All About the Zeebsss

This is just a shorty short post. I wanted to show off my reffin' Zebra crew!!  Fountain City Roller Derby 2015 is ready for action.

Thanks to Kate Wood Raclin for the pic!

My fellow skater, Uniscorn, and I were reffing a scrimmage last night.  She is also the awesome photographer that took all of team pics.  This is her with me, below, in a pic taken by another fantastic photographer, Heith Carnahan.  

Uniscorn and Trixie

Well, I'm tired.  Two scrimmages in as many nights and tomorrow I go make sure everything is squared away so I can graduate in May (finally).


Today I ate cereal, coffee, carrots, Boca sausage with Daiya cheese on biscuits.

Today I bought nothing.

Ooh, Time to Start the Podcasts!

Podcasts!  I love them.  I don't get to listen as often as I like because I'm the kind of person that needs to pay attention to them.  I remember when I got my first iPhone, wayyyyy back in 2009, it was refurbished 3G and it was awesome!  It took me a bit to get used to it.  I remember going through iTunes and looking at these 'podcasts' I had been hearing about.  One of the first I subscribed to was Nerdist (this would be spring of 2010 for all the time nazis).  Yeah, with Chris Hardwick from MTV's Singled Out.  Then it seemed like it would be my cup of tea, now it's a mega empire of awesome podcasts covering everything you can imagine almost.  My favorite is the Thrilling Adventure Hour.

It only falls to course that I would like to do one myself..so I am.  I hope to start at least two.  The first will be about roller derby.  Of course.  Specifically here in Kansas City, and with my beloved friend and Wolfie, Bitter Sweets! Check out her awesome derby blog HERE. She has some great ideas to start with and I hope to have special guests who don't mind talking about themselves and their derby paths.

Trixie and Bitter Sweets!

The next one I hope to start soon will revolve around Paganism, again starting out specifically around Kansas City area peeps and activities and hopefully evolving into more of Pagan community based endeavor.

There seems to be a lot of things to consider when jumping into something like this.  I've got the first step down: I have a microphone! (oh and ideas of what I want to talk about).

A. wants to produce, which is awesome because he is very interested in that side of it.  Things I never thought about like sound quality, mixing equipment, space, sponsors, etc.  We were actually talking about it this morning and after listening to him talk about various technical items, as well many podcasts I realize, he would have to be a behind the scenes man because he has so much information that is very interesting to him, but that loses me after about 10-15 minutes.  He could probably pull off a podcast about podcasting, but only if he had a co-host to reign him in. It's exciting to have him on board considering all the weirdness with our relationship.

I know I usually end the posts with what I've eaten and bought, but I've actually written this before leaving the house for the day so I haven't done either yet.  Instead I'll leave you with a small list of my favorite podcasts!  Feel free to recommend some to me!

• Irish and Celtic Music Podcast - just what it says!
• Nerdist - pop culture, nerdy, entertainment types
• WTF with Marc Maron - lots of ranting and interviews, been around for.ev.er.
• Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann (professional podcaster) and John Roderick (of Long Winters fame) just riff on shit and it's beautiful
• You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel - very down to earth derby blog, I love reading it and you will to

Today Was A Great Day

When I started roller derby in 2013, I did not pass my basic skills. I was then, and am still, out of shape to the point that I cannot pass certain skills.  I also am still attending school in addition to working, so I don't have as much time to dedicate to practicing and building my skills.  I am, however, building friendships.  I must apologize now if there are grammatical or spelling errors, I am full of Mothers Lil' Helper, as well as Captain Morgans Spiced Rum and Pepsi. 

There are a group of us who did not pass the skills last year.  We started a group called the Wolf Pack, which is not an official DGD/FCRD group.  We encouraged each other and work towards the goal of passing our skills.

This year we invited any 2014 Fresh Meat who did not pass to join us. 

As you know, I moved recently into my own place.  Tonight, I invited my Wolf Pack over for a night of camaraderie  and Cards Against Humanity.  This forced me to get my ass in gear and put my place together a little better.  So I did. I unpacked a little more and did some decorating.

My altar.

Reading area.

Work space.

We had a great time.  Everyone brought yummies and something to drink.  We had some big fun with the CAH and I'm ready to buy expansion packs and have everyone back.

Wolfies.

I miss them already, now that they are all heading home.  I got to know a few of them better.  I'm glad they are friends and hope they are too.  All I can say about it is "Spaghettisburg Address!"

Today I ate: sofritas burrito, smoothie, part of a veggie cutlet, some veggie pinwheels, Mothers Lil' Helper, Rum & Pepsi.

Today I bought: vitamins, food, Ref dress, book.