Training
Twenty Lap Time: It's January, so probably crazy, crazy slow.
Favorite Move: Nothing like the blender with a partner.
Skating Since: Started skating early '07. I can't count the children's birthday parties when I was a tadpole anymore.
Practices A Week: Not enough.
Crosstraining: Mental gymnastics. One day I'm going to figure out a way to make string theory work for a derby strategy. I WILL KNOCK YOUR JAMMER DOWN VIA QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT!
Derby Diary
Joined CRG: 7/28/07
Debut: T'ai Chi-Tahs vs. Big Easy Rollergirls, Feb. '08
Teams Played For: White Lightning, T'ai Chi-Tahs, Das Bootleggers, Team Star Trek didn't happen, but my heart is still with them. One of these ECEs, Team Star Wars is going DOWN.
Favorite Opponent: It's hard to choose, but I love Dominion, BERG, Dutchland, and any other class act.
Favorite Location: Dorton
Favorite Surface: Concrete
Why I Became Involved: Because that dang show on A&E made hittin' people look like fun. They were correct.
Why I Skate: Because otherwise it's really difficult to keep up with everyone else on the track.
Embarrasing Moment: Any time I lose my temper and mouth off.
Favorite Fresh Meat Moment: Finally figuring out what my name was going to be, I think.
Favorite Derby Memory: Any of the thousands of moments when Das Boots have achieved cohesion and teamwork. Thing of beauty every time.
Likes: Nine volts, good tea, good writing, good movies, any truly well executed thing.
Dislikes: Irrationality, nastiness, anything that can be described or directly associated with the word 'frenemy,'
Bad Habit: OCD control freakiness. Getting emotional about my emotional uninvolvement, obliviousness, making people uncomfortable with my creepiness. I do SO have a filter it's just... well, apparently it's calibrated wrong. WAY wrong.
Derby Heroes: Eris Discordia, Lucy Lastkiss, Riva Derci, Q are some of my derby/life heroes. To be honest, I try to avoid the hero thing because it places unreasonable expectations. Keep your head, work for the good of the league, and try like you mean it, and you can be my hero too.
Inspiration For Name: My overwhelming desire to finish off James Bond.
Food Before A Bout: Avocado bagel & a cup of Earl Grey for breakfast, an avocado roll approaching the game, then carb loading with honey. I have recently discovered the joy of cliff shots / gü
Theme Song: I use a lot to psych up, but if I ever get a jammer song, I reckon it'll be "You and Your Commie Friends" by Seecolinslash