It's kind of funny how much your mindset can affect the things you do. I have to admit that I approached this past weekend with a fair amount of dread, at first: on Saturday, I had a photoshoot, a birthday get-together to go to, and then Day 1 of Travel Team tryouts (ack!), and then what could have potentially been two MORE birthday parties. Then, ( Read more... )

I'll go ahead and admit it: I cried for a couple of minutes, while driving home from derby practice. It got off to a crappy start, and although I felt okay-ish by the end of it, the okay-ness feels temporary. All I need to do is get out of my own head, and just friggin' SKATE, but I can't seem to make myself do that. I've worked hard to come around ( Read more... )

As previously noted, my derby progress seems to be on the upswing again, and that's pretty excellent. Last night, after having struggled mightily with the 50-Lap Killer since I came onto Fresh Meat, I was making it my bitch, up until my right shoelace came untied and I was forced to stop and re-tie it. I could've easily kept going, though, and I ( Read more... )

This week has involved a lot of shooting and a lot of appointments. The shooting has been awesome, and the appointments have been good and necessary, but I'm completely wiped out, and The Plague is making the rounds amongst the derby girls ( Read more... )

Okay. There's a post somewhere in this squishy mass of brain matter, I'm positive.

...okay, maybe not. I think all you're getting out of me is a list. Blame absinthe. Or Canada.

• Killer Burger was pretty killer, all right. It was a peanut butter, bacon, and pickle burger, and I think the peanut sauce was a bit too sweet to make the experience perfect ( Read more... )

Lately, it has felt as though everything in the world has been fighting me. The Job, my furnace, big vendor events, time management, week-long colds, bad traffic, slow internet connections, my upstairs toilet, my garbage disposal, interpersonal worries, photoshoots running long, parking tickets, oversleeping... feh. I can't even *remember* ( Read more... )

I was unexpectedly sucked into looking over old LJ entries from this time last year, and it has served a much-needed reminder that things were so, SO much worse, even just one year ago. And that's not to mention the years that came before it. There are certainly a couple of things that hurt right now... but there's much, much more to be hopeful for ( Read more... )