Ok here we are again, this intimate relationship we have, you sitting at some form of computer, me sitting on my lounge icing a part of my body that I injured at derby. Today it's hammie. I could've called it hamstring, but the expression 'pulled a hammie' really lends a feel of sporting prowess to the situation so I'm going with that. I pulled my hammie last night at training, in the last jam I skated where I was also the jammer. I looked considerably like a grand fool as I was halfway through the pack and yelled at my blockers to trap someone behind them, so the wall of three opposing blockers in front of me would 'pull a twenty' and have to let me by. Right after I yelled that, I fell over my own feet in the weirdest manner. I didn't notice it immediately, I finished the jam and then was preoccupied with a teammate who I had thrown into a jammer earlier, causing her to injure her knee.
I'd like to elaborate on that. I know there's 'no saying sorry in derby', but sometimes you just have to. We've been taught a move that involves pushing one of your fellow blockers into the opposing jammer if you can't get to them yourself. I did this twice last night. The first time it was funny, I tried to push someone sidweays into a jammer, but she went forwards into an opposition blocker instead and got a major back blocking penalty for it. I found it hilarious and just kept playing. The second time: not so hilarious. I pushed her into a jammer again, but probably too hard and she really flew. She did take out the jammer, but also herself, and she twisted her knee in the process. This all happened in a flurry and I also got a finger in the eye at some point, I lost a few lashes but I'm ok. Anyway, the girl I pushed was (understandably) very angry at me. I apologised maybe twenty times, but I felt just so bad, and still do. Nobody came up to me and said that I did the move wrong, so I have no idea whether I did or not. All I know is that for the first time in my derby career, I am responsible for injuring someone, and it feels wretched. I also have a slightly squinty right eye but I really do think I'll recover.
Ok, so now to less melancholy business. Last week I had a birthday, I turned 33. My sisters and I have a little arrangement going where we have a joint bank account into which we each deposit $10 per week. This facilitates the travel of one or two of us (depends who is having the birthday, two of us live in Adelaide) to the city of the birthday girl so we can all celebrate together. I'm pretty sure it's the best idea I've had.
So, my older sister came over from Canberra on Thursday night. We shopped and had lunch and generally hung out on Friday, and Saturday we drove to Hahndorf. I would like to share an exchange that happened on the drive that I found particularly amusing. Let's call my big sis 'Snowy'.
Snowy: 'So I've been getting right into season 7 of UFC's The Ultimate Fighter.'
me: 'what's that?'
S: 'It's where two fighters or ex-fighters train up a bunch of fighters each and they battle it out'.
Me: 'Oh. Like Pokemon.'
*silence as we stare at each other, me suddenly realising how utterly absurd that comparison had been, she trying to decipher what I just said*
S: 'what's that?'
Me: (realising I actually know very little about pokemon) 'well... kinda similar, a trainer has a little creature he keeps in his pocket and then he meets up with another trainer and they open their pockets and the creatures do battle...'
S: (with narrowed eyes) 'I don't know what you mean...'
me: 'have you ever heard of pikachu?'
S: (brightening) 'I've heard of peek-a-boo!'
At that point I felt it was better to let her steer the convo and just keep my stupid mouth shut.
Something else I'd like to talk about is op shop stuff. In my experience there are two schools of thought with regards to the clothing they sell: those who believe that they wash them all before selling them, those that KNOW they don't (as if they have the time). I usually wash things I buy there if they are going to make contact with my skin, for example a t-shirt or hat, even. There is a running joke in my family about me 'airing' things I buy at op shops, which originated when I bought a jacket once, was cold so I wore it straight away. We always have a laugh at me 'airing' things as a method of washing them. So, Friday, Kat bought something from an op shop, skirt I think. Snowy saw her wearing it Sat morning (Kat's gunna kill me but I just gotta say that she had it on backwards first and I had to turn it around for her hehe) and said 'Skirt looks good, I hope you aired it nicely.' To which Kat replied: 'Oh yeah, of course.'
...'in a plastic bag...'
Hahahaha now I am no longer the worst op shopper ever.
Ok, so now let's get to Saturday night - the party. Myself and two *Awesome* derby mates Lady Cadaver and Van Slam'er (spelling? sorry if I ballsed it up Slams) had it at Slams' house. Caddy n Slams bought all the ingredients for the ultimate punch, which they put in a small wheelie bin with a ladle attached. As a surprise my lil sis Michi brought her trio to play there and they absolutely ROCKED!! As the songs played, we all got progressively drunker and I did some of my specialty dance moves. Then my sister asked me to get up and sing. I was surprised at this, because I don't sing well, not at all. But, being the wildly intoxicated attention loving leo that I am, I went up. Now, I can't remember how many songs we sung and in what order, but I think I remember that Foxy and Wild thing were crowd favourites. I also sung Hey Joe and had to make up 90% of the words. I may have thrown in the line 'punched her in the tit' in lieu of 'shot her down' even. When it came to Wild thing, I did something that I have never done in my life. I started to like, scream. Not like I was having limbs torn off, but how a full on rocker would sing that song. I think it sounded alright and I really enjoyed it! Odd. I got some really cool stuff for my birthday, on of our fan brigade made all three of us personalised t-shirts! The same kid that drew the picture in not my last post but the one before.
Ok, well as usual I am late to meet Kat for date night, so I must make that all, but it's probably long enough anyway!
Kindest regards old chap,
Tx
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