im back

Its been a long cold winter and I almost completely gave up this blog, but now Im back, ready for Spring...... and so ready to ditch the layers and throw on a summery dress. So stay tuned....

NEW UNIFORM DAY!!

I didn't think there was anything better than a new dress.... until I got a new uniform for Roller Derby!!! And even better its a unform for E-Villes newest house team... THE BERZERKHERS!!!!

We will be looking boss in blue and silver with a viking flair. I already have a viking helmet, just need to paint it. And Im thinking I should get me a long blonde wig so I can have flowing braids while I skate. And I need fur (of course just the fake kind) lots of fur.

(this is the front)

So this is just a tease... a sneak peak if you will. If you wanna see me in the uniform, well you gotta come to our season opener on September 25 at the Kingsway Hangar!! Wear blue and silver and your best viking gear as we take on last years Champions, the Slice Girls.

Oh yeah, and check out our totally Berzerk blog....

(this is the back)

Pants!

I want to continue to wear dresses/and skirts as much as possible for the rest of the summer.. and despite the cold rainy weather, summer is still here for another week. But alas I have been forced to wear pants for the past couple of days. So lame. Perhaps I will try the pencil skirt experiment next week. And I hope to back in a dress tomorrow cuz these pants are not comfortable. I have not worn these particular grey slacks since last May and clearly my beer drinking summer got the best of me. Time to hit the gym, hard!

In the meantime here's another picture of Lady Gaga in her meat dress from the weekend. She is so totally rad.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

On Monday I wore my black pencil skirt. Then today, I wore it again. Im such a twit about things that I actually worried that people would make judgements about wearing the same skirt in the same week. And then I realized that I am a twit, and also a bit self centered to think that anyone actually A. notices and B. cares.

So Im thinking that next week, I will wear the same skirt everyday and just switch up the accessories and top. Again, Im pretty sure no one will notice or care, but Im still gonna do it.

Second Hand Dress.

One womans old dress, is another womans fabulous new work dress!

I bought this dress a couple of weeks ago from Value Village. I bought it the same day I purchased the long red cocktail dress (see previous post) for our play.

Its a brown and black checked shift dress originally from Club Monaco and its as cute as a button. Im not sure why someone would give it away, its in great condition and its not so trendy that its out of style. Maybe someone got really fat and couldn't wear it. Or maybe they lost a lot of weight and now Im wearing their old fat dress. Regardless, I really love this dress

THOR shirt

Ok. So this is still not a dress. But it may be the most awesome-est tee I have ever purchased.

Its a muthaf**kin Thor shirt people! And it kicks ass. And I didn't buy it cuz the movie is coming out next year (although I hope its gonna be good) I bought it cuz its totally Berzerk!!

You see this year, E-Ville Roller Derby will announce its newest house team.... The Berzerkhers!!! We're a little bit viking, a little bit metal and totally Berzerk! We were inspired by the real Berzerkers and will be going into our own killing trances this season to kick some serious ass. And on that note, the new season starts Saturday September 25

So until we get new team jerseys, this will be my favorite shirt. Expect to see it at most derby afterparties this season.

Holy Crap its August 30!

Holy crap its August 30! What the hell happened to the summer?? I swear to god we just celebrated Canada Day yesterday, not two months ago... I really hate how fast the months of July and August disappear... no effin way does January and February go by this quickly....

Quick recap:
We began (and ended) our 7 show run at the Fringe Festival* and had an absolute blast. We sold out almost every night and the feedback we heard was so positive that there's no way all those people could be lying, so I guess we put on a pretty decent show. Now to start thinking about next year...but how do you top a show that has this warning to its audience. (gunshots, nudity, salty language and cheese)



Big giant huge thanks to all our friends/families and total strangers that came to the show, ate some popcorn and had fun. Thank you for all your support!



The other week, I attended a Fight Fan Expo at the Shaw Conference centre as E-Ville Roller Derby had a booth set up to provide info about our sport and our league. It was a fun day spent chatting up strangers while wearing fishnets and booty shorts. God, I love roller derby. Normally, Im not a fan of the mixed martial arts, or fighting in general, but these two handsome boys might just make me change my mind. However the amount of Ed Hardy, wearing douchbags packed into the Conference Centre was too much for me to handle.




But there has been a lot in the past two weeks. A wedding, a trip to Jasper, out-of-town guests and lots of socializing. I will do my best to include everything, oh and there will be more dresses. I promise.

New Hair

This post has nothing to do with dresses. Its all about my hair. Its been over a year since I had it cut. I love my long hair, but last week I decided enough was enough, so this past weekend, I went to I-tonica, saw my girl Dana, and chopped the locks. Lost a good 6 inches too. And even though I had been thinking about this and was ready for a change I cried a little the next day when I woke up. Long hair is defintely a security blanket for me, and I admit, although this is totally lame, I feel sexier with longer hair. However, my hair was in bad shape and was looking rather scary not sexy. Now its so shiny and healthy and takes me half the time to do. And I guess its not really that short...meh, whatever, its only hair and it grows back.

Bad Blogger

Wow, I totally suck at this..... I have been neglecting this blog all month and I totally blame the Fringe. For the past few weeks we have been rehearsing like mad, stressing out, annoying each other as we worked all the kinks outta the show. It even started to feel like this show wasn't going to work at all as we rehearsed the funny out of it. Its like hearing the same joke over and over until eventually you don't care. But then like magic, something incredible happens when you put the show on in front of an audience. They laugh. They remind you where the funny is and all the pain and frustration of rehearsal is gone. All that is left is to give good show.

Only 4 more shows left to go. So if you in the Whyte Ave area, and looking for a fun show, come down to the Black Dog(10425 Whyte Ave) and check out Waiting for Judd Nelson. Dont be a Neo-Maxi-Zoom-Dweebie and come see the show cuz its totally boss!

But back to the dresses I wear. When we were shopping at Value Village for costumes, I found this floral retro style dress for $11 and figured I would give it a try. Glad I did, cuz it is super cute, and its Liz Claiborne. I don't wear a lot of her clothes, but it is good quality and definitely originally sold for more than $11. Good deals, I love em.