derby derby derby hey

While the rest of you new media rubes were de-bunching your undies over at the UBS Forum thing, I was home doing dishes and changing diapers and watching this video I shot of Sunday night's roller derby over and over and over again. And by that I mean like maybe twice, at which point I took the liberty of tweeting at myself about how boring I was being. Zingers!

Derby was awesome as expected. Even with the blowout first match. And the crazy halftime metal band entertainment. Though they were fun for a while. In a surreal kind of way. Like "who is that lady who looks like my mom and why is she standing motionless 4 feet from the stage while a band named 'Corpse Show Creeps' is laying waste?" Seriously, who was she? Mom?

The second match was superclose. It even went into OT, which I think may have been a first because the refs had to huddle up and decide what the OT rules were. I'm still not sure I understand what exactly went down, but I can guarantee you this: the Garda Belts got totally jobbed. Sid will have the full breakdown, I'm sure.

Video comment: that loud guy yelling 'Sparkle Ninjaaaaa' may or may not be me. Ok, wait, it's totally me. She's so fast and spunky and stuff, how can you not cheer for her? Exactly.

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  1. Aaron thought:

    I was there as well... lots of fun... never seen it go into overtime though. Pretty shitty illegal move at the end though...

    ...and yeah Sparkle Ninja rocks.

  2. Aaron thought:

    (er, I meant, I had never seen it go into overtime before that night.)

  3. dave thought:

    i don't know what the call was - honestly, who ever does, right? - but why can't we just let the players make the plays in OT?

    wait, is that the right cliche? hmm. gimmie a sec.

    derbyderbyderby

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