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Anti Em

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

former Big Easy Referee, now a bona-fide Big Easy Rollergirl.
one time, at boot camp, i got whipped by Eight Track and promptly skidded out on my ass, sealing my derby addiction for life.

My Interests

flying monkeys, ancient greece, tank girl, comics, language, rain, sewing, knitting, sleeping, skating, stoop-sitting, dancing, greek heroines, old houses, fabric, antiques, collage, roller derby

I'd like to meet:

people i knew in a past life, interesting new orleanians, roller derby people

Music:

does it sound good? can you dance-cry-read-clean-write-drink-fuck-drive-or-skate to it? then i probably like it.

Movies:

harold and maude, tank girl, playing by heart, kill bill, indiana jones, star wars, moulin rouge, blade runner, lost in translation, the princess bride, delicatessen, city of lost children, amelie, run lola run, space balls, follow that bird, saved

Television:

robot chicken, family guy, american dad, CSI, law&order, lost, criminal minds, and all things star trek (except for enterprise because it sucked)

Books:

1984 - George Orwell, The Odyssey - Homer, American Gods - Neil Gaiman, Geek Love, and most things by Terry Pratchett, Poppy Z. Brite, and a slew of others

Heroes:

euripides, penelope, tank girl

My Blog

i suck at the myspace blog

I was at the Mike Jones / Lil Wayne show and it was the awesome. If you search the pics for a stylin' houndstooth hat, you will find me.Otherwise, life is the awesome and I need to start doing some m...
Posted by Anti Em on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:12:00 PST

holy doubleheaders, batman!

today is bout day. i'm not hydrated enough and i'm not carbed enough and holy crap i have to skate in front of people. i've been up since 7 a.m. couldn't sleep well last night. just restless, coul...
Posted by Anti Em on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:21:00 PST

back to mobile

Headed back to Mobile today to watch Mobile and Biloxi's derby leagues duke it out. It is so good to see new leagues getting on their feet on the Gulf Coast! It means more skaters for us to play clo...
Posted by Anti Em on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:49:00 PST

my bootcamp butt has been kicked

a few of the carolina derby girls were kind enough to come run our derby bootcamp this past weekend and i'm happy to say that it totally kicked my butt. i finally felt like i was accomplishing someth...
Posted by Anti Em on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:59:00 PST

aaarrrrrgh!

boot camp is almost here and i keep messing up my knee. is very frustrating so i am taking some time off the scrimmaging so that hopefully it will not smart so much when boot camp gets on a roll. no...
Posted by Anti Em on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:28:00 PST

the big easy goes to mobile

getting all my gear ready to head out to mobile with some of the big easy referees. gonna help the mobile roller derby girls put on their first exhibition bout. just when i thought i'd never wear st...
Posted by Anti Em on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:45:00 PST

an encore performance

i have been paying much more attention to jazz fest and my impending career change than to derby lately. after my skater debut i got caught up in trying to get into school (i'm in!), turning 25 (quar...
Posted by Anti Em on Tue, 08 May 2007 06:29:00 PST

let's do it again!

played in my first bout ever last night and nearly passed out from the anxiety and the stage fright but somehow still managed to skate. it was the between skating times that were terrifying. sitting...
Posted by Anti Em on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:42:00 PST

better than a shotgun wedding!

i would like to announce my derby elopement with my beloved derby wife, lt. dan.  true, she plays for the other team but like a jammer on fire there is no stopping derby love.  i proposed on...
Posted by Anti Em on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:13:00 PST

root for my team or i'll skate on your face!

i am all officially rollergirl-ified!! got the call last night from my team captain (Power Snatch, JR - she's awesome!), which is good because if someone didn't tell me what team i was going to be on...
Posted by Anti Em on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:41:00 PST