*blue balls not included.
COME SEE ME SKATE! We’re playing the Dutchland Rollers in a double-header.
Deets:
Dutchland All-Stars vs. Steel City Derby Demons
&
Dutchland Blitz vs. Steel City B-Unit
{I’m, uh, rostered for both games, believe it or not}
Doors open at 5:30pm and the first bout will begin at 6(ish)pm.
Overlook Activities Center
301 Golf Drive; Lancaster, PA... 
Do you have favorite road trip foods? Mine have always been Nilla Wafers and 50/50. But since I’m becoming a LOT more annoying conscious about what I put into my body… well, frankly, both of those things SUCK. Also, why the hell can’t I find REAL ginger ale?! I did find some moderately healthy ginger cookies (which have an ingredient list that I can read and understand), but how do I... 
Last month, I mentioned that I had x-rays for my wrist. The determination was that there were no visible fractures. Well, I was back in the doctor’s office yesterday — this time an orthopedist — because I’m still having some pain/discomfort and mobility/functionality issues (btw, “functionalibility” is not a word!). The doc (who was AWESOME, and if you ever need a sports... 
Mistakes: we all make them. But being called out on them really puts my panties in a bunch (as well as a high-set of eyeball rollbacks and a distinguishing grimace on my face). I attempt to be diplomatic in my responses to this type of situation, but is it ultimately just my uncanny ability to NEVER BE WRONG that makes making mistakes so… personally wrenching? Gah. I FUCK UP TOO, PEOPLE. I’M... 
the week:
Do you have a favorite dress — one that you seemingly wear for every occasion because it is all shades of awesome… and sequined? Yeah, I have a dress like that. And can’t wait to put it on and show off all my derby bruises.
weekend:
My weekend calls for a road trip. So, I’m heading over to Columbus to hang with the better half of my fourth-longest-running friendship (I... 
DERBY IS BACK, PITTSBURGH!
Come out Sunday, February 5 (4-6:30pm) to see a roller derby battle of the heart (or lack thereof) — The Hopeless Romantics vs. The Blackhearts (ahem, that’s me) in the Sweetheart Roller Derby Valentine’s Day Intraleague Bout.
$5 admission for singles (are you ready to MINGLLLLLEEEEE?!); $8 for couples of all levels of happiness (or misery). And hey, there will... 
This past Saturday, the awesome happened.
All the training and nerves and old lady-body creaking and bruising came to this moment — I skated in my first bout with my team, B-Unit, against Akron’s Rubber City Roller Girls.
Not only that, but my first time playing was as a jammer…
AND I GOT LEAD JAMMER.
AND I scored points for my team.
AND B-Unit ended up winning our last home bout of... 
Brief summary of my whereabouts this summer…
At the end of June, I went to the Philly area for ECDX:
Random.
Then, we visited friends at Tappan Lake (in Ohio) during the Fourth of July weekend:
It rained a little. Then DOWNPOURED and thundered a lot (thankfully, we got off the pontoon in time). But the remainder of the day was gorgeous after the storms passed.
I also had one MAJOR thigh bruise to... 
It's happened to me three times now -- that I've had actual tears well up in my eyes during roller derby. Believe me, if I could turn off my emotions completely, I'd opt for that. But as I've aged, I found that controlling the roller coaster that is frustration and overwhelms and whatever it's called when your body just doesn't agree with your head... well, it doesn't work. And it inevitably turn to waterworks. {open to read more} 
Here's the gist: I passed all portions of my WFTDA minimum skills test (last month) and my contact skills (last week). Next week, I begin scrimmaging with the Big Girls, with the goal of (passing that as well and) being draftable once I am well-versed in all forms of positioning and game play. Then... 
Another "meatie" from my Fresh Meat class in Cleveland was drafted to a home team. And as happy I am for these girls and their respective roller derby successes, I can't help but feel... left out. Like, I missed my chance because I moved. If I stayed with BRRG, I would already be bouting; I might already be on a team too... (and dammit, I miss my old training gym!). I would be well into my derby career, instead of STILL a fresh meat. Some days, I really miss my first team... a lot. I guess that's normal, right? {OPEN TO READ MORE} 
Yep. That’s me in the “Overeasy” eggs-on-my-breasts shirt.
I haven’t posted much about my skating progress because it’s been filled with a bunch of open skates spent dodging “womb fruits” (as one of the girls in my “pre-fresh meat” group calls ‘em), getting comfortable in my new skates, attempting to help out some of the other new girls with... 
This blog is about pursuit: a transplanted Clevelander (me) in a new city (that's you, Pittsburgh!), pursuing the role of a self-employed copywriter, becoming a roller derby badass and somehow merging all my to-do items into one ever-growing Bucket List.
And of MY boyfriend. His blue balls started this mess.
