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[aslant]

thunder and lightning like the end of the world. the rain is just bucketing down, sirens everywhere, the lightning must have hit somewhere in town. the cracks of thunder are so sharp and loud i have jumped in my chair several times, they just crack and roll over the building over and over again. easily dozens of times just while writing this paragraph.

so. a raindate for tonight's roller derby bout in providence is pretty much a lock. meaning it will be moved to sunday, meaning i will miss it because of practice. boo.

in other news, last night i met with a former hgse student, and our conversation just proved to me that it will be impossible for me to work 17.5 hours/week next year while in school. i just cannot juggle the time committment on top of schoolwork + long commute + possible roller derby. now i have to figure out when i will quit this job, and sign my name on some truly massive loans.

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[aslant.livejournal.com]

in the 70s there was a roller derby show, the teams were co-ed and a lot of the combat was staged, alligators in a pit in the middle etc. truly absurd stuff. i wouldn't count that as the history to the sport. for what it's worth, the wftda is very serious about establishing it as a national sport, and no self-respecting sport would allow players to drink on the field, right?

[ricecricket.livejournal.com]

i agree. self-respecting sports would require to players to drink off the field. at least that's how it was on my soccer teams. fellow teammates showing up to games drunk, or high, or coked up. made for strange games.

i had no clue the sport was that old (the 30s). i had no clue that skates have been around that long. i thought those were a 70s invention.

[aslant.livejournal.com]

roller disco & roller disco fashion are from the 70s, most definitely.

ye history of roller skating

and ye history of roller derby. god bless wikipedia forever & ever amen.

the british invented rollerskates?

[ricecricket.livejournal.com]

"The first recorded use of roller skates was in a London stage performance in 1743."

!!!

i would lovvvvvvve to see how crude those were.

related: the roller skate craze

Re: the british invented rollerskates?

[aslant.livejournal.com]

i have seen the old b&w ones. so great! i saw a clip from some 1970s co-ed roller derby on youtube once, too...

Re: the british invented rollerskates?

[ricecricket.livejournal.com]

never even occured to me to look at youtube.

*watches a video or two.

...pause...

are you really allowed to smack someone in the jaw with an elbow?

Re: the british invented rollerskates?

[aslant.livejournal.com]

super illegal! no blocking above the shoulders is allowed. though i suppose it cld happen accidentally, the blocker would get a major penalty for it. & some teams play dirtier than others.