Category: Shaken and Stirred

My derby life continues

I had my first real bout last weekend against ROCK. The floor was terrible, like they waxed it the night before and warm ups made me nervous because I could not skate. I felt I did ok, not great-there was the wrist guard incident. However in the days after the bout some things happened. I…



The Plan

Derby season has started. We have had practice and even a tournament. During all of this I had had to come to a reality. I think every girl in derby thinks they are great or at least good, I know I do. I think I have decent skills and can really contribute to the team…



Stupid Finger…again.

So I had a finger injury…as you may have read about before. If not here is the short story – one night at practice I broke my finger, not a big deal you say, but I needed surgery and I missed three bouts for a stupid finger. Now you are caught up. Take two. I…



Stupid Finger

I guess it was bound to happen: my first real injury. Sure, I have pulled muscles, gotten rink rash, and other things, but recently I hurt my stupid finger. It was at practice and we were doing a never-ending jam. Tank and I were next in line and the girl jamming was looking tired, Tank…