Derby Girl Blog

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Apr 1st

Makin' it up

I’ve been wearing the same makeup situation since high school … clinique pressed powder...

Mar 31st

Man Who Built Motorized Barstool Arrested For DUI On...

Mar 31st

Cadbury Creme Brul’egg » Pie of the Tiger |

Mar 31st

Highs and Lows

-I have to catch the 7:15 shuttle to the airport … blech. Gonna stay in tonight, watch Mad Men...

Mar 31st

The Unlikely Disciple

is such a totally interesting book. Perhaps I’m more interested because of the work Kevin...

Mar 31st

Would you take your husband's last name?

lovepuppy: noraleah: (Here’s my take.) If he has a rad last name, yes. Otherwise, I wasn’t...

Mar 31st

apollosraven: entropymorphoses: Linda Eisenmann,...

Mar 31st

Adding Georgetown to Beacon Hill, San Francisco, Greenwich Village, and Chicago as places I’ll...

Mar 30th

Mar 29th

Adam at the smithsonian

Mar 29th

Our table!

Mar 28th

Placement… Each table represents an institution/open...

Mar 28th

NEWS FLASH:

duplo: Tyra just said that fierce is out. Apparently, “disgusting” is the new fierce. As in,...

Mar 27th

Tom Cruise & JetBlue wish you a happy flight

Mar 27th

Dear Young “Cool” Moms: if you have to crawl around chasing after your toddler,...

Mar 27th

Airport checklist: coke, pretzels, a book (see below), a movie on my iPod (Vicky Christina...

Mar 27th

My airplane book, about a Brown journalism student’s...

Mar 27th

brightq: Tattoo. These two sets of coordinates represent...

Mar 27th

I have a new show

I am totally sucked in to Rescue Me. Seasons 1-3 are on Hulu

Mar 27th

I suck at waiting for news…

Mar 26th

“The only way I would ever buy Danny Gokey’s debut album is...”
— Michelle Collins on American...

Mar 26th

I swear to God, Emerson College’s website must be run by a bunch of hamsters on wheels…...

Mar 26th

Creature Comforts My FAVORITE quote

Mar 26th

Headed to DC on Friday

and I HATE to fly… my iPod touch has helped me combat this. I’ll usually download a...

Mar 26th

madyago: Salt & vinegar shoestring fries at Oceaniare...

Mar 25th

whatiwore: What I WISH I Wore: Steven Warrier sandals. ...

Mar 25th

Let me get this straight. We can bail out...

Mar 25th

I just got a sandwich at Subway for the first time in almost a year… I am reminded of why I...

Mar 25th

Dear Boston,

Not sure if you noticed, but in less than a week, it will be April …. APRIL!!!! I’m only...

Mar 25th

soupsoup: (via michaelorell)

Mar 25th

How Twitter Makes You A Better Writer —...

Mar 25th

Been thinking about tattoos...

I always joke that I want to HAVE a tattoo, but I don’t want to GET a tattoo… I’d...

Mar 25th

Real Estate Masochism

I love perusing the Beacon Hill & Back Bay listings on Craigslist…

Mar 24th

Having a pre-school moment

Really enjoying my snack of graham crackers dipped in applesauce.

Mar 24th

Massive sale at the Coach Outlet. Got both leather bags for...

Mar 23rd

Colleges See Sharp Rise in Applications for...

Mar 23rd

Jason Segel on Fresh Air!

Mar 23rd

Connie Rotten and Floral Derangement Of The Wicked Pissahs...

Mar 23rd

via farm4.static.flickr.com Freakin’ love this...

Mar 23rd

In other Boston Derby Dames news...

I’m the newly elected Boston B Party (the travel B Team) Co-Captain! I’ll be steering...

Mar 23rd

Not sure if you can quite see this, but that’s me...

Mar 23rd

5 Not-so-Fabulous Things About Me

dearworld: 2.  I can be really under-cover bitchy.  My older sisters used to say I would make her...

Mar 21st

My favorite Friday night

brie and baguette pinot noir mini peanut butter cups boondock saints

Mar 20th

Watch

Roller Derby - Boston Massacre v. Maine Port Authorities 2/28/09 - First Period on Vimeo (via...

Mar 20th

It never ceases to amaze me what an...

30 minutes of solid contact with an icepack, and my rib/shoulder/collarbone feels like new.

Mar 20th

(via Xena Paradox aka Margaret Hart) The Fred Phelps people...

Mar 20th

WFTDA Preview: (9) Charm City @ (8) Boston |...

Mar 20th

The Boston v. Baltimore bout is going to be INCREDIBLE....

Mar 20th

#948,756 in the list of things I don't...

I just DO NOT GET spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on fertility treatments…...

Mar 19th

I filled out a bracket on Facebook, and now I can’t find how to get to it. Curse you Facebook!...

Mar 19th

Dear College Students

If you find yourself facing a conduct meeting, it’s best to show up EARLY, or at least be ON...

Mar 19th

A slow, rainy day

I’d love to curl up in my bed and watch old episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Instead...

Mar 19th

“Last night, Adam Lambert took the Johnny Cash song “Ring Of...”
— Michelle Collins: Adam Lambert...

Mar 18th

“The relationship between Stewart and the media is a marriage...”
— How Jon Stewart Went Bad - The...

Mar 18th

We've been hypnotized by media and the...

melissanat: -Deepak Chopra on GMA today

Mar 18th

Things That Make Me Happy Today

The sun is shining, and the temperature actually matches it! Warmth! I spent my morning running...

Mar 18th

dailybaxter: The other day one someone suggested that I...

Mar 18th

sufjanssteven: Robert Pattinson and Dior Homme. Get in my...

Mar 18th

melissanat: In case my lugeing (luging?) career doesn’t pan...

Mar 18th

Everytime the blind guy is on American...

Mar 18th

Marriage Is So Gay T-Shirt [1970] is being...

Mar 17th

For the first year, I’m actually appreciating daylight savings time. Why? Because it’s...

Mar 17th

Maybe one reason my dentist is so expensive is because he hands out envelopes of...

Mar 17th

folkinz: corned beef & cabbage pizza corned beef...

Mar 17th

Dentist?

I may need to find a new dentist in Boston … mine is great, but he’s located on Beacon...

Mar 17th

Picked this up today. Am really excited to get into it

Mar 17th

If anyone's looking for a Gilt Groupe...

revelinambiguity at gmail dot com

Mar 17th

Modish Love these clipboards on the wall… may do this...

Mar 17th

Our tax refund will knock out about half the credit card debt, which is super awesome. Now if only...

Mar 17th

“To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been...”
— Elizabeth Gilbert Eat, Pray,...

Mar 17th

“We’ve been warned against offering the people of this...”
— Barack Obama

Mar 17th

Tonight’s plan includes risotto for dinner (made by the hubbs), new Gossip Girl, and a massive...

Mar 16th

I think college students should have to apply for a permit before they’re allowed to have an...

Mar 16th

I think it's time for me NOT to live in...

Some singer/songwriter chickadee is warbling/screeching to a very hard-strummed acoustic somewhere...

Mar 16th

Harems  - Clothes  - Anthropologie.com Please god,...

Mar 16th

Spring Cleaning My Mac

There’s something insanely satisfying about opening up the finder window for your documents...

Mar 16th

“People tend to have a visceral reaction to the sight of...”
— Vice Magazine - SCHOOL’S...

Mar 16th

Mental Training

I’m quickly learning that it is as important to work on my mental game as it is to work on my...

Mar 16th

Yes, that’s an ace wrap holding a bag of frozen peas...

Mar 16th

dearworld: yellowdoor: kaytee:yeahmon:ferosh:sade I’ve...

Mar 15th

I’m supposed to skate in a scrimmage tonight. I have yet to get off the couch.

Mar 15th

Nope, those aren’t shadows… They’re...

Mar 15th

Yowza

I got the shit kicked out of my by the Connecticut Rollergirls tonight. SHIT. KICKED. OUT. If I...

Mar 15th

A Dirty Derby Saturday

After a two hour team practice, myself and Ivanna Shankabitch will be jumping in the car and heading...

Mar 14th

What does it mean when the Craigslist ad for an apartment opens with “in a safe area, one...

Mar 14th

Now I just have to wait another two weeks before I find out what’s what….

Mar 14th

Getting ready to leave for the workshop

My stomach is churning…

Mar 13th

Happy Friday the 13th!

Today I’m giving my workshop on social class, developed in just under 48 hours. My goals for...

Mar 13th

soupsoup: fighterofthenightman: A tumblr search about Jon...

Mar 13th

Why Being Married Is Awesome

Thanks to my super amazing husband, I managed to work in a freakin’ awesome A-HA moment into...

Mar 13th

Activity to explore social class

So all the items will be in small groupings of like items. I have twelve groupings. Each student...

Mar 12th

Mellowtron is so cagey…

Mar 12th

Ok, so I think I figured it out

I’m going to do a workshop on social class, asking students to code a list of items based on...

Mar 12th

Don’t you love when you open photobooth and see a...

Mar 12th

Mellowtron! He’s mine! I won him from the lovely folks...

Mar 12th

Dear Baked Cheetos,

thewordunheard: Please become either less delicious or way easier to find. Currently craving hard...

Mar 12th

I’m in the lobby of my building waiting for a friend, and am surrounded by the Memphis...

Mar 12th

Perez Hilton: Oh. My. God. I’m sure he’s a...

Mar 12th

Isn't it weird eating fast food sober?...

lovepuppy: smartblonde:(via drivemysoul) morning LOLs.

Mar 12th

I need an activity that leads to...

I need to create a 30 minute workshop for 6-10 college students on one the following topics: Race,...

Mar 12th

melissanat: my new favorite derby rule - injured skaters are...

Mar 12th

madyago: north shore mall.  you coming with folkinz and i...

Mar 12th

madyago: Hello Lover! Chick-fil-a for dinner, y’all. ...

Mar 12th

Waiting for news is hard

Crossing my fingers, sending good karma, staying positive, wishing, hoping praying, trying to push...

Mar 11th

Nerves and Stress and Excitement!

Still waiting to find out what my future holds, (thus, am being incredibly cryptic) but all options...

Mar 11th

Listen

onemoretimewithfeeling: Ben Harper - Walk Away

Mar 11th

Watch

Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - Winter Song (via sarabareilles) Someone posted this the...

Mar 11th

My Coldstone/Marble Slab Order

Chocolate ice cream with white chocolate chips, pecans, and coconut Yummmmm

Mar 11th

Etsy :: sewnbyblythe :: Red Mix Tape Pin CUTE

Mar 11th

madyago: Oh, hey, your Scholastic book orders are in! ...

Mar 11th

Watch

Dreaming with a Broken Heart (via castaway802)

Mar 11th

Watch

Katee & Will - Pas de Deux - Top 10 [HQ] (via xRazzle)

Mar 11th

Watch

SYTYCD - Katie & Joshua - Season 4 - Hip Hop dance to No Air (via AliMazrouie)

Mar 10th

Watch

SYTYCD - Bleeding Love (via jonasbabe916) I mean, who doesn’t get excited about this???

Mar 10th

American Idol’s return means we’re not far from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!

Mar 10th

No clean plates and no clean forks means it’s become critical that I do dishes … and yet...

Mar 10th

White House Internships

Mar 10th

How I'm spending spring break

sewing (pictures of my uber-cute purse to come soon!) eating fast food (so gonna undulge in...

Mar 10th

Dear Misfittoys,

Your storybook fashion posts? I die….

Mar 10th

misfittoys: Storybook Fashion- The Lion, the Witch, and...

Mar 10th

A Tribute to Fallen Sodas | Gunaxin In the same vein as the...

Mar 10th

roller derby girls are hot.

misfittoys: (via bringtheruckuss) Mostly true. I’m still wishy washy about my pics. damn right

Mar 10th

madyago: So, did you guys not growing up in Missouri have...

Mar 10th

I kinda fell in love with Steve-O a bit just then…

Mar 10th

krazykarot: justo: (via louvature) Cute hamburger...

Mar 10th

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I GOT IT!!!!

Mar 9th

Waiting

-Day after tomorrow -7 days -6 weeks Who knows what’ll happen…

Mar 9th

duplo: jgh: “Wow, you guys are smart.” “I know, this is...

Mar 9th

I’m proposing a Tumblr meetup at the next Boston Derby...

Mar 9th

I'm actually looking forward to the week...

That’s a good feeling for a Sunday night

Mar 9th

Source: Bachelor’s Melissa Rycroft to Join...

Mar 8th

Things That Are Awesome Today

Homemade poptarts at Tremont 657 for brunch… cranberry rasberry filling, ginger lemon...

Mar 8th

dashboardcoincidences: Rubbing it in? (submitted by...

Mar 8th

dearworld: theloveyturtle: I don’t care if this is the...

Mar 7th

Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel Call It...

Mar 7th

Enjoying my first day of spring break

Reading Mind Gym in preparation for tomorrow’s scrimmage Finishing up the bag I was making...

Mar 7th

TED Talks Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill...

Mar 7th

Spring Break! Wooooooooo!

Now I just need to get these kids out of the building!

Mar 7th

hannah lamb These rings are modeled after coastlines on a...

Mar 7th

I thought I was out

and then the universe chucked me right back in! What did I tell you kids? ALWAYS FOLLOW UP!

Mar 7th

Made By Rae: (Free!) Buttercup Bag Sewing Pattern I’m...

Mar 6th

If the universe strives for some cosmic...

then I’ve got some crazy amazing shit coming my way!

Mar 6th

If you're going to drive around in an...

it helps if you don’t drive like a total asshole. Don’t swerve across several lane of...

Mar 6th

Boston BBQ Rec

I need a recommendation. I love Blue Ribbon BBQ in Arlington, but I don’t feel like driving to...

Mar 6th

A job search story

along the lines of my previous post: A Story. I interviewed for a job last year at a  conference....

Mar 6th

Conundrum

I’m pretty sure I got rejected from that job I mentioned yesterday, because the word was...

Mar 6th

From the Feb 28 bout: Me, Connie Rotten, and our mascot...

Mar 6th

Great Depression Cooking

Mar 6th

James Earl Jones vs. Morgan Freeman

mascarah: Who would you want to narrate your story? Morgan Freeman FTW

Mar 6th

Is anyone else thrown off by the fact that the Valentines Day episode of The Office is airing in...

Mar 6th

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some...”
— Dr. Seuss

Mar 6th

“When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is...”
— John F. Kennedy, address, 12...

Mar 6th

“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted...”
— Garrison Keillor

Mar 6th

So here's what's up

I attended a group interview yesterday for a really cool job. I’m not searching, but when I...

Mar 5th

I waited all day, and it never came

Oh well. I’ll drown my sorrows in the six boxes of Girl Scout cookies sitting in my kitchen.

Mar 5th

I’m holding my hopes up with the last bits of my strength… but my knees are starting to...

Mar 5th

Fussbudget

a descriptor I really enjoy

Mar 5th

What should we call our championship...

The Boston Derby Dames [Something Cool/Witty/Tough/Awesome] Cup Comment or reblog to help us out!

Mar 5th

patrickmoberg: The submissions for our Robot Raffle turned...

Mar 5th

New Knee Pads

I’d been skating on the same S-One knees I purchased when I first started skating. It was...

Mar 5th

Stuffed Robot I won the Ill Constructed Mellowtron #12!!! ...

Mar 5th

Pac Man Cake (image)

Mar 5th

Space Invaders Cupcakes(image)

Mar 5th

via www.dominomag.com Let’s talk about how badly I...

Mar 5th

Get here already!

I don’t know how many more times my heart can take the little back-flip it does each time I...

Mar 5th

I’ll be playing in this expo/charity bout in...

Mar 5th

TMI Girly Talk

Thanks to everyone who piped up about the Nuva Ring. I’m really happy with it.

Mar 5th

The anticipation is killing me!!!!!

I’m spending my whole day waiting for an email with my fate … it’s crazy...

Mar 5th

14 days!

Mar 5th

Taking and Ouchie Day

I totally tweaked a muscle in my back giving whips last night at practice, so I’m taking it as...

Mar 5th

lenachen: Dessert for lunch. (Coconut tart at Beacon Hill...

Mar 4th

“I will not harbor unhealthy thoughts anymore.”
— Eat, Pray, Love

Mar 4th

“Remember: Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.”
— Roy Goodman

Mar 4th

Getting dressed is hard

I have a big meeting today, and wanted to look my best. These are things I said to my husband this...

Mar 4th

Things that make me happy these days

dinner with Adam playing roller derby red wine (preferably Pinot Noir) reading a good book ...

Mar 4th

Cheers to a day of ridiculousness. Can’t wait till...

Mar 3rd

It's one of those days where I hate...

Mar 3rd

holy shit this is awkward...

particularly the part where she talks in the third person. but good for her for calling him a...

Mar 3rd

Love is home made rice krispie treats!

Mar 2nd

Watch

Bizkit the Sleep Walking Dog (via MarinaHD2001)

Mar 2nd

When the college closes, it means I don’t get mail… blech, I was waiting for my new...

Mar 2nd

How I'm spending my snow day

Pharmacy run Laundry Making special k chewies finishing up Norma Rae, then watching something...

Mar 2nd

I might have really enjoyed Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist … were it not for the...

Mar 2nd

Old School is on TBS

guess I’m not getting out of bed yet

Mar 1st

Sometimes you just need to spend the...

Spent the whole day in bed, only leaving once for snacks Watched The House Bunny: Emma Stone is...

Mar 1st

“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing...”
— Brian O’Driscoll, captain of...

Mar 1st

Feeling a little rough around the edges today … it’s also pouring snow on the first day...

Mar 1st