i cant wait to be able to go that fast on my own!

Practice has been ramped up, we all have the skill to skate and some control, so now its time for the nitty gritty...and let me tell you, i thought practice was tough before, yeah...umm...where did that bucket go??? i think i may need to vomit! lmao

It all started with Pixel Ninja, bringing out a bucket, setting it down and saying, very plainly, that is was there if needed...we all kinda looked at him and the bucket...and said umm..ok. I didn't look around but im fairly certain that the look of confused horror was the same on each face......

so off we go...the drills are harder, more difficult, in skill and endurance. I am pretty sure that there is something fundamentally wrong with me and my mental state...cause let me tell you...I FUCKING LOVE IT!!!!

myself and im sure the rest of the girl, learned something very important that night...we CAN do it. We are no longer new, we have some skills, and none of us gave up! we made it through that practice and with that gave me, and im sure everyone else that little boost. we worked it through...i mean, yeah, i kept my eye on the bucket, you know, just incase...but we did it! Start to finish i didn't stop once! YEAH SON! pretty fucking proud i have to say!

On to the pilons....i had a theory....that it was mind over matter....so since im a glutton for punishment...of i go, deciding that im going to do the fucking pilons, with a smile on my face, and do it right.....

i worked it out...i did it...i was able to do the pattern, i was able to turn and i did it with only a low level of swearing...i did figure out that im much better at turning right than left...strange...but true. by no means was i rocking the pilons, but i was actually making it through...giggity.

a couple of the new drills that we are doing....first is the skate, fall to a double knee fall...walk on knees two steps...get back up, skate, double knee fall and walk on knees two steps...rinse and repeat until you puke.

second is...skate..fall into baseball slide...three sit ups..get back up..skate...fall into baseball slide...three sit ups...back up and skate...turn around and hit repeat until you have out of body experience...

third..skate...fall into double knee fall....three push ups...get up...skate...fall into double knee fall...three push ups...get up and do it all over again until the white light gets brighter and you start to see lost loved ones....

we also did the stand in circle, Pixel Ninja in the middle and we walk/stomp in the direction that he shouts out...awesome sauce!

these of course are all in addition to the regualar forms of tortur...er.. i mean drills...that we have been doing...whistle stops and fall etc...

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

push pulls....and because like i said im sadistic...get it??? Sai Dystic!!!...bahahaaa! im all over being Em JeKill's partner again...YEAH MAN!! off we go, even trading places mid roll, instead of me having to slow completly to a stop!!!!! EEEEEE!!!!!!!! Thank you Em! you rock like a rock star!!!!!

Hugs and bum smacks....i love me some derby!

let's hear it for Pixel...i mean, seriously, theres some looks of death and a whole lot of swearing that comes with pushing girls to their limit and beyond...and he takes it with a smile....we are pretty darn lucky to have him i say! He builds great women! and yeah...on that note...sorry for the repeated 'fuck you' thown out there....it is said with love :D.....

soooo im feeling pretty good about myself...seeing the improvement that im going through...remembering back to when i couldn't even stand...this is sooo fucking worth it...and yes im swearing (sorry ma) but i can't express how much this whole thing excites me...even when im sore, close to vomiting and not too sure im going to be able to stand....i'm on a natural high...

still fighting with my laces....almost has K convinced to be my official lace tie-er...for the low low price of 20 bucks a skate...but then someone...who shall remain nameless...ahem...Pixel Ninja...pointed out that he would forever be tying my skates...and would then turn in to a full time job for him...damn it! so close!! gonna have to start offering cookies too>>> come to the dark side...i have cookies! :D

i know im forgetting stuff that i had wanted to put in here...and maybe someday i will remember...so i shall leave you on with this...put on a pair of pants today...just for shits and giggles...pants that i hadn't worn for a while cause they were tight and looked ridonkulous...yeah, they are now too big..baggy and oh fuck yeah i got them on right now!

Praise Derby...and until next time, keep your stick on the ice...wait...umm...BEND YER FUCKING KNEES!!!!

Mental Block.......

soooooo picture it, wednesday night practice, allll decked out in my gear...

couple turns around the floor, readjustment of my laces...fucking laces...and a good old stretch...and now we are off to whistle falls...eeeeeeeee! noticed that i talk to myself when i skate..i wonder if anyone else noticed...i mean i have been told i make some strange noises when im skating..or trying something knew...but yeah totally was giving myself pep talks....oh and swearing at myself too...on to whistle stops.....wasnt doing too badly, feet were a little crampy but it was mostly my back last night, gotta work on the posture, i know what im doing wrong, just not sure how to stop!

we had a little water break...and out comes Pixel Ninja with his trusty pilons...fuck me.....pilons.....he sets them up and CaraCeen goes once through to show us that haven't done this excersise before how its done...yeah....remember when i said i needed one of them chubby crayons? to get through the maze? i don't know why i can't seem to get the pattern....but holy hell!! took a few (ok more than a few, but who's counting) turns through it, with a few bum slaps and help from CaraCeen (sorry i hope im spelling that right) to get through, aching back, talking to myself and getting right bitter!! but i did it...

Then......captain oh captain switched it up...moving what amounted to one pilon to a different position and i was totally confused once again...after a few attempts on my own, and what amounted to a few "where are you going???" questions and more than a few good laughs...Pixel Ninja went through with me, leading me through...and i still fucked it up...so then i went first and he directed me where to go...whew! finally got it...i started mumbling about how i thought i must have a mental block on pilons.....Pixel, says that he is sure its mental something.......LOL!

well a few more swings through, trying to get the turns right, fighting the angry back...i did get through it, and a bit better by the end...not perfect, but better...thats something (grumble grumble grumble)

we stopped for a water break, and a short rest...it was almost time for me to take off for work...we were all sitting around chatting and i noticed that Pixel was counting off how many of us were there...i told him to not count me cause i'd have to leave in about 5 mins...he said OK! (insert evil grin here, LOL) and then added, get up...water break was cut a bit short, sorry girls and Gordo...and we started doing baseball slides, and porn star falls...i'll say it again..i kinda like these...i finished up, according to the clock, and crawled over to take my gear off...Pixel asked me where i was going...i said work....and then i said, cause i mentally ill, i'll do once more go around before i leave....he said two..and to work it....

well what's a girl to say? i did two more and worked them hard :)

and off to work i went.....sore today......but still loven every minute..bruises and all :D

so untill next time.......bend yer fuckin knees