Monday, July 30, 2018

What Queen Kicktoria Can't Live Without

(shamelessly stealing from http://nymag.com/tags/celebrity-shopping/)

1. Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick

I've tried every single "long lasting" lipstick out there (or what feels like every single one) and this is the only one that lasts longer than 10 minutes under heavy whistle usage.  I still have to reapply it at halftime, but at least it's still somewhat there.

2. Etymotic High Fidelity Earplugs
 Whistles.  All the time.  (So many times I will forget to put one in, and blow my whistle, and be like OH FUCK OW THAT HURTS) I had ones without the cord for a while, but I kept losing them.

3. A Stadium Seat
This isn't the one I have, but it's similar.  You don't realize how much back support you need until you've been sitting on the ground for multiple hours watching games.

(Here's where I admit I have one of those inflatable lounger things, but I can never get it to inflate enough.  I run around the parking lot like a maniac, but it never inflates.  This is easier to deal with.)

4. Portable Hanger Thingy
Clip your pads to it, hang it somewhere, AND HOPEFULLY YOUR STUFF WILL GET DRY. 

(This really only works in a place that has hanging hooks or cords or whatever, so you can hang it without it bumping up against a wall.)

5. THE TOWER OF POWER

There are never enough outlets in the officials' room.  Plus, this one has USB ports, so you don't have to worry about losing your adapter thingy.

Friday, July 27, 2018

reviewing my 2018 goals

  • HR a game (I've been told this will happen at least once) Four games!
  • Go to one of the "bigger" tournaments La Classique Georgia W. Tush AND CONTINENTAL CUP EUROPE
  • Apply for certification, if it's open [it's not open yet]
  • do more NSOing I did some, but mostly Scorekeeping.  Did get to penalty box manage a juniors' game, so that was cool.  I might also NSO some upcoming local-ish games)
  • learn how to run the scoreboard I sorta did - watched a live game and ran the scoreboard.  Not sure how I'd do, though, with people relaying the information to me and possibly talking over each other
so yay!

Monday, July 23, 2018

indeed and whee-ee-ery

  • Tournament
  • Tournament
  • Home Game
  • Away Game
  • Tournament
  • Away game (with a Friday night game in Buffalo)
  • Tournament
  • Nothing, but there's a Friday night game in Buffalo I could go to
  • Kid's birthday weekend (he's going to be SEVENTEEN WTF)
  • Tournament
  • Tournament
  • Away game
  • Men's game
  • Away game
  • Home game

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's a wrap!  The Onslaught of Derby is done!  47 games in 92 days.  (18 OPR, 14 JR, 4 ALTR, 4 HR, 4SK, 2 IPR and 1 PBM.)

No wonder I'm exhausted. 

Anyway, there's one tournament I'm waiting to hear from, but other than that, I don't have anything scheduled for the rest of the calendar year.

Oh wait - that's not right.  I do have one more thing....



Monday, July 9, 2018

a very special day is today

Ten years ago tonight I went to my very first roller derby practice. 

It was during Adult Skate Night at the local rink.  All we could do were pacelines and some weaving and sprinting around.

But it was enough. 


Thursday, July 5, 2018

the end is in sight!

  • Tournament
  • Tournament
  • Home Game
  • Away Game
  • Tournament
  • Away game (with a Friday night game in Buffalo)
  • Tournament
  • Nothing, but there's a Friday night game in Buffalo I could go to
  • Kid's birthday weekend (he's going to be SEVENTEEN WTF)
  • Tournament
  • Tournament
  • Away game
  • Men's game
  • Away game
  • Home game

So, Connecticut!  It was great to visit my sister and her family.  My niece's boyfriend's family ended up coming to the games.  His little sister is 9, and she did a report on roller derby in school and was TRANSFIXED by the games.  It was so cool.

Anyway, what was not cool....

During the second half of the second game, I was jam reffing and either got tangled up in my own skates (or someone took me out; I'm not sure which) and landed thigh-first on one of my wheels.  I tried to get up but my thigh was like NOPE NOT GONNA HAPPEN so I yelled at the Rear IPR (who was not HRing) to take over for me.  Once the jam ended, the other refs were like "Do we need to get the medics" and between my thigh and the fact it was 900000° with 10000000% humidity, I was like "Yes, please get the medics" so they came out and helped me to their station and then sat me outside with an ice pack on my leg.

this was Tuesday evening.  the little cut in the "eye of the hurricane" part is from my truck's axle
I usually do not bruise, either, so I must've broken, like, every single blood vessel in my leg or something.  It doesn't hurt now, except when I accidentally touch it or my husband decides he's going to be cute and pokes it.  Tonight'll be the first time I'll skate since it happened; hopefully it won't hurt.