January 2012
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December 2011
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The Best '80s & '90s Holiday TV Specials In One... →
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Iced Pumpkin Cookies →
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Derby Boot Camp- The Day Poor Bex Broke Her Leg
So, yesterday’s boot camp practice was a bit overwhelming. It was a review day, so we were going over everything- pack work, bumping skates, weaving, getting hit, hip assists, pushing, whips, and blocking. I hold my own pretty well with each. I suck at giving whips- mainly because I don’t quite stand correctly to transfer my momentum to the other person. Something I need to work on....
November 2011
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Triple-Chocolate Pumpkin Pie | Love and Olive Oil →
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Roller Derby Boot Camp
AKA- The day I learned how to whip!
Yesterday they taught us how to do hip assists and whip assists.
I don’t really use my team-mates momentum to my advantage with the hip assists. I need to really grab hold and pull myself around. Apparently a lot of us are timid and just kind of move them out of the way instead of using them to get a boost. Something for me to keep in mind and work...
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Oh hey there! So, I passed the basic skills test with an average score of 3.2 (only needed a score of 3 to pass). This is how it was all broken down with a zero being “didn’t even attempt” and a 4 as “does it perfect”:
Side stepping: 3
Forward and back stepping: 4
Derby stance: 4
Crossovers: 4
Sculling: 2.5 (really thought I had this down, but apparently I...
Thanksgiving for two
Since we’re not going home for Thanksgiving, we’ll be spending the day as just the two of us. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. No gifts are expected- the only thing expected here is to gather around and EAT! But, I was dismayed with trying to figure out a way to cook for only two people and not have a ton of leftovers. Thanks to the internet, there are a ton of options!
Perfect...
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Roller Derby Basic Skills Test
We’ll just preface this all with “I PASSED!”
Started with the 25 in 5 lap test. Finished my 25 laps in 4:49 (boo-yah)! I started off right on track and once I warmed up I actually got faster as time went on. All that long running paid off with endurance.
Then we moved onto testing of derby stance, how low I can squat and still skate, sculling, weaving through cones, and...
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Day 7- aka the day they made everything hurt
I both love and hate endurance practices. Sprint, fall, sprint, fall, sprint, slide, spint, and fall again. Wait for your turn to sprint and fall again and while you’re waiting do some squats! Oh, you’ve done the sprint drill 4 times already? Okay, now do the plank while you’re waiting! Congrats, you’ve done the sprint drill 8...
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yeah…or I spend half the time keeping it from chewing up cords or untangling hair from the wheels.
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Day 6- AKA the day I couldn’t do anything right
Ever just have one of those days when nothing seemed to go right? Yeah, that was yesterday. It started with a burnt dinner (woo slow cooker not having enough water!) and ended with a giant bruise on my right hip.
Let’s break it down shall we? Dinner sucked, so I didn’t eat enough, and what I did eat tasted like bleh and I ended up...
October 2011
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Tracy Jordan- Werewolf Bar Mitzvah
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Roller Derby Boot Camp
Day 4 AKA- I can jump over a 5” cone!
Practice started as usual- warm ups and stretching. A few drills around the track- skating as fast as we could, T-stops, skating right (I can now almost do crossovers in that direction!), plow stop, then water break.
We then split into our usual drill lines and worked on another endurance drill. We had to skate midway, do a one knee 180 turn, skate...
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Day Three AKA- Man are my arms sore!
Alright, this practice started just a little different than the others. The 1’s and 2’s arrived at 12 and did their 25 laps in 5 minutes test. I think most of them passed, but I really have no idea. You could just see the fatigue setting in after a few minutes….Those of us in Group 3 or 4 arrived at 12:30 so we could meet up with everyone...
wickedlyilluminated asked: I just wanted to let you know how much I loved reading about your two days of derby boot camp. :) I'm a wanna-be roller girl, and reading about what you're doing is really helping me out with knowing what I'm probably gonna have to do in practice!
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Day Two
When they said it was going to be hard, I kind of didn’t believe them. I mean, how hard could it get? I can do most of the things they ask us to do, and if not, I at least attempt it and learn it. That’s not hard, right? Well…come to find out, they mean hard on the body. I didn’t feel sore at all yesterday. I felt fantastic! Then I put on the skates. Man oh man...
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Day One
I had my first roller derby boot camp practice yesterday. I was nervous going into it, but didn’t really need to be. The people are very nice and non-judgemental. There are people of all sorts of skill levels trying out and it was a bit intimidating skating next to someone who made the team last year. (She had to quit due to time issues between her job, school, and life. She missed...
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September 2011
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Kickass Counter-Protest of the Day: To counter-protest the picketing of their Kansas City concert by the wicked Westboro Baptist Church, the Foo Fighters arrived outside the Sprint Center decked out in their trucker get-ups to send the bigots a message: Ain’t nothin’ wrong with rubbin’ and a lovin’ and a scrubbin’ and a truckin’ and, if we’re lucky, just a little bear huggin’.
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August 2011
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