Rolling with the punches - err, hits.

Things have been okay lately. Busy, and just... the way life is. Things always happening. Lots of things going wrong, but I roll with the punches and take it like a man derby girl. I'm tough.

I've been in four bouts since starting derby in February/March and still lovin' it. I got new knee pads for the bout we hosted last Saturday and they have made all the difference in the world because my knees were about to fall off. Or break into a million pieces. Everytime I fell it literally felt like my knee was on fire. Burning. Owch.

I got these:

I used to have these:

No matter what anyone tells you, there is a BIG difference. My advice to ANY potential derby girl is to GET GOOD KNEE PADS. My line of thought was, "I don't know if I'm going to stick with this, so I don't want to spend a butt load of money on expensive gear... If I like derby, and I'm going to stick with it, I'll upgrade then."

Well, by then, it's a little too late. Your knees are already grinding and cracking when you rub them and now you have nerve damage and the right side of your right knee is numb like it's been injected with a shot of Novocaine.

You know... uh... hypothetically.

Go see some pictures from the bout.

169/365 - SkateFest! :)

June 18, 2011

Well, today was something! It was fun, yes, but the heat was... amazing. Unbearable, even. I nearly had a heat stroke, but that's another story. Anyway, my team (which was just our big team divided into two teams) won! But it was a fun day, I learned a lot, feel like I played pretty well and can't wait to do it again!

168/365 - My friend the Succubuster ;)

June 17, 2011

We did Adrienne's shirt Friday night for Saturday's game... I'm pretty proud of it. ;)

146/365 - at the galaxy

may 26, 2011 

went to practice tonight. first time skating since the bout! i was BEAT.

143/365 - warhol earrings!

may 23, 2011

 Um, just how cute are these?

Get your own super cool jewelry from my derby sister Sarah "LuckyScarrs" Thrasher, here at Suspended.

134/365 - Bout Day!

May 14, 2011

125/365 - almost didn't fit.

May 5, 2011

Got my official team shirt tonight at our team meeting... and promptly went to Michael's to get the decorating gear! Although the numbers are already coming off. :( Bummed.

it's official :-D

I would like to welcome you to the team!! You have worked hard and we believe you'll be a great addition to our team!! 

Welcome to Ring City Rollergirls!!!

Still need to pass my physical/skate assessment... but HOW exciting! I'm so happy. And proud of myself. And can't wait.

Weakness is leaving my body? I'm okay with it.

OK, so I'm behind. The last picture I posted was for April 1st (last Friday). I'm pretty sure I have a picture for everyday, but to be honest, Roller Derby has been taking up a good majority of my time.

Saturday, I got up early and me and Adrienne spent the day together, going to Greenville, having lunch at this awesome little Indian restaurant and shopping at various malls between Greenville and home. ;) Haha, it was an awesome day. We went to this rad little art festival, but alas, I had left my camera in the car! I was livid and depressed all at the same time. I need to import some photos.

Sunday Todd and I went to Tryon Palace (free on the first Sunday of the month) and took some fun photos. :) Had a lovely day with my hubby.

Monday... practice. Todd took photos. ;)

Tuesday... practice. Took some photos of Adrienne's bruised knee-caps.

Wednesday (today)... oh my god, I'm so tired. And I have a shitload of photos to catch up on tonight! No practice tonight, which sucks, but my body definitely needs a day to recover. I've just been going, going, going non-stop.. and the house is suffering, the laundry is suffering, and Todd is suffering because I haven't cooked a real dinner in... forever?

Also.. I'm still trying to think of my perfect derby name. Let's see. I'm short, but I'm fairly agile, although I haven't gotten my speed back up yet. But I'm not terribly slow. I love birds. I love the color blue. I'm an artist, painter, photographer.
My favorite name was The Mad Splatter (the Mad Hatter, duh. Splatter = painting and also splatter horror films), but it's taken.
You can check your ideas/suggestions here at the registry: http://www.twoevils.org/rollergirls/

K. Well. I'm pooped. Later.

95/365 - Adrienne's bruised knees :-P

April 5, 2011

Hehe. I've got some pretty good bruises on various parts of my body, but it's kind of hard to take pictures of my own bruises. Ah well.

I am so in love with this!

94/365 - taking hits & taking names! ;)

April 4, 2011

Todd actually took this photo, but it's going to be my daily photo anyway just because it's so awesome!

Thanks. ;)

89-91/365 - wheels of glory

March 30, 2011

My gear came in today. So naturally, I had to put it all on. For no reason at all. :) I look absolutely retarded in this picture basically because I didn't know what to do and I was mostly just goofy happy to have my own real gear. :)

March 31, 2011

My skates came today (but I forgot/didn't have time to take a picture of them*), and as Soon as I got off work I had to speed home, open my skate package, make sure they fit me and run back out the door to meet the carpool headed to Kinston for practice. Practice was awesome. Every week I feel like I'm getting loads better. The "coach" or ref leading practice flat out asked me if I was a strong skater and my answer wasn't no.

*Here is a picture of my skates,what they would've looked like fresh out the box because the next picture is going to be slightly altered:

April 1, 2011

Worked on my skates tonight. :)

When I ordered my skates, I ordered an extra set of wheels. I'd been warned that the wheels that came with the R3's were crappy and needed to be instantly replaced, and everyone recommended the Atom Poisons. They look pretty kick ass, even though I normally go for color, color, color. But hey. Solidarity.

I just love how much my life has changed in the past 90 days. 2011 is impressing me.

65/365 - my first helmet. ;)

March 6, 2011

...and the best picture of all. :) I picked up a helmet for me to practice in so I won't have to borrow anymore. Also picked up some protective gear just to practice in, probably (definitely) won't be good enough for scrimmages or anything, but it's better than nothing. Also got a mouthguard that I need to size & fit for my mouth.

60-64/365 - KETCHUP.

March 1, 2011

Hehe.

March 2, 2011

I'm so sorry these pictures are sucking. I keep forgetting to take them until I'm in bed, and then all I have is my cellphone and a boring bedroom because I'm too tired to get out of bed.

March 3, 2011

After my first (real) roller derby practice, I had this weird, red blood-like blister instead of the normal white ones. Weird. I also fell on my last lap of the night (after 2 hours of skating and exercises and working out) and ended up falling wrong and my legs/knees went splayed beneath me, hurting my hips and my left knee. Owch.

March 4, 2011

Another lazy bedside photo op.

March 5, 2011
My sleepy husband and our big-ass cat. ;)

new endeavor.

Sorry my daily photo enthusiasts -- I need to import Tuesday and Wednesdays photos off my phone, and I haven't taken one for today yet. Been a little busy!

Tonight I'm planning on going to my 2nd roller derby practice... and I'm so excited.

After we file our taxes, if we get a good deal back, I'm going to order me a "rookie package" so I can have some skates to learn on. But from all of my research, all of the "skate packages" online come with cheap, China-made wheels, so you would pretty much have to instantly replace the wheels with high quality ones. But that's okay. I'm just excited.

I've missed softball and cross country, and everyone knows I used to be a catcher - so, I'm used to being loaded up with equipment and kicking ass! I think roller derby is Right Up my freaking alley. So, I'm going for it.

So, just so you know, I haven't abandoned the photo-a-day thing. Actually, I'm doing very well with it! But I did want to let you let guys know that I am going to be putting a lot of my (spare) time into putting myself fully into this roller derby thing, so the team knows (and Todd knows) that I'm serious and this has really captured my interest. It's all I can think about all day long, and I'm not scared of the danger or the pain. I'm ready to get myself out there again and find out what the hell I'm made of... physically & more.

It's time for something new for me. And this is it.

57/365 - zoom zoom

February 26, 2011

This weekend ROCKED.

Be looking forward to more derby related posts. I am thinking about giving this a try. ;)