True to its cultural roots in underground rock, roller derby is like an alternative-universe version of corporate American sports. It operates on something like the values of a commune-players really do play for love, and the good of the sport really does come first. At less than a decade old, derby has created a full-blooded internal world-and has ( Read more... )

I have new photos
but need more hours in the day to post them!

I'm very much into practicing realism
and I'm giving super low prices to friends and acquaintances
especially this month ....

Also
I'm glad I took the summer off derby
so that I could come back, 10x more into it than when I left off.

So...
now I have a tattoo of a sugarcube
:O)

that lately there has been an emergence of amazing lady drummers!

check out tomtommagazine.wordpress.com/
for evidence.

It is so awesome.
x

A happy birthday indeed!

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I haven't thought much about zines lately, even though my husband kind of does them. For me zines were always these intimate confessions. Zines changed my life in high school; reading them, trading them, writing them kept me honest when all I wanted to do was roll my eyeballs at the world. I did Princessed zine and then True Confessions of a Tomato ( Read more... )

New tattoos I've done
www.myspace.com/pollygraf7

click on photos, then "Amy at Black Rose Tattooers"

thanks
xo.

ps. the wedding was a blast and winelord's west coast july tour is set up.

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I am seriously crushing on Rachel Maddow right now and wondering if quality of life would be improved if I had cable.