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So! Updates!
The travel team B team won our bout against the Stateline Roller Derby Divas in Beloit. The girls were AMAZINGLY sweet hosts and gave me more post-bout compliments than I think I have ever received in my life. Thanks Beloit girls! You are awesome! PreFlash Gordon (one of our regular photographers) was good enough to come along (what a sweetheart) and took some great pictures. There usually aren't many pictures of me at a home bout since I do not skate too much at home, so I was pleased to get some good ones.
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I actually KNOCKED THAT GIRL DOWN in the last picture which is pretty awesome because I almost never knock anyone down. I am a positional blocker, not an OOMPH blocker.
In other news I now have an account on Twitter which means I can update my BLAAGH to a certain extent pretty much wherever I am, which is great. I miss the spontaneous, goofy updates I used to do here on SG back when I was really active and I feel like Twitter has sort of given that opportunity back to me. So that is fun!
I don't have much else to report. I am working. I have been talking a lot about going back to school but I am really scared to do actually do it. I need to get more product on my site but haven't because I am FUCKING LAZY. Ugh. I bought giant circular barbells for my new 2G earholes and realized they were so heavy that they were pulling down on my earlobes enough that I could SEE LIGHT ABOVE THEM between the hole and the jewelery so I took them out. That is not really the look I am going for. Boo to spending money on earrings I cannot wear! HOWEVER I did finally get some tunnels and some big cheesy silver hoops to wear through them and I am pretty pleased with that. I was wearing them while driving down to WI for the bout and stopped at a Wal-Mart in Tomah for a car charger for my phone. People were staring at me like I had an extra head. Possibly they also thought I was a big ole' lesbo who was going to steal their babies and infect them with gay and take them to metaphorical clam bakes because as people keep bringing to my attention all of a sudden, my super short hair is kind of butch. NO SHIT SHERLOCK. Liking penis does not preclude me from being kind of butch.
I hope you guys are having a nice summer so far. I spent the 4th with some good friends at a cabin here in MN. Our group is pretty low rent but the guy whose family owns the cabin got some CONTRABAND fireworks from Wisconsin. The people across the lake have money so they got CONTRABAND fireworks, as well. The night of the 4th was basically a fireworks duel with a show on either side of the lake as the other folks are right across the lake from our friend's cabin. It was pretty fucking awesome. Everyone who lives on the lake was screaming and blowing air horns and whistling. AND we were all pretty messed up so that was awesome, too.
That is all I have to report right now.
The travel team B team won our bout against the Stateline Roller Derby Divas in Beloit. The girls were AMAZINGLY sweet hosts and gave me more post-bout compliments than I think I have ever received in my life. Thanks Beloit girls! You are awesome! PreFlash Gordon (one of our regular photographers) was good enough to come along (what a sweetheart) and took some great pictures. There usually aren't many pictures of me at a home bout since I do not skate too much at home, so I was pleased to get some good ones.
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I actually KNOCKED THAT GIRL DOWN in the last picture which is pretty awesome because I almost never knock anyone down. I am a positional blocker, not an OOMPH blocker.
In other news I now have an account on Twitter which means I can update my BLAAGH to a certain extent pretty much wherever I am, which is great. I miss the spontaneous, goofy updates I used to do here on SG back when I was really active and I feel like Twitter has sort of given that opportunity back to me. So that is fun!
I don't have much else to report. I am working. I have been talking a lot about going back to school but I am really scared to do actually do it. I need to get more product on my site but haven't because I am FUCKING LAZY. Ugh. I bought giant circular barbells for my new 2G earholes and realized they were so heavy that they were pulling down on my earlobes enough that I could SEE LIGHT ABOVE THEM between the hole and the jewelery so I took them out. That is not really the look I am going for. Boo to spending money on earrings I cannot wear! HOWEVER I did finally get some tunnels and some big cheesy silver hoops to wear through them and I am pretty pleased with that. I was wearing them while driving down to WI for the bout and stopped at a Wal-Mart in Tomah for a car charger for my phone. People were staring at me like I had an extra head. Possibly they also thought I was a big ole' lesbo who was going to steal their babies and infect them with gay and take them to metaphorical clam bakes because as people keep bringing to my attention all of a sudden, my super short hair is kind of butch. NO SHIT SHERLOCK. Liking penis does not preclude me from being kind of butch.
I hope you guys are having a nice summer so far. I spent the 4th with some good friends at a cabin here in MN. Our group is pretty low rent but the guy whose family owns the cabin got some CONTRABAND fireworks from Wisconsin. The people across the lake have money so they got CONTRABAND fireworks, as well. The night of the 4th was basically a fireworks duel with a show on either side of the lake as the other folks are right across the lake from our friend's cabin. It was pretty fucking awesome. Everyone who lives on the lake was screaming and blowing air horns and whistling. AND we were all pretty messed up so that was awesome, too.
That is all I have to report right now.
Attention Wisconsin Peoples!
On June 28th I will be travelling with my roller derby league as part of our travel team's "B" team to bout the Stateline Roller Derby Divas. If you come and check us out come and find me! ALSO some of my relatives might be there so please do not come charging up to me shouting "OMG NAKED INTERNET BOOBIES HELLO!" because it would be really awkward.
On June 28th I will be travelling with my roller derby league as part of our travel team's "B" team to bout the Stateline Roller Derby Divas. If you come and check us out come and find me! ALSO some of my relatives might be there so please do not come charging up to me shouting "OMG NAKED INTERNET BOOBIES HELLO!" because it would be really awkward.
So. My apartment building caught fire.
I got up this morning and was standing in front of the mirror getting ready to wash my face when I heard the fire alarm. devilducky and I keep our bedroom door closed which means the alarm is barely audible from there. We've had a couple of false alarms here recently. Evidentially this is because people have been airing out the smoke from burning food by opening their front doors so that the smoke can escape into the hallway. WHERE THE SMOKE DETECTORS FOR THE ALARM SYSTEMS ARE.
Anyway, I shambled to the patio door in my underwear so that I could look outside and was stunned to see smoke. BILLOWING SMOKE. I put on my favorite jeans and my favorite hoodie, crammed the cat into a cardboard box (I completely spaced that his carrier was in FULL VIEW in the kitchen) and dashed down the stairs and out into the rain. My car was in the parking garage so I moved it into the lot to let the cat roam the backseat while I stood outside with my neighbors. By this time the billowing smoke had turned into BLACK billowing smoke and smelled vaguely like burning plastic. The fire department came. And then fire departments from two neighboring towns came. We were eventually herded into the building party room once the fire was contained and were told that the fire department would need about another hour to get everything sorted out, that the Red Cross was coming to help people who would not be able to return to their homes. A woman who lived near the source of the fire had just had surgery and wasn't able to catch her cat - she had no idea whether or not it had managed to survive since there had been so much smoke in her apartment. When a fireman brought her cat to her she couldn't stop crying. One of the maintenance guys even cried. Apparently my apartment complex is full of crazy cat people because a bunch of us kept finding ourselves comparing stories about the mad dash to contain our animals. I was fortunate in that Bob had not seen me yet that morning, so I was in the middle of the standard Morning Velcro Kitty Routine when I realized what was happening ("Hello, yes, I love yo-HOLY SHIT GET INTO THIS BOX NOW PLEASE").
The family who lived in the unit were totally devastated, understandably.
Our apartment is far enough from the source that we didn't get any damage. It is a touch smoky in here and the halls still smell but other than that we are fine. They are still investigating to determine what started the whole thing but everyone sort of suspects it was a kitchen fire. There are three units that are for sure uninhabitable and probably more like nine total that are damaged or otherwise too smoky for people to stay in currently.
It was a crazy morning.
I got up this morning and was standing in front of the mirror getting ready to wash my face when I heard the fire alarm. devilducky and I keep our bedroom door closed which means the alarm is barely audible from there. We've had a couple of false alarms here recently. Evidentially this is because people have been airing out the smoke from burning food by opening their front doors so that the smoke can escape into the hallway. WHERE THE SMOKE DETECTORS FOR THE ALARM SYSTEMS ARE.
Anyway, I shambled to the patio door in my underwear so that I could look outside and was stunned to see smoke. BILLOWING SMOKE. I put on my favorite jeans and my favorite hoodie, crammed the cat into a cardboard box (I completely spaced that his carrier was in FULL VIEW in the kitchen) and dashed down the stairs and out into the rain. My car was in the parking garage so I moved it into the lot to let the cat roam the backseat while I stood outside with my neighbors. By this time the billowing smoke had turned into BLACK billowing smoke and smelled vaguely like burning plastic. The fire department came. And then fire departments from two neighboring towns came. We were eventually herded into the building party room once the fire was contained and were told that the fire department would need about another hour to get everything sorted out, that the Red Cross was coming to help people who would not be able to return to their homes. A woman who lived near the source of the fire had just had surgery and wasn't able to catch her cat - she had no idea whether or not it had managed to survive since there had been so much smoke in her apartment. When a fireman brought her cat to her she couldn't stop crying. One of the maintenance guys even cried. Apparently my apartment complex is full of crazy cat people because a bunch of us kept finding ourselves comparing stories about the mad dash to contain our animals. I was fortunate in that Bob had not seen me yet that morning, so I was in the middle of the standard Morning Velcro Kitty Routine when I realized what was happening ("Hello, yes, I love yo-HOLY SHIT GET INTO THIS BOX NOW PLEASE").
The family who lived in the unit were totally devastated, understandably.
Our apartment is far enough from the source that we didn't get any damage. It is a touch smoky in here and the halls still smell but other than that we are fine. They are still investigating to determine what started the whole thing but everyone sort of suspects it was a kitchen fire. There are three units that are for sure uninhabitable and probably more like nine total that are damaged or otherwise too smoky for people to stay in currently.
It was a crazy morning.
Roller Derby Ahoy!
My league's next bout is on SATURDAY.
I THINK I will be skating this bout (I hope). We are skating against the Banger Sisters so if you ever wanted to watch me get knocked on my ass THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. Because of the way the season has gone we will be bouting with the same team lineups at our championship bout in May so this one should be fun.
I have to take back what I said in my last post about my left ear being a Champion of Ears. My left ear has now EPIC FAILED at stretching just like my right ear.
I said fuck it and put the 2G spiral back in my right ear and it seems to be doing okay but they are now BOTH crusty and oozing pus when I take the jewelery out. The right ear is actually in better shape now than the left which issued a knot of pus and blood about two hours ago when I took out the spiral for cleaning. Gross.
All things considered they are actually not too bad, though. The pus is white and doesn't smell or anything. My ears aren't hot or overly red or swollen, although they do hurt, especially since I usually sleep on my side. I think that is part of the problem I'm having so I'm going to try sleeping on my back and hope that helps.
Someone very kindly suggested that I try emu oil but since I am out of a job and broke I can't (DAMN emu oil is expensive!), so I'm just going to have to deal, I guess. Crud.
My league's next bout is on SATURDAY.
I THINK I will be skating this bout (I hope). We are skating against the Banger Sisters so if you ever wanted to watch me get knocked on my ass THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. Because of the way the season has gone we will be bouting with the same team lineups at our championship bout in May so this one should be fun.
I have to take back what I said in my last post about my left ear being a Champion of Ears. My left ear has now EPIC FAILED at stretching just like my right ear.
I said fuck it and put the 2G spiral back in my right ear and it seems to be doing okay but they are now BOTH crusty and oozing pus when I take the jewelery out. The right ear is actually in better shape now than the left which issued a knot of pus and blood about two hours ago when I took out the spiral for cleaning. Gross.
All things considered they are actually not too bad, though. The pus is white and doesn't smell or anything. My ears aren't hot or overly red or swollen, although they do hurt, especially since I usually sleep on my side. I think that is part of the problem I'm having so I'm going to try sleeping on my back and hope that helps.
Someone very kindly suggested that I try emu oil but since I am out of a job and broke I can't (DAMN emu oil is expensive!), so I'm just going to have to deal, I guess. Crud.
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