The Wife and I found it easier to follow than we expected. I was expecting to be totally lost but I think I caught on pretty quickly. I'm not sure what I liked most, the derby action or the names of the skaters. Olive U. Dye - Scarlet O'Scara - Fun! The only disappointment - no fights. Come on! We wanted some blood!
The Omaha Roller Girls (in red and black) were trounced by the North Stars (in green and black). I can't remember the score but it was something like 100+ to 60+.
I took over 90 pictures but very few came out - Too dark and too fast. I got a lot of great pictures of blur but that was about it.
I scored a cool O.R.G. t-shirt for my collection.
Going into this I fully expected that the Wife would recognize one of her students, something that seems to happen often. I was close. Turns out one of the North Star Supernovas is a friend of the GodSon and Altar Boy. The Wife had met her before when she was something like 14 years old.
We wouldn't have known this at the time but I posted a Facebook status update saying we were going to the roller derby which apparently initiated a flurry of phone calls in the Minneapolis-St Paul metro area. Next thing you know the Matron of Honor is calling us to tell us that a friend was on the North Star Team. Turns out that Stalker Channing, (#V) was an alternate and didn't take the rink but we did manage to say our hellos after the match. Actually, she saw us as we approached and asked "Are you [the GodSon's] cousins?" The miracle of Facebook.
I foresee more derby in the future for us.
Whoa, that *is* weird. I knew she was a roller girl but I didn't realize they traveled around to other areas. I'm going to have to go to a derby up here sometime and check out the action.
ReplyDeleteMH: I thought you were involved int the conversation last night. Humph, I guess I was wrong. You should go sometime. It was fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's called a bout.
ReplyDeleteWIfe: AHHHH
ReplyDeleteSo were the girls hot? (Sorry, I know that's so totally a single-guy question to ask...)
ReplyDeleteGH: If I were not happily married and I were single, there were a few I might hit on. Unfortunately, they would probably hit back harder :-)
ReplyDeleteYou guys are too cool for me. ;)
ReplyDeleteJaG: I don't believe that for a second.
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