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Friction VixXxen

new music. yeah.

About Me

I play roller derby. I read a lot. I commute 150 miles a day for work right now. I talk more than I read. My voice carries very well and the concept of a whisper is totally foreign to me. I'm a control freak. I have a tendency to yell at my fellow derby teammates (working on that though). It's hard for me to be a positive person sometimes. I love sushi - it's my comfort food. I love Chief, the puppy Chip and I got a few months ago - he's super cute!
Roller Derby rocks my world (for better or for worse) on a daily basis. I love to skate and cause as much friction as possible...it's what I do best :)
I'm currently skating for the Texas Rollergirls on the home team of the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers. They've been season champions before and I want to help get our team there again!!
I USED to skate as a Pivot, Jammer and Blocker for one of the Denver Roller Dolls' home team, the Green Barrettes and their travel team, the Mile High Club. I was a captain for both teams and President of the league all at once (for a brief period of time). I found out a lot about myself in Denver, CO and the Dolls were a huge part of my life there. I miss them very much. Seriously, miss is such an understatement.
"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." - Mohandas K. Gandhi
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My Interests

"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity." - Keshavan Nair

"The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves." - Eric Hoffer

Yes, I realize I don't skate with them anymore, but I love them the same and can't wait to get back there for their next season.

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I'd like to meet:

Fun people. Skiers, boarders, derby peeps, skaters, shooters.
People who accept me for who I am. Conversationalists. Readers. Thinkers. Sushi lovers. "The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Music:

Blue October, KT Tunstall, Norah Jones, Ani DiFranco, Railbenders, Josh Groban, Matchbox 20, Indigo Girls, Toby Keith, Allison Krauss, Amy Winehouse, Imogen Heap, Jack Johnson, Maroon 5, Finger Eleven, Sia

Movies:


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Television:

I try not to watch too much (but the whole time I was unemployed I failed miserably at that attempt).

Books:

Now in bookstore near you. Go get it and read it. Love it. ..left

Heroes:


My Blog

Im baaaaaack!

Roller derby fanswhat's the only thing hotter than Texas in July? Why, it's blazing flat track derby action, of course!  This bout is gonna be a scorcher as the flamealicious Hell Marys host t...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:37:00 PST

May 4th - Honky Tonk Heartbreakers vs. Hell Marys

Time for another round of all-women, hard-hitting action on Sunday, May 4th!!! Cinco de Mayo may be just around the corner but Texas Rollergirls won't be celebrating until they settle some business on...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:22:00 PST

thing I am currently obsessing over:

Chip and I recently started tearing apart our beds and rebuilding them or getting them ready to start anew (as all of the previous plants had died or were almost there). So I've been looking into gard...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:18:00 PST

Texas Rollergirls - Season 6, Bout 2

2008 Texas Rollergirls slam into 2nd bout of the season, Sunday, April 6th!   Rollergirl fans, it’s official: The new season is definitely underway, and if Rollerderby were part of the Chi...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:15:00 PST

Honky Tonk Heartbreakers & TXRG 2008 Season Schedule

March 2 (Sun) - Bout 1: Honky Tonk Heartbreakers (100) vs. Hustlers (32),  Hotrod Honeys (66) vs. Hell Marys (64)April 6 (Sun) - Bout 2: Honky Tonk Heartbreakers vs. Visitors, Hustlers vs. Hotrod...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:41:00 PST

Texas Rollergirls 2008 Season Opener!!

2008 Season Opener - March Madness After a long, dark winter, a new season has finally arrived to the heart of Texas?a season that heralds the sounds of young skaters pounding the crap out of each o...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:06:00 PST

KCRW All-Stars vs. DRD Mile High Club 2.16.08 Recap

I was hoping there was someone else at the Kansas City Roller Warriors All-Stars vs. Mile High Club (Denver Roller Doll's Travel Team) bout that would write a blow by blow recap but alas, that does no...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:30:00 PST

Today’s quote

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.  ~Robert Benchley...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:42:00 PST

Quote for today

When people say to me:  "How do you do so many things?"  I often answer them, without meaning to be cruel:  "How do you do so little?"  It seems to me that people have vast potent...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:13:00 PST

Gimme gimme gimme

I want one. Holy chap, if you only KNEW how much I spend annually on books. And how heavy they are...my question is, why didn't anyone tell me about this BEFORE Christmas??http://www.amazon.com/gp/pro...
Posted by Friction VixXxen on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:41:00 PST