Whip It! on Friday, Western Tournament Finals on Sunday, Practice on Tuesday

Friday's Whip It premiere was so much fun! I think we all loved the movie...at least from what I've heard and I don't think it was ONLY because of the derby theme, (maybe it was for me because I don't really ever go to the movies..). The story was sweet, smart and funny in parts and I loved Daniel Stern as Bliss's father...The music was plentiful and great, though I cannot for the life of me remember where I heard the Peaches song that was being played in the previews. I'll have to see it again, Nikki Spitts said she did the next day with her mom, who was also there Friday and night and that was nice to see her...Donna is cool; such a nice woman and incredibly popular for making such very excellent twin ladies for us to enjoy and have fun with.. ;)

We all met at around 6:30pm or so, at the theater, only to find that D*nnis, the manager, didn't say anything to the new general manager of the place so she at first didn't want us to be there. Luckily she changed her mind, possibly because we had some of our friends and family there..Trixie's Great Uncle, who had a great idea of us raffling off the chance to be the ref at the mud wrestling gig that is now not happening until next Summer, mine and P's friend Jerry was visiting us so he could come to the movie, Stihl Queen's best friend, who she actually used to trip us (me) up when we all thought we were busted, (for what I don't know), because he is a cop and drove up in his cop car, that was funny. The twin's mom like I said up thar, and other husband's and friends...

Ok, so,  point being, we were able to stay as long as we didn't skate, and we didn't. We passed out flyers to people, some of us put them on cars. Some of is realized again in life how shy we are...(not just me this time)....

I was BLOWN AWAY at how creative all the ladies were with their Hellcats red and black shirts....Pollyanna had the Pollyanna thing down so I suddenly felt the need to claim hearts and peace signs for my own persona-in-the-making. Doesn't her shirt look incredible?! And she did it overnight! All the Mountain Derby Girls looked smashing and we thank Amanda and Hot Topic for our new plaid skirts...

Our two new self-proclaimed fans helped break the ice...(see pic below)...very cute...

During the movie we laughed and clapped and wooted and all that fun derby girl bonding stuff...

After the movie, I actually have burned the line from the movie into my brain.. "Why don't you put on some skates and be your own hero?" and said it to a young lady at the concession stand as I passed her a flyer (I actually remember from her coming to the library). 

Mermad was hungry, so she and her husband and some of us who stayed, (see pic below) went over to the closest restaurant/bar and had some beers, couple of shots and again with the laughing and this time with added major yacking...Man, we hens can cluck!

We hung out there til someone go the urge to skate, I forget who, and so we took off to the rink, blasted music and skated...Pollyanna Pitchfork was playing hockey with some people when I left with Trixie about 1:30am...She was kind enough to give me a ride back to my car after I ...umm...recovered.

 

I made it home safely and Jerry was sleeping but P was awake..that was a fun talk about the movie and the night and all...Did I mention what a wonderful guy I'm voluntarily hitched-up with?...Love that guy...(I'll call him Pierce)...if I haven't already called him that here...

Derby Girl by ~DirtyGirlKink

So where am I...Ah yes the rest of the weekend..That was all derby, all the time..I watched just about every derby bout in the 2009 Western Regional Tournament...I was trying to get a bunch of other things done at the same time so I think Pierce saw more than I did...He kept scores on the brackets sheet and was all into it...There were a bunch of good bouts, some close and some wide scoring....one being 319-27...Sunday Demanda Riot played her sister Miss E-Vil...FUCKING RAD!! Oly Rollers went into the tourney number 1 and ended up number 1.

Just like Mary, along comes Tuesday...don't even ask me what happened to Monday, I have no clue... Pinkie Lee and I talked fb last night...and looking back it was those finals this past weekend that started chinking away at my idea of playing this game/sport I've seemingly wanted to play since watching the Bay Bombers with my Nona Cristina on Saturday mornings...(she was waiting for Big Time Wrestling to come on)...

Tonight's practice sucked like rubber on rye bread for me...I didn't break anything, which is important, but during my pre-practice shower...I got it loud and clear  - In my way of thinking, which is to see if I can live with the 'worst' outcome I can think of when I make a decision about something... I simply cannot. At least that is my preliminary choice...I realized, and imparted to some of my friends tonight that not because of some moral or ethical ideas, but because I could not live my life normally should there be some tragic outcome to hitting or being hit...or blocking and being blocked or jamming and being slammed...whichever way you slice it, it's not in my nature to be physically aggressive...I cannot see myself getting over guilt of hurting someone or my bitterness should I be hurt...especially if someone were not following the agreed upon rules...My friend online from the Blog actually pointed it out to me today (or yesterday) in an email...and I've all along expressed doubt to Pierce and to my Blog that I was never positive I could do this part of roller derby...

Dangers of Derby by ~Misket1313merp

Longer story shorter...I'm just going to keep doing the best I can for now..I'll admit it wasn't pleasant to see this in myself when I realized it...And I have to thank RevRa, Spitts, Gerle, Trixie and Pinkie for letting me bounce these thoughts off of them tonight and last...We've talked about me reffing..that isn't the worst idea I can think of...just not the number one lucky best idea...

I always say I don't want to regret anything..I regret that I didn't discover derby in it's earliest days so I'd have had possibly more years to play and less years to know about my own non-physically aggressive nature...

Things I'm purposely not blogging about:
The weird moment with Stihl Queen and Chisel Bit Friday night.
The weird moment with Hot Ta Molli tonight.
The weird moment with Coach Quad Queen last week.

death of the derby. by ~dressONbackward-

This "leaving it on the track" thing is a VERY CRUCIAL part of roller derby, imo...Let's say the middle of the track...the circle like we all decided...because ON the track clear heads must prevail.
staring fishnets by *starryday

Nikki Spitts made a comment about 'playing the part' of a derby girl...I forget why, but the phrase stuck in my head...It's a very cool part to play I realized... :) and if I'm lucky (and who knows what else)....I can keep playing. We'll see. For now I'll keep going...




staring fishnets by *starryday

WESTERN TOURNAMENT PLAYOFFS..My favorite bout was Demanda and Miss E-Vil

From: DerbyNewsNetwork.com

5th/6th Place: (5W) Bay Area 105, (6W) Duke City 103 -- Recap to come.

Boutcast/Textcast Here

Looks like Oly Rollers went in Number 1 and out Number 1 in this tourney.

Best of 3...Whip It!...& the Western Finals!!

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Sunday - Didn't.

Tuesday - Did.

Thursday - Did.

Not much to report....Except we have a new Ref - his name is Tripp...

TOMORROW is the premier of

We'll all be suited up and at the local Regal Cinema at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow night....Come on out and see the movie with your local roller derby team - The Mountain Derby Girls! But don't try to follow us to our double secret fun house after 10:30 show...there's going to be too much fun there...you won't like it... ;)

And tune in to http://derbynewsetwork.com for live coverage of the Western Regional Championship which begin at 10:00 PST tomorrow....The Bay Area Derby Girls will be playing in this tournament..including the exceptionally awesome Demanda Riot...

Smash! Bang! Crack em up! ..Put em back again...

Ok...that's a line from a different sort of derby...but it fits the incident at practice where at least five of us cracked up into a pile...

Let's go back and start at the beginning, shall we?

Just before practice we received an email from Sheeda Bomb telling us that she will be coaching us for now...She's cool, that's cool and all's cool with that...

I arrived to practice about 6:30 and it's always so fun to see everyone again as they arrive...I flipped on some tunes while we all readied-up and yacked...After my skates were on , I realized I had only put one knee pad on upside down - that's a big improvement from my normal dress-up fiascos... ;) So...skate off, knee pad off and flipped, skate back on and I was ready to roll.

It's still a little slow going for me trying to regain my strength after being gone for only a week, (but that's four practices), so I started off very slow skating and just trying to get the Mountain Pose feeling of stability again. I don't like this unstable feeling at all, totally buggin. I wish I could just lace up perfectly the first time, every time, so my skates feel like part of me. It takes one or sometimes two re-lacings to get them on just right.

We talked a little bit about the new coaching situation, about the possible Nov 7th mud-wrestling fund raiser, (No I will not be mud-wrestling, but I will be doing my part to contribute to the success of this event).

We did some fun drills, such as baseball sliding up and down the arena, up and down up and down - you know the drill-*heh* It's always amusing to see us chop chopping our way off the line..we did that one. I'm trying to recall the rest but as read on, you'll see why it's all kind of a blur...a VERY fun blur though...We did this new one where we stayed in a pack and Sheeda called out one name and that person had to take off from the pack, loop the track and get back in the pack...I liked that one because it's an interesting dynamic to see the balance of the skater trying to get around and the pack trying to stay together...I love the way everyone's bodies and our wheels work in concert so closely, there must be something scientific about this dynamic...all up in each others energy fields...Maybe it's something like a flock of birds flying in a pattern, the wind factor, something interesting happens there I think.

We had about forty minutes left when we suited up in our new blue and black mesh tanks and did some light-scrimmaging...I jammed twice and on the second one was paired up against Gerle Haggard, (first time was with Pollyanna Pitchfork). Gerle and I giggled and bumped fists, (because I saw that somewhere online or something about jammers fist bump and decided to do it too) and we took off, it was a bit confusing because when she went out of bounds I though the jam stopped as it seemed to when I went out of bounds on my first try, but it didn't so I kept going. I really have to practice not "blanking out" when I jam. I just remember taking the outside lane for the first time in my short and lame jamming career and wanting to try what happens to me when I'm the inside lane jammer, I was going to see if I could cut in front of her at the inside line...But no go, she jetted off ahead and I never got near her on the start...(god I'm so sluggish at this point..). Anyway...didn't touch her until *insert duh duh duuuuuuh* sound effect here until something tripped her up and omg five skater pile up! As we untangled ourselves I found my skate basically up Gerle's rear end, I think my toe stop hit her in the chin and I, or someone, who knows, ran over three of her fingers...Fucking A that was intense - So let me say sorry again to the lovely and talented Gerle who I hope isn't hurtin' too bad today.

After practice I learned that RevRa has invented a new system for indulging in libations after practice and prior to taking off to Steve's place. It was so fun because ladies who normally don't hang out too long after practice stayed around, Mermad, Trixie, RevRa, Nikki Spitts, Troubled Rachel, Pollyanna Pitchfork, Sheeda Bomb, Gerle Haggard, Nacho Hunny...(someone tell me if I forgot anyone..)...Rachel put on her car music and we had so much fun together, for like an hour, it was wonderful! Unfortunately, Pinkie Lee had to go....and probably others I didn't catch...I think there were 12 or so us there at practice.

Rachel, the twins and I went to Ed's to see Kimstigator after that. I didn't have to work the next day so I could finally relax. We had shots all around, (Hornitos, a new fave.). We yacked and then there was the coin slot staring us right in the face from a bar stool across from us and yes, when one twin dares another twin to do something, there's no turning back...I don't think coin slot girl will ever know how that penny got into her pants...unless she actually joins the team, which I heard she might...

I saw the bathroom at Ed's for the first time, there's a chalk board on the wall...Man we had fun leaving scrawls for each other on it...TOO FUNNY...I cannot remember what the last one is that I wrote and it doesn't show in the picture, but it was good for a laugh.

There were some nice guys there that I was talking with and there were some enjoyable conversations throughout the evening...At one point there was a scuffle outside between two tall guys, but not bad looking guys either. One guy had his dog with him, a black and white dog of some sort who looked like Helmut, but a dog. So I went out to film a little of that with my camera...No actual fight happened. Back inside let's see, how do I put this...Well, suddenly I felt someone's hand wrapping up in my pony tail and pulling my head back slowly...not like violent or anything..it was one of the tall guys who was fighting outside...he just smiled and I just looked at him with that NO YOU DIDN'T JUST DO THAT look...I have to say that is was a strange feeling for a married gal like me to have...Then later on, he actually spanked me! That one was a dare from one of the fun and evil twins I found out at closing time...

Ah, so closing time...I don't think I've ever been at any bar ever in my life at closing time. But in this case, Kimstigator was looking out for me and said to wait until the cops finished nabbing all the drunks off the road til I left for home. I seriously should have been wrecked and puking my guts up after a night of four large shots of this smooth tequila, but I was fine. Not the, "I'm so drunk I felt straight" thing, more the "I was having so much fun that I was immune to alcohol" thing.

Thus ends another Mountain Derby Girl practice night recap.

Oh, and when I got home, there was a baby bat in the terrarium with the little mouse we already have..another near cat casualty saved...I'll put a pic up of the bat later...it's so tiny...

[It's taken me forever to write this...so I apologize for not crediting all the art work properly...so a huge thank you to everyone who makes roller derby art and photos...you all RULE!]

2 Blue 2 Skate 2 Nite

MISSING: My Sweet Alyce shirt is gone!!

And I think it took my coordination with it!! This is tragic, my lovely black tank shirt for roller derby with my name and black kitty on the back and the Hellcats logo on the front has gone missing...I've looked everywhere...Jodrlicious even reminded me to check under my car seats and all I found were CD covers, (where I found the Jake LaBotz Sing This To Yourself CD cover I've been looking for), but not my favorite lucky best magic Sweet Alyce... :(

BTW..Jake has a new CD out I see....

Salama Derby roller girl V1 by ~Lenneth4

Anyway...we finished up our WFTDA minimum skills testing, and we had a very long discussion about shirts and mud wrestling November 7th...I just feel off somehow without my tank top...I mean yes I missed 4 practices while in Gatlinburg, TN...but still I think the missing shirt has something to do with this funky wonkie skating I've been doing the last two practices...Although the very wise bartendress at Steve's said only belief in superstitions make them real...so I suppose I shouldn't put so much into a mere shirt... *sigh*...

I don't even know by =Candy2021

Spitts, Pollyanna Pitchfork and I went out to eat and be merry after practice...that is all I'm authorized to say about that... *wink*

Instead of talking about practice..

The Whip-It! Soundtrack

WHIP IT – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Track Listing

1. “Pot Kettle Black” – Tilly And The Wall
2. “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” – Ramones
3. “What’s The Attitude” – Cut Chemist featuring Hymnal
4. “Bang On” – The Breeders
5. “Dead Sound” – The Raveonettes
6. “Blue Turning Grey” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
7. “Your Arms Around Me” – Jens Lekman
8. “Learnalilgivinanlovin” – Gotye
9. “Boys Wanna Be Her” – Peaches
10. “Jolene” – Dolly Parton
11. “Caught Up In You” – .38 Special
12. “Never My Love” – Har Mar Superstar (feat. Adam Green)
13. “Black Gloves” – Goose
14. “Crown Of Age” – The Ettes
15. “HighTimes” – Landon Pigg featuring Turbo Fruits
16. “Unattainable” – Little Joy
17. “Lollipop” (Squeak E. Clean & Desert Eagles Remix) – The Chordettes
18. “Doing It Right” – The Go! Team
19. “Breeze” – Apollo Sunshine

5 New Whip-It Clips

[3 missed practices.... :( Attending a library conference in Tennessee....]

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From: www.aceshowbiz.com

• Clip #1: Being Judged

• Clip #2: Food Fight

• Clip #3: Football Game

• Clip #4: Ready, Set, Go

• Clip #5: Stalking Me

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Click the photo and when the link opens click the VOTE AS BEST box...I mean...if you think it is the best of the choices you have...no pressure...

MDG

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This practice was again led by Sheeda Bomb. Again with a surprise...not just endurance high (heart-attack-watch-like) endurance....Skate 5 minutes, break for 1, skate for 3 minutes, break for 1 (and a 1/2 ;), 25 modified push-ups, hold your body up on elbow and skate toes for 60 seconds, hold yourself up on elbow and hip, tricep muscle push-ups, 25 knee-drops across the arena, 20 bear-walks across 1/2 the arena....

I'm pretty sure I got some of everything done...maybe even most...Which would explain the lightning in my body two days later....("Are you having any pain?" "Yes I am." "Are you having any lightning with the pain?")

After this practice, and the usual hang out out front for a bit, commenced a WAY FUN-ASS-FUN WEEKEND....Spitts and I went to Steve's and Ed's. Then we decided to try the new restaurant within walking distance of Ed's which is now called Lupita's Eproson House...Excellent Mexican food, and graced by the charming Pablo who I just think is such a cool person...(and he smells nice...that's big in my book)...Plus he was so kind and all on my first visit..thanks to Pablo...!! We had a great time there...



Then we went to an undisclosed location to meet Rachel Trouble and Gerle Haggard....We all ended up at the twin's house trying on clothes and listening to music...so much fun!


I was home at a decent hour and got enough sleep to have more fun on Friday and Saturday nights..I laid low on Monday and also managed to get all my homework done..making me very ahead of the syllabus...gotta love that....!