The first time I stepped into the rink to attend roller derby practice, it took me ages. I vividly remember sitting in my car thinking of all the reasons why this…
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“Your mind needs to be like water,” he said. Okay. Fine. But I’m a very literal person and that literally means nothing to me. So he continued: “Imagine a clear pond…
Not long before I sat down to write this blog, I texted a friend of mine a picture of a pair of boots that he really wants to buy. And…
As a great philosopher once said… SKATERS SKATE. Okay. So. That’s not strictly accurate. One of my favorite Stoic philosophers, Epictetus, ACTUALLY said, “Writers write.” His meaning was not that if you wrote you…
“If you never do anything but the basics, you’ll never BE anything but basic.” This very cogent argument came to my attention after I shared the following image across social…
From the second I stepped into my teacher education classes in college, I heard the same refrain over and over and over again: “You can’t hit a target that you…
I have an old pair of Converse and I love the fuck out of them. They’re worn and comfortable. They’ve formed perfectly to my foot. They are kind of just…
Sometime late last year, I got a wild hair up my ass to read more often. Which is actually ridiculous because I read an insane amount. But I usually read…
I try not to be much for superstitions, but I can’t help but think that maybe the Wild West Showdown has it out for me. Last year, I ended up…
Like most WFTDA leagues, my team has a busy schedule for the month of May. The majority of our sanctioned bouts take place during this month — ALL of our…