I haven't been skating in years, (Bad Canadian), but I used to go often on weekends when I was a kid/teenager. There's something about the smell of an arena - some mingling of outside, dirty ice, sweat, and hot chocolate. I've often thought about getting some skates and going to the building next door to my office at lunch for their lunch time skate, but I haven't gone much further than the thinking stage.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 33: Weeping, crawling, blaming everybody else
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Megan E. - Dec 27, 2006 9:14:51 am PST #7443 of 10004
beth b - Dec 27, 2006 9:15:55 am PST #7444 of 10004
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I learned to iceskate on the pond next door. Actually - on the tiny piece of ice in our drieway first - then to the pond. ( my sister started on double blades - I started on a single) I remember really really bright blue days - people from all over the neighborhood were on the pond . The hockey players were not allowed to crowd out the rest of us. Lots of crack the whip . One corner of the pond was unfrozen and my dog, Honey, astounded people by her willingness to swim underwater to fetch rocks.
SailAweigh - Dec 27, 2006 9:23:05 am PST #7445 of 10004
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Our skating music was The Jackson Five and The Osmonds. Not that I necessarily liked it (I did, it was the early 70s, what can I say), but they had upbeat songs that provided a good rhythm to skate to. Just about any pop music of the early 70s was good that way. Still, whole lotta shakin' going on to "Rockin' Robin" let me tell you.
Aims - Dec 27, 2006 9:23:16 am PST #7446 of 10004
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t kicks internets
Why are Docs so spendy? And why can't I find some faux Docs?? Brown ones. Boots. Grrr.
Sean K - Dec 27, 2006 9:26:02 am PST #7447 of 10004
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Well, if my experience is any indication Aims, faux Docs suck.
juliana - Dec 27, 2006 9:26:27 am PST #7448 of 10004
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I keep threatening to take M ice-skating at the Embarcadero rink before they take it down. He was surprised that I know how to skate, until I reminded him that I am More Northerly Than Him.
Rollerskating was a HUGE part of my pre-teen life. We'd (my parents, my parents' friends, and the assorted kids) drive out to Polar Rink in North Pole, bring a lunch, and skate all day. And in elementary school, we'd have ice-skating during recess (when it was warm enough to let us out).
Aims - Dec 27, 2006 9:27:02 am PST #7449 of 10004
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Well, if my experience is any indication Aims, faux Docs suck.
I really only need 'em for Michigan.
juliana - Dec 27, 2006 9:27:35 am PST #7450 of 10004
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Why are Docs so spendy?
Because they last for years and years and are hella comfy (if you have the right foot shape). They are worth the investment, IMB(oots)O.
amych - Dec 27, 2006 9:28:41 am PST #7451 of 10004
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
::tries to wrap poor global-warming-ized brain around "warm enough to skate"::
::head go boom::
Aims - Dec 27, 2006 9:29:41 am PST #7452 of 10004
Shit's all sorts of different now.