Month: February 2009

Roller Derby Queen by Jim Croce (if you haven’t heard this… you need to right now)

[[I highlighted my favorite lyrics for you]]

Gonna tell you a story that you wont believe
But I fell in love last friday evenin
With a girl I saw on a bar room t.v. screen

Well I was just gettin ready to get my hat
When she caught my eye and I put it back
And I ordered myself a couple o more shots and beers

The night that I fell in love with a roller derby queen
Round and round, oh round and round
The meanest hunk o woman
That anybody ever seen
Down in the arena

She was five foot six and two fifteen
A bleached-blonde mama
With a streak of mean
She knew how to knuckle
And she knew how to scuffle and fight

And the roller derby program said
That she was built like a fridgerator with a head
Her fans call her tuffy
But all her buddies called her spike

You know that I fell in love with a roller derby queen
Round and round, oh round and round
The meanest hunk o woman
That anybody ever seen
Down in the arena

Round and round, go round and round
Round and round, go round and round
Round and round

Well I could not help it
But to fall in love
With this heavy-duty woman
I been speakin of
Things looked kind of bad
Until the day she skated into my life

Well she might be nasty
She might be fat
But I never met a person
Who would tell her that
Shes my big blonde bomber
My heavy handed hackensack mama

You know that I fell in love with a roller derby queen
Round and round, oh round and round
The meanest hunk o woman
That anybody ever seen
Down in the arena

Round and round, go round and round
Round and round, go round and round
Round and round

Yes, believe it. I have joined the roller derby.

These are my skates… or close to them. And yes, I look dead sexy in them.

What is derby you may ask. Well, no fear. Here are a couple pictures:

There is a little 5-minute explanation video on youtube if you’re interested.

I joined a league that is more of a recreational league than the traditional leagues. We don’t practice as much or have as many bouts. But it’s great. We have all sizes and ages and ability levels, which makes it really fun.

Our team has a myspace page if you want to check us out: The Wreckin’ Roller Rebels.

I LOVE IT!