Oh Yes, It's Ladies Night!

Rose City Rollers - Let's Get Ready to Rumble!

Oh my gosh! The most awesome night ever - EVER - may just be tonight! I have become a big fan of the local roller derby, and the season is just getting started tonight. One of the first posts I ever wrote for this bloggito was about the roller derby, and I could hardly contain myself. What makes tonight even more special however, is the After Party!! Check it out!

Roller derby and 80's dancing!! My dream night, and it's not even my birthday! Do you see the exclamation points all over this post?! If you live in Portland, you must come! If you don't live here, I bet you wish you did! 

I have to mention that I took Rachel roller skating last Sunday, and we pretty much closed the place down. But then the coolest thing happened - the derby girls showed up to practice! Out of fear respect, I didn't whip out my camera, but I can say that seeing them there made me run home and check their schedule. So, now you know where I'll be tonight. I can see that I've become a roller derby dweebo, and I don't even care!

Roller Derby! Yeah!

This has been a very fun, very busy week - the preschool graduation, the visiting mom-in-law, a great trip to the berry farm, the talent show, and then the last day of first grade for my sweet little girl. But wow, last night! After asking people all week to come with me to the Rose City Rollers season championship, I finally got an "ok, let's do it" from my friend Ian! The rest of my family left on Thursday for a quick camping/climbing trip in California, and I have been blessed with a weekend all to myself. This is such a gift - and the one thing I really wanted to do with my time off was get myself to this roller derby! It was amazing!

I've never been to the roller derby before, and neither had Ian, but after watching the first bout, we started to catch on to the rules. This is fantastic stuff, I tell you. We realized at the end of the big match that the derby girls come in all shapes and sizes - and ages!

One of the highest scorers of the night (known as a jammer) was this beauty: Minstral Psycho. The names were killing me. I was glad I was close enough to hear her say, "Old chicks kick a**!" Because trust me, she did! She's holding the super cool, sparkly belt buckle all the winning ladies received as a prize.

Congratulations to the winning team - the High Rollers - and to all the ladies that made this an unforgettable spectacle! And thanks again to Ian, who didn't want me going alone.