I’m moving to a different blog provider! I’ll probably repurpose this blog into my roller derby site.
Little City pulled of a solid win against Star City in Roanoke Sunday afternoon! It was a great bout between two teams that didn’t pull a single hit. We ended up at the Fork in the City after party where everyone dug into some great food, then the two teams and referees gave out some awards!
Star City were wonderful hosts, and the entire LCRG team would like to express their gratitude for the amazing hospitality they received from the team as well as from their great fans!
The bout was shot and streamed live by Star City Fame. We will post the link here as soon as it is available.
Many photos coming soon to the Little City Website!
June 7, 2009. A rematch between Little City of Johnson City, TN, and the New River Valley Bruisin’ Burgs of Christiansburg, VA! When they last faced off in Christiansburg, it was only a late 2nd half rally that allowed Little City to squeak by NRV for the win! This time, despite the Little City team losing their Fairgrounds venue THREE DAYS before the match, they are playing at the Bristol Skate-In, a venue similar to the Christiansburg arena! Roller derby action you won’t forget! The entire bout, uncut, shot LIVE!
It’s been a mad couple months.
At the beginning of June, I was informed that ETSU had bought our apartment house and we had 30 days to get out. The rest of the month was spent madly packing and searching for a new apartment. With a little luck, I found a place almost immediately! It was bigger and I really liked the location. Within days the paperwork was signed, I paid and after the bathroom floor was redone I would be able to move in.
Two weeks later, the bathroom was still in pieces scatted throughout the apartment building. The landlord is a really nice guy, in fact, he felt quite bad for the delay so he decided to put down a laminate floor instead of a tile floor as he originally planned. It went south from there. The laminate floor install failed. I had to wait at least another week.
Meanwhile, I had moved everything I owned in. This caused some trouble with their cleaning and painting..a task that I plan to finish myself. I couldn’t unpack or move the boxes because the bathtub in the living room made it impossible to maneuver large objects between rooms. I stayed with my parents for a week while my dog lived outside in a kennel.
The landlord had offered me the use of another apartment on the Tree Streets as a temporary residence, but I knew that my parents would be glad to have me around for a while, plus, living there included dinner!
Another week went by, then I got the call from the landlord that the bathroom floor was down over the 4th of July weekend! It would take a few days to dry, then the plumber would finish the installation on Monday. He also said that I don’t pay rent for July. I told you he was a nice guy!
Monday was the happiest pee of my life! The bathroom was together and the floor was nice! By Tuesday, I had started unpacked. Verbal, my dog came home on Wednesday, and began his long road to accepting this new place as his home. (He had, literally, lived at our old Maple St. apartment his entire life!) I am STILL trying to get boxes unpacked, but until next pay day, the new place just doesn’t have the storage that I want in the kitchen and bathroom.
Last week, I made the last payment on my car! I paid nearly triple the monthly rate just to be done with it. I’m eating bread and water this month, but the satisfaction that those credity bastards won’t get any more of my money is worth it.
In the roller derby world, I’ve been busy. (Probably TOO busy.) I’ve taken over management of their website, plus, I enjoy having input on the growth process the team is going through. It’s rough trying to create any organization, but the DIY nature of roller derby makes it more complex since it’s really hard to get all members at the same place at the same time!
At work, I’ve been making lots of videos for folks. They seem to like them. The second full-length roller derby video is getting close to done. I’ve chosen blip.tv as the online distributer of my videos. They can take many file types and output them in a variety of formats! Most importantly, I can upload hour and two hour files to be streamed in flash players!
Big ideas, as always are on the horizon. Some more techbo comedies and thrillers as the fall descends on us. I’m really getting into the groove.
What are you doing?
I might just have a roller derby addiction.
I’m fairly happy with blip.tv’s ability to show longer clips. Here is the first Little City home bout.
Originally uploaded by Shannon, The Ringmaster
My dog is awesome.
I can’t wait until he comes home tonight!
