Roller Derby Friday!

Roller Derby Friday?  Yeah, sure.  Why not.
My thoughts on a few things "derby"

SO TRUE!  It's on my mind all the time and I have to intentionally try to talk about other things when I'm with friends who don't derby.  I'm afraid they'll kick me out of the group if I talk about it as much as I want to!  :) 
DO YOU DERBY?  DO YOU WANT TO?  WHAT SIZE SHOE DO YOU WEAR?  WANT TO TRY MY NEW SKATES?  I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO THE POST OFFICE, I HAVE A NEW ORDER FROM WICKED ON THE WAY!  EW, SMELL THIS!  DID YOU DO YOUR SQUATS TODAY?  DO THESE SHORTS SHOW MY SWEAT MARKS?  WANT TO SEE MY NEW BRUISE?  ...yeah, that's running through my head all the time.

Seriously.  I don't know how many times I've stared at the screen, needing to send a message to someone and I can't come up with their real name to save my neck!  On multiple occasions I've had to resort to going to the facebook skater page, scroll through until I find a random post by the person I'm needing to message just so I can find out their "real" name.  Skaters, if you're reading this and you haven't already....go to your facebook settings and add your derby name as one of your alternate names...PLEASE!!! 

Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say that it "saved my soul," but it's definitely empowering.  I know it sounds cliche and you're like, "yeah, well, I run and jump and play basketball and tennis and go to spin class and finish off the day with a little kick boxing!"  But it's really not the same.  I've played other sports before, but derby is definitely different.  I feel like my whole outlook has changed since derby...in a good way. 
So, thanks Pandora for  telling me about derby a little over two years ago.  Thanks Bull Lee for working so hard to start a derby league in South Korea and thanks OH! for being so awesome!