It was on in the background here, but I didn't watch it. I could have cared less. I was more focused on the Puerco Pibil. I did catch some of the performance by half of The Who, but it was painful to watch. I can always google the stupid commercials later on, if someone else doesn't post them.
I'm just very bitter about professional sports. I really hope that roller derby is never tainted by that corporate greed that permeates the rest of professional sports or 'wrestling'. But that's like hoping that Cobain's guitar won't be hung on the side of a building in Seattle.
I know. I'm being a little negative. I shouldn't be. I'm just bitter about sports right now.
On the bright side, I got the Puerco Pibil in the crock pot. It smells good before I even cooked it! That, in my opinion, is better than any old Superbowl!
Roller derby will never let itself get to that level, thankfully. The women who own it are fierce about it being a DIY sport or we'd already have something like "Cherolet and Miller Beer present The Rat City Rollergirls' rowdy rough-up tour!" and it wouldn't be about roller derby anymore. Shit. This time they went to raise money for local charities and don't take the profit. Their fund raisers are grass-roots and cater to the fans and supporters of non-profit. They're working for their money. Financed by the people who want to see it. If the fans ever die, so will the sport.
I know you are passionate about this. Sorry about the negativity. I'm not usually like that. I'm usually the eternal optimist, to a fault. I ain't talking smack about any of those girls out there on the rink. I know better than that! It's those creepy corporate fuckers! The ones that will buy off one person at a time. They piss me off!
The thing that really bothers mew about the Cobain guitar hanging on the side of a building is that he would FUCKING HATE IT! It's all corrupted corporate money! It's a big ball of shit!
But, at the same time, how do we escape the big corporations? That's the big question!
I just had a thought of building a big bonfire of flannel shirts under the big guitar in the sky. Laugh with me!
Ug. The tequila got me last night. I didn't drink that much, but it doesn't take that much. A dash for the food, and a dash for me. A dash for the food and TWO dashes for me! It sure was tasty stuff! I finally had to put it away, because it was taunting me
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As far as flannel shirts go, I was wearing them in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. Most of them I got as gifts for birthdays and Christmas. I think I still have some vintage ones from the '70s. I quit wearing them sometime in the late '80s, right around the time that grunge was hitting the big time. I don't know why I quit wearing them. I just did. Instead, I started wearing hoodies from Mexico. The kind that look like they are made out of colorful burlap, like what Sammy Hagar wears. Yeah, those kind. During the '90s, I started wearing a Levi's jacket, but it eventually fell apart. So I went back to the Mexican hoodies for a while, 'cause I could buy them for real cheap in Tijuana. Now, I just wear my leather jacket when it's cold. Mr Moneybags gave me that one. It's a nice Wilson, with a removable liner. It probably cost $300. I think it's the coolest jacket I ever had. I may, eventually, go back to flannel shirts. The funny thing about that is I hardly ever buttoned them up, or tucked them in. I wore them as a jacket, cause it was
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The flannel here wasn't really worn tucked in or buttoned either - except but uptight folks when they bought a 'dressy' one during winter. LOL. It was really just another jacket/hoodie to go between the t-shirt and the outer jacket of whatever.
I'm kind of disturbed the the beanie/ski hat trend as a regular head accessory. I don't get it, short of actual cold weather (which we don't have enough of) or having a perpetual bad/unwashed hair day, which is a personal problem. I suppose for some sub cultures or personalities it's ok, but I don't really get the widespread appeal of having a too-warm sweaty head in knit fabric. Ew.
Yeah, the beanies aren't really my style. I tend to associate them with gang members. Actually, hats aren't really my style. I rarely wear one. That black leather hat that I wore up there I bought specifically to be my rain hat. It worked well, except for if the wind was blowing real hard. I hardly wear it down here. I bought it more for function than form. I get compliments on it, but I'm not trying to make a fashion statement with it. I got it at Disneyland for $13. A hat like that normally sells for about $50.
I keep telling myself one day I'll buy a fedora, but to do that I'd have to upgrade my wardrobe. Y'know, I bought a footstool once, and it didn't match, so I re-decorated the house.
Otherwise, I tend to wear hats for function, also. These days, it's often to contain sweaty post-boxing or skating hair, or from wind/rain/sun depending on the context.
Down here, I've been noticing some young kids wearing Alpine style hats, Like what you would see during Octoberfest, or on Bing Crosby's head. I don't get it, but whatever works for them.
The only accessory that I almost always wear on my head is sunglasses. I like to protect my eyes from UV light, 'cause I don't want cataracts later on. I also use them as safety glasses. I even wear them when it's raining, because if the sun comes out the glare off the wet streets is a little too much for me. I usually get polarized sunglasses. They enable me to see things I wouldn't normally be able to see.
The market is a strange tourist trap, but never entirely set out to be one, I think. I got that way for its quaintness and never set out to be more than a local market for the people in the city, with a special purpose on being absolutely dynamic on the top level for local crafters, farmers, etc., to bring their wares down daily to sell. I suppose if you're in a distinctly small or insanely huge town, the Pike Place Market concept as a tourist is a sight to see
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Yeah, I've read up on the history of Pike Place Public Market. It's kind of cool that it's still in existence. I didn't realize it had 3 levels until the second time I visited it.
I might visit the EMP one of these days, but it's not high on my priority list. My first priority is making money, which I haven't been doing a whole lot of lately.
I THOUGHT that roller derby was fake back then, but I wasn't sure. I vaguely remember my family talking about it. That's probably why it failed as a business model. I wasn't into it. I remember my mom telling me about her playing roller derby on the streets of New York City, when she was growing up. They used the man hole covers as the inner boundary. I'll have to ask her about that again. She's probably got some interesting stories about that.
Yeah - here are some clips of painfully obvious staged or fake fights, and while maybe the rules of derby have changed over the decades (drastically, at this rate) none of the things the skaters are doing are even remotely safe or sportsmanlike with their blocks and contact and shit. No wonder it got a comedy reputation for a buncha people just going apeshit and fighting on skates
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Those old videos were pretty funny! It was almost like watching a really bad Kung Fu movie! Someone should put a bunch of those clips together and show them at the Sunset.
I can see a distinct difference between now and then. Big penalties for bad behavior now.
Yeah, the old stuff was just 'action skating' by comparison. There looked to be some competitive aspects in a few of the women's bouts, but it really left a lot wide open for interpretation and style and rules and it seemed like they also thought "hey, let's distract the people with some skating between staged fights!" in style. I recall RCRG having a couple 'fights' in their early days - back when they were a young league and the crowd roared, and they were all still learning how to skate, by comparison. It was all in good fun, and I think it stopped after it was time to get serious, and there was momentum behind the league. It's fascinating for me to watch them in the old days (hint: Blood on the flat track is available from NetFlix Feb 23rd... if you only rent one movie this year....) and see them progress to a very serious and well skilled unit that shows the other leagues how it's done, but lets them slither away from their loss with dignity. I marvel at how well the veteran skaters move when I see the lesser experienced leagues
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I'm just very bitter about professional sports. I really hope that roller derby is never tainted by that corporate greed that permeates the rest of professional sports or 'wrestling'. But that's like hoping that Cobain's guitar won't be hung on the side of a building in Seattle.
I know. I'm being a little negative. I shouldn't be. I'm just bitter about sports right now.
On the bright side, I got the Puerco Pibil in the crock pot. It smells good before I even cooked it! That, in my opinion, is better than any old Superbowl!
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The thing that really bothers mew about the Cobain guitar hanging on the side of a building is that he would FUCKING HATE IT! It's all corrupted corporate money! It's a big ball of shit!
But, at the same time, how do we escape the big corporations? That's the big question!
I just had a thought of building a big bonfire of flannel shirts under the big guitar in the sky. Laugh with me!
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I'm kind of disturbed the the beanie/ski hat trend as a regular head accessory. I don't get it, short of actual cold weather (which we don't have enough of) or having a perpetual bad/unwashed hair day, which is a personal problem. I suppose for some sub cultures or personalities it's ok, but I don't really get the widespread appeal of having a too-warm sweaty head in knit fabric. Ew.
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Otherwise, I tend to wear hats for function, also. These days, it's often to contain sweaty post-boxing or skating hair, or from wind/rain/sun depending on the context.
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The only accessory that I almost always wear on my head is sunglasses. I like to protect my eyes from UV light, 'cause I don't want cataracts later on. I also use them as safety glasses. I even wear them when it's raining, because if the sun comes out the glare off the wet streets is a little too much for me. I usually get polarized sunglasses. They enable me to see things I wouldn't normally be able to see.
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I might visit the EMP one of these days, but it's not high on my priority list. My first priority is making money, which I haven't been doing a whole lot of lately.
I THOUGHT that roller derby was fake back then, but I wasn't sure. I vaguely remember my family talking about it. That's probably why it failed as a business model. I wasn't into it. I remember my mom telling me about her playing roller derby on the streets of New York City, when she was growing up. They used the man hole covers as the inner boundary. I'll have to ask her about that again. She's probably got some interesting stories about that.
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I can see a distinct difference between now and then. Big penalties for bad behavior now.
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