I like fancy sandwiches. I don't like olives, cauliflower, raw carrots, or cantaloupe. I do like cabbage, sauerkraut, spinach and brussel sprouts.
I become more determined as life presents difficult circumstances.
Punk It Buttons (I love 'em)
adventure
roller derby
music
Lazy mornings followed by busy afternoons...
...followed by nights full of mayhem.
bejeezus
wheels and bearings
Riedell 265 skates
my ipod
hiking
calling cues
pushing and shoving
derby bruises
food with loads of flavor
doing what I say I'm going to do
People who promise less but deliver more. People who actually get off the internet to do the things they talk about doing. Motivated people.
"A little less conversation and a lot more action".
My favorite clip from Cherry Stomp....I take the jammer (and myself) out at the end:
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Sleater Kinney, The Arcade Fire, Murder City Devils , Led Zeppelin, The Decemberists, Miles Davis, Nelly, Willie Nelson, CABIN , Jenny Lewis, Loretta Lynn, The Who, Joe Manning , The Frumpies, Chicago, Asobi Seksu , Tamara Dearing , William Elliot Whitmore, The Mars Volta, Dolly Parton, The Merediths , Bikini Kill, Michael Jackson, The Ronettes, France Gall, 13th Floor Elevators, Dusty Springfield, Dwight Yoakam, Patty Griffin, Etta James, Shirtless Biddles, Cyndi Lauper, Quasi, The Buzzcocks, The Gossip, George Jones, Irma Thomas and The Zombies
Waiting for Guffman, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Eternal Sunshine, Brokeback Mountain, Walk the Line, Shopgirl, Thumbsucker, Me You and Everyone We Know, Little Miss Sunshine, Savanah Smiles, Coal Miners Daughter
Rollergirls. Lost. The West Wing. Six Feet Under. Best Week Ever.
barbara kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer
also - The lovely Bones, A Walk in the Woods, Middlesex, Where the Crow Flies, A Widow for One Year
mom, of course.
and the Her0's in my life - Dill, Brownie and Petunia.
And these two amazing ladies who teach me about the sport and sisterhood of roller derby every time I'm near them.