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I may just be a superhero
For a moment on the weekend I thought I was like Bruce Willis in Unbreakable. I was reaching in the oven to pull out a tray of sundried tomato and polenta infused bread rolls when my hand touched the oven tray above. I yanked it away and watched the angry red line appear. But felt […]
Photo Friday: Four Eyes
April 27, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
I occasionally cop shit for skating with my glasses on. But I’m not alone. Here’s LawRAWR from the Silicon Valley Roller Girls (photo by Donalee Eiri). Anyone know who the sexy spectacled lass is in this image by Nick Sullivan? I’m not sure who this is in Roaringstorm Photography’s shot of a game between Sydney […]
The derby future looks bright
April 19, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
Last night after training Weeping Angel said that I had my serious face on all night. That may be but I had serious fun! We had mixed scrimmage with some of the Adelaide Roller Derby girls. Before I got to training I was tired nervous. Does anyone else in the world get tired nervous? It’s […]
The Great Southern Slam
April 18, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
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Over the June long weekend, my league will be competing in the Great Southern Slam at the Adelaide Showgrounds. On the Sunday we’ll be taking on the Van Dieman Rollers at 2pm. The next day, also at 2pm, we’ll line up against Canberra’s Varsity Derby League. There’ll be five tracks set up with a range […]
Photo Friday: Wait a second!
April 13, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
If Bear Grylled had a blog he’d be furiously typing up a rebuttal to my post on psyching out. On his behalf I’m posting three incriminating photos he sent me. Yes, that’s me in two of them! Photos two and three are by Marc Bester. I’m not sure about the first one. If you know, […]
Psych Outs in Roller Derby
April 13, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
Last month my league bouted against Convict City Rollers. They requested we not have black as the main colour on our helmet panties as their main colour was black. Later on looking at the photos a team mate commented that our jammers really stood out with our bright coloured jammer panties. I noticed on photos […]
A Medical Miracle
April 4, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
The doctors got sick of me wah wahing about my knee and sent me off to see a physio. When I got there he had me sit up on the reclining chair while he yanked my knee this way and that way. None of it caused any great pain. He got his measuring contraption out […]
April 30, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
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