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!

;)

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!

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! :)

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!

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.....

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!!

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'

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

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!!

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!

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.......

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

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..............................