Roller Derby and Tom

Honestly the only reason I don’t blog more often is because of the picture optimization! Anyways….so what is going on with me now?

Well, let’s start with roller derby. Unfortunately, I have sustained another injury. A few weeks ago at practise I took a hard block and ran into some wooden benches at the side of the hall. My knee is messed up and I am currently awaiting an MRI. I may have torn the lateral meniscus of my left knee, but I am hoping that I will be able to skate once the surrounding tissue heals. Meanwhile, I have resorted to swimming. The league is going awesome though. London Rollergirls (LRG) has really grown leaps and bounds since I first got here in April. Along with two other girls, I was recently elected as one of the league directors, so I am right in the thick of things. We have garnered a lot of publicity, a ton of new recruits, and the skating is looking really good. We should have the opportunity to play some travel games soon, and may even have some visitors from overseas…ooooo!

BAD LEFT KNEE

On September 8th, just before my euro trip, we staged our first expo bout. That was pretty fricken awesome. It was the first roller derby bout in the UK, and it went great…we even sold out our venue. My team didn’t win, but who cares because it was all about the league. We split into Team Pink and Team Black – in honour of our league colors, and we dragged Bikini Killer back from Detroit to play on Team Black, since she spent all summer with us helping the league grow. A few pics:

TEAM PINK!

MY BOOTY


PIVOT


FAIL


AND FINALLY.....VIDEO!!

What else is new? Well I am once again in a relationship. I kept saying I didn’t plan on coming to the UK to get involved with another Brit…been there done that, etc….but I suppose that was a bit silly really. I am in the UK, so it’s likely that I would end up dating here, right? So I met this guy named Tom, who is the housemate of one of my work friends. He came to my Notting Hill Carnival after party, and Francisco gave him the seal of approval (F was here visiting for carnival). We have pretty much been dating every since, and are now definitely in a “relationship”. He should be coming with me to the US in February, so some of you can meet him then. What is he like? Hmm….well he doesn’t really like roller derby, he works in the “city” doing high net worth tax consulting for a big 6 accounting firm, he is very English, he talks “posh”, he votes Tory, he wears a lot of suits, he has blue eyes and light brown hair, he is 6’4”, and he is a bit younger than me. ;) People say we are very different, but somehow it seems to be working out nicely.

POOR JET LAGGED TOM AT A DERBY EVENT -
ASLEEP ON THE COUCH AS LRG DIRECTOR
SLICE ANDICE AND HER HUBBY REF BALLISTIC
WHISTLE GIVE HIM A GOOD DERBY TREATMENT

So probably in part because I have someone to spend it with, and also because of the ticket prices, I have decided to stay in London for xmas. I will have Christmas dinner with friends and Tom, and just enjoy the wintery goodness of a London xmas. Shame I can’t ice skate because of my knee.

Instead of coming back in December, I am planning a visit in February. I was hoping to get some sun at my dad’s place in Mexico, but it looks like I will be heading to LA and Bend, OR instead. Oh well, I’ll get plenty of heat in August at Rollercon 2008.