Speaking of rockabilly (see previous post), the highlight of my day today may very well have been seeing a rockabilly family at church. Cuffed jeans and white tees on the guys (including an adorable little boy with a mohawk), black rectangular glasses and wallet chain, and the gal was rocking a great black dress-and-boots combo. I love the diversity at Substance.
Speaking of Substance and to some extent diversity, I now have two sets of acquaintances with the same ridiculously unique names. At least the [K/C]onrads have different first initials so it's easier to reference which one I mean. It still amuses me that they were both the first other [K/C]onrads either had met. But I'm going to be getting involved with the production team at Substance working on sound (I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a sound board after 7-8 years!), and the guy in charge of that is named Caleb. This makes him the second Caleb I have ever met and will possibly be talking to on a regular basis, and this time I don't have initial differences to work with. I'm not good with names, and I have a hard enough time keeping track of multiple different Bens, Lizs, Jons, and Andrews. But if I meet another Damaris or Valerie anytime soon, I might do like I do at camp at start calling everyone "hey you" or "gals/guys". Not that the Madelines we had one week weren't adorable with their very specific opinions of how to pronounce the name.
Speaking of sound, Pastor Peter was wired for it this morning. His "charismatic shuffle" was just about the funniest thing I've seen all week. I wonder if he's that hyper all week long, or if he saves it up for Sunday mornings?
And speaking of being hyper, there were some guys somewhere on our block last night who were up shouting and singing and just generally being hooligans until the wee hours of the morning last night. So I might catch a bit of a nap and then hit up the massive pile of homework due Monday... espresso and then homework.
Oh... and speaking of roller derby, I got out the skates I bought on a whim at Everyday People and spent all of yesterday evening skating around my house, and in particular my kitchen. It probably wasn't a great idea to skate around with the oven on and open and with a knife in my hands, but cooking on roller skates is the most fun I've had in quite a while.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Nordic Derby
So, this is a little random. But this ridiculously unseasonal September heat-wave is getting me hyped for winter, and it has been a life-long goal of mine to invent a new winter sport.
I think I may have a winner, inspired by these great roller-derby socks:
If you are not familiar with roller-derby, it is a sport where overly-aggressive rockabilly chicks slam each other around while skating around a track.
Since I was raised by a former competitive roller-skater (I still own my mom's old skates with Canadian Red wheels), and any break in the White Bear Lake school system warranted a trip to Saints North, this naturally appeals to me. Especially since rockabilly style is a huge element of the swing revival.
Anyhow, I started thinking about my own favorite winter sports, nordic skiing and hockey. Nordic skiing includes a style called freestyle or "skate-skiing" which could possibly lend itself well to the roller derby format, while hockey is dripping with the violent, show-stopping athleticism that I think a good sport needs.
Ice skating derby would be the most obvious result, but I don't think crashing into folks with blades on their feet sounds like a ton of fun, so...
I submit for your consideration: Nordic Derby. A large track or loop would serve as the traditional flat track, and the rules would be pretty similar, with obvious modifications for the limited mobility offered by skis (possibly using short trick skis, or even roller skis?). In a full-contact sport, we'd have to find a way to get the ski poles involved without putting any eyes out. And how sweet would those derby socks look peeking out of ski bindings over black spandex racing skins? Oh yeah!
I think I've got something. Now I need a whole bunch of daring snowbunnies who V2 like it's second nature, a large open practice field, and a whole bunch of glide wax.
I think I may have a winner, inspired by these great roller-derby socks:
If you are not familiar with roller-derby, it is a sport where overly-aggressive rockabilly chicks slam each other around while skating around a track.
Since I was raised by a former competitive roller-skater (I still own my mom's old skates with Canadian Red wheels), and any break in the White Bear Lake school system warranted a trip to Saints North, this naturally appeals to me. Especially since rockabilly style is a huge element of the swing revival.
Anyhow, I started thinking about my own favorite winter sports, nordic skiing and hockey. Nordic skiing includes a style called freestyle or "skate-skiing" which could possibly lend itself well to the roller derby format, while hockey is dripping with the violent, show-stopping athleticism that I think a good sport needs.
Ice skating derby would be the most obvious result, but I don't think crashing into folks with blades on their feet sounds like a ton of fun, so...
I submit for your consideration: Nordic Derby. A large track or loop would serve as the traditional flat track, and the rules would be pretty similar, with obvious modifications for the limited mobility offered by skis (possibly using short trick skis, or even roller skis?). In a full-contact sport, we'd have to find a way to get the ski poles involved without putting any eyes out. And how sweet would those derby socks look peeking out of ski bindings over black spandex racing skins? Oh yeah!
I think I've got something. Now I need a whole bunch of daring snowbunnies who V2 like it's second nature, a large open practice field, and a whole bunch of glide wax.
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