I wanna do Roller Derby!!!

A good idea. I know some Roller Derby queens here in So CA and they are tough as nails. Not a sport for the timid.

Been going to flat track roller derby here in Madison for a couple of years now. Good stuff. Will probably be at the bout against Rockford tomorrow.

An old friend from college is in a men's league in NY. It seems to be sprouting up all over.

I didn't know there were men's leagues -- do they do the makeup and fishnets too, or do they do it straight?

I don't mind getting battered and bruised but I hate the idea of breaking a bone. And these gals are always breaking something, it seems like.

Anthony Bourdain hung out with a group of the gals in Los Angeles during an episode of No Reservations. There was definitely a lot of discussion of broken bones and how fast they got back onto the rink. I'll stick with something with camp potential but little bone-break potential.

I bet sozlet would like this song.

Sounds like fun, but I would be worried about breaking bones too.
The last time I went ice skating with the kid, someone pushed me and I fell
backwards onto the ice. Lots of contusions and a hairline fracture on my elbow.

If you get enough protective gear on your knees, elbows and a good helmet, you'd minimize injuries - maybe.

I guess some of you are too young to remember back in the 60's when it came on television. Saturday afternoons. My mother and I looooooooved it. I used to know all of their names and handles but now all I remember is Joan Weston, The Blonde Amazon and Ann Cavello, who was famous for always changing her hair color.

Yeah, I'm not gonna do it. Too scared of the injuries. I just had a little fit while looking at some photos my friends had posted -- it looks SO FUN! And I'm nearing broken-record/ fangirl status with them, so had a little vent here instead.

Last night I was talking to E.G. about this and he said yeah, that's the same reason he doesn't have a motorcycle. He likes the idea, but it seems way too dangerous. We thought for a minute about how much cooler we'd be if he had a motorcycle and I was a roller derby girl. Then we sighed and accepted that we're too old and wimpy.

I guess it's time for tattoos.

dirty in her Harley
but her nails are clean,
high-powered
de-flowered,
over eighteen Irene.

Another great roller derby song:



Maybe you should start with something safer, soz, like hockey.

Actually having this as a sport would rock...I mean like it is in the movie. Or perhaps a Running Man show. I'm not saying anyone has to die, but the plot of the game in that movie was brilliant, I would totally watch it.