Throw Back

There is something seriously wrong with me. I have a free evening and a copy of Portal 2, and I still haven't even taken the shrink wrap off it. What the heck?! Instead I am writing this blog and posting pictures. The pictures are of Laura's birthday celebration. We joined up at Steuben's to grab dinner before journeying over to the Fillmore for roller derby. You can see the photographic evidence in my gallery.

I'm not sure when roller derby started making its comeback. I remember being rather confused by it during the 80's. I was a kid, but I could still sense the theatrics involved, and I couldn't quite fathom what the heck was going on. Now with a little more experience under my belt, I found I actually was enjoying it quite a bit. There were no theatrics; no staged dives or choreographed spills. These girls were taking it seriously and the falls were real and painful. It was actually quite fun, even standing in the smelly heat for the whole 2 plus hours.

The home team was the 5280 Fight Club and the visitors were The Oly Rollers from Olympia. They were supposedly the best two teams in the league, but the Fight Club got their lunch eaten by the opposing team, which was too bad. Still, it seemed like everyone had fun. About the only disturbing thing was the half time bout by the Roller Punks. The Roller Punks are 12-17 year-old girls doing roller derby, which I think is actually kind of awesome. However, the young girls with their cheeks hanging out the backside of their spankies were a bit disturbing. I'm having flash forwards to being a dad and thinking "You're not leaving the house dressed like that."

The rest of the weekend was spent doing yardwork, having lunch with our friends Glenn and Jenny, and playing Lego Pirates of the Carribean on XBox. We also had the exciting arrival of patio furniture. Jen's parents got themselves some new furniture, so we inherited theirs. We have greatly expanded our ability to host people on our deck now and don't have to rely on the mismatched mish mash of plastic and vinyl we've been sporting thus far. Sounds like time for a deck party.