.heartless.

to prep for our season opener, we had a "formal scrimmage" last night.

for this, i got crafty!

since i was just drafted a few weeks ago, i don't have my uniform yet.  also, since my last team's colors were green and pink (instead of blue, like my new team), i had to make some changes in my roller derby wardrobe.

and . . . voila!!  bella constrictor's new scrimmage-worthy shirt and helmet (never mind the very crooked "h")

the shirt is just a simple workout top with built-in sports bra that i ironed letters on to.

the helmet was my same triple 8 helmet from the river rat years . . . i just added my new number (H155) and the heartless heathers' trademark heart (using paint pens).  on the other side, i think i'm going to put the same heart . . . but with a snake wrapped around it!  aaaaawwwww yeeaaahhhhhh!

tonight, i'm going to see my sister TC who just got back from Mozambique!  She was there over christmastime, so it's time to give her presents!  i LOOOVE christmas and giving gifts!  i made her some pretty awesome stuff!

xoxoxo!

.new team new hair.

bella constrictor has been drafted! 

if you remember, i formally skated for providence roller derby with my hometeam the sakonnet river roller rats and the b-travel team the killah bees.  now that i have moved back to portland oregon, i've been skating for the rose city rollers as "fresh meat" until they had a draft.  so . . . on dec 29th, i was officially drated as part of the heartless heathers!!!!

our first game will be the january 21st season opener at the memorial coliseum vs the guns n rollers!!   you can  buy tickets from me!!

our next event is our anti-valentine's day party/fundraiser after the feb 18th bouth.  djs, dancing, drinks, etc.  get there.

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also . . . . in honor of 2012 being MY YEAR . . . i cut my hairs.  well, my friend arwen over at dorkasaurus cut my hairs.  

and. 

i.

love.

it!!!

it's asymmetrical and awesome.

next step . . . hair dye.

.killah bees.

bees win.

211 to 59.

{photo via bunnicula}

.rainy afternoon.

i love rain.

i love it.

i do.


it's raining here today. pouring really. i've got ani difranco on the ipod, soup in the crock pot, my xtratufs drying by the door and rain pounding on the windows. le sigh.

gonna run across the street for some beeeerrrrr later. and make some of trader joe's AMAZING corn bread from a box to go with my soup (yes, corn bread from a box. i am on my way to being a radical homemaker and i make corn bread from a box. i understand the irony). perfect.

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.THE SOUP.

i'm a vegetarian for many reasons and super in to nutrition and health and the environment and loving people. there. i said it.

i'm sure you guessed that by now anyway. so, if you are interested, here's what i put in my soup:

vegan bouillon cube (WITH SALT)
earth balance "butter" (the soy-free kind since i have a soy allergy. i get this instead of butter for now until i can start getting good butter straight from a farm)
an ENTIRE huge onion
organic yellow potatoes
green and red lentils
organic red chard - chopped up real small
organic, full-fat coconut milk
organic, canned tomatoes with green chilies (canned tomatoes offer more cancer-fighting lycopene than raw. and they taste better and are more sustainable than raw tomatoes during the winter)
organic bulgar wheat
the few tablespoons that were left of my bulk chickpeas. i didn't soak them first, so it could have been a mistake. they may never get soft....
TONS of my favorite curry powder from limbo (in pdx)
chopped up fresh ginger root
minced garlic (like a whole head)
cumin, turmeric (SO GOOD FOR YOU!), fresh ground pepper corns and a good amount of sea salt (the best kind of salt there is. celtic sea salt. stay away from that silly, processed table salt).
water to cover to the top

it's all sitting happily in my crockpot now while i am about to clean my house . . . i might add some beer to the soup . . .

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in other news, the KILLAH BEES are getting ready for their first game of the season! we are playing the hellions of troy in schenectady, new york!!!! looking forward to taking some time off of work and going on a mini road trip. let's see if we can keep up this undefeated thing and carry it over to 2011!!!!

WOOT!!!

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DOUBLE WOOT - the seeds i ordered came in the mail today!!! TIME TO START THE 2011 GARDEN!!!

.season schedule.

miss rhoda perdition is quite the lady . . . here's a sneak peak at the new season schedule art work she is doing for us!!!!

.prd championship bout!.

yes that's me holding the trophy like a glock.

.two victories.

quick update on PRD derby news from miss bella constrictor

my home team, the sakonnet river roller rats, won our bout on Oct 2nd against the mob squad which means we go on to play the old money honeys in the home team championship game next month!photo by temple frazier


also, the B team, the Killah Bees just won our final bout of the season against CT's yankee brutals on the 16th of this month. this left us UNDEFEATED!!! what a great feeling!
photo courtesy of the Phury

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now to go get my NEW CAR inspected so i can legally drive it in the state of RI.

.killah bees!.

packing up and getting ready to drive to PA for my first ever away game with providence roller derby's killah bees! we play tomorrow night. the all-star team (the riveters) also play dutchland and H.A.R.D. this weekend.

i've done laundry, ironed my name/numbers on my new bees shirts, started packing, bought a TON of snacks, loaded music on my new phone . . . now i need to finish laundry, clean all my gear, boil my new mouth guard and finish packing.

and make sure i don't pee my pants!

now let's go kick some butt!

.robots vs zombies

this weekend we (the providence roller derby ) are having a fun bout during the indie arts fest! we made two fake teams for this exhibition bout . . . robots vs zombies . . . it will be the ultimate battle for the fate of humanity.

no big deal.

plus i just made a stencil and spray painted my team uniform! do you like it?

come check it out!

.the good things.

so life's been nuts. do i allude to that a lot on this blog?

well, it's still true.

tonight's bout was AWESOME!! such a close game! the old money honeys beat the mob by a HAIR. so close! wow!

after the bout, we had a meet and greet/info session for girls interested in joining Providence Roller Derby for the 2011 season - SO CRAZY to think that i wont be one of the newest girls on the league soon! wow!

if you live in the area, consider trying out! it's amazing. check out our website.

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in other news, a friend of ours is taking us out to a the beach tomorrow to do a vintage themed photoshoot! yeah!!!


i am sooooo excited about this! it's going to be the first real photo session we've had since we got married (almost 6 years ago!). i've been collecting little ideas for different things to bring with us for the shoot - vintage suitcases, an umbrella (loaned to me by the lovely brooke from rehab just for the shoot!), a vintage camera, my boots and cowgirl hat, a lovely dress i got in our clothing exchange friday . . . so excited to share the photos when they are ready and i'll def post a link to my friend's photography website when it is up! she's actually asked us to do the shoot so that she can build up her portfolio for her website. SQUEEEE!!!

speaking of the clothing exchange, last friday my friend, miss C and i hosted a clothing exchange (though she did most of the work since i spent the afternoon locked out of my apartment!!!). also called a Naked Lady Party. Everyone brings a bag of pre-loved items (in good condition) such as clothes, books, cds, bags, hats, scarves, jewelry, etc and we dump them in piles around the house, try them on, take what we want and donate the rest. some people add structure to these parties, rules about how many you can take based on what you bring, make it a game, wait in line, etc. we just throw things around and share! we also make it a potluck so everyone can snack and drink - miss C made KILLER SANGRIA!! it really helped beat the heat (have any of you read about the crazy heat wave that's been taking over new england? it is also taking over my brain!). sometimes we make the parties themed (we did one near halloween and made it trick or treat themed, and one we did was a tea party/alice in wonderland theme).

i feel GREAT about the swap! i brought 3 huge grocery bags of clothes and left with only 1 1/2 bags full of "new" items. then i went through and got rid of MORE items as i put the new ones away! i LOVE it!!! plus we had BAGS and BAGS of things to donate at the end!! fantastic.

try it~ let me know what you think!

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k, it's off to bed! crazy weekend might be over, but tomorrow is a big day and it starts with a 5:45am wakeup time! goodnight my lovlies!

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p.s. enter my giveaway!! the winner will be announced monday of NEXT week!!

.the next bout.

this is the flier for the next bout! i would be skating with the killah bees (the B travel team) but i don't think i'll be done with work in time :(

anyhow, it will be a fun night! wooot wooo!!

.bout photos.

the flier from our first bout, made by PRD's art team

so here are some photos from our bout a few weeks ago (all photos courtesy of greg easton, more can be seen here.) The teams were the Sakonnet River Rats (my team! in green and pink!) Vs the Old Money Honeys (the ones in tennis skirts, polo shirts and pearls). You can see me in the above pictures, I'm the one in the hot pink helmet.

WE WON!!! It was a very close game, nail biting and such and the crowd LOVED IT. I had a blast and learned a ton (it was my first official game)!


above is a photo of the whole league, announcers, honeys, rats, refs and the Mob Squad (our other home team).

Below is a photo of our beloved announcers, diamond dan and the rev al . . . it seems they are beating up our local superhero civitron. yes he is a real life superhero.

and here is our mascot, the cheese!!! we love her!

so, there's some photos from the bout!

sorry for not posting more . . . I've been suuuuper busy this week! our rommates both moved out and new ones moved in, one of them graduated so there were celebrations to be had, the garden is in full swing, we went STRAWBERRY picking and have been canning and freezing out the ears!, we've been spring cleaning and working and the man-friend just got a summer job. he started this morning!

anyway, i have photos of a lot of our activities and will be posting them up here for you all to enjoy!

what have you been up to?

.winner!.

the giveaway winner is . . . . .


GINA from paper camera scissors!!

congratulations!

email me at daffodil (dot) girl (at) gmail (dot) com and give me your mailing information. I will try to get it in the mail for you by friday (my next day off).


speaking of winners . . . WE WON OUR ROLLER DERBY BOUT LAST SATURDAY!! it was an awesome game! very nail biting. so fun! i'll have pictures to post soon!

now it's off to more spring cleaning for me!!

.my first bout.

it's tonight!! i'm only mildly freaking out.

.i'm a derbytaunt!.

bella constrictor is being presented to the public TONIGHT!!!!


i've been baking for the bakesale like a mad woman. mmmmm vegan banana bread . . .

.parisian masquerade ball.

{image credit: here}

a friend of mine is having her birthday party this weekend - the theme is a Parisian Masquerade Ball! the man-friend and i LOVE any excuse to get dressed up in costumes so we are headed to the local thrift store to find some awesome outfits and then we'll spend the rest of the afternoon making masks out of plaster strips to paint and decorate later.

what should we go as?
the sun and moon?
cat and mouse?
opposite color schemes?
ravens?
owls?

hmmmmm . . .

i'll definitely post photos of what we decide on!

also, i know i owe y'all pictures from our trip to NYC - i've just been suuuuper busy working lately! i have the day off tomorrow so we'll see what happens. i might drive out to bruised boutique to get some outdoor wheels for my skates since derby is about to begin our outdoor season (we practice at a rink outside during the summer) and i don't want my indoor wheels to be torn up . . .

.radio.

{image credit: ellie leonardsmith}

Shelby Bruisin' (pictured above) and i (Bella Constrictor) will be on the Umass Dartmouth radio station WUMD 89.3 fm today to talk about the Providence Roller Derby starting at 3 (I think until 4?)


click here to listen!

Cheer us on!!

.ROLLER DERBY NAME CHOSEN!.

introducing one of Providence Roller Derby's newest roller girls:



BELLA CONSTRICTOR #8U4 dinner!!!!


very pleased to meet you.

.happy first day of spring!.

meet tom bombadil

the garden is slowly getting on its feet. we've had a few awesome days of sun and warm weather and the garlic and daffodil bulbs i planted last year are sending shoots peeking out over the layer of leaf mulch i spread at the beginning of the winter. my raspberry plant is covered in new buds. the seeds i started just a week ago are growing like crazy! i totally missed the seed swap i was supposed to go to today because i was in the providence St patrick's day parade with the providence roller derby and it ran overtime. but still, i am super excited about this growing season! i learned a lot last year (like don't plant everything at once, stagger it, or you'll have way too much lettuce and it will all go to seed before you can eat it). i got us a new garden gnome, tom bombadil, to join our gnome from last year (john barleycorn). this is going to be fun! now if it only wont rain all summer like it did last year . . .

.oh yeah.

i PASSED my scrimmage assessments! i can start using my derby name and attending scrimmage nights on sunday! here's to more bruises (like the one i got my JAW wednesday) and learning to give better, more solid hits.

now if only i can settle on a name . . .