I’m taking the day off from blogging, but I hope you all have a happy and safe holiday, and don’t forget the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice so you could grill today (or slog home from the Northeast Derby Convention, if you are ridiculously lucky!!) Also, check out this post by retired [...]
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Disappointments and Brainfuls
Posted: May 25, 2012 in bitching, Blog business, life in general, mental health, personal shitLast night I got my stuff for Deja Bruise (the skaters and pit crew end of season party, which has a 50s theme this season.) I had been very excited about this, because as a former theater-kid, I like dressing up in previous era’s styles, and also I missed last year’s, and I love partying [...]
Physical Therapy is Pretty Awesome, Actually
Posted: May 24, 2012 in AUGH INJURIES, health, physical therapySorry about yesterday, I was busy during lunch and it was a short lunch and then I forgot I had book club after work and basically I never got around to it. Sorry. Today I had my first PT appointment. There was lots of talking and pushing and poking and “does this hurt? what about [...]
Going to see the PT tomorrow. Hopefully he or she will tell me I can get back on my skates SOOOOOONEST because I miss them so. Although the dully throbbing ache in my ankle is like “bitch, please. Shut the hell up.” Difference between white collar and blue collar employees on the Hill. White collar [...]
Working out my ankle and my brain
Posted: May 21, 2012 in exercise, derby, MLS, personal shit, photos, Library stuff, bitching, work, AUGH INJURIESSo I have an appointment with a physical therapist for Thursday afternoon (though hopefully that is just for the intro session, because I can’t regularly miss work! I would hate to have to choose between my job and my skating, because if I want to continue eating, my job needs to win that fight.) I’ve [...]
I went skating last night at Anacostia Pavilion with the other meat girls and Camilla the Hun. Hun gave me a lot of tips on what I need to work on to get consistent crossovers (which includes finding my balance for longer when skating on my inside foot, so goal prioritization must adjust a bit.) [...]
Ooh, wordplay! Fun. Before I forget, AGAIN, here is the link to the DCist write ups from Saturday’s bout, complete with 21 photos by our very own Shutterthug. Okay. So. Yesterday I posted my goals and whether or not I have achieved them. My skating goals, it turns out, were a bit vague and loosey [...]
Okay, here is the text from my January 2 post: To have all my New Years Skating Goals in one place, I am putting them RIGHT HERE: Get back on track with the whole fitness thing. Learn to stop on skates without falling down or gliding to a stop, inertia-style, before January is over. Get [...]
weekend wrapup and monday night skating
Posted: May 15, 2012 in derby, mental health, personal shit, photos, skatingor as I like to call it, monday night sitting next to the rink fiddling with nuts and bolts for an hour and a half. Earlier this month, someone (Frak? Comma? I can’t remember) noted that my plates were set pretty far back. As I skated (completely alone!) at Anacostia last night, trying to master [...]
The bout itself was awesome, though it FLEW BY! When it was all said and done, Scare Force One won the day, maintaining their undefeated status for season 6. The Cats pulled it out and got a win under their belts after a rough season of learning to work together without several of their more [...]
