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Invasion of the Bee Girls

May 21st, 2008
Invasion of the Bee Girls

Yep, we actually own this movie. We watched it for the first time the other night and it’s pretty much everything I hoped it would be - cheese and hilarity galore! I was disappointed to discover that none of the women ever appear in any of the awesome outfits pictured in the poster. I was also amused by the keywords for it at IMDB:

Lesbianism, Beautiful Woman, Female Nudity, Lesbian Scene, Babe Scientist, Bee, Dying During Sex, Lesbian, Nude Woman Murdered, Nudity, Transformation

If you’re looking for hot lesbian action, this movie will be a disappointment. However, you WILL see a lot of boobies.

I love cheesy B movies!

In other news, my new knee pads arrived today, thank goodness! My knees are desperate for extra protection. I hesitated briefly to spend another chunk of cash on expensive gear, but you know what? My knees are worth it. It was either that or quit derby, and I’m not ready to do that anytime soon.

Long time gone

May 14th, 2008

Damn, it’s been a while, eh? Anyone still out there? In any case, I’m hoping to post more frequently by keeping my updates short and sweet. For now, here’s a quick synopsis of the last few weeks:

  • I’ve been skating like a fiend and loving every minute of it.
  • Played in my first bout and my team lost by a wide margin but it was definitely a valuable learning experience.
  • Got new skates! Yippeeeee! I love them so much I want to wear them all the time.
  • My knees are starting to protest this whole derby thing. My solution is to save up for better knee pads.
  • I need new wheels, too. Damn, this derby thing is getting expensive.
  • I’ll be going to Tulsa on June 1st for our first travel bout against the Green Country Roller Girls
  • I’m working my ass off in the meantime because *holy shit* I’ve played in one bout and now I’m on the travel team? I’m a little terrified but mostly excited:)
  • We have barely enough active skaters to string together a full team roster, that’s the only reason I made the travel team in the first place.

So yeah, my life is pretty much consumed by roller derby. But don’t worry, I really do have some photos to post! I’ve been shooting very little so finishing a roll of film takes an eternity but I’m getting there. I’m near the end of a 36-frame roll of high speed black and white that I bought so I could shoot indoors over the winter. Now I’m anxious to finish it so I can shoot in color again. It’s nice to be getting outdoors again.

If roller derby weren’t eating up all of my funds, I might be able to afford a new battery for my digital camera, which I’d actually like to resurrect sometime soon. It would certainly speed up my turn around for new photos and allow me to justify silly snapshots and stuff.

In fact, I’m going to post a photo of my new skates very soon. Because they’re SO pretty!

The Famous Greg Linn

February 16th, 2008

Steve and Emily filmed this short for the Gimme Truth competition for True/False and I did the editing. I think it turned out pretty well, for a bunch of amateurs:)

You decide: is it 100% true or 100% false? Don’t tell me, though. It’s a secret.

UPDATE: On second thought, I yanked the video until after the competition. I don’t want to hurt our chances and it occurred to me that I might jeopardize our eligibility by making it public before the contest. I’ll put it back up when it’s over. The contest is March 2nd.

OK, the video is back up. It wasn’t selected as one of the 10 finalists for Gimme Truth, so we can go ahead and release it.

Rio’s favorite room

February 9th, 2008
Rio's favorite room

I added my 4 newest acquisitions to the Camera Gallery. This is the one I hope to test drive soon.

Tyle

February 2nd, 2008
Tyle

I finished a roll of film! It was unseasonably warm last weekend so we all went to the skate park and I took a bunch of shots of Tyle skating. After that I tried out my new outdoor wheels in the Roller Hockey rink and that was lots of fun.

I haven’t skated since then, though, because I had surgery on Wednesday: Operation Lump Exorcism. I guess it went well, although it remains to be seen whether or not they got all of it. Right now it’s still tender and sore but hopefully the swelling will go down and everything will be back to normal.

I underestimated my recovery time drastically. I expected the incision to be sore of course, but I wasn’t prepared for the more general after effects. I was feverish and woozy the last couple of nights but I’m feeling better now, just tired. I didn’t even take any pain meds, thank goodness.

So I will try to be patient and give my body time to recover before I start beating up on it again. Meanwhile, I will post more pictures for you. Hasta luego!

Dance revolution

January 23rd, 2008

Mike Long is my new hero. Check him out.

Catch me if you can

January 18th, 2008

Wow, what a week it’s been! Derby practice started back up and I’ve been skating a lot and getting faster and I just keep having more fun every time. I also took my second artistic class, at which I ran into our derby coach, Coach Ken. He also coaches the local artist skate club. He surprised me by trying to persuade me to switch from derby to figure skating. I told him to ask me again in 5 years. Artistic skating is certainly harder, but it doesn’t thrill me much. I’m just doing it to improve my skill set and comfort level on skates. I’m more likely to go for jamskating. Dancing on roller skates has a lot of appeal since dancing and skating are two of my all-time favorite activities.

On Thursday evening we all(Me, Steve, Rio and Tyle plus Darelle the neighbor kid) entered a dodgeball tournament at Rio’s school, and that was big fun, too, at least everyone but Rio had fun. He was tired, cranky, and inconsolable all night, which is a shame because it was otherwise a good time.

Later that same night Steve and I went to Retro Skate and that was lots of fun. I pushed myself, trying to skate low and fast, weaving through the crowd. I got a good workout, which is a bonus. However, I very nearly broke my neck once when I collided with a guy twice my size. We both went down and he inadvertently slammed me into the edge of the wall, my neck taking the force of the blow. I heard all the vertebrae in my neck crack in succession when I hit. It’s pretty sore today but I feared much worse at the time so I think I got off lucky.

I had a consultation with a surgeon about my lump, which was recently re-diagnosed as a lipoma. He looked at it and said, “That’s not a lipoma. It’s fluid.” He thought he could drain it with a needle but warned me it might fill back up again. I wanted to find out if he was right, so I told him to go ahead and give it a try. I don’t mind needles and I’m game for anything that might work, especially since it’s non-invasive. Well, it didn’t work. He didn’t find any fluid. So he decided that I’ve probably had this lipoma all along, and I just never noticed it until I banged it up and it became painful.

You tell me, what woman doesn’t notice a fatty growth the size of a lemon on her ass?? As if.

I don’t care what they want to call it, just get rid of the damn thing already.

He scheduled my surgery on the 30th, and then all the secrets of the mysterious lump will be revealed. Stay tuned. There will be before and after pictures!

So yeah, it’s been an action-packed week and I enjoyed every minute. Now it’s Friday night and Steve and I are staying home for a quiet night. We’ll make our own fun;)

Happy New Year!

December 31st, 2007

Yes, I’m back! My life has been shifting in small but significant ways lately and while it’s all for the good, this blog has been less of a priority. But I don’t intend to abandon this venture, and if I were the sort to make New Year’s resolutions then I suppose I would resolve to post more often this year. But I don’t need an arbitrary calendar date to dictate my priorities and there are always a number of ongoing goals that require my attention. Such is life!

I do lament the lack of photographs lately, and that is largely due to my recent workplace changes, specifically the fact that I am no longer able to walk to work every day. I miss my daily walk dearly, and I really hadn’t appreciated how much I relied on that routine for photographic inspiration and opportunities. I hope to start biking to work this spring, so maybe that will be a good compromise. Really, though, there’s nothing like a nice stroll when it comes to observing the tiny but remarkable details of the world around us.

Due to this change, I am considering reviving my digital camera. It’s simply more convenient and what I’ve really been neglecting since my switch to film is family snapshots. I need to lighten up and shoot more freely, and digital is certainly the easiest way to do just that.

Family life has been better than ever and for that I am incredibly grateful. Rio has been doing exceptionally well at school this year and has just been accepted into the Gifted Learning Program! I’m wicked proud of him:)

As for roller derby, I never did get to bout during the last season due to my persistent hematoma. But I’ve been training and skating consistently and I intend to be ready to kick ass in the upcoming season. Practices start up on January 16th and I can’t wait!

I just visited my doctor, again, about that stupid hematoma and now she’s calling it a lipoma - a fatty tumor which is totally benign and in my case, unusually large. I’ll be seeing a surgeon in a couple of weeks to have it excised and I will be thrilled to be rid of the cursed thing once and for all.

So that’s the latest in a nutshell. I’m not big on holidays, but I do wish my readers all the best:) I have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months and I hope you are as blessed as I am. I am a very lucky girl.

Rio

October 11th, 2007
Rio

We bought a camper last night! It’s a little pop-up trailer and the price was right so we jumped on it. We’ll be taking it on out on it’s maiden voyage this weekend. Weeeee!

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