Hey, look! Another post, and less than 3 months have elapsed ( Read more... )

This will be my seventh derby weekend in a row, this time in lovely Portland, MaineI don't care what's happening next weekend; I'm staying home for Memorial Day. The 4 weekends after that are all derby events as well (Yonkers, Hartford/New Haven, CTRG season championship in Waterbury, and Philly ( Read more... )

The other day, just before bed, jadefu was flipping through a recent issue of bitch magazine. It occurred to me that these are two completely different statements ( Read more... )

Starting around the 17th of august, I took a few days off from LJ (for a road trip to Heartland Havoc, which was awesome). And then the pile of LJ entries when I got back was daunting, so it took me a few days to get caught up. And then I got distracted by something shiny and didn't post.

So, a bullety listy thing to get me caught-up-ish:

• Thank ( Read more... )

Things I Love about Working at a Women's College (part of a series ( Read more... )

... because chances are, no one has bugged you about this in a couple days.


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Looking for something fun to do tonight?


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In honor of jadefu's birthday today, I'm promoting CTRG's upcoming bout.


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How many of you Boston-area folks have thought, "Wow! Half of jadefu's LJ posts seem to be about roller derby, and now oxlahun's getting sucked in, too. What the hell is so fascinating about a bunch of people on skates going around in circles? It's all fake like wrestling anyway, isn't it? I don't need to be interested in that.Well, brothers and sisters, ( Read more... )

Many months ago I was tagged by ladygwyn, and a little later, sachem_head, to do the ever-circulating "interesting facts about me" meme. There's a reason neither of them got Christmas presents from me.

1. I've worn a toe ring (2nd toe, right foot) continuously since 1999. I honestly have no explanation for what motivated me to start doing this, or why I like it ( Read more... )