Timelies all!
I know there's roller derby here, but I don't know anything about it.
Oh, yeah, baby, it's snakalicious in here.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sheryl - Sep 05, 2012 1:39:04 pm PDT #21077 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2012 1:55:19 pm PDT #21078 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The Gotham Girls are wicked hard to get into. But they do have a cool theme song: [link]
Anne W. - Sep 05, 2012 1:55:38 pm PDT #21079 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
There's roller derby in St. Louis, too! (The Arch Rivals)
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2012 2:03:12 pm PDT #21080 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Cincinnati Rollergirls
And the Kentucky Black and Bluegrass Rollergirls!
Cashmere - Sep 05, 2012 2:19:25 pm PDT #21081 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
The Gotham Girls are wicked hard to get into.
Suzy Hotrod is Major League. I am t-ball.
Cashmere - Sep 05, 2012 2:19:43 pm PDT #21082 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I also love how much roller derby is out there now.
Calli - Sep 05, 2012 2:24:37 pm PDT #21083 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
There's a roller derby team near the RTPistas, too: [link]
And the Chapel Hill-Durham area has some nice lefty-liberal aspects.
Amy - Sep 05, 2012 2:43:46 pm PDT #21084 of 30001
Because books.
Sara told us at dinner that her teacher this year does roller derby, and the music teacher used to do it with her.
I'm so sorry about DH's job, Cash.
And I'm sorry about your coworker, Consuela. That's awful.
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2012 2:59:53 pm PDT #21085 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Roller derby is one of those things that looks like so much fucking fun, that I would enjoy the shit out of, even if I sucked--but I know I'd suck, for anything skatelike is no good for me. So I'm very jealous of you.
Man, last week I sent out this email that I thought did an exquisite job of explaining something, and nobody understood me. After the meeting, I summed myself up in a slide deck with pictures (never even got to give the presentation--just emailed it out to the people I'd spoken to) and lo and behold! Cleanest crispest explanation I could have given. Boss is pleased enough with it to call it out.
This is now three for three when it comes to presentations. Whatever is different about them is what I'm good at--pictures? Pros and cons? Agendas/tables of content? Summaries? I have no fucking clue. But I'm about to ditch email bodies and communicate solely in Powerpoint from now on. It's pissing me off that I'm failing in emails, though.
Hil R. - Sep 05, 2012 3:08:21 pm PDT #21086 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Roller derby looks like a ton of fun, but I'm pretty much certain that it would get a "hell no" from every one of my doctors and physical therapists. (And really, I know better that to risk something like that. But still, looks like fun.)