Derby Girl Blog

Hot Bath + Good Book = Heavenly Evening

Jun 1st

14 days...

Packed up the contents of my closet today. Now it’s just a bunch of odds and ends left around...

Jun 1st

“All our young lives we search for someone to love. We choose...”
— Unknown. (via trappedintime) ...

May 31st

Of tivo and finales

I just realized my Tivo didn’t record LOST. My reaction was akin to the faces of those...

May 30th

The wide world of Facebook

There are only three people on Facebook with my last name: me, my husband, and my brother-in-law....

May 30th

Charlotte Geary Photography: Blog I can’t wait until...

May 30th

Goodbye for now, Internet

I’m waiting to watch the LOST finale until Adam gets back from Seattle (tomorrow). I feel a...

May 30th

“You desire to discover new frontiers. It’s time to...”
— My fortune cookie from tonight

May 30th

My husband left me for two days in Seattle (job stuff), and I’m feeling a bit adrift alone in...

May 30th

Clay Aiken Is Going to Be a Dad

May 29th

Puppy Mills and Animal Shelters

I just watched Oprah, all about puppy mills, animal shelters, and the plight of the puppy industry....

May 29th

Watch

soupsoup: villagevegan: rach: I really can’t get enough of Tony B. Please direct your...

May 29th

Sibling Rivalry Highlights

May 29th

The Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls: Roller...

May 29th

Fully Functional 75' Ladder Fire Truck Diesel...

May 29th

Apple needs to master the battery

soupsoup: poortaste: My PowerBook battery won’t hold a charge after 3 months… LuckyI think this...

May 29th

Lunch

Velveeta Shells and Cheese = Not as good as I remembered…

May 29th

Watch

Spread eagle (via ) Like this! I can do this … except on heavy quad skates (actually more...

May 29th

Not such a girly day afterall...

-Post Office -Bank -Manicure (which lasted all of about an hour, when you see the rest of my...

May 29th

mattirick: amwelles: AKA: cultural center of the world!...

May 29th

Damn you, Netflix!

I could be watching all kinds of awesome movies RIGHT NOW, if only Netflix would get their shit...

May 29th

fifty things im glad i read about college.

May 29th

Teacher leads her kindergarten class in...

May 29th

“Nourished by anger, revolutions are born of hope.”
— Harvard Sitkoff, author of The...

May 28th

“I think that that’s something that a woman should do...”
— -Ashlee Simpson ….er,...

May 28th

I'm selling my car

As a perma-suburban girl, I never thought I’d live without a car … and now? Well, not...

May 28th

Tomorrow is a girly day...

-Hot bath -Manicure -watching 27 Dresses courtesy of Netflix -4 hour roller derby practice...

May 28th

Watch

LOST Flash-Forwards in 8:42 (via ) So these are the Flash-Forward scenes from Lost, in...

May 27th

I Love My Mom

She helped me expertly pack my entire apartment, including our gorgeous wedding china (which...

May 27th

Charitable Moving

-1 bike to the Bloomington Community Bike Project -$300 worth of food to Hoosier Hills Food Bank,...

May 26th

Rollergirls bump up against Starbucks Starbucks is asking...

May 26th

Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls My most badass derby photo...

May 26th

To hire movers, or to move it ourselves?

We’re moving from Indiana to Boston. Our apartment is mostly furnished, so really it’s...

May 26th

60 Minutes...

lovepuppy: Is anyone else watching this ludacris program? Talking shit about the Millenials (those...

May 26th

trappedintime: Spontaneous trip of the day: Mt. Baldy &...

May 25th

“A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not...”
— Pearls of Wisdom by Dave Barry

May 24th

Please explain to me why I still get chills when Whitney Houston sings “I Will Always Love...

May 24th

“She’s the female Elvis. You can’t have that much...”
— Andy Pemberton,...

May 24th

My parents just told me....

lovepuppy: They are going vegan one day a week for a month then gradually adding on days each...

May 24th

RIP Will Smith, the Rapper

It makes me sad that when I search “Will Smith” in iTunes, the first results are...

May 23rd

Watch

Nickel Creek - Toxic in LA (via )  One of my favorite covers. This song was made for a folk band...

May 23rd

City living

Our moving date isn’t finalized yet, but based on estimations, we’ve got about three...

May 23rd

Covered.

May 23rd

Clinton owes $55,000 to IU

Obama has paid for his two events, but Clinton campaign is $20 million in debt By James Boyd...

May 23rd

“I didn’t go to boarding school for 12 years to have a...”
— VH1’s My Big Fat...

May 23rd

I’m not quite ready to break up with Bloomington, but right now I think we’re separated....

May 23rd

Home Sweet Home

I’ve started thinking about actually moving to Boston and saying goodbye to Bloomington....

May 22nd

“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has...”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt

May 22nd

“We had good times, and we had bad times. But we had times,...”
— Singles … a totally...

May 22nd

“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of...”
— Dawna Markova

May 22nd

Ellen V. McCain: The Video / Queerty Check out Ellen...

May 22nd

“Save your money. Seriously save your money. For the first...”
— Donna Summer’s advice to...

May 22nd

A Nice Cop Story...

As I was getting in my car to head to McDonald’s (I caved…), a cop came and tapped on my...

May 22nd

I’m craving McDonald’s … what’s wrong with me???

May 22nd

Blue Sky Black Cherry Soda My new favorite … and not...

May 22nd

Neatorama » Blog Archive » Man Nesting in a...

May 21st

Heartbreaking...

I just took a load of stuff to Goodwill, where I saw the most heartbreaking scene ever … A...

May 21st

Whats That Song Blog | Posts from the Whats...

May 20th

The Hometown Team

I grew up in East Tennessee, living there for over a decade. I’ve lived in Indiana for seven...

May 20th

Lightening the load a little

There’s nothing like a move halfway across the country to purge you of all myriad of clothes,...

May 20th

Netflix: Watch Instantly

May 20th

An Awful Night's Sleep...

I couldn’t fall asleep last night, and when I did, I was woken up time and time again. Once...

May 20th

It's good to be employed

I just deleted the Job Searching folder out of my Safari favorites

May 20th

mascarah: Hey Tyler, I’m a little late, but lunch was late...

May 19th

Best Week Ever » Blog Archive » What Sort of...

May 19th

Watch

Before you watch this, please note: there are MAJOR differences between flat and banked track roller...

May 19th

Jamming in the second period

May 18th

The injury report

-1 quarter-size bruise on the top of my left foot -1 baseball-size knot on my ass -Serious...

May 18th

DSC_0062 (via rfstagni) Sadly, we lost by ONE POINT in the...

May 18th

DSC_0057 (via rfstagni) The obligatory crotch shot that...

May 18th

DSC_0048 (via rfstagni) FUCK YEAH! 

May 18th

Watch

The More You Roll (ALL) (via ) Minnesota Rollergirls The first and last ones are hilarious!!

May 17th

Watch

George Harrison & Paul Simon - Here Comes The Sun (via ) Two of my favorite songwriters… 

May 17th

Supersition

I’ll update Tumblr! That’ll keep me busy! Last night we had a team pasta dinner (gotta...

May 17th

Anticipation

I need to be at the Plex at 4pm, but I wanna get there at 3:30. This means I can reasonably start...

May 17th

someecards.com  From my friend Rob. He-larious … BUT...

May 17th

SIBLING-RIVALRY-POSTER (via hipandmarried) IT’S BOUT...

May 17th

via whosthegrownup.com  So excited!!!!

May 16th

Um, guess what?

I’m moving to Boston! Time to email the Dames!

May 16th

Shower Beers

trappedintime: This may sound strange to the ladies - then again, maybe not - but I hope some...

May 16th

“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”
— Buddhist saying My new mantra....

May 15th

56 And Raining...

trappedintime: Bloomington being a month behind in its seasonal weather has me wishing to be just...

May 15th

check (via hipandmarried)  How to tell you’ve pissed...

May 15th

trappedintime: POM Wonderful’s Pom Tea (link) is one of...

May 15th

Weekend: Ridin’ derby

May 15th

David Archuletta

Secretaries gotta have something to listen to…

May 15th

Twin Peaks: Watch Full Episodes - CBS.com

May 14th

Watch

Flight of the Conchords - Ladies of the World (via ) Flight of the Conchords and rollerskates....

May 14th

Home Opener!

Only a few more days stand between me and roller derby glory. We’re going into overdrive...

May 14th

Watch

Bill O’Reilly Goes Nuts! (via )

May 12th

My booty may not be very big, but I can still booty block...

May 12th

Watch

John Mayer: Where The Light Is - Trailer (via )

May 12th

Roller derby!

Word on the street is that BHRG’s home opener is going to be a sell-out. Do you have your...

May 12th

lfarm: I’ve been fooling you into thinking I have straight...

May 12th

Watch

BHRG Season Opener (via ) Season Promo Vid by our favorite derby widow and captain of the Meat...

May 11th

Bush: Jenna’s wedding was ‘spectacular’ -...

May 11th

Laurens Dancing (via hipandmarried) That’s me,...

May 11th

Happy Sundays are made of this

Went to eat at our favorite B’town breakfast spot, where our waiter (who I used to work with...

May 11th

New York Pizza

Despite my current proximity to Chicago, I favor New York style pizza. My fave? Koronet on 110th and...

May 11th

“Emily again topped the list of most popular baby girl names...”
— Top Ten Baby Names in America

May 11th

Dames Defeat CRG

My ladies in Cincinnati lost to the Boston Derby Dames, 87 to 42. Looking forward to seeing some...

May 11th

DSC00023 (via hipandmarried) Me and my derby wife, Felanie...

May 11th

soupsoup: via (antoinetta) Striking resemblence to Pete...

May 10th

PHD Comics: Campus architecture

May 10th

“When Obama wins, ‘Sister Christian’ will be...”
— When Obama wins

May 10th

Bleeding Heartland Kickoff Party (via hipandmarried) In or...

May 10th

New website!

Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls Our new website is up, and it is HOT! My photo is finally up, though...

May 10th

“Another Coldplay track leaked too, and like all the better...”
— Best Week Ever Blog

May 9th

Spring Cleaning

A good time to purge your closet is when you haven’t done laundry for over a month … you...

May 9th

Dreams

Last night I dreamt it was bout night, and I had on the wrong tights. For some misguided reason, I...

May 9th

Watch

BHRG Season Opener (via ) lmorrillragusea at gmail dot come if you want tickets! $10 ahead of time,...

May 9th

Thursday TV is my addiction

-Ugly Betty -Lost -30 Rock -The Office -Grey’s Anatomy

May 8th

The angry customer FedUp with FedEx

May 8th

soupsoup: byrdie: Hey kid, did you find out about...

May 8th

Looking for Bands!

Record labels have been cracking down on roller derby. Since we’re all skater-owned (read:...

May 8th

Derby hurts, and sometimes it's not the...

4 hour practice today, and somewhere in hour 2, while giving a whip (see example video below), I...

May 8th

Name Change

emilyposts: What is the process for changing your name? I know I still have two months, but I...

May 8th

Hope's not lost!

My husband is the news director for our local NPR affiliate. He just got home from work covering the...

May 7th

DSC00011 (via laurbethm01) These are my feet. Disgusting,...

May 7th

soupsoup: (via antoinetta)  Fucking yes

May 7th

Etiquette Question

emilyposts: Is it okay (proper) to send a thank you note for a wedding gift that was received...

May 7th

Wedding Hair Help!

emilyposts: I need suggestions - in picture form - of wedding hair. I have a veil and I want to...

May 7th

eBay Motors: Nissan : Xterra (item 140229650269 end...

May 6th

Super Powers

lovepuppy: Flight or Invisibility? What do you choose? First instinct is invisibility, but I think...

May 6th

Watch

‘Slay bells (via ) And for a visual… watch in turn 1, Beyonslay takes a girl out to the...

May 6th

Big Derby Girls Don’t Cry Let me introduce you to...

May 6th

Listen

African Echo

May 6th

Listen

mascarah: ladysadie: India Arie- Heart of the Matter For Sarah, who posted the original by Don...

May 6th

An open plea

mattirick: Today I ask a favor of you Indiana. I have lived here for every single one of my...

May 6th

Getting closer to EMPLOYMENT!

Employer: We're just calling because we're at the point where we're checking references and we wanted to be sure the ones you listed where still who you wanted us to call.
Me: Yes, those are still correct.
Employer: Great! We'll be doing that. I also wanted to check and see how your search was going.
Me: It's going well, but I will say that you are definitely at the top of my list
Employer: Well, this is awkward, because I don't know what I can say and can't say, but since we're checking your references, we like to you too!

May 6th

New Camera?

Thanks to some graduation money, I’m in the market for a new point-and-shoot digital camera....

May 6th

More Unemployment

It’s day 2 of the Great Unemployment, and the only thing on my schedule for today is lunch...

May 6th

Gossip Girl

I feel like I finally got my OMFG from Gossip Girl. Can’t wait till next week!

May 6th

Lifestyles of the Unemployed and...

So far I’ve spent today watching ER, sitting in the park finishing a book, eating Burger King...

May 5th

Watch

Take Your Fans To Work Day: As Promised (via ) So John Mayer was one of my favorite musicians...

May 5th

FIRST LISTEN: 'Summertime' from New Kids on...

May 5th

Summa

73 degrees??? Sunny?!?!?! Totally hitting up the park with a good book today 

May 5th

via onemansblog.com Iron Man? Incredibly fun movie. ...

May 5th

More derby news!

The Slaughter Scouts defeated the Farm Fatales in a very close scrimmage tonight. I believe the...

May 5th

Do you think that once you love someone,...

(via juliaallison) Yes, particularly when that person becomes someone other than the guy you fell...

May 5th

My day so far

Walked to BBC for a yummy bagel Hit up Bloomingfoods for supplies to make meatball sandwiches Said...

May 4th

via www.oldtimeconfection.com My favorite candy …...

May 3rd

BoredBoredBored

I graduated yesterday, and already my email inbox has ground to a halt…  …I really do...

May 3rd

I understand why, when watching TV shows online, there needs to be one or two commercials …...

May 3rd

It's summer!

After having brunch with my mom and then bidding her farewell, I’ve spent my day watching...

May 3rd

DSC_0159 (via rfstagni) I graduated!

May 3rd

DSC_0231 (via rfstagni) Higher Education and Student...

May 3rd

Airlines are now CHARGING for Checking...

mascarah: I just booked a flight and I got this email in return: The following airlines currently...

May 2nd

Home and done!

I took the T to the airport! I’m very proud of my mastery of public transportation. The flight...

May 2nd