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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so a Derby girl was born
Saturday 12 November 2011
Thursday 3 November 2011
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!!!!
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!!!!
Thursday 6 October 2011
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
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
Wednesday 5 October 2011
bruised boob and cushion heaven.......
so its wednesday today...DERBY NIGHT!!!! yayyy!!!!! but i have to say im sitting here still fucking sore from monday night practice...literally sore from my shoulders right down to my feet....but it a good hurt, if that makes sense...and accomplished hurt. yeah son!
Monday night practice.....lets stop here, cushions......sweet new cushions...i feel like i have a brand new pair of skates on my feet...manuvering (well as much manuvering as i do at this point) is sooo much easier...i'm not fighting ever step of the way to turn or stop....i heart me some new purple cushions!
so girls...if ya haven't changed yours yet....DO IT!! DO IT NOW!!!!!
still can't seem to manage to tie my damn laces properly....fucking laces...feet were cramping like crazy..kept trying to adjust my skates...finally gave up and just kept going...maybe tonight will be better...i hope so, i can hear my feet whimpering as i type this..
on a brighter side, no shin cramps Monday night...back fucking killed, but no shin cramps...WINNING??? hmmm maybe...i'll let ya know...lol
sooooo off we went on the whistle falls, tapping my knee like a champ...did i mention that i can totally tape my knee instead of coming to a complete stop? oh i did? ...... lol!
next was whistle stops, snow plowing my little out of shape heart out...not too shabby if i do say so myself...although there was some giggling from the peanut gallery ..er i mean training team....i think my squeeks and sqwaks and general cursing is amusing as i wobble to an' fro....to be fair...i can only imagine what it sounded like and looked like to others...i'd be laughing too...and more than likely pointing...lol
stopped short of becoming intimate with the wall....and then after a celebratory shout of glee...promptly got up close and personal with the floor...guess it needed some love....
lots of bum slaps...just to keep ya moving....thank girls, lol
then we started the baseball slide....well colour me sore....FireCrack Ya had shown me before how to do this, and i had tried it a couple of times...although not will a lot of success...i didn't so much slide as smack right on down to the floor on my hip.....soo here we are, practicing it...after realizing i had to move a little faster to get it done, i started to get the hang of it....although at one point i did manage to punch myself in the boob...yep, left a nice bruise...ive been told i pack a good punch...well now, i know its true...
next we were on to the porn star fall...sounds more fun than it actually it...the key is to fall to your knees..sliding to your forearms...guess what...new muscles were found this night...thought i had found em all...apparently not!! lol
sooo after this work out.....im a hurting unit.....and can't wait for what tonight has instore for this derby girl......
until next time, bend yer fucking knees!!!!!!!!! (and get cushions...) ;)
Monday night practice.....lets stop here, cushions......sweet new cushions...i feel like i have a brand new pair of skates on my feet...manuvering (well as much manuvering as i do at this point) is sooo much easier...i'm not fighting ever step of the way to turn or stop....i heart me some new purple cushions!
so girls...if ya haven't changed yours yet....DO IT!! DO IT NOW!!!!!
still can't seem to manage to tie my damn laces properly....fucking laces...feet were cramping like crazy..kept trying to adjust my skates...finally gave up and just kept going...maybe tonight will be better...i hope so, i can hear my feet whimpering as i type this..
on a brighter side, no shin cramps Monday night...back fucking killed, but no shin cramps...WINNING??? hmmm maybe...i'll let ya know...lol
sooooo off we went on the whistle falls, tapping my knee like a champ...did i mention that i can totally tape my knee instead of coming to a complete stop? oh i did? ...... lol!
next was whistle stops, snow plowing my little out of shape heart out...not too shabby if i do say so myself...although there was some giggling from the peanut gallery ..er i mean training team....i think my squeeks and sqwaks and general cursing is amusing as i wobble to an' fro....to be fair...i can only imagine what it sounded like and looked like to others...i'd be laughing too...and more than likely pointing...lol
stopped short of becoming intimate with the wall....and then after a celebratory shout of glee...promptly got up close and personal with the floor...guess it needed some love....
lots of bum slaps...just to keep ya moving....thank girls, lol
then we started the baseball slide....well colour me sore....FireCrack Ya had shown me before how to do this, and i had tried it a couple of times...although not will a lot of success...i didn't so much slide as smack right on down to the floor on my hip.....soo here we are, practicing it...after realizing i had to move a little faster to get it done, i started to get the hang of it....although at one point i did manage to punch myself in the boob...yep, left a nice bruise...ive been told i pack a good punch...well now, i know its true...
next we were on to the porn star fall...sounds more fun than it actually it...the key is to fall to your knees..sliding to your forearms...guess what...new muscles were found this night...thought i had found em all...apparently not!! lol
sooo after this work out.....im a hurting unit.....and can't wait for what tonight has instore for this derby girl......
until next time, bend yer fucking knees!!!!!!!!! (and get cushions...) ;)
Saturday 1 October 2011
New stuffs and sticky floors...........
Sooooooooooooo picture it, friday...like any other day...work work and more work....just got over the plague...and got a rather we recieved notice from canada post saying that i had a package waiting for me....Kitty Von Doom and i had placed an order at rollergirl.ca......and after a week of waiting not so patiently...ITS HERE!!!!!!!!!
i order new purple cushions...these go under the skate, and there are different ones that give you different degrees of flexiblity when skating. the ones that i had were the ones that came with my skates, not a lot of give to them, actually, if you ask me, there wasn't any give to them..making it not so easy to turn and move....as i got more stable and was learing more manuvers whilst skating, i needed some more flexiblity...sooo Dii Mented and Pixel Ninja had said it was time for me to get new ones, according to my skill level and the weight of my travel sized body i was now the proud new owner of the purple cushions....yayyyy me!!! ANDDD i also got some new knee pads, have been having a lot of problems with my knees, old injuries coming back to bite me in the arse. had tried gaskets....gladiators to be exact...yeah they didn't help at all, it was ok to wear then on the right knee, left knee, wearing the gaskets, caused more pain and many more problems than what i started with...boooo hissssss....so next stop was to try some different pads, after talking to the way helpful girls at rollergirl and some of the other skaters and coaches, i found the pads i wanted and needed.....fat boys......really great fit, cradles the old aching knee and cushy when falling on them...winning!! now to see how they fair when im actually skating and not wondering around the office at work....
off to practice i go, excited to get the purple cushions on my skates and to try out my new pads, we were at the church for this practice, sticky floor!!!!
Pixel Ninja helped with the cushions, cause honestly i had no idea how to change them out, i watched and hoping that next time i think i might be able to do it myself....geared up, and skates on, away i go, a couple of adjustments to the trucks and drop falls are started, wayyy better with the new pads...and wow!! definatly notice a difference with the new cushions...wayy more movement!!! yeah son!
Pixel Ninja works our asses off, im sure i told him to fuck off a few times..and then it happened..........the excitement for the night...are you ready??? are you fucking ready for this???? are you sitting down?????
I SKATED BACKWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i had done it before, slowly and not very well, and had no idea how to stop...once i got going...but this magical night...we learned how to skate backwards!! pointers from a fellow derby girl and coach most excellent and i was skating backwards, actually gaining momentum....holy fucking hell!! shite eating grin...even through the sweat dripping off me!! i was doing it!!! just have wiggle yer ass!! lol
so im skating backwards, working it out, practicing and feeling pretty fucking proud and i mention that i have no idea how to stop, other than the floor is sticky and slows you down quickly...so Pixel Ninja, cause he's helpful like that....describes how to stop, which consists of flipping your skates up onto your toe stops, this is called a tomahawk stop...a look of disbelief crosses my face and Pixel grins evily..and says, ok now try it.....so i start skating, and .................
I FUCKING DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!! IFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so im a little excited.....ok a whole lot excited, and fucking proud as hell, and i even did it more than once!! it wasn't a fluke! i did it, this girls is starting to have some skill!!
it was time to go to work, time to take my gear off and leave practice...honestly, the shite eating grin is still on my face....been telling everyone i know that i did it!! me!! i did it!! (although most of them ave no idea what im talking about, but luckily love me enough to say 'wow sai!!! awesome!!)
so untill next time, bend yer fucking knees....and i don't know if i mentioned it or not, but i totally skated backwards...and stopped!!!!!
i order new purple cushions...these go under the skate, and there are different ones that give you different degrees of flexiblity when skating. the ones that i had were the ones that came with my skates, not a lot of give to them, actually, if you ask me, there wasn't any give to them..making it not so easy to turn and move....as i got more stable and was learing more manuvers whilst skating, i needed some more flexiblity...sooo Dii Mented and Pixel Ninja had said it was time for me to get new ones, according to my skill level and the weight of my travel sized body i was now the proud new owner of the purple cushions....yayyyy me!!! ANDDD i also got some new knee pads, have been having a lot of problems with my knees, old injuries coming back to bite me in the arse. had tried gaskets....gladiators to be exact...yeah they didn't help at all, it was ok to wear then on the right knee, left knee, wearing the gaskets, caused more pain and many more problems than what i started with...boooo hissssss....so next stop was to try some different pads, after talking to the way helpful girls at rollergirl and some of the other skaters and coaches, i found the pads i wanted and needed.....fat boys......really great fit, cradles the old aching knee and cushy when falling on them...winning!! now to see how they fair when im actually skating and not wondering around the office at work....
off to practice i go, excited to get the purple cushions on my skates and to try out my new pads, we were at the church for this practice, sticky floor!!!!
Pixel Ninja helped with the cushions, cause honestly i had no idea how to change them out, i watched and hoping that next time i think i might be able to do it myself....geared up, and skates on, away i go, a couple of adjustments to the trucks and drop falls are started, wayyy better with the new pads...and wow!! definatly notice a difference with the new cushions...wayy more movement!!! yeah son!
Pixel Ninja works our asses off, im sure i told him to fuck off a few times..and then it happened..........the excitement for the night...are you ready??? are you fucking ready for this???? are you sitting down?????
I SKATED BACKWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i had done it before, slowly and not very well, and had no idea how to stop...once i got going...but this magical night...we learned how to skate backwards!! pointers from a fellow derby girl and coach most excellent and i was skating backwards, actually gaining momentum....holy fucking hell!! shite eating grin...even through the sweat dripping off me!! i was doing it!!! just have wiggle yer ass!! lol
so im skating backwards, working it out, practicing and feeling pretty fucking proud and i mention that i have no idea how to stop, other than the floor is sticky and slows you down quickly...so Pixel Ninja, cause he's helpful like that....describes how to stop, which consists of flipping your skates up onto your toe stops, this is called a tomahawk stop...a look of disbelief crosses my face and Pixel grins evily..and says, ok now try it.....so i start skating, and .................
I FUCKING DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!! IFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so im a little excited.....ok a whole lot excited, and fucking proud as hell, and i even did it more than once!! it wasn't a fluke! i did it, this girls is starting to have some skill!!
it was time to go to work, time to take my gear off and leave practice...honestly, the shite eating grin is still on my face....been telling everyone i know that i did it!! me!! i did it!! (although most of them ave no idea what im talking about, but luckily love me enough to say 'wow sai!!! awesome!!)
so untill next time, bend yer fucking knees....and i don't know if i mentioned it or not, but i totally skated backwards...and stopped!!!!!
Tuesday 27 September 2011
turning, pilons, whislte drills and more
FINALLY!! it was practice time.....derby time......woohooo!!
Got to the arena and put my gear on.....stopped short of putting my skates on in the dressing room...was feeling a little unsure of trying to wobble and whimper my way to the arena floor.....sooo i carried them into the arena and put them on in there.....no shame, i repeat....no shame.
i got all laced up and took off rolling...doing a pretty good job of it too if i do pat myself on the back...got myself all warmed up, talked and joked with a few of my derby girls and had a nice stretch.....and more skating....then the whistle blew!!!!!!!!!
and so began the whistle drills.......friends of mine had dropped in to check things out and were in the bleachers watching through this torture......cough....i mean drill.....later on the said they were fairly certain it was illegal in most provinces......i concur......but feel the burn!! falling and getting up (yes on purpose i say!) stopping and starting...oh yeah feel the burn......like fire on the muscles.....who knew i had them?? lol
THEN the dreaded pilons......my nemisis.......damn them pilons.......but i will succeed....i will....i will......oops, maybe not tonight...annnnd Pixel Ninja points out that he totally knows i can turn...LOL off to the pilons of hell i go..feet were cramping baaad tonight, like stomach sick.....stomp the shite outta your feet cramping......so im off the side of the floor, stomping and retying my laces, and ok, i admit it, swearing a little too......when Dii Mented rolls on by, she says....you coming on Friday? i say yeah......she says ok! get some waxed laces by then......if it will get rid of the fucking cramping, its on like donkey kong.
I made it longer than the practice before, hard, sweaty, sick to my stomach, aching, awesome practice!! at one point i rolled over to get a drink and Pixel Ninja asked me what i was doing...i said just getting a drink...he said good, cause your not leaving.....lol
Pixel Ninja separated us...newbies into the kiddie pool and vertrans on to harder training that was wayyyy over this newbies' head......while practicing on our own, i watched some of what the big girls were doing..pretty inpressive stuff....i aspire to be where they are someday.....thats my goal
Derby girl down!!! during an excersie Kitty Von Doom was hurt! she handled it like a pro, no tears were shed ( although i think i would have been sobbing..the rest of the girls take a knee to wait to see if she is ok or if she will need to go to the hospital....and the abrupt turn from being hurt and panic ridden to the pouting and pissed off Kitty Von Doom when she realized that she was gonna be missing the rest of practice! very cute....turns out Kitty has broken her ankle....in two places.
Shortly after she is taken from the arena for medical care i get called into work.....but the time i get my gear off and am in the car i get a message saying they don't need me.......and then i get home, lay on the couch and i get another call to come in.....off i go galivanting to pick up my client along some god forsaken road ......Tada!!
i stop here......keep watching the skys boys and girls.......you know why!
Got to the arena and put my gear on.....stopped short of putting my skates on in the dressing room...was feeling a little unsure of trying to wobble and whimper my way to the arena floor.....sooo i carried them into the arena and put them on in there.....no shame, i repeat....no shame.
i got all laced up and took off rolling...doing a pretty good job of it too if i do pat myself on the back...got myself all warmed up, talked and joked with a few of my derby girls and had a nice stretch.....and more skating....then the whistle blew!!!!!!!!!
and so began the whistle drills.......friends of mine had dropped in to check things out and were in the bleachers watching through this torture......cough....i mean drill.....later on the said they were fairly certain it was illegal in most provinces......i concur......but feel the burn!! falling and getting up (yes on purpose i say!) stopping and starting...oh yeah feel the burn......like fire on the muscles.....who knew i had them?? lol
THEN the dreaded pilons......my nemisis.......damn them pilons.......but i will succeed....i will....i will......oops, maybe not tonight...annnnd Pixel Ninja points out that he totally knows i can turn...LOL off to the pilons of hell i go..feet were cramping baaad tonight, like stomach sick.....stomp the shite outta your feet cramping......so im off the side of the floor, stomping and retying my laces, and ok, i admit it, swearing a little too......when Dii Mented rolls on by, she says....you coming on Friday? i say yeah......she says ok! get some waxed laces by then......if it will get rid of the fucking cramping, its on like donkey kong.
I made it longer than the practice before, hard, sweaty, sick to my stomach, aching, awesome practice!! at one point i rolled over to get a drink and Pixel Ninja asked me what i was doing...i said just getting a drink...he said good, cause your not leaving.....lol
Pixel Ninja separated us...newbies into the kiddie pool and vertrans on to harder training that was wayyyy over this newbies' head......while practicing on our own, i watched some of what the big girls were doing..pretty inpressive stuff....i aspire to be where they are someday.....thats my goal
Derby girl down!!! during an excersie Kitty Von Doom was hurt! she handled it like a pro, no tears were shed ( although i think i would have been sobbing..the rest of the girls take a knee to wait to see if she is ok or if she will need to go to the hospital....and the abrupt turn from being hurt and panic ridden to the pouting and pissed off Kitty Von Doom when she realized that she was gonna be missing the rest of practice! very cute....turns out Kitty has broken her ankle....in two places.
Shortly after she is taken from the arena for medical care i get called into work.....but the time i get my gear off and am in the car i get a message saying they don't need me.......and then i get home, lay on the couch and i get another call to come in.....off i go galivanting to pick up my client along some god forsaken road ......Tada!!
i stop here......keep watching the skys boys and girls.......you know why!
Fecking Pilons
sooooo monday night practice....
still fighting with my damn laces....Dii Mented had a look at them friday night and said that they weren't as waxed as they should be, and that is prob why they aren't staying were i put them...gonna have to go pick up some more waxy ones......and need more tape
made it through the drop fall drill...tapping my knee like a happy little clam...boooyaaaaaaa!
and then we were on to the stop drill...well i have been practicing my t-stop...yes son, i can do it without reciting the lord's prayer...colour me happy....then we partnered up for some plow stops...turns out i keep pushing my feet to the outside, should be inside...and bend the knees lower...Crash N Turn worked with my partner and i for a bit, giving some good advice and reminding me to bend my frikken knees....whew what a work out!! and made a little easier with the good advice~!
.......Pilons......fecking pilons......pilons......fecking pilons......
i don't remember what i did in that past life...but if its any judge at the mental block i have on these fecking pilons..it must have been a doozy... fell only once...bully for me! although falling isn't so scary now...as i keep being reminded...i know how to do it (falling)...got up and kept going...only hitting about every second one...someday..someday i shall make it.....or i may just eat all the pilons and be done with it.....
so until next time...i shall be in the corner, eating paste, mumbling about pilons (spelled incorrectly) and rocking back and forth....bend yer fucking knees.....
still fighting with my damn laces....Dii Mented had a look at them friday night and said that they weren't as waxed as they should be, and that is prob why they aren't staying were i put them...gonna have to go pick up some more waxy ones......and need more tape
made it through the drop fall drill...tapping my knee like a happy little clam...boooyaaaaaaa!
and then we were on to the stop drill...well i have been practicing my t-stop...yes son, i can do it without reciting the lord's prayer...colour me happy....then we partnered up for some plow stops...turns out i keep pushing my feet to the outside, should be inside...and bend the knees lower...Crash N Turn worked with my partner and i for a bit, giving some good advice and reminding me to bend my frikken knees....whew what a work out!! and made a little easier with the good advice~!
.......Pilons......fecking pilons......pilons......fecking pilons......
i don't remember what i did in that past life...but if its any judge at the mental block i have on these fecking pilons..it must have been a doozy... fell only once...bully for me! although falling isn't so scary now...as i keep being reminded...i know how to do it (falling)...got up and kept going...only hitting about every second one...someday..someday i shall make it.....or i may just eat all the pilons and be done with it.....
so until next time...i shall be in the corner, eating paste, mumbling about pilons (spelled incorrectly) and rocking back and forth....bend yer fucking knees.....
slow on the uptake....
sooo its been a few practices and i have been silent on here.....yes i know its a shock...me silent :)
soo wendnesday night was a lions club night...and let me tell you i was rocking the knee taps...yeah son!! very proud of that! and my legs didn't actually tell me to fuck off till we started the zombie drags, lol...sweet jebus...torture!
I made it up the floor and back down again before i had to take my skates off and go into work..not too shabby...perhaps someday i'll be able to do more than two floor lengths without feeling the need to puke...we all have goals boys and girls...we all have goals
Friday night fight was at the church gym again.... THE FLOOR!! THE FLOOR!!!
worked my arse off, skated through the pain..kept to my feet all except for the water breaks....where i promptly layed out on the floor....no shame...no shame.....
Push pulls....interesting drill...especially on a floor made entirely of malasses....ASL N DIVA was my partner this night...we worked it out...this drill is where you are either pushing from behind, moving your partner around the floor, or you are pulling your partner behind you....fuck me! hard work!...although strangly enough...i kinda liked them :) i know i have to get my head checked! lol
then the fucking pilons came out (yes i know i spelled pylons wrong...sue me)
anywho...for some reason...and i think it may be because of something i did to piss off the Gods in another life...i can't seem to weave my way around the damn pilons....i mean i HAVE done it...more than once....but for some reason the skill alludes me......never mind the fact that try as i might i could get the maze pilons to make sense to me..i felt like i needed one of them chubby crayons to mark it out and maybe find the mouse at the end....but i muddled on through.....and managed not to take anyone out with me...score one for Sai Dystic!
Covered in sweat...kinda feeling a little proud of this old girl for making it through, i head off to work...on my way out the door...im told i did good that night......perma grin!!!!
soo wendnesday night was a lions club night...and let me tell you i was rocking the knee taps...yeah son!! very proud of that! and my legs didn't actually tell me to fuck off till we started the zombie drags, lol...sweet jebus...torture!
I made it up the floor and back down again before i had to take my skates off and go into work..not too shabby...perhaps someday i'll be able to do more than two floor lengths without feeling the need to puke...we all have goals boys and girls...we all have goals
Friday night fight was at the church gym again.... THE FLOOR!! THE FLOOR!!!
worked my arse off, skated through the pain..kept to my feet all except for the water breaks....where i promptly layed out on the floor....no shame...no shame.....
Push pulls....interesting drill...especially on a floor made entirely of malasses....ASL N DIVA was my partner this night...we worked it out...this drill is where you are either pushing from behind, moving your partner around the floor, or you are pulling your partner behind you....fuck me! hard work!...although strangly enough...i kinda liked them :) i know i have to get my head checked! lol
then the fucking pilons came out (yes i know i spelled pylons wrong...sue me)
anywho...for some reason...and i think it may be because of something i did to piss off the Gods in another life...i can't seem to weave my way around the damn pilons....i mean i HAVE done it...more than once....but for some reason the skill alludes me......never mind the fact that try as i might i could get the maze pilons to make sense to me..i felt like i needed one of them chubby crayons to mark it out and maybe find the mouse at the end....but i muddled on through.....and managed not to take anyone out with me...score one for Sai Dystic!
Covered in sweat...kinda feeling a little proud of this old girl for making it through, i head off to work...on my way out the door...im told i did good that night......perma grin!!!!
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Manic Mondayyyy OH A OH!!!
SOOOO, first practice back at our litte cubby hole:)
practice has been split up, the A's and the B's...nice to have the smaller groups but i miss all the girls!!
GROUP HUG!!!!
(just a reminder...i bite...but even i need lovins)
i gear up, have a skate around..then another, then another, my skate on the right foot is feeling angry....so i sit down, and try to retie it again...i comment off handedly to Coach Oh Captain My Captain..Pixel Ninja why i seem to never be able to tie my damn skates....he says that he has a theory....do tell i say.... the theory is that i have a vagina....he explains that he has noticed, through many hours of coaching, that the ones that seem to have a hard time with this tying of skates have vaginas...now i stop here, he says its a theory, not a belief...i say his thinking and logic are sound...who am i to argue..from there we went on to the fact that my laces are wayyy too long and my arms wayyy too short to gracefully wrap them and tie them....Pixel said he knew how to fix the problem...of course with rapt attention i wait for the holy grail answer...cause im an educated woman....i figure if there was a solution surely i would have come up with it on my own....yeah, cut them was the answer....fucking hell im slow...guess i really do get by on my good looks...jesus i can't believe that, LMFAO!!! yeah starting to buy into the whole vagina theory... we also had a discussion as to why im over on the step tying my skate rather than sitting on the floor, i explain that my shape is round... apmply round and need the better angle so that i don't roll onto my back or cut off my air trying to tie my skate....since i have enough issues with tying as it is...i don't think he was buyin it...but seriously, im like a fucking weeble wobble.......
now we are doing whistle falls.....my fucking favorite, i say that and im serious....i love sliding!! EEEEEE!!!!!!(high pitched eeeee!!)
but im trying to do it so that im not going all the way down and not sliding to a complete stop, just taping my knee on the floor and then rising to my feet again....in theory (we were chock full of theories last night)
for some reason my legs are telling me to fuck the hell off and im having a hard time getting up, let alone just tapping my knee on the floor...i fell a couple times, but no fear, my weeble wobble arse saved me!
AND THEN I FUCKING DID IT!! Twice to be exact, i tapped my knee and stayed on my feet! yeah SON! fuck yeah i did it!!! only twice but i'll take that for a start!
..and then i had to sit down for a minute or two...can't remember why right now...but im thinking it had something to do with the fact that i have no endurance and was a hurting unit and i cant tie my fucking skates correctly....i sat for a few minutes and watched the other ladies, who i have to say were are all doing awesome!! ...side note...pain makes you laugh! lmao
i got up to skate again, and then the whistle blew, water break.....but not for me, Pixel Ninja, said umm yeah you can keep doing the whistle falls since you took a little break and watched the other girls work...who am i to argue....so off i went, i did them till he said stop...i have to say this here. i need the coach and the other girls to push me sometimes...i mean its far too easy to go easy on yourself...i have never taken it the wrong way, its part of being a team...and makes me feel as though i really am part of it all..if i wasnt i dont think anyone would waste thier breath or time on me, i certainly wouldn't if roles were reversed....and i need the push sometimes...seriously do...its hard work, i will get there with the big girls, won't be anytime soon, but i WILL do it ( i wonder what the cut off age for derby girls is???) LOL ...but when i think i can't go another effing minute, ready to puke...i get that look shot at me and "another time around" shouted out and i find i can push myself further...jesus listen to me gush...
got a coupla nice taps on the arse too! lol good night indeedy!! thanks lady isa Hella!!
ANYWAYSSS we did some stops...felt the burn....swore, told Pixel Ninja to fuck off a few times... and tought the other girls a few naughty signs along with ASL N Diva (tee hee hee)...Pixel Ninja made up a few of his own...and it was time for me to pack it in, had a meeting for work...looks like i may have left just in time....zombie drag was starting as i was leaving....yeah gonna pay for that one later....
now excuse me whilst i go cut my fucking laces.......
practice has been split up, the A's and the B's...nice to have the smaller groups but i miss all the girls!!
GROUP HUG!!!!
(just a reminder...i bite...but even i need lovins)
i gear up, have a skate around..then another, then another, my skate on the right foot is feeling angry....so i sit down, and try to retie it again...i comment off handedly to Coach Oh Captain My Captain..Pixel Ninja why i seem to never be able to tie my damn skates....he says that he has a theory....do tell i say.... the theory is that i have a vagina....he explains that he has noticed, through many hours of coaching, that the ones that seem to have a hard time with this tying of skates have vaginas...now i stop here, he says its a theory, not a belief...i say his thinking and logic are sound...who am i to argue..from there we went on to the fact that my laces are wayyy too long and my arms wayyy too short to gracefully wrap them and tie them....Pixel said he knew how to fix the problem...of course with rapt attention i wait for the holy grail answer...cause im an educated woman....i figure if there was a solution surely i would have come up with it on my own....yeah, cut them was the answer....fucking hell im slow...guess i really do get by on my good looks...jesus i can't believe that, LMFAO!!! yeah starting to buy into the whole vagina theory... we also had a discussion as to why im over on the step tying my skate rather than sitting on the floor, i explain that my shape is round... apmply round and need the better angle so that i don't roll onto my back or cut off my air trying to tie my skate....since i have enough issues with tying as it is...i don't think he was buyin it...but seriously, im like a fucking weeble wobble.......
now we are doing whistle falls.....my fucking favorite, i say that and im serious....i love sliding!! EEEEEE!!!!!!(high pitched eeeee!!)
but im trying to do it so that im not going all the way down and not sliding to a complete stop, just taping my knee on the floor and then rising to my feet again....in theory (we were chock full of theories last night)
for some reason my legs are telling me to fuck the hell off and im having a hard time getting up, let alone just tapping my knee on the floor...i fell a couple times, but no fear, my weeble wobble arse saved me!
AND THEN I FUCKING DID IT!! Twice to be exact, i tapped my knee and stayed on my feet! yeah SON! fuck yeah i did it!!! only twice but i'll take that for a start!
..and then i had to sit down for a minute or two...can't remember why right now...but im thinking it had something to do with the fact that i have no endurance and was a hurting unit and i cant tie my fucking skates correctly....i sat for a few minutes and watched the other ladies, who i have to say were are all doing awesome!! ...side note...pain makes you laugh! lmao
i got up to skate again, and then the whistle blew, water break.....but not for me, Pixel Ninja, said umm yeah you can keep doing the whistle falls since you took a little break and watched the other girls work...who am i to argue....so off i went, i did them till he said stop...i have to say this here. i need the coach and the other girls to push me sometimes...i mean its far too easy to go easy on yourself...i have never taken it the wrong way, its part of being a team...and makes me feel as though i really am part of it all..if i wasnt i dont think anyone would waste thier breath or time on me, i certainly wouldn't if roles were reversed....and i need the push sometimes...seriously do...its hard work, i will get there with the big girls, won't be anytime soon, but i WILL do it ( i wonder what the cut off age for derby girls is???) LOL ...but when i think i can't go another effing minute, ready to puke...i get that look shot at me and "another time around" shouted out and i find i can push myself further...jesus listen to me gush...
got a coupla nice taps on the arse too! lol good night indeedy!! thanks lady isa Hella!!
ANYWAYSSS we did some stops...felt the burn....swore, told Pixel Ninja to fuck off a few times... and tought the other girls a few naughty signs along with ASL N Diva (tee hee hee)...Pixel Ninja made up a few of his own...and it was time for me to pack it in, had a meeting for work...looks like i may have left just in time....zombie drag was starting as i was leaving....yeah gonna pay for that one later....
now excuse me whilst i go cut my fucking laces.......
new practice space
soooo back to practice tonight, we are trying out a new practice space....a very nice church group is letting us use thier gym. yehawwww...bigger space once a week while the arenas are covered in ice....
we get there, and T was already skating, she said it seemed sticky, hard to move....im thinking can't be bad, we are on wheels... never will i doubt her again....it was like skating through 4 inches of molassess....interesting....and painful....definatly wasn't a skills practice but was most definatly a muscle work out...yet again Sai Dystic finds muscles that she didn't know she had.....my arse is sore....wait, check that...everything is sore.....LOL
It was a good practice and definatly felt the burn...still feeling the burn...nasty shin splints this night....fucking sucked....but im told pain is the cleanser....so lets cleanse the fuck outta me.........
until next time.......bend yer fucking knees
we get there, and T was already skating, she said it seemed sticky, hard to move....im thinking can't be bad, we are on wheels... never will i doubt her again....it was like skating through 4 inches of molassess....interesting....and painful....definatly wasn't a skills practice but was most definatly a muscle work out...yet again Sai Dystic finds muscles that she didn't know she had.....my arse is sore....wait, check that...everything is sore.....LOL
It was a good practice and definatly felt the burn...still feeling the burn...nasty shin splints this night....fucking sucked....but im told pain is the cleanser....so lets cleanse the fuck outta me.........
until next time.......bend yer fucking knees
........sweet jebus
soooo i have been doing lunges and knee bends through out the day to build strenght....deal i made myself cause yes i have to bribe myself..i would do these after each time i went out for a smoke...healthy no??
fuck me.....all i can say is im gonna have to quit smoking........
fuck me.....all i can say is im gonna have to quit smoking........
Wednesday 14 September 2011
FOOODDD!!
ok, so i have noticed that im wayyy more hungry than i used to be since starting derby....currently have the shakes cause i didn't have a chance to eat dinner....athelites need fuel.......giggle giggle...im an athelite!! my coach says so!! no excuse me whilst i go naw on something
Sunday 11 September 2011
friday night last arena practice for the season
its the last arena practice for the winter months, since the ice is going in soon, so off i go.....i get to practice and start to take my shite out of my gear bag....and i have no gd helmet.......yep, no fucking helmet.
so this practice im going to have to sit out....but thats ok, i watch the girls skate.....watch them do their drills, day dreaming about the time when i will be good enough to join them....i will make it there someday.. not anytime soon, but someday. My confidence has been shaken, but im back bitches....LOL I don't think anyone is more surprised than me that i have made it this far or have come this far myself skill wise.....fuck yeah! can't get any worse, can only go up from here boys and girls.....
i also met alise t kills mum, had a nice little chat with her before i left for work, that woman is a sweet heart! and very proud of her daughter!
soooo great work girls!! you guys are rockstars!! AND of course next time i shall make sure i have my fucking helmet.......bend yer fucking knees!!
so this practice im going to have to sit out....but thats ok, i watch the girls skate.....watch them do their drills, day dreaming about the time when i will be good enough to join them....i will make it there someday.. not anytime soon, but someday. My confidence has been shaken, but im back bitches....LOL I don't think anyone is more surprised than me that i have made it this far or have come this far myself skill wise.....fuck yeah! can't get any worse, can only go up from here boys and girls.....
i also met alise t kills mum, had a nice little chat with her before i left for work, that woman is a sweet heart! and very proud of her daughter!
soooo great work girls!! you guys are rockstars!! AND of course next time i shall make sure i have my fucking helmet.......bend yer fucking knees!!
....deep breath now
soooo the last time i was at practice, Pixel Ninja mentioned that the arena practices were almost finished, and sooo...he was going to expect me to wear my skates from the dressing room onto the arena floor.....i mean i had done it before, but for some reason the thought of doing this scared the beejesus out of me....well fuck me thats something to think about until the next practice.....
so here i am gearing up in the dressing room.....and i put my skates on..my stomache is turning and im sweating already, and i haven't even moved off the bench yet....and alise t kill is already out on the floor.......well shite....
so i take a deep breath and put my big girl panties on and get my ass moving....slowly...with whimpers escaping my mouth......but i get going....making my way to the arena floor....now i have made it to the entrance...and theres a ramp in the way....and since i pretty sure i don't wanna screw with fate, im not gonna roll on down the ramp.
to i tip my skates up and start walking on my toe stops..first time i have done this....and it works, look at me!!! I FUCKING DID IT!!
i roll on over to where everyone is already gathered stretching...and yes i did get a couple cheers! yayyy me!! go Sai Dystic!!....I rolled on by Pixel Ninja and as he turned his evil grin towards me, i say and i quote ' I FUCKING DID IT!'
lol i made it...whew! starting the night on a really good foot! i skated around a bit, had a stretch and remembered to bend my knees...there was some excerses that i was still not healed enough (fucking knee) but i skated and skated....moving faster yet than i had before! go me!! wind in my hair....rollin and rollin!
i made sure to be careful how much time i was spending off the side stretching my legs out, wanting to make sure i skated for as much time as possible, you see...my legs are finished far before the rest of my body needs to rest at this point... my left shin and legs cramp like a son of a bitch so i find myself having to stop every couple turns around the floor to stretch my legs out so that they will hold me up a little longer...frustrating but hey, all apart of the conditioning....im using muscles that i am pretty sure didn't exist...theres gonna be some pain, and like i have been told, if it doesn't hurt, then your probably doing it wrong.........
time for me to go now, off to work..........so bend yer fucking knees
so here i am gearing up in the dressing room.....and i put my skates on..my stomache is turning and im sweating already, and i haven't even moved off the bench yet....and alise t kill is already out on the floor.......well shite....
so i take a deep breath and put my big girl panties on and get my ass moving....slowly...with whimpers escaping my mouth......but i get going....making my way to the arena floor....now i have made it to the entrance...and theres a ramp in the way....and since i pretty sure i don't wanna screw with fate, im not gonna roll on down the ramp.
to i tip my skates up and start walking on my toe stops..first time i have done this....and it works, look at me!!! I FUCKING DID IT!!
i roll on over to where everyone is already gathered stretching...and yes i did get a couple cheers! yayyy me!! go Sai Dystic!!....I rolled on by Pixel Ninja and as he turned his evil grin towards me, i say and i quote ' I FUCKING DID IT!'
lol i made it...whew! starting the night on a really good foot! i skated around a bit, had a stretch and remembered to bend my knees...there was some excerses that i was still not healed enough (fucking knee) but i skated and skated....moving faster yet than i had before! go me!! wind in my hair....rollin and rollin!
i made sure to be careful how much time i was spending off the side stretching my legs out, wanting to make sure i skated for as much time as possible, you see...my legs are finished far before the rest of my body needs to rest at this point... my left shin and legs cramp like a son of a bitch so i find myself having to stop every couple turns around the floor to stretch my legs out so that they will hold me up a little longer...frustrating but hey, all apart of the conditioning....im using muscles that i am pretty sure didn't exist...theres gonna be some pain, and like i have been told, if it doesn't hurt, then your probably doing it wrong.........
time for me to go now, off to work..........so bend yer fucking knees
Tuesday 6 September 2011
and she's back.......
Ok, so its been a little while since i last wrote.......my knee was more fucked than i thought and eneded up having to take about a week off from derby. I went back last friday...wow it, i certainly noticed the difference from missing a week.....knee wasnt 100 percent yet, there was somethings that i wasn't able to do, like the drop falls but i worked around it....slowly.....
when my knee was screaming at me and my head was pounding i called it quits, while talking to Pixel Ninja i mentioned that my head was pounding, it had come on suddenly, and was fucking nasty. He asked if i was drinking enough water and yes i certainly was, so he suggested gatorade...g2 to be exact. So i left practice and on my way to work, i stopped and bought some, as well as advil, just in case........i started drinking it even before i paid for it, lol and what do you know.....g2 saved my life, by the time i got to work, my headache was gone...and so was the g2. I am now a believer!!!
Soooo, now we bring ourselves to Monday night practice, this is the last week for arena practices....sad but true....and so ends the kiddie pool...scared you ask??? terrified......fucking terrified, but up for it! posted on the wall was the list, they are splitting us into two groups, group a and group b...i checked the list, i mean, i fully knew which group i would have been put in, let be real but i checked it anyway....group b baby!! and we start earlier, so yayyy! this is gonna work out just fine for me, with working nights, and the coaches will get a good shot at killing me :)
Last week, i had been talking to Dii Mented, she was saying how i have to work at not being so scared to move faster than a confused turtle...my words, not her's....so tonight, i gave it a go...now...let me stop here and say, my perception of how fast i was moving was probably differnt from any onlookers, but i swear, i was doing about 66 miles per hour.....seriously, actually felt my hair blow in the wind!! and have to say i kinda liked it!
i have also noticed that no longer do i take a couple strides, to get myself going...then coast to a stop cause i get scared, i can actually keep a steady pace.......fuck me im proud! i actually skate! like constant perpetual motion skate....weeee!!!!!!!!!!!
i know im kinda jumping around her, but im on my 3rd coffee....dare me to drive? so try to be patient...lol
ok, so im skating, and gliding and turning, yes, still can turn like a champ, but muscles in legs are screaming and cursing me......fucking hell that shite hurts...im told your doing it right if its hurting......well give this girl a gold fucking star, cause it hurts! lol.......feeling pissed cause my knee is taking about 10 years to feel better, and so the drop falls are still out of the question...so i skate while they fall...look ma!! human pilons!! and i didn't even hit anyone! score one for sai dystic!!
.........now comes the time where we are going to do the zombie drag....i have never done this, tonight is the first time. you slide your front foot ahead of you and then drag you foot that is behind you up to meet the front one....sounds fun eh? sweet mother of gawd...hurt, hurt?? i'd take a real zombie over zombie drags any day!! lol
i made it through without falling....which was a real concern since my legs were noodles....and then we were told to duck walk..yep its exactly what you are picturing.......now my whole body is vibrating.....my legs are jimming all over the place...i made it to the blue line.....barely.....that right there boys and girls is a whole new kinda hurt...between that and the zombie drag......but i did it....and then my legs just werent going to hold me up any more, my knee was angry too.....i bailed at that point.....shameful i know.....but in my defence i also had a daughter that needed her fro tamed for the start of school the next day.....kind of frustrating that my legs are finished far sooner than the rest of me....
** side note.....i will be back..(said in terminator voice)...slow going.......painful....sweaty and........i love it......don't know where this journey is going to take me....it may be years before i get to skate with the big girls, but i will someday....or die trying...which seriously, after the zombie drags, yeah that might be a real possiblity.....and i have been informed that next practice im going to be expected to wear my skates from the dressing room onto the arena floor.....pray for me....and Alise T Kill??? bring that first aid kit! :)
when my knee was screaming at me and my head was pounding i called it quits, while talking to Pixel Ninja i mentioned that my head was pounding, it had come on suddenly, and was fucking nasty. He asked if i was drinking enough water and yes i certainly was, so he suggested gatorade...g2 to be exact. So i left practice and on my way to work, i stopped and bought some, as well as advil, just in case........i started drinking it even before i paid for it, lol and what do you know.....g2 saved my life, by the time i got to work, my headache was gone...and so was the g2. I am now a believer!!!
Soooo, now we bring ourselves to Monday night practice, this is the last week for arena practices....sad but true....and so ends the kiddie pool...scared you ask??? terrified......fucking terrified, but up for it! posted on the wall was the list, they are splitting us into two groups, group a and group b...i checked the list, i mean, i fully knew which group i would have been put in, let be real but i checked it anyway....group b baby!! and we start earlier, so yayyy! this is gonna work out just fine for me, with working nights, and the coaches will get a good shot at killing me :)
Last week, i had been talking to Dii Mented, she was saying how i have to work at not being so scared to move faster than a confused turtle...my words, not her's....so tonight, i gave it a go...now...let me stop here and say, my perception of how fast i was moving was probably differnt from any onlookers, but i swear, i was doing about 66 miles per hour.....seriously, actually felt my hair blow in the wind!! and have to say i kinda liked it!
i have also noticed that no longer do i take a couple strides, to get myself going...then coast to a stop cause i get scared, i can actually keep a steady pace.......fuck me im proud! i actually skate! like constant perpetual motion skate....weeee!!!!!!!!!!!
i know im kinda jumping around her, but im on my 3rd coffee....dare me to drive? so try to be patient...lol
ok, so im skating, and gliding and turning, yes, still can turn like a champ, but muscles in legs are screaming and cursing me......fucking hell that shite hurts...im told your doing it right if its hurting......well give this girl a gold fucking star, cause it hurts! lol.......feeling pissed cause my knee is taking about 10 years to feel better, and so the drop falls are still out of the question...so i skate while they fall...look ma!! human pilons!! and i didn't even hit anyone! score one for sai dystic!!
.........now comes the time where we are going to do the zombie drag....i have never done this, tonight is the first time. you slide your front foot ahead of you and then drag you foot that is behind you up to meet the front one....sounds fun eh? sweet mother of gawd...hurt, hurt?? i'd take a real zombie over zombie drags any day!! lol
i made it through without falling....which was a real concern since my legs were noodles....and then we were told to duck walk..yep its exactly what you are picturing.......now my whole body is vibrating.....my legs are jimming all over the place...i made it to the blue line.....barely.....that right there boys and girls is a whole new kinda hurt...between that and the zombie drag......but i did it....and then my legs just werent going to hold me up any more, my knee was angry too.....i bailed at that point.....shameful i know.....but in my defence i also had a daughter that needed her fro tamed for the start of school the next day.....kind of frustrating that my legs are finished far sooner than the rest of me....
** side note.....i will be back..(said in terminator voice)...slow going.......painful....sweaty and........i love it......don't know where this journey is going to take me....it may be years before i get to skate with the big girls, but i will someday....or die trying...which seriously, after the zombie drags, yeah that might be a real possiblity.....and i have been informed that next practice im going to be expected to wear my skates from the dressing room onto the arena floor.....pray for me....and Alise T Kill??? bring that first aid kit! :)
Friday 26 August 2011
wednesday night...derby night
soooo....its wednesday once again, and you all know what that means...DERBY!!
Alise T Kill has informed me that our gaskets have arrived, yayyy....have i mentioned that i love derby?? lol
Off to practice i go...unfortunatly i know im not going to be able to stay for the entire practice, i have to work...BOOO URNSSSS! but at least i will be able to make it for at least part of the practice, and hopefully i'll have time to have a shower before going into work. lmao
when i arrive to practice, im greeted by some of my fellow derby girls...and a big hug from Cherry Dread! aww shucks! these girls certainly now how to make a girl feel loved! DERBY LOVE!! they had read my blog, the post from Monday night practice. I know i have mentioned it before, but i think i'll keep fucking saying it...One of the best parts to being apart of DRD is the encouragement, comraderee and all around great bunch of people that i have found and surrounded myself with. They are supportive, fun, and are more than willing to light a fire under your ass when you need it...GROUP HUG!!! ( too bad guys, i'll be hugin', just can't help it...and i do bite :))
so off i go to get geared up, and Alise T Kill is there with my gaskets! yayy, can't wait to try these suckers out, i wanna feel the clouds under my knees! Little worried that i won't be able to get them on, i mean, my legs are a little on the larger side...i have men's legs lmao...but i was assured they would fit, so i sit my arse down, take them out of the package and begin pulling them on. Holy hell they are a tight fit! they are supposed to fit tight, would defeat the purpose if they were loose. so i huff n puff and pull the damn things on...broke a sweat, and was now ready for a nap...
i finished gearing up, i traded wheels with Id Hit That, wanted to try the Flatouts, told they were what i should be using, and they look more stable to me, i mean i know i was probably deluding myself...but hey, there's a reason im medicated....so trade we did...and off to the arena floor.
Wheels felt a little off, with the help of Dii Mented and Pixil Ninja i fixed them up and off i wobbled!...strange how it takes a few turns to get used to using different wheels....flatouts aren't any wider than the ones i had borrowed from Broken Kitty...but they seemed to have a better grip on them for the newly wobbling.
We did some warm ups, followed by whistle drills....while trying to use the new way i learned to get back to my feet, i seemed to have tweaked my left knee...i have bad knee..always have.surgerys, broken knees (three times) .i'm pretty sure it goes back to when i was five years old and had been hit by a car....sad sad day that was..my poor doll's head fell off and rolled down the hill...but i digest, thats a story for another day....i skated for a few more rounds and then decided that perhaps i better sit for a few minutes....as they say, when your body is telling you to fuck off...you should probably listen...
i sat for a few minutes, and tried to participate in the drill again...made it around about three more times and decided nope, not gonna work tonight...i wobbled over to the bench and sat for a bit...watching the tortu........er.......drills from the side lines....
now it was time for me to go, off to work i must go...knees is angry, but what ya gonna do.
So i arrive to work, talk to the staff i was releiving at the time and proceeded to go out the back door for a smoke...step out the door and my knee says fuck you bitch and down i go...yep, fell out the door...very graceful...almost totally worth the look on the faces of the people that saw it happen, lmao
so now im at work, a little more hurting, a little more bruised, but hey...
Remember to BEND YER FUCKING KNEES!
;)
Alise T Kill has informed me that our gaskets have arrived, yayyy....have i mentioned that i love derby?? lol
Off to practice i go...unfortunatly i know im not going to be able to stay for the entire practice, i have to work...BOOO URNSSSS! but at least i will be able to make it for at least part of the practice, and hopefully i'll have time to have a shower before going into work. lmao
when i arrive to practice, im greeted by some of my fellow derby girls...and a big hug from Cherry Dread! aww shucks! these girls certainly now how to make a girl feel loved! DERBY LOVE!! they had read my blog, the post from Monday night practice. I know i have mentioned it before, but i think i'll keep fucking saying it...One of the best parts to being apart of DRD is the encouragement, comraderee and all around great bunch of people that i have found and surrounded myself with. They are supportive, fun, and are more than willing to light a fire under your ass when you need it...GROUP HUG!!! ( too bad guys, i'll be hugin', just can't help it...and i do bite :))
so off i go to get geared up, and Alise T Kill is there with my gaskets! yayy, can't wait to try these suckers out, i wanna feel the clouds under my knees! Little worried that i won't be able to get them on, i mean, my legs are a little on the larger side...i have men's legs lmao...but i was assured they would fit, so i sit my arse down, take them out of the package and begin pulling them on. Holy hell they are a tight fit! they are supposed to fit tight, would defeat the purpose if they were loose. so i huff n puff and pull the damn things on...broke a sweat, and was now ready for a nap...
i finished gearing up, i traded wheels with Id Hit That, wanted to try the Flatouts, told they were what i should be using, and they look more stable to me, i mean i know i was probably deluding myself...but hey, there's a reason im medicated....so trade we did...and off to the arena floor.
Wheels felt a little off, with the help of Dii Mented and Pixil Ninja i fixed them up and off i wobbled!...strange how it takes a few turns to get used to using different wheels....flatouts aren't any wider than the ones i had borrowed from Broken Kitty...but they seemed to have a better grip on them for the newly wobbling.
We did some warm ups, followed by whistle drills....while trying to use the new way i learned to get back to my feet, i seemed to have tweaked my left knee...i have bad knee..always have.surgerys, broken knees (three times) .i'm pretty sure it goes back to when i was five years old and had been hit by a car....sad sad day that was..my poor doll's head fell off and rolled down the hill...but i digest, thats a story for another day....i skated for a few more rounds and then decided that perhaps i better sit for a few minutes....as they say, when your body is telling you to fuck off...you should probably listen...
i sat for a few minutes, and tried to participate in the drill again...made it around about three more times and decided nope, not gonna work tonight...i wobbled over to the bench and sat for a bit...watching the tortu........er.......drills from the side lines....
now it was time for me to go, off to work i must go...knees is angry, but what ya gonna do.
So i arrive to work, talk to the staff i was releiving at the time and proceeded to go out the back door for a smoke...step out the door and my knee says fuck you bitch and down i go...yep, fell out the door...very graceful...almost totally worth the look on the faces of the people that saw it happen, lmao
so now im at work, a little more hurting, a little more bruised, but hey...
Remember to BEND YER FUCKING KNEES!
;)
things that don't fit...trips through the woods and a new way to get up..
Soo...the next day after my little break down, full of new resolution, nerves of steel and a double dose of meds...i send out a message to see if anyone would like to join me for an outdoor skate date. Dii Mented and Pixil Ninja show some interest, and whilst deciding where we might partake we decide to go out to the out door arena in St. Paul. Dii Mented and Pixil Ninja pick me up and away we go!!!!!!!
After driving for 3 days, communing with nature and a slight u turn we arrive at the arena. We meet up with Lady Isa Hella and T. Thanks to Laday Isa Hella and T for the sweeping of the floor...Rockstars! Both of you!
We all gear up, apply copious amounts of bug spray and start to roll......I decided that i was gonna give the pilons a rest for the day...yes i was medicated but wasn't sure if i could stave off the murderous urges that the pilons bring out in me so i thought it was better to focus on other things that night.
Dii Mented worked with me for a few minutes, helping me get that damn foot in front of me for a good a fucking proper turn. Well, colour me surprised!! i did it!! i'd jump for joy but well, being on wheels lets not push my luck! but i certainly did have that shite eatin grin on my face. I went around the arena over and over..., doing the proper turn...knees bent...leading foot in front of me...other foot actually following along. Now thats an adult turn right there kiddies!
My feet had been a little crampy but really not all that bad....but the cramp in the shin area was back...still shocks the fuck outta me that you can cramp there....seriously..who knew???
Dii Mented rolled on over whilst i was clutching the side boards for dear life...i very calmly asked her (and by calm i mean with desperation and a high pitched voice) if she knew of any stretches that would help the shin cramp...she showed me a very wonderful one, it did take some of the pressure off and then she asked Pixel Ninja if perhaps, since i was steadier that i had been if my trucks needed to be loosened again. Pixel says sure, and says come on over....cause i know you can...lmao. As he is loosening them up, he says hey! this is gonna be just like when i loosened your wheels!! (picture evil grin here).....i groan and say wonderful! lmao
Now im adjusted.....well adjusted i can imagine.....and i give it a roll....wow, can definatly feel the difference! way more give! i kinda like it! makes it easier, and less painful....but at the same time, noticably wobbly lmao
Off i go to do a little wobbling around the arena floor again........wayy better with the adjustment......i decide im gonna practice a few falls...double knee falls to be exact, i haven't had much practice with these since i was holding off doing them until i had a mouth guard.....i mean, seriously...have you met me??? gracefull i am not! i do some of these, and then some falls while moving...damn i love doing these, the whole sliding thing...yeah fucking fun as hell!! (WEEEEEE!!!!!!, come on now say it with me...WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!) shite eatin grin still slapped across my face.
I ask Dii Mented if she can show me how it is she gets back to her feet after a fall, she has a way of doing it that seems that it would be easier than the way i have been doing it, which is one legged and kind of throws your balance off for a few seconds, she explains it, shows me and walks me through it....everyone was watching, and cheered me on while i tried it and ..... WINNING!! i did it. i practiced a few more times...well shite, found some new muscles, yet again, that i didn't know i had...apparently, under all that flab...yeah...angry angry muscles!! lol
So now its time to go home....back through the woods....past grandmother's house and a short visit with the wolf........
Good night....good night indeedy~!........and remember...Bend yer fucking knees!
After driving for 3 days, communing with nature and a slight u turn we arrive at the arena. We meet up with Lady Isa Hella and T. Thanks to Laday Isa Hella and T for the sweeping of the floor...Rockstars! Both of you!
We all gear up, apply copious amounts of bug spray and start to roll......I decided that i was gonna give the pilons a rest for the day...yes i was medicated but wasn't sure if i could stave off the murderous urges that the pilons bring out in me so i thought it was better to focus on other things that night.
Dii Mented worked with me for a few minutes, helping me get that damn foot in front of me for a good a fucking proper turn. Well, colour me surprised!! i did it!! i'd jump for joy but well, being on wheels lets not push my luck! but i certainly did have that shite eatin grin on my face. I went around the arena over and over..., doing the proper turn...knees bent...leading foot in front of me...other foot actually following along. Now thats an adult turn right there kiddies!
My feet had been a little crampy but really not all that bad....but the cramp in the shin area was back...still shocks the fuck outta me that you can cramp there....seriously..who knew???
Dii Mented rolled on over whilst i was clutching the side boards for dear life...i very calmly asked her (and by calm i mean with desperation and a high pitched voice) if she knew of any stretches that would help the shin cramp...she showed me a very wonderful one, it did take some of the pressure off and then she asked Pixel Ninja if perhaps, since i was steadier that i had been if my trucks needed to be loosened again. Pixel says sure, and says come on over....cause i know you can...lmao. As he is loosening them up, he says hey! this is gonna be just like when i loosened your wheels!! (picture evil grin here).....i groan and say wonderful! lmao
Now im adjusted.....well adjusted i can imagine.....and i give it a roll....wow, can definatly feel the difference! way more give! i kinda like it! makes it easier, and less painful....but at the same time, noticably wobbly lmao
Off i go to do a little wobbling around the arena floor again........wayy better with the adjustment......i decide im gonna practice a few falls...double knee falls to be exact, i haven't had much practice with these since i was holding off doing them until i had a mouth guard.....i mean, seriously...have you met me??? gracefull i am not! i do some of these, and then some falls while moving...damn i love doing these, the whole sliding thing...yeah fucking fun as hell!! (WEEEEEE!!!!!!, come on now say it with me...WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!) shite eatin grin still slapped across my face.
I ask Dii Mented if she can show me how it is she gets back to her feet after a fall, she has a way of doing it that seems that it would be easier than the way i have been doing it, which is one legged and kind of throws your balance off for a few seconds, she explains it, shows me and walks me through it....everyone was watching, and cheered me on while i tried it and ..... WINNING!! i did it. i practiced a few more times...well shite, found some new muscles, yet again, that i didn't know i had...apparently, under all that flab...yeah...angry angry muscles!! lol
So now its time to go home....back through the woods....past grandmother's house and a short visit with the wolf........
Good night....good night indeedy~!........and remember...Bend yer fucking knees!
Tuesday 23 August 2011
yelling at the pilons
Sooo lets back up a bit..picture it, thursday night...Crash N Turn and i have made a skate date, we were going to check out the Knights of Columbus parking lot near my house...I let her know i'll pick her up and drive past the lot just for good measure to be sure its empty..yayy it is..off i go to pick up Crash N Turn...after finding her house (yeah i totally was parked outside the wrong house waiting for her) we turned around and went back to the empty parking lot........in the span of 7 minutes that bloody parking lot was full to the seam.......fuck me......BUT thats ok, we decided we would take a tour out to the outdoor arena in St. Paul...if i could find it again.............
We met up with Lady Isa Hella and T....we strapped on, set the pilons up and away we went.... Like to stop here and mention to Pixel Ninja that i totally loosened my outdoor wheels!! lmao
we skated around, warmed up and stretched.....and so the fight with the fucking pilons began...practice practice swear yell stomp practice practice practice........and i fucking did it, full speed wind in my hair, did it....managed to fly through all of them, took the corners sharp..(now i have to say, there were witnesses, yes they saw it!!)....shite eating grin yeah son!!!!!
So i did it over and over again...little smile on my face oh yeah look at me ma!! no hands!!
Then i practices stopping, falling and Crash N Turn gave me a little lesson on cross overs, we did an exercise that im still fucking shocked that i did..you stand facing each other, hold hands and moving side ways you cross over your foot in front of the other, moving like that all the way across the floor and then back again. Wasn't as scary as i thought it would be to pick my foot up like that and cross in over...
the practice came to a sticky sweaty end..of home we went, all ready thinking of the next time id be able to get on my skates.
Fast forward to yesterday.....Monday night practice, arena practice, yeah! I snagged a ride with Lady Isa Hella and T and off we went...geared up and sat there, fuck it, yeah i admit it, i carried my fucking skates into the arena.....and yes, not so proud
so i put my skates on, check my toe stops and go for a couple tours around the floor.....did some stretching and went around again......assured Pixel Ninja that my wheels were loose.....and went around yet again, lol
Whistle blew and it was time for a little bit o refresher and off we went on our favorite drill, drop and stop lmao as i like to call it....whistle blows, you drop to the floor and get back up as fast as you can. or if you can. and keep going till the whistle blows again. I made it through....fuck yeah i made it through...but by the end of it im starting to feel like the fat girl you just walked uphill to get a donut....next it plow stops, Cherry Dread was my partner again, gotta love that girl...and sorry again for getting up close and personal on your arse, couldn't stop myself, literally!! lmao
We worked and sweated and i swore, yelled, growled, swore and yelled some more, Cherry, i want to thank you for your encouragement! you are an awesome partner! pain, sweat, and anger, lmao This is the point where my legs got so wobbly that i actually fell, they couldn't hold me for another minute...wow!! but fuck, i got back up and did it again.....
Moving on, it was time to divide the groups, the big girls and the kiddie pool....Dii Mented gave us some instruction, set up the pilons, dirty fucking pilons, and off we went........well what do you fucking know, remember a couple of days ago when i was so proud and i did the pilons over and over again, feeling a great elation at the fact i could finally do it??? Yeah, not so fucking much, couldn't make it through...i went off to the side and practices swerving and turning.......and then went back to the fucking row of pilons.....made it through the first one and the missed the rest....FUCK!
Now im just pissed off, hurting....and actually more than a little embarrassed........trying to stay positive......but i just can't seem to at this point.......i decided to go out for a smoke.......so i take my skates off, and go out for a smoke....
so here i am, blogging about my journey.......so here it is.......i cried, i didn't sob, or rail, but i cried....angry with myself, feeling like i had failed...feeling like the fat kid with the stupid cake smile..frustrated as fuck......i finished my smoke, went in to the bathroom to clean myself up a bit.......nothing i hate more is anyone seeing me cry....or even knowing i cried....im the kind of person who panics when someone else crys......lmao i blow my nose, and think about calling my....er....um...better half to leave work to come and get me.....i needed to get my shite together....jesus fucking christ...what the fuck is this!
I text my friend instead, cause i have to get out of here, there is no pride in letting anyone see me fall apart........she says she will and i go out side to wait......i only said good bye to the ones that happened to be standing by my skates where i took them off, saying only that i had a ride home and that i would see them later........
I go home and think on the night of practice.......i talk a bit about it with my half and i try to explain or talk out what the fuck happened at that moment......i still am not too sure.
But here i am, i know this.........i am not giving up, i will be that fat kid, huffin and puffin, pushing myself again and again. I skated last night until i thought i would fall down...and then i did fall down....but i got back up....that right there, after i am a little calmer....is something to be proud of.....although i hurt, i kept going.....even when i thought i was going to puke...i kept going.......even though i did leave early......i still made it an hour and a half, skating my ass off....working harder than i have ever worked at anything........and at no point, even thought i was pissed off, embarrassed and felt like i had been run over by a truck and was an emotional mess.....not once did i think that i wouldn't be back at the next practice. I don't know if i will ever make it out of the kiddie pool....i want to, i want to skate with the big girls, i want to be as good as them.....but right now, i am making the agreement with myself...(and let me tell you this is the same advice i have given some other newbies when the were frustrated...time to follow my own advice) i am not going to measure myself against others, i am going to do the best i can, and then push myself to do a little more.....i am going to be proud of every victory, even if no one else notices..and if i am ever in doubt, i'm going to remember back when i first started and couldn't even move on my own...im going to let that shite eatin grin show everytime i skate.......cause don't get me wrong.......i love every minute of it.
and will be wobbling again tonight...time on skates?? yeah son, im gonna glue mine to my fucking feet.
until next time guys! bend yer fucking knees
So here i end this post....GROUP HUG!! naw not really, i seriously do bite! :)
We met up with Lady Isa Hella and T....we strapped on, set the pilons up and away we went.... Like to stop here and mention to Pixel Ninja that i totally loosened my outdoor wheels!! lmao
we skated around, warmed up and stretched.....and so the fight with the fucking pilons began...practice practice swear yell stomp practice practice practice........and i fucking did it, full speed wind in my hair, did it....managed to fly through all of them, took the corners sharp..(now i have to say, there were witnesses, yes they saw it!!)....shite eating grin yeah son!!!!!
So i did it over and over again...little smile on my face oh yeah look at me ma!! no hands!!
Then i practices stopping, falling and Crash N Turn gave me a little lesson on cross overs, we did an exercise that im still fucking shocked that i did..you stand facing each other, hold hands and moving side ways you cross over your foot in front of the other, moving like that all the way across the floor and then back again. Wasn't as scary as i thought it would be to pick my foot up like that and cross in over...
the practice came to a sticky sweaty end..of home we went, all ready thinking of the next time id be able to get on my skates.
Fast forward to yesterday.....Monday night practice, arena practice, yeah! I snagged a ride with Lady Isa Hella and T and off we went...geared up and sat there, fuck it, yeah i admit it, i carried my fucking skates into the arena.....and yes, not so proud
so i put my skates on, check my toe stops and go for a couple tours around the floor.....did some stretching and went around again......assured Pixel Ninja that my wheels were loose.....and went around yet again, lol
Whistle blew and it was time for a little bit o refresher and off we went on our favorite drill, drop and stop lmao as i like to call it....whistle blows, you drop to the floor and get back up as fast as you can. or if you can. and keep going till the whistle blows again. I made it through....fuck yeah i made it through...but by the end of it im starting to feel like the fat girl you just walked uphill to get a donut....next it plow stops, Cherry Dread was my partner again, gotta love that girl...and sorry again for getting up close and personal on your arse, couldn't stop myself, literally!! lmao
We worked and sweated and i swore, yelled, growled, swore and yelled some more, Cherry, i want to thank you for your encouragement! you are an awesome partner! pain, sweat, and anger, lmao This is the point where my legs got so wobbly that i actually fell, they couldn't hold me for another minute...wow!! but fuck, i got back up and did it again.....
Moving on, it was time to divide the groups, the big girls and the kiddie pool....Dii Mented gave us some instruction, set up the pilons, dirty fucking pilons, and off we went........well what do you fucking know, remember a couple of days ago when i was so proud and i did the pilons over and over again, feeling a great elation at the fact i could finally do it??? Yeah, not so fucking much, couldn't make it through...i went off to the side and practices swerving and turning.......and then went back to the fucking row of pilons.....made it through the first one and the missed the rest....FUCK!
Now im just pissed off, hurting....and actually more than a little embarrassed........trying to stay positive......but i just can't seem to at this point.......i decided to go out for a smoke.......so i take my skates off, and go out for a smoke....
so here i am, blogging about my journey.......so here it is.......i cried, i didn't sob, or rail, but i cried....angry with myself, feeling like i had failed...feeling like the fat kid with the stupid cake smile..frustrated as fuck......i finished my smoke, went in to the bathroom to clean myself up a bit.......nothing i hate more is anyone seeing me cry....or even knowing i cried....im the kind of person who panics when someone else crys......lmao i blow my nose, and think about calling my....er....um...better half to leave work to come and get me.....i needed to get my shite together....jesus fucking christ...what the fuck is this!
I text my friend instead, cause i have to get out of here, there is no pride in letting anyone see me fall apart........she says she will and i go out side to wait......i only said good bye to the ones that happened to be standing by my skates where i took them off, saying only that i had a ride home and that i would see them later........
I go home and think on the night of practice.......i talk a bit about it with my half and i try to explain or talk out what the fuck happened at that moment......i still am not too sure.
But here i am, i know this.........i am not giving up, i will be that fat kid, huffin and puffin, pushing myself again and again. I skated last night until i thought i would fall down...and then i did fall down....but i got back up....that right there, after i am a little calmer....is something to be proud of.....although i hurt, i kept going.....even when i thought i was going to puke...i kept going.......even though i did leave early......i still made it an hour and a half, skating my ass off....working harder than i have ever worked at anything........and at no point, even thought i was pissed off, embarrassed and felt like i had been run over by a truck and was an emotional mess.....not once did i think that i wouldn't be back at the next practice. I don't know if i will ever make it out of the kiddie pool....i want to, i want to skate with the big girls, i want to be as good as them.....but right now, i am making the agreement with myself...(and let me tell you this is the same advice i have given some other newbies when the were frustrated...time to follow my own advice) i am not going to measure myself against others, i am going to do the best i can, and then push myself to do a little more.....i am going to be proud of every victory, even if no one else notices..and if i am ever in doubt, i'm going to remember back when i first started and couldn't even move on my own...im going to let that shite eatin grin show everytime i skate.......cause don't get me wrong.......i love every minute of it.
and will be wobbling again tonight...time on skates?? yeah son, im gonna glue mine to my fucking feet.
until next time guys! bend yer fucking knees
So here i end this post....GROUP HUG!! naw not really, i seriously do bite! :)
Thursday 18 August 2011
loosen those wheels!
Sooo, it was an arena practice.....yay!! love them! so much room to wobble in!
Got to the arena, got my gear on and carried (yes i said carried) my skates to the arena floor....on my way out there, Pixel Ninja, Slave driver.....er Coach looked at me carring my skates and said,,umm whatcha doin? .......i said carring my skates of course, cause im a big old whimp. He gets this evil gleam in his eye and says....next time i'm gonna make you wear them in, you can do it.......he thinks about it for a minute and says.....YEP! its gonna be a drill.........pray for me! lmao
So fyi, next time im skating in.
So i get all laced up.....and take a couple tours around the arena floor....can i just mention here that i no long have to psyc myself into skating all the way around....let alone repeatedly doing it......i can do it!!
and have i menitoned that i can turn????? No? i haven't mentioned that? hmmm.....well, I CAN TURN!
My wheels felt a little weird, so i slid to the side and asked Pixel Ninja to take a little looksie to see what was going on....if it was my legs that were weird or if it was my skates, lol
Turns out i had my wheels on wayyyy too tight...EKKKK!! he loosened them up and said.....and i quote...Now you'll fly!.....end quote.....to which i replied....sweet jebus!
So now im all set with loose wheels and i'm gonna try them out....i get to my feet, take a stride and wow, are these ever loose....he was right! what a big difference! i thought that going from outdoor to indoor wheels was a big change...these things fly now!!....(yet again...pray for me)
as i'm making my way around the arena with my new found flying wheels..i hear Pixel Ninja talking to Dii Mented..explaining that he had loosened my wheels, that i had them so tight that he was convinced that i had just been walking around in my skates, not actually skateing....LOL...I think that mayhaps i had been getting off a little easy with them so tight lol
Ok! so Joe Seeker from the Shillbilly show stopped in with a couple new memebers from shill...awesome to see them and him.........And who else stopped in?? My mum and my sister Emily.
Soo i said hi to them all, and my mum says, come on Sarah, show me what ya got!..I say..aw mum its Sai Dystic now....she says.....your tellin me! lmao
FireCrack Ya, who was handling the new freshies, skated by and asked my sister if she wanted to strap on a pair of skate.....the look of horror on her face was priceless.....lmao...she asked my mum too......i think she was actually considering it! lol...although i don't know if id want to be on the arena floor with her....shes a tough ol broad..(mum if your reading this...I LOVE YOU!)
Now practice has started, a few refreshers for the not so new, and a some instruction for the newly new. and off we go with the whistle drills.......i was totally into it, concentrating on not falling, gliding smoothly and grinning like an idiot when i would drop to a knee and slide....WEEEEE!! (please say in high pitched loud voice :)) i skated past Dii Mented and she said, that i was really rockin it! of course i wasn't sure that it was me she was talking to so i did the whole point at myself, eyebrows raised and look behind me thing...ok, so be warned, my ego just got a boost..im going to be impossible to live with! (seriously!) lol
Next we did the snow plow drill with partners, my partner was the lovely Cherry Dread...Pixel Ninja skated by and said i had it! i said fuck this hurts! and he said yeah! thats how you know you got it! it hurts good! lmao...
I was so enjoying the practice and really into it when i suddenly realized that OMG i am supposed to be leaving early to go to work.....i totally lost track of time....completly forgot myself..( something i don't do often)...i checked the clock...just enough time to take a quick stretch and get my gear off and run my arse to work.....
I thanked Cherry Dread and apologized for skipping out so soon.....thanks again Cherry!! and got my gear off, said goodbye to everyone and my mum and sister......got to work with 5 mins to spare! WHEW!
later on that night was talking to my sister and mum...they both enjoyed watching, and they both have been bitten by the skate bug.....stay tuned to see if we can get them on skates!!
Side note: working friday night, so im going to miss practice..bummed out! BUT im going to go for an outdoor skate with Crash and Turn on Thursday and this my friends make me happy as hell!
Until next time......bend yer frikken knees!
Got to the arena, got my gear on and carried (yes i said carried) my skates to the arena floor....on my way out there, Pixel Ninja, Slave driver.....er Coach looked at me carring my skates and said,,umm whatcha doin? .......i said carring my skates of course, cause im a big old whimp. He gets this evil gleam in his eye and says....next time i'm gonna make you wear them in, you can do it.......he thinks about it for a minute and says.....YEP! its gonna be a drill.........pray for me! lmao
So fyi, next time im skating in.
So i get all laced up.....and take a couple tours around the arena floor....can i just mention here that i no long have to psyc myself into skating all the way around....let alone repeatedly doing it......i can do it!!
and have i menitoned that i can turn????? No? i haven't mentioned that? hmmm.....well, I CAN TURN!
My wheels felt a little weird, so i slid to the side and asked Pixel Ninja to take a little looksie to see what was going on....if it was my legs that were weird or if it was my skates, lol
Turns out i had my wheels on wayyyy too tight...EKKKK!! he loosened them up and said.....and i quote...Now you'll fly!.....end quote.....to which i replied....sweet jebus!
So now im all set with loose wheels and i'm gonna try them out....i get to my feet, take a stride and wow, are these ever loose....he was right! what a big difference! i thought that going from outdoor to indoor wheels was a big change...these things fly now!!....(yet again...pray for me)
as i'm making my way around the arena with my new found flying wheels..i hear Pixel Ninja talking to Dii Mented..explaining that he had loosened my wheels, that i had them so tight that he was convinced that i had just been walking around in my skates, not actually skateing....LOL...I think that mayhaps i had been getting off a little easy with them so tight lol
Ok! so Joe Seeker from the Shillbilly show stopped in with a couple new memebers from shill...awesome to see them and him.........And who else stopped in?? My mum and my sister Emily.
Soo i said hi to them all, and my mum says, come on Sarah, show me what ya got!..I say..aw mum its Sai Dystic now....she says.....your tellin me! lmao
FireCrack Ya, who was handling the new freshies, skated by and asked my sister if she wanted to strap on a pair of skate.....the look of horror on her face was priceless.....lmao...she asked my mum too......i think she was actually considering it! lol...although i don't know if id want to be on the arena floor with her....shes a tough ol broad..(mum if your reading this...I LOVE YOU!)
Now practice has started, a few refreshers for the not so new, and a some instruction for the newly new. and off we go with the whistle drills.......i was totally into it, concentrating on not falling, gliding smoothly and grinning like an idiot when i would drop to a knee and slide....WEEEEE!! (please say in high pitched loud voice :)) i skated past Dii Mented and she said, that i was really rockin it! of course i wasn't sure that it was me she was talking to so i did the whole point at myself, eyebrows raised and look behind me thing...ok, so be warned, my ego just got a boost..im going to be impossible to live with! (seriously!) lol
Next we did the snow plow drill with partners, my partner was the lovely Cherry Dread...Pixel Ninja skated by and said i had it! i said fuck this hurts! and he said yeah! thats how you know you got it! it hurts good! lmao...
I was so enjoying the practice and really into it when i suddenly realized that OMG i am supposed to be leaving early to go to work.....i totally lost track of time....completly forgot myself..( something i don't do often)...i checked the clock...just enough time to take a quick stretch and get my gear off and run my arse to work.....
I thanked Cherry Dread and apologized for skipping out so soon.....thanks again Cherry!! and got my gear off, said goodbye to everyone and my mum and sister......got to work with 5 mins to spare! WHEW!
later on that night was talking to my sister and mum...they both enjoyed watching, and they both have been bitten by the skate bug.....stay tuned to see if we can get them on skates!!
Side note: working friday night, so im going to miss practice..bummed out! BUT im going to go for an outdoor skate with Crash and Turn on Thursday and this my friends make me happy as hell!
Until next time......bend yer frikken knees!
Tuesday 16 August 2011
over the river and through the woods..........
SOOO last night was a practice for the veterans only....which is cool...but some of us freshies has itchy feet......a coupla ladies let us know that there was an outdoor arena near where they lived..sooo whats a bunch a freshies to do but make an outdoor skate date!!!!!!!!
ASL 'N' Diva and i got some directions and headed out....after passing little red riding hood, the big bad wolf and a couple of confused ducks we made it!!!
Boy Oh Boy, really nice out door arena, we geared up and skated like champs, ok we kinda wobbled too but hey, its my story so im gonna tell it like i wanna, lol
i was rockin my out door wheels, which i actually put on correctly thanks to some advice from Pixel Ninja......yayy me!!
Mrs. T brought some pilon (damn dirty Pilons) and Lady Isa Hella let me borrow some socks and took some pictures:) Shreddy Crocker was there along with ASL N Diva and myself...impromtu freshie practice hell ya! Its awesome, everyone has little tricks and advice that has helped them out and when we are all together we exchange the info and help one another, nice to have found these people..group hug!!!....still haven't gotten my rabies shots........just sayin :)
Kay so.......did i mention i hate them damn pilons??? but yes son, i certainly did make it through them...the arena was great and we all managed not to get carted off by the misquitos.....although barely...i saw them carry off a small child.....seriously....true story.
i had it in my head that i was gonna make a go on the cross overs tonight......i didn't have the guts yet to do it.....but i can feel it coming soon......there are a few excercises that i have been doing to help with the transition....that my friend is my next goal...cross overs.....
Did i mention i can turn?????????
SO here were end yet again.....until next time.....
ASL 'N' Diva and i got some directions and headed out....after passing little red riding hood, the big bad wolf and a couple of confused ducks we made it!!!
Boy Oh Boy, really nice out door arena, we geared up and skated like champs, ok we kinda wobbled too but hey, its my story so im gonna tell it like i wanna, lol
i was rockin my out door wheels, which i actually put on correctly thanks to some advice from Pixel Ninja......yayy me!!
Mrs. T brought some pilon (damn dirty Pilons) and Lady Isa Hella let me borrow some socks and took some pictures:) Shreddy Crocker was there along with ASL N Diva and myself...impromtu freshie practice hell ya! Its awesome, everyone has little tricks and advice that has helped them out and when we are all together we exchange the info and help one another, nice to have found these people..group hug!!!....still haven't gotten my rabies shots........just sayin :)
Kay so.......did i mention i hate them damn pilons??? but yes son, i certainly did make it through them...the arena was great and we all managed not to get carted off by the misquitos.....although barely...i saw them carry off a small child.....seriously....true story.
i had it in my head that i was gonna make a go on the cross overs tonight......i didn't have the guts yet to do it.....but i can feel it coming soon......there are a few excercises that i have been doing to help with the transition....that my friend is my next goal...cross overs.....
Did i mention i can turn?????????
SO here were end yet again.....until next time.....
Friday 12 August 2011
Friday night fight
SOOOOOO its be a shite couple of days.....head is not where it should be......not sure what to do with myself.......
I went and visited Kitty Von Doom in the hospital.......shes in good spirits, good meds......and looking forward to getting back on her skate....
I leave her, and now im not too sure where i should go.......well being that its derby night.....maybe a skate will do me some good.
off i go. got there a little late but got suited up and laced my skates with my new waxed laces.....yeah son!
Friday nights are for the big girls but the kiddie pool is set up for skate time and practicing on their own for the newbies......and practice i did.....i got there late...had a bit of a hard time with my new laces....thanks to Shreddy Crocker for helping me out!!
i worked hard on the pilons, yes i swore, but I DID IT!! i went through all of the damn things!!!! thanks to a special newbie that told me to get my ass into it! i would mention her by name but i don't know her derby name as of yet......getting my arse into it really helped!!
i did some stopping, sliding, a little wobbling and awesome skating....then realized that i was foming at the mouth (i must confess here that i am a little rabid...and a little bitie...shhhh) i had forgotten my water bottle.....i skated until my tongue felt like i had been licking the arena floor and had to stop.....i will never forget the damn water again!!
practice was almost over, i took my gear off, waited for Dii Mented to finish up, our scrimmage shirt had come in and i got my new mouth guard too!!!!!!! yayyyy me!!!!!
so going to derby was a good choice tonight......calmed me a little, soothed my......ahem.......soul....cough (gingers have no soul, and never will be cradled in the arms of jesus)
until monday....keep watching the skys!!
I went and visited Kitty Von Doom in the hospital.......shes in good spirits, good meds......and looking forward to getting back on her skate....
I leave her, and now im not too sure where i should go.......well being that its derby night.....maybe a skate will do me some good.
off i go. got there a little late but got suited up and laced my skates with my new waxed laces.....yeah son!
Friday nights are for the big girls but the kiddie pool is set up for skate time and practicing on their own for the newbies......and practice i did.....i got there late...had a bit of a hard time with my new laces....thanks to Shreddy Crocker for helping me out!!
i worked hard on the pilons, yes i swore, but I DID IT!! i went through all of the damn things!!!! thanks to a special newbie that told me to get my ass into it! i would mention her by name but i don't know her derby name as of yet......getting my arse into it really helped!!
i did some stopping, sliding, a little wobbling and awesome skating....then realized that i was foming at the mouth (i must confess here that i am a little rabid...and a little bitie...shhhh) i had forgotten my water bottle.....i skated until my tongue felt like i had been licking the arena floor and had to stop.....i will never forget the damn water again!!
practice was almost over, i took my gear off, waited for Dii Mented to finish up, our scrimmage shirt had come in and i got my new mouth guard too!!!!!!! yayyyy me!!!!!
so going to derby was a good choice tonight......calmed me a little, soothed my......ahem.......soul....cough (gingers have no soul, and never will be cradled in the arms of jesus)
until monday....keep watching the skys!!
Wednesday 10 August 2011
Silly early wendesday blues
So today is a derby day!!!!!! yayy, shitty part is that i gotta wait till tonight to go...i was sitting in my office feeling kinda blue......so i went out and got my skates...just to look at.....and to show my boss and her husband who had dropped in to rescue us from a mouse...sigh.......i love my skates.....just sayin'
Monday 8 August 2011
close calls and horshoes
Ok, soo.......im all showered and smelling nice, teeth are brushed and now thinking back on tonight...
Arena practice...woot woot....im gearing up in the locker room.....Cherry Dread...she brought PREZZIES!! she made the cutest little roller skate necklaces!!!!! i love mine :) Thank you again Cherry!!
Im all geared up now and i realize again......we fuck i gotta make it to the arena floor....that a frikken lot of ground to cover.....i announce that im scared.......Dii Mented....bless her.....says.....GET GOING!! lmao
So i do, luckily safety officer Alise T Kill is following me with the first aid kit...if you ask her im sure she will say it was coincidence.....but i am fairly certain she was there for a good purpose........I made it, i would like to say without any whimpering or belly screams......but i would be lying.
Arena floor.......giggity........all that open space.....mine for the rolling.....(its now that i realized that hey, i sure do love the dot dot dot thing......and please excuse the potty mouth lmao) i start to make my way around the arena, a little wooden legged at first... my skates are feeling a little funny.........i ask Pixel Ninja to check them and he does....turns out the bearings were not in all the way and the skate wheels weren't tight......all fixed with some advice from good ol' coach and im ready and up on my feet again.
Now let me stop here.........up until tonight i had been using outdoor wheels.....Kitty Von Doom...who just got some awesome new wheels offered to let me borrow her old ones....BIG FRIKKEN DIFFERENCE!! yeah turns out, indoor wheels...used indoors.....fast! no grab! and me thinks that i had been getting off a little easy and lazy.......these wheels moved.......had to work harder to stop! WEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! (do that in a high pitched voice please)
Ok, so im all on the indoor wheels....around the arena i go....VAROOMMMMMMMM
i go around a couple times, trying to find my balance again.....have a little stretch and relace my skates cause me feets were cramping like hello (kidding!! yeah they fucking hurt!)!!
i got some advice from Cherry Dread on lacing. Tried it out and it was much better.....around i went again and then the whistle blew.....Pixel Ninja was calling us in to begin.......Here we go
First drill was skating in a giant circle......falling when he blew the whistle and then getting up again when he blew it again.....okie dokie...i was pretty styling.........FireCrack Ya gave me instruction on a baseball slide fall.....yep, leg torn up, hip hurts....bruised to shite and guess whats on my face?????? SHITE EATIN GRIN!! Loved it...don't quite have the hang of it yet but im doin it.......and can i just say that sliding when you hit the floor is fucking awesome!!!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next in the book of torture,,,er i mean ahem...training we skated around and when he blew the whistle we were to stop and then wait till he blew the whistle again to go again. so turns out....outdoor wheels on indoor floors made this wayyyy easy...found some new muscles tonight boys and girls....yes i certainly did...Pixel Ninja helped me get it going (or i guess you should say, stop it going, lol) with some good advice, pushing harder to stop better, sitting into it, etc,,,,also had himself a little giggle at the "good hurt" it was causing......LOL
NEXT!!!!!! Turns........through the pilons......non people type pilons.......a little pep talk from Pixel Ninja and i was all set up to run it like a pro.........WELL WHAT DO YOU FRIKKEN KNOW????? I totally made it through...........TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Hell the stars aligned and i did it!! I DID IT!!, not sure if anyone noticed but damn kiddies i did it.....i don't know if i mentioned this.....I CAN TURN!! Vigilante Banshee gave me some good pointers and advice on keeping my turns working for me....yayyy!!
I had to take a couple breaks......feets started cramping again.......felt pretty sure i was gonna puke.....sweating like a whore in church ( did i offend anyone yet? stay tuned!! LOL) had a little sit down, talked with Klamydia Burns about the whole lacing thing, she gave me some good advice as well..told me that this too shall pass.......and Pixel Ninja was right there to kick my ass and tell me to get going......cause he knows i can turn......lol (really though, they will push you, but not enough to kill you permantly, and in my case, i totally need fires started under my ass sometimes) but everytime i had a little break...i got right back up and got to it again.....proud? yes son i sure am.........
i was having some muscle pain today as i am prone to have...don't worry all cleared by the doc to do derby though.........but i went anyways....i pushed myself......although not too hard cause its not a hardship when your loving what your doing.....group hug....perhaps.....warning i do bite and haven't had all my shots.
i made it for an hour and a half...little disappointed in myself that i didn't make it longer.....but the puky feeling and the knee throbbing made me think that perhaps if i wanna be able to go again and again i better know my limits with a boom box and fuck off before i really pushed myself too far......so i left.
On my way out, Pixel Ninja shouted that i did good.....can say that i was a little tickled, walked a little straighter......other derby girls showed me love and also said i was doing really well......tickled pink i am!! Means a lot when the girls that are no longer swimming in the kiddie pool, who have serious skills take the time to notice and cheer you on.........i love my derby girls!!!!!!!
touchy moments when i stopped at sobey ( yes in derby outfit, booty shorts!! lol ) thought mayhaps i may toss my cookies a couple times whilst waiting in line......made it home......yes i did........dry heaved a few times......no shame in that....LOL
so now i have taken some advil, admired my scrapes and bruises, showed off my new skate necklace and told everyone all about my night..........
Until next time...keep watching the skys.......you know why :)
PS.....Sorry Mum, i know your reading this and probably tisking about the swearing.....what can i say? im special, LOL
Arena practice...woot woot....im gearing up in the locker room.....Cherry Dread...she brought PREZZIES!! she made the cutest little roller skate necklaces!!!!! i love mine :) Thank you again Cherry!!
Im all geared up now and i realize again......we fuck i gotta make it to the arena floor....that a frikken lot of ground to cover.....i announce that im scared.......Dii Mented....bless her.....says.....GET GOING!! lmao
So i do, luckily safety officer Alise T Kill is following me with the first aid kit...if you ask her im sure she will say it was coincidence.....but i am fairly certain she was there for a good purpose........I made it, i would like to say without any whimpering or belly screams......but i would be lying.
Arena floor.......giggity........all that open space.....mine for the rolling.....(its now that i realized that hey, i sure do love the dot dot dot thing......and please excuse the potty mouth lmao) i start to make my way around the arena, a little wooden legged at first... my skates are feeling a little funny.........i ask Pixel Ninja to check them and he does....turns out the bearings were not in all the way and the skate wheels weren't tight......all fixed with some advice from good ol' coach and im ready and up on my feet again.
Now let me stop here.........up until tonight i had been using outdoor wheels.....Kitty Von Doom...who just got some awesome new wheels offered to let me borrow her old ones....BIG FRIKKEN DIFFERENCE!! yeah turns out, indoor wheels...used indoors.....fast! no grab! and me thinks that i had been getting off a little easy and lazy.......these wheels moved.......had to work harder to stop! WEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! (do that in a high pitched voice please)
Ok, so im all on the indoor wheels....around the arena i go....VAROOMMMMMMMM
i go around a couple times, trying to find my balance again.....have a little stretch and relace my skates cause me feets were cramping like hello (kidding!! yeah they fucking hurt!)!!
i got some advice from Cherry Dread on lacing. Tried it out and it was much better.....around i went again and then the whistle blew.....Pixel Ninja was calling us in to begin.......Here we go
First drill was skating in a giant circle......falling when he blew the whistle and then getting up again when he blew it again.....okie dokie...i was pretty styling.........FireCrack Ya gave me instruction on a baseball slide fall.....yep, leg torn up, hip hurts....bruised to shite and guess whats on my face?????? SHITE EATIN GRIN!! Loved it...don't quite have the hang of it yet but im doin it.......and can i just say that sliding when you hit the floor is fucking awesome!!!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next in the book of torture,,,er i mean ahem...training we skated around and when he blew the whistle we were to stop and then wait till he blew the whistle again to go again. so turns out....outdoor wheels on indoor floors made this wayyyy easy...found some new muscles tonight boys and girls....yes i certainly did...Pixel Ninja helped me get it going (or i guess you should say, stop it going, lol) with some good advice, pushing harder to stop better, sitting into it, etc,,,,also had himself a little giggle at the "good hurt" it was causing......LOL
NEXT!!!!!! Turns........through the pilons......non people type pilons.......a little pep talk from Pixel Ninja and i was all set up to run it like a pro.........WELL WHAT DO YOU FRIKKEN KNOW????? I totally made it through...........TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Hell the stars aligned and i did it!! I DID IT!!, not sure if anyone noticed but damn kiddies i did it.....i don't know if i mentioned this.....I CAN TURN!! Vigilante Banshee gave me some good pointers and advice on keeping my turns working for me....yayyy!!
I had to take a couple breaks......feets started cramping again.......felt pretty sure i was gonna puke.....sweating like a whore in church ( did i offend anyone yet? stay tuned!! LOL) had a little sit down, talked with Klamydia Burns about the whole lacing thing, she gave me some good advice as well..told me that this too shall pass.......and Pixel Ninja was right there to kick my ass and tell me to get going......cause he knows i can turn......lol (really though, they will push you, but not enough to kill you permantly, and in my case, i totally need fires started under my ass sometimes) but everytime i had a little break...i got right back up and got to it again.....proud? yes son i sure am.........
i was having some muscle pain today as i am prone to have...don't worry all cleared by the doc to do derby though.........but i went anyways....i pushed myself......although not too hard cause its not a hardship when your loving what your doing.....group hug....perhaps.....warning i do bite and haven't had all my shots.
i made it for an hour and a half...little disappointed in myself that i didn't make it longer.....but the puky feeling and the knee throbbing made me think that perhaps if i wanna be able to go again and again i better know my limits with a boom box and fuck off before i really pushed myself too far......so i left.
On my way out, Pixel Ninja shouted that i did good.....can say that i was a little tickled, walked a little straighter......other derby girls showed me love and also said i was doing really well......tickled pink i am!! Means a lot when the girls that are no longer swimming in the kiddie pool, who have serious skills take the time to notice and cheer you on.........i love my derby girls!!!!!!!
touchy moments when i stopped at sobey ( yes in derby outfit, booty shorts!! lol ) thought mayhaps i may toss my cookies a couple times whilst waiting in line......made it home......yes i did........dry heaved a few times......no shame in that....LOL
so now i have taken some advil, admired my scrapes and bruises, showed off my new skate necklace and told everyone all about my night..........
Until next time...keep watching the skys.......you know why :)
PS.....Sorry Mum, i know your reading this and probably tisking about the swearing.....what can i say? im special, LOL
weekend funigans
fundraising.......derby girl bday parties......drinking......new bras......wow had a full weekend.......lol I got asked by two awesome derby girls if i would like to be their third wife...thats if they remember..LMAO ahhhh good times with awesome girls!!
Just a little note here on this dreary monday morning whilst i sip my coffee and long for my bed.....vaca is over and i find myself lamenting on the week gone by. Yeah vaca sucked, truck broke down and no beach or camping was seen by little ol me...BUT!! i had my derby.....and that boys and girls makes this girl pretty happy i must say....still can't believe being sweaty, tired and sore makes for a good day......practice tonight makes this morning a little more bearable......all because i learned something at friday's practice...and my Dearest Pixel Ninja...i know this may make you grin.....i learned that i can....this girl who previous sense of excersise (since highschool, because believe it or not i did have a hand in hockey, basketball and tennis) was walking briskly to the fridge, cuddling a cat, stretching on the couch and lifting the remote. I mean holy shite i actually turned....im thinking that this whole derby thing is gonna be a success....I'm already in love with it.......i can actually move and stop on my own..AND NOW I CAN TURN!! i know this is kinda repetitive from a previous post but still on a 'I CAN' high LOL
more to come my friends more to come....giggity!!
Just a little note here on this dreary monday morning whilst i sip my coffee and long for my bed.....vaca is over and i find myself lamenting on the week gone by. Yeah vaca sucked, truck broke down and no beach or camping was seen by little ol me...BUT!! i had my derby.....and that boys and girls makes this girl pretty happy i must say....still can't believe being sweaty, tired and sore makes for a good day......practice tonight makes this morning a little more bearable......all because i learned something at friday's practice...and my Dearest Pixel Ninja...i know this may make you grin.....i learned that i can....this girl who previous sense of excersise (since highschool, because believe it or not i did have a hand in hockey, basketball and tennis) was walking briskly to the fridge, cuddling a cat, stretching on the couch and lifting the remote. I mean holy shite i actually turned....im thinking that this whole derby thing is gonna be a success....I'm already in love with it.......i can actually move and stop on my own..AND NOW I CAN TURN!! i know this is kinda repetitive from a previous post but still on a 'I CAN' high LOL
more to come my friends more to come....giggity!!
Friday 5 August 2011
side note
stay tuned boys and girls......gonna get some pics up here.....soon....i swear.......giggity :)
so we meet again Ashphalt
Tonight was an arena practice......feeling pretty excited i went out with a friend earlier today and shopped....bootie shorts, oh yeah bootie shorts.......but, while getting ready to actually go to practice i thought maybe i wasn't quite ready for the bootie short....or for that matter, maybe others wouldn't be quite ready for ME in booty shorts....LOL so i left them in my drawer and went off to practice....since my truck is still currently broke as fuck. my friend said she would drive me since she wanted to check out the DRD girls and watch a practice.....she's thinking about joining....i really hope she does.......
anywho, i digest.......off to practice we go....and the door is locked.....bunch of extremely beautiful derby girls sitting outside of the arena waiting on it to open...FireCrack Ya decided that she wasn't waiting, she was gonna put her gear on while we waiting and have a tear through the parking lot,,i took that opportunity to put indoor wheels on so i would be that much more ready when we finally got in there........
SOOO i have now replace four out of eight wheels....doing a pretty darn good job if i do say so myself.....and yeah i had help...tee hee.......Dii Mented and Pixel Ninja announce that we are gonna go ahead and have a skate in the parking lot since no one was anwering the phone for the arena.....Pixel Ninja took off to take care of "bidness" and i started changing my wheels back.......sighhh LOL
I get all geared up and crawl on my knees over to the level area of pavement....yeah i said it, i crawlled, im not ashamed.....i stand up and almost immediatly i start this sad little wobbly leg thing...and ok, yeah some whimpering too......but i go back and forth a few times....and im ok......then i forget to bend my damn knees and down i go......up......my arse kissed ashpalt.....ouch.......but i up again and off and rolling......annnnd yet again i forget to bend my damn knees and im down for the count again with the same damn ass cheek hurting....can you say permanant bruise???? i can!! LOL
Dii Mented lines everyone up and the excersise is that you skate weaving around living breathing people as pilons without, in theory, taking them all down with you.......I decide that im gonna sit this one out, be a cheer leader you might say.......i cheered, Dii Mented realized i wasn't in the line and told me to get going......damn LOL
Ok, so i start out awesome, haven't taken anyone out, i bob and weave around the first two people pilons and then roll on by like four of them because i can't seem to make myself turn again......i mean i waved......but year rolled on by...did catch the last three at the end though......victory??? i think so...even managed to get two nice slaps on the arse on the way by ( don't worry wasn't the cheek thats perma bruised)
.........someone shows up to unlock the arena and we all go inside......yayyy!! indoor skating....i think i may be able to do this without the crazy shakey leg thing.......so i take my skates off to walk in.....pride...nope......but hey i made it in....LOL
i put my skates back on and i says yet again to myself....self...pretty sure it was me...a little muffled but i think it was me......self. you are gonna skate around that arena like a pro......can i just say i did it, I DID IT....i skated around the arena multiple times. i mean breeze and all!!!!! AND i didn't fall!!!!! victory is mine!~
Gotta stop here and mention.........
There were a few people there taking pictures, Vigilante Banshee did the porn star fall for the camera multiple times.......wowee!! is all i can say.....fecking awesome it was. Some of the other derby girls practice some falls with speed........fecking awesome!!
some pilons sans people were set up and everyone was weaving in and out of them, i decided i would go off in the corner by myself and practice before i tried the pilons.....hey, guess what??? i can't seem to get myself turned....DAMN IT!! oh well, practice practice practice......and thats what i was doing....Pixel Ninja came over to see how i was doing, he asked why i wasn't doing the pilons, i told him that i couldn't seem to turn...i think i actually said i can't fucking turn......a little frustrated.......he said.....and i quote....yeah ya can......i said umm no pretty sure i can't at the moment....he says it mind over matter....gave me a few very helpful pointers and i said all right....lets give it a go.......and lo and behold....i FRIKKEN DID IT!!! of course i very politely turned to him and said....shut up! (with of course my shite eating grin) LOL
I practice some more, up and down the arena floor.......bobbin and a weavin........up and down.......took some more turns around the arena floor and it was time to go.........so here i sit here all showered up and think......CANT WAIT TILL MONDAY
Oh and Alise T Kill....yeah i think Pixel Ninja just might be right.......i think we may very well be athelites.....EEK!
anywho, i digest.......off to practice we go....and the door is locked.....bunch of extremely beautiful derby girls sitting outside of the arena waiting on it to open...FireCrack Ya decided that she wasn't waiting, she was gonna put her gear on while we waiting and have a tear through the parking lot,,i took that opportunity to put indoor wheels on so i would be that much more ready when we finally got in there........
SOOO i have now replace four out of eight wheels....doing a pretty darn good job if i do say so myself.....and yeah i had help...tee hee.......Dii Mented and Pixel Ninja announce that we are gonna go ahead and have a skate in the parking lot since no one was anwering the phone for the arena.....Pixel Ninja took off to take care of "bidness" and i started changing my wheels back.......sighhh LOL
I get all geared up and crawl on my knees over to the level area of pavement....yeah i said it, i crawlled, im not ashamed.....i stand up and almost immediatly i start this sad little wobbly leg thing...and ok, yeah some whimpering too......but i go back and forth a few times....and im ok......then i forget to bend my damn knees and down i go......up......my arse kissed ashpalt.....ouch.......but i up again and off and rolling......annnnd yet again i forget to bend my damn knees and im down for the count again with the same damn ass cheek hurting....can you say permanant bruise???? i can!! LOL
Dii Mented lines everyone up and the excersise is that you skate weaving around living breathing people as pilons without, in theory, taking them all down with you.......I decide that im gonna sit this one out, be a cheer leader you might say.......i cheered, Dii Mented realized i wasn't in the line and told me to get going......damn LOL
Ok, so i start out awesome, haven't taken anyone out, i bob and weave around the first two people pilons and then roll on by like four of them because i can't seem to make myself turn again......i mean i waved......but year rolled on by...did catch the last three at the end though......victory??? i think so...even managed to get two nice slaps on the arse on the way by ( don't worry wasn't the cheek thats perma bruised)
.........someone shows up to unlock the arena and we all go inside......yayyy!! indoor skating....i think i may be able to do this without the crazy shakey leg thing.......so i take my skates off to walk in.....pride...nope......but hey i made it in....LOL
i put my skates back on and i says yet again to myself....self...pretty sure it was me...a little muffled but i think it was me......self. you are gonna skate around that arena like a pro......can i just say i did it, I DID IT....i skated around the arena multiple times. i mean breeze and all!!!!! AND i didn't fall!!!!! victory is mine!~
Gotta stop here and mention.........
There were a few people there taking pictures, Vigilante Banshee did the porn star fall for the camera multiple times.......wowee!! is all i can say.....fecking awesome it was. Some of the other derby girls practice some falls with speed........fecking awesome!!
some pilons sans people were set up and everyone was weaving in and out of them, i decided i would go off in the corner by myself and practice before i tried the pilons.....hey, guess what??? i can't seem to get myself turned....DAMN IT!! oh well, practice practice practice......and thats what i was doing....Pixel Ninja came over to see how i was doing, he asked why i wasn't doing the pilons, i told him that i couldn't seem to turn...i think i actually said i can't fucking turn......a little frustrated.......he said.....and i quote....yeah ya can......i said umm no pretty sure i can't at the moment....he says it mind over matter....gave me a few very helpful pointers and i said all right....lets give it a go.......and lo and behold....i FRIKKEN DID IT!!! of course i very politely turned to him and said....shut up! (with of course my shite eating grin) LOL
I practice some more, up and down the arena floor.......bobbin and a weavin........up and down.......took some more turns around the arena floor and it was time to go.........so here i sit here all showered up and think......CANT WAIT TILL MONDAY
Oh and Alise T Kill....yeah i think Pixel Ninja just might be right.......i think we may very well be athelites.....EEK!
Picture perfect
SOOOO last night we had a little photo shoot for some of the derby girls, pictures for our Derby Profiles......yes yes, you don't have to tell me.....FRIKKEN COOL!!
LOL, so i find out its later that day and i haven't a thing to wear! i mean i can't very well look all derby tough in my work clothes.......i put some thought into it and decide that i am going to wear my DRD t shirt, Fishnets (yep, i totally own two pairs now) and my beautiful tutu.........
I put my contacts in, do my make up (which actually consisted of raiding my kids make up) and got my outfit on.....
Off to the site where the pics are being taken. really cool back drop of a wall full of graffetti...don't think i spelled that right but fuck it, if you can't have a major in english and mispell shite now and again, i don't wanna live......
Kay so.....a friend drives me and my gear there, totally rocking the derby look...park the car, and put on my skates......well hell, guess what boys and girls, now i have to get my pretty, wobbley little arse over across the parking lot to where they are actually taking the pics....Cherry Dread is already there and getting her pics done....and she looks frikken great!!
while im talking myself into being able to roll across the parking lot, she and the photographer comes over to the car to chat.....my turn!!! Thankfully Cherry Dread took pitty on me and towed me over..LOL
Ready for my close up!!
After some akward poses and some bending and straining, (whimpering and small screams and alot of laughing) some really great pics were taken....AND i managed not to kiss the ashphalt with my arse.......i took my skates off where i stood and walked back to the car...come to find out, i wasn't the only thing that needed to be towed.......my truck broke down and i was off and running to take care of that......damn car plague hitting derby girls cars.......
LOL, so i find out its later that day and i haven't a thing to wear! i mean i can't very well look all derby tough in my work clothes.......i put some thought into it and decide that i am going to wear my DRD t shirt, Fishnets (yep, i totally own two pairs now) and my beautiful tutu.........
I put my contacts in, do my make up (which actually consisted of raiding my kids make up) and got my outfit on.....
Off to the site where the pics are being taken. really cool back drop of a wall full of graffetti...don't think i spelled that right but fuck it, if you can't have a major in english and mispell shite now and again, i don't wanna live......
Kay so.....a friend drives me and my gear there, totally rocking the derby look...park the car, and put on my skates......well hell, guess what boys and girls, now i have to get my pretty, wobbley little arse over across the parking lot to where they are actually taking the pics....Cherry Dread is already there and getting her pics done....and she looks frikken great!!
while im talking myself into being able to roll across the parking lot, she and the photographer comes over to the car to chat.....my turn!!! Thankfully Cherry Dread took pitty on me and towed me over..LOL
Ready for my close up!!
After some akward poses and some bending and straining, (whimpering and small screams and alot of laughing) some really great pics were taken....AND i managed not to kiss the ashphalt with my arse.......i took my skates off where i stood and walked back to the car...come to find out, i wasn't the only thing that needed to be towed.......my truck broke down and i was off and running to take care of that......damn car plague hitting derby girls cars.......
Wednesday 3 August 2011
Knee Gaskets, Jukes, Derby Wives........OH MY!!
Soooo, i have wrestled three cats and two teenagers and have now been able to sit down at my computer to wax poetic about practice tonight........
Practice tonight, so excited, felt like it had been forever......suited up and off i rolled........i mean actually rolled without falling on my arse... Yeah BOY!!
As i'm standing around, being the cool cat that i am (ok, maybe not but i like to dream) i'm starting to pick up terms and words here and there, like juke, i had it in my head that it was some kind of code word for something, like perhaps, umm.. yeah i don't know, but apparently these are awesome wheels.......who knew??
And knee gaskets, shite, can't wait to get some of these, these nifty things go under your knee pads, keep them in place and feel like your landing on clouds...or so Coach Pixel Ninja says.....i like clouds, gotta get me some of these.........
AND Derby Wife! shite...i mean as it is i can't get a date on saturday nights......and now i have to be worried about finding a derby wife! well hell, gonna have to work on this one! LOL Derby wifes are like the BFF of the derby world im told. partners in crime, holders of hair whilst puking and the one thats gonna bail you out, err, hmm......ok maybe not bail you out since more than likely they will be there beside you on that cold jail bunk...LOL .......hoping someday i shall be lucky enough to have a derby wife......
Practice was great, hard as usual, but great.,,,actually got the whole lets turn thing pretty well going....word to the wise though, yeah, if you are going slowww, you will fall over, slowly......lol
Pretty proud of myself though, i can see myself that i am improving everytime im on skates...getting steadier and stronger........all the while wearing that shit eating grin....who knew sweating could be so fun!! Derby girl are awesome, never fail to give this wobbly girl some encouragement on their way rolling by, taking a minute to tell me that they see me improving......thats awesome!
So until next time, watch the skys, cause i'd rather that than you watch me struggle to get up......lmao
Practice tonight, so excited, felt like it had been forever......suited up and off i rolled........i mean actually rolled without falling on my arse... Yeah BOY!!
As i'm standing around, being the cool cat that i am (ok, maybe not but i like to dream) i'm starting to pick up terms and words here and there, like juke, i had it in my head that it was some kind of code word for something, like perhaps, umm.. yeah i don't know, but apparently these are awesome wheels.......who knew??
And knee gaskets, shite, can't wait to get some of these, these nifty things go under your knee pads, keep them in place and feel like your landing on clouds...or so Coach Pixel Ninja says.....i like clouds, gotta get me some of these.........
AND Derby Wife! shite...i mean as it is i can't get a date on saturday nights......and now i have to be worried about finding a derby wife! well hell, gonna have to work on this one! LOL Derby wifes are like the BFF of the derby world im told. partners in crime, holders of hair whilst puking and the one thats gonna bail you out, err, hmm......ok maybe not bail you out since more than likely they will be there beside you on that cold jail bunk...LOL .......hoping someday i shall be lucky enough to have a derby wife......
Practice was great, hard as usual, but great.,,,actually got the whole lets turn thing pretty well going....word to the wise though, yeah, if you are going slowww, you will fall over, slowly......lol
Pretty proud of myself though, i can see myself that i am improving everytime im on skates...getting steadier and stronger........all the while wearing that shit eating grin....who knew sweating could be so fun!! Derby girl are awesome, never fail to give this wobbly girl some encouragement on their way rolling by, taking a minute to tell me that they see me improving......thats awesome!
So until next time, watch the skys, cause i'd rather that than you watch me struggle to get up......lmao
Tuesday 2 August 2011
car washing, video watching and pining over a missed practice
SOOO friday night i missed a practice at the arena.....bitter?? yep sure am! BUT thats ok, i shall be there this week, totally not liking this whole missing a practice thing, which is weird, cause lets face it, im lazy, yeah you heard me, lazy as hell. I have two speeds, slow and stop. But for some reason roller derby has my blood pumping, i don't mind sweating while im there, i mean, shite, i actually ENJOY it! Damn work getting in my way of Derby.
Sunday was the car wash, derby girl, roller skates, fishnet and wet t shirt, yep a good day indeed. I washed some cars, scrubbed some bug guts and drank copious amounts of coffee.........Dieppe Roller Derby faired rather well that day and thanks to all my nova scotia and new brunswick friends that came out to help support my new found love...........
Monday, one of the practices that i am so not ready for yet.....Pixel Ninja posted videos on these girls jumping, sadistic, a little, but wow, i know this is gonna sound a little crazy but i cannot wait until i am good enough to be able to do that!! holy hell on wheels, gotta work to get some air!!!!!!!!!
Until next time, keep your eyes on the skyssss..............................
Sunday was the car wash, derby girl, roller skates, fishnet and wet t shirt, yep a good day indeed. I washed some cars, scrubbed some bug guts and drank copious amounts of coffee.........Dieppe Roller Derby faired rather well that day and thanks to all my nova scotia and new brunswick friends that came out to help support my new found love...........
Monday, one of the practices that i am so not ready for yet.....Pixel Ninja posted videos on these girls jumping, sadistic, a little, but wow, i know this is gonna sound a little crazy but i cannot wait until i am good enough to be able to do that!! holy hell on wheels, gotta work to get some air!!!!!!!!!
Until next time, keep your eyes on the skyssss..............................
Thursday 28 July 2011
DERBY!!
Have i mentioned that i am having a love affair with Derby? NO? Hmm, thought for sure i had mentioned that.....strange!
Anywho, i am neck deep by now, totally in love with Derby. Practice tonight was great, even though i didn't get to stay the entire time, stoopid work getting in my way of Derby!!.......Anywho, more practicing, more rolling, stopping, falling (totally on purpose :) ) and balance finding.......oh yeah...BEND YER DAMN KNEES!!
Dii Mented and FireCrack Ya were great teachers, and inbetween sweating my ass off and trying not to do an ass plant, i watched the other girls...and gordo....put through their paces.......sheesh, looked painful and for some reason, yeah i can't wait to be able to join them.....
Can't wait for Friday!! DERBYDERBYDERBYDERBY!!!
Oh and my good friend Barb also came by to watch the goings on, yeah she has been bitten by the Derby bug......YAYYYY!!!!!!!
Anywho, i am neck deep by now, totally in love with Derby. Practice tonight was great, even though i didn't get to stay the entire time, stoopid work getting in my way of Derby!!.......Anywho, more practicing, more rolling, stopping, falling (totally on purpose :) ) and balance finding.......oh yeah...BEND YER DAMN KNEES!!
Dii Mented and FireCrack Ya were great teachers, and inbetween sweating my ass off and trying not to do an ass plant, i watched the other girls...and gordo....put through their paces.......sheesh, looked painful and for some reason, yeah i can't wait to be able to join them.....
Can't wait for Friday!! DERBYDERBYDERBYDERBY!!!
Oh and my good friend Barb also came by to watch the goings on, yeah she has been bitten by the Derby bug......YAYYYY!!!!!!!
Wednesday 27 July 2011
Arena Practice....here we go!!!
So Friday night is arena practice..my first one....now that i have my own gear away i go!!! i picked up a few fellow derby girls...and boy....and headed to the arena.
Once inside the dressing room, i begin to strap on all my gear.
Ok, so now everything in on, and as i am sitting on the bench...i realize that i have to get my wobbly butt out of here, across the floor and onto the arena floor........GOOD LORD WHAT HAVE I DONE!!
after a few sweaty moments, and alot of squeeking from me (wasn't quite screaming but some strange noises were definitely coming out of my mouth) i made it to the arena floor!! YES I HAVE ARRIVED!! unscathed and pride somewhat still intact.
so i says to myself..and i know its me cause i recognize the voice....Self! we are gonna skate all the way around the outside of the arena......here goes!
I DID IT! i made it all the way without landing on my ample ass....i can't believe it! and I'm fairly certain that i have a shit eating grin on my face the whole time i'm making my way around the floor!
after i made it, i gracefully fell to the floor (seriously on purpose) to do some stretching. Other girls were showing up and getting ready for the night of practice. I watched them as they glided around the arena floor, faster and faster...wow these girls can move!!
Pixel Ninja, coach excellent, sectioned off a little area for me, being as i was a newbie and really not ready for the drills that they would be doing, and i went off to practice what i had learned so far. Every now and again i would stop wobbling enough to have a look at what they were doing. Dreaming of the day when i would be there with them, flying across the floor, cutting corners, and skating like the wind!
did i mention that they were great???
I practiced turning, stopping, falling and weaving, it was absolutely awesome to have that much room to practice with...loved every minute of it...except for the damn feet cramping, lol...Hell i even remembered to bend my knees!!
I went so fast i actually felt a breeze!!! a small breeze but hey, it was a breeze!!..probably was the equivalent of a brisk walk in reality but when i retell this, i was moving like the wind...shhh....and as usual that shit eating grin was still affixed to my face.....LOVE IT!!
So the end of another practice came early for me, i had to get my now sweaty, sore bum to work...I can't remember the last time i felt so good...DERBY ROCKS!!
(i totally took my skates off before i headed to the dressing room, i didn't want to tempt fate twice in one night! )
Once inside the dressing room, i begin to strap on all my gear.
Ok, so now everything in on, and as i am sitting on the bench...i realize that i have to get my wobbly butt out of here, across the floor and onto the arena floor........GOOD LORD WHAT HAVE I DONE!!
after a few sweaty moments, and alot of squeeking from me (wasn't quite screaming but some strange noises were definitely coming out of my mouth) i made it to the arena floor!! YES I HAVE ARRIVED!! unscathed and pride somewhat still intact.
so i says to myself..and i know its me cause i recognize the voice....Self! we are gonna skate all the way around the outside of the arena......here goes!
I DID IT! i made it all the way without landing on my ample ass....i can't believe it! and I'm fairly certain that i have a shit eating grin on my face the whole time i'm making my way around the floor!
after i made it, i gracefully fell to the floor (seriously on purpose) to do some stretching. Other girls were showing up and getting ready for the night of practice. I watched them as they glided around the arena floor, faster and faster...wow these girls can move!!
Pixel Ninja, coach excellent, sectioned off a little area for me, being as i was a newbie and really not ready for the drills that they would be doing, and i went off to practice what i had learned so far. Every now and again i would stop wobbling enough to have a look at what they were doing. Dreaming of the day when i would be there with them, flying across the floor, cutting corners, and skating like the wind!
did i mention that they were great???
I practiced turning, stopping, falling and weaving, it was absolutely awesome to have that much room to practice with...loved every minute of it...except for the damn feet cramping, lol...Hell i even remembered to bend my knees!!
I went so fast i actually felt a breeze!!! a small breeze but hey, it was a breeze!!..probably was the equivalent of a brisk walk in reality but when i retell this, i was moving like the wind...shhh....and as usual that shit eating grin was still affixed to my face.....LOVE IT!!
So the end of another practice came early for me, i had to get my now sweaty, sore bum to work...I can't remember the last time i felt so good...DERBY ROCKS!!
(i totally took my skates off before i headed to the dressing room, i didn't want to tempt fate twice in one night! )
Friday 22 July 2011
more freshmeat......
Wednesday, good day...Derby practice day!! My umm .... better half's cousin got in touch with me through facebook, she had found out that i had joined roller derby and wanted some information. I told her a little bit about it and mentioned that wednesdays were freshmeat night and being as it was wednesday she should come out and give it a go. She agreed and we decided that we would meet up and go together.
So after work i got my stuff ready, took some advil (sore arse from falling gracefully) and cousin and i headed out. she was nervous and i was stoked! i knew she would love it as much as i did.
FireCrack Ya and another derby girl were doing the instuction for the really freshmeat girls this wednesday. Cousin and I got suited up and got to it.
She did great!! i knew she would...... and if i do say so myself i did pretty awesome too! i can stop no problem now, getting up even quicker than before and mostly remembering to BEND MY DAMN KNEES, lol
i was really getting into the groove and during one drill where you skate forward, drop to one knee and then get up and continue skating i some how forgot that the goal was dropping to one knee and promptly dropped right on my aching arse. Same bloody spot every time i have falling.....gonna be a permanent bruise there i think... but i picked myself up and tried it again...
next we were shown how to weave in and out of cone obsticles.....yeah not so much weaving and bobbing on my part..i do however think i should get double points for taking a few of the cones out..just sayin.
While hanging off a wall, i was discussing how shocked i was that the front of your shin can cramp, i mean, there's no muscles there that i can see, but there it is, PAINNNN.....turns out i just needed a little adjustment done to my skates and voila, happy shins r us!
We finished the night off in a seriously sweaty, tired and sore but happy mess....Cousin, i do believe is hooked and i am slowly making progess...and enjoying every minute! Time to go ice the bum again :)
So after work i got my stuff ready, took some advil (sore arse from falling gracefully) and cousin and i headed out. she was nervous and i was stoked! i knew she would love it as much as i did.
FireCrack Ya and another derby girl were doing the instuction for the really freshmeat girls this wednesday. Cousin and I got suited up and got to it.
She did great!! i knew she would...... and if i do say so myself i did pretty awesome too! i can stop no problem now, getting up even quicker than before and mostly remembering to BEND MY DAMN KNEES, lol
i was really getting into the groove and during one drill where you skate forward, drop to one knee and then get up and continue skating i some how forgot that the goal was dropping to one knee and promptly dropped right on my aching arse. Same bloody spot every time i have falling.....gonna be a permanent bruise there i think... but i picked myself up and tried it again...
next we were shown how to weave in and out of cone obsticles.....yeah not so much weaving and bobbing on my part..i do however think i should get double points for taking a few of the cones out..just sayin.
While hanging off a wall, i was discussing how shocked i was that the front of your shin can cramp, i mean, there's no muscles there that i can see, but there it is, PAINNNN.....turns out i just needed a little adjustment done to my skates and voila, happy shins r us!
We finished the night off in a seriously sweaty, tired and sore but happy mess....Cousin, i do believe is hooked and i am slowly making progess...and enjoying every minute! Time to go ice the bum again :)
First Outdoor Skate Date
......one of my derby girls asked if anyone wanted to go for a outdoor skate date..seeing as i was now the proud owner of my own gear i jumped at the chance....
we decided that we would go use the parking area at the U de M campus. Nice place!
Skates on and all ready to roll, we realize that there is a little bit of hill.........can i just stop right there and say that i certainly found out that hills are so not my friend! scary shit going down that hill...I'd like to say that it was really steep and scary.....but umm, yeah, it was a very, small, gently down slope. FireCrack Ya has some serious skill and handled the hill like a pro, i on the other had whimpered and yelped the whole way down...ending off the event with a spectacular fall right on me arse. Although i was pleasantly surprised that it didn't hurt as much as i imagined it would on the way down, it was a rather bone jarring occurrence the I'm sure was felt across the country.
I picked myself up, with the encouragement of FireCrack Ya and attempted the uphill battle...literally.
Turns out up hill is a hell of a lot easier.....OOPS! bend yer damn knees! fall number two happened at the top of the hill...remember boys and girls..BEND YER DAMN KNEES.....(you would think it easier to remember when its yelled by everyone constantly, but nope! not so much)
FireCrack Ya noticed that there was a nice level stretch just below where we were so we decided to go down there....she was very graceful and made it down the hill, i decided to roll (like you did when you were a kid, lay down on the grass and barrel roll) instead, figured it was safer and me arse was still a alittle ouchy.
We skated for a little while more and FireCrack Ya gave me a few pointers to help me along...Thanks again!! Can't wait to have another Outdoor Skate Date again :)
we decided that we would go use the parking area at the U de M campus. Nice place!
Skates on and all ready to roll, we realize that there is a little bit of hill.........can i just stop right there and say that i certainly found out that hills are so not my friend! scary shit going down that hill...I'd like to say that it was really steep and scary.....but umm, yeah, it was a very, small, gently down slope. FireCrack Ya has some serious skill and handled the hill like a pro, i on the other had whimpered and yelped the whole way down...ending off the event with a spectacular fall right on me arse. Although i was pleasantly surprised that it didn't hurt as much as i imagined it would on the way down, it was a rather bone jarring occurrence the I'm sure was felt across the country.
I picked myself up, with the encouragement of FireCrack Ya and attempted the uphill battle...literally.
Turns out up hill is a hell of a lot easier.....OOPS! bend yer damn knees! fall number two happened at the top of the hill...remember boys and girls..BEND YER DAMN KNEES.....(you would think it easier to remember when its yelled by everyone constantly, but nope! not so much)
FireCrack Ya noticed that there was a nice level stretch just below where we were so we decided to go down there....she was very graceful and made it down the hill, i decided to roll (like you did when you were a kid, lay down on the grass and barrel roll) instead, figured it was safer and me arse was still a alittle ouchy.
We skated for a little while more and FireCrack Ya gave me a few pointers to help me along...Thanks again!! Can't wait to have another Outdoor Skate Date again :)
......moving on.........
So a couple of practices have come and gone, and now i can actually stand and move on my own! I have started after that first night doing squats and lunges, so that even though i don't have my own gear yet, maybe it won't be so hard to get up off the ground whilst on wheels!
Now i find myself at my third practice, i missed a week due to work, and i while im gearing up, i realize that im scared shitless to stand and move again!
I voice my fears to Di Mented....she smiles, says yep! get up!........LOL soooo what choice do i have but to get up and get started, I don't know why i was feeling like that but no worries i got going and was OK!! i even learned how to turn that night.....AND it no longer took me 4 days to get up off my knees!!
Improvement???? I think so!
It funny, still not very good, improving and all but hooked!! and maybe a little obsessed....all things Derby run through my mind now....can't say im not enjoying it.
Muddy River Rollers hosted a Derby Jamboree.....one of our sponsers (yes we have sponsers) was coming down for the event AND the stars aligned just right and it turned out my job owed me some back pay so i jumped on the chance and ordered my OWN GEAR!!! Neon Skate brought it down after speaking with me about the sizing of the gear...
Since i was working and oncall i couldn't stay as long as i would have liked at the Jamboree BUT i did catch a few bouts, picked up my pretty pretty tutu, AND got my new gear! all ready to roll..........
Now i find myself at my third practice, i missed a week due to work, and i while im gearing up, i realize that im scared shitless to stand and move again!
I voice my fears to Di Mented....she smiles, says yep! get up!........LOL soooo what choice do i have but to get up and get started, I don't know why i was feeling like that but no worries i got going and was OK!! i even learned how to turn that night.....AND it no longer took me 4 days to get up off my knees!!
Improvement???? I think so!
It funny, still not very good, improving and all but hooked!! and maybe a little obsessed....all things Derby run through my mind now....can't say im not enjoying it.
Muddy River Rollers hosted a Derby Jamboree.....one of our sponsers (yes we have sponsers) was coming down for the event AND the stars aligned just right and it turned out my job owed me some back pay so i jumped on the chance and ordered my OWN GEAR!!! Neon Skate brought it down after speaking with me about the sizing of the gear...
Since i was working and oncall i couldn't stay as long as i would have liked at the Jamboree BUT i did catch a few bouts, picked up my pretty pretty tutu, AND got my new gear! all ready to roll..........
So i was thinking....
Yeah, thats where i usually go wrong, by thinking, lmao.........
So one night i was talking to my ahem...better half......cough! we were throwing ideas out about what i could start doing to better help manage stress, get out of the house and have a little fun at the same time. It was a hard conversation since my idea of excersise is walking to the fridge, back to the couch and don't forget to stretch! yeah stretch out back on the couch....anywho, can't remember who mentioned it, either him or me, but roller derby came up. I said hey, i would love that, but i didn't think there was any place around here that had roller derby going on.
Next day i went into work and my boss came into work saying she wanted to show me a video, so of course we sat right down to watch it... hey we were working!!........and lo an' behold, it was a video from Muddy River Rollers!!! MONCTON HAS ROLLER DERBY!!!!!!!! i just couldn't believe it! I looked them up and tried to get some more info...about three months later I was at the Disability Awareness walk and who should i see but some beautiful, awesome, sexy Derby girls who were there in support of Disability week. Of course i immediatly started chatting to them asking questions and saying that i was very interested, turns out the were DIEPPE ROLLER DERBY.....after chatting and exchanging contact info i said i would see them the following Wednesday night at 'Fresh Meat Practice' (yeah its totally called that, LOL)
All week i was so excited to go to Derby practice to try it out. They had told me that they had some extra gear so that the newbies could give it a go before having to run out to purchase any gear. Perfect!!
And a good friend of mine also wanted to try it out so we planned on both going together!
WEDNESDAY..................
So i find myself at Fresh Meat Practice, already sweating i might add and nervous as all hell. What the hell was i thinking, 33, slightly overweight...ahem ok, more than slightly and not so physically inclined. I found myself wondering if the doctors at the ER would do up a pretty cast for my broken appendages or if they would make me stick with white as punishment for thinking i was still a teenager....
Dii Mented, Coach for the new victims.oops, i mean fresh meat handed me some gear, and said don't worry, you will be fine....i wasn't convinced but what the hell, i was there now, couldn't very well back out now!!
So i suited up......now keep in mind, its been a long long time since i had skates on, only ever really used roller blades....my cousin and i, when we were kids had a pair of roller skates, she would put one on and i would wear the other one...somehow i don't think this made me ready for this!!
All dressed and not so ready to roll...i realized that although i can stand up, i can't move...no really, i can't move myself...Dii Mented seriously rolled me around on the floor....wow! what skill i had!
Dii Mented took me and the other new girls and started teaching up the basics, you know, how to stop, roll, fall, etc...that woman has patience of......well....i don't know but boy, she sure is great! They really do teach you from the ground up, even if your like me and can't move on your own volition...no worries, they WILL get you rolling!! lol
Now i have to get serious here for a few moments, because i have to mention that these girls, all of the Dieppe Roller Derby Girls, were great!! very welcoming and supportive....for example...when i finally got the guts to let myself fall, while shouting...I HAVE PADS!! they all cheered! (yes i know, i'm a little off) AND when i finally was able to get myself up off the floor after struggling for awhile...they cheered me....it made even the smallest of victory for me seem so much more!
That first night was hard, hard work....but you know, even though i wasn't able to actually move myself i was hooked!!!!! couldn't wait for the next time!
So one night i was talking to my ahem...better half......cough! we were throwing ideas out about what i could start doing to better help manage stress, get out of the house and have a little fun at the same time. It was a hard conversation since my idea of excersise is walking to the fridge, back to the couch and don't forget to stretch! yeah stretch out back on the couch....anywho, can't remember who mentioned it, either him or me, but roller derby came up. I said hey, i would love that, but i didn't think there was any place around here that had roller derby going on.
Next day i went into work and my boss came into work saying she wanted to show me a video, so of course we sat right down to watch it... hey we were working!!........and lo an' behold, it was a video from Muddy River Rollers!!! MONCTON HAS ROLLER DERBY!!!!!!!! i just couldn't believe it! I looked them up and tried to get some more info...about three months later I was at the Disability Awareness walk and who should i see but some beautiful, awesome, sexy Derby girls who were there in support of Disability week. Of course i immediatly started chatting to them asking questions and saying that i was very interested, turns out the were DIEPPE ROLLER DERBY.....after chatting and exchanging contact info i said i would see them the following Wednesday night at 'Fresh Meat Practice' (yeah its totally called that, LOL)
All week i was so excited to go to Derby practice to try it out. They had told me that they had some extra gear so that the newbies could give it a go before having to run out to purchase any gear. Perfect!!
And a good friend of mine also wanted to try it out so we planned on both going together!
WEDNESDAY..................
So i find myself at Fresh Meat Practice, already sweating i might add and nervous as all hell. What the hell was i thinking, 33, slightly overweight...ahem ok, more than slightly and not so physically inclined. I found myself wondering if the doctors at the ER would do up a pretty cast for my broken appendages or if they would make me stick with white as punishment for thinking i was still a teenager....
Dii Mented, Coach for the new victims.oops, i mean fresh meat handed me some gear, and said don't worry, you will be fine....i wasn't convinced but what the hell, i was there now, couldn't very well back out now!!
So i suited up......now keep in mind, its been a long long time since i had skates on, only ever really used roller blades....my cousin and i, when we were kids had a pair of roller skates, she would put one on and i would wear the other one...somehow i don't think this made me ready for this!!
All dressed and not so ready to roll...i realized that although i can stand up, i can't move...no really, i can't move myself...Dii Mented seriously rolled me around on the floor....wow! what skill i had!
Dii Mented took me and the other new girls and started teaching up the basics, you know, how to stop, roll, fall, etc...that woman has patience of......well....i don't know but boy, she sure is great! They really do teach you from the ground up, even if your like me and can't move on your own volition...no worries, they WILL get you rolling!! lol
Now i have to get serious here for a few moments, because i have to mention that these girls, all of the Dieppe Roller Derby Girls, were great!! very welcoming and supportive....for example...when i finally got the guts to let myself fall, while shouting...I HAVE PADS!! they all cheered! (yes i know, i'm a little off) AND when i finally was able to get myself up off the floor after struggling for awhile...they cheered me....it made even the smallest of victory for me seem so much more!
That first night was hard, hard work....but you know, even though i wasn't able to actually move myself i was hooked!!!!! couldn't wait for the next time!
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