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Category Archives: Roller derby

My Cinematic Year: The end.

It all happens so fast.

My cinematic year, part 3: The obligatory montage.

If you’re catching up, see Part 1 and Part 2.
If I knew how we got from there to here, I think I really would write a book about it. But as time has passed, the nights at the rink, the hours of board meetings, the legal paperwork, the radio interviews, and the photo shoots have [...]

My cinematic year, part 2: The setting.

Part 1 is here.
A few days after my new roller-derby league’s first practice at the rink, I moved into my new apartment, a decrepit studio roosted atop the tiny row of shops on Main Street. My mother had been right: it was exactly the sort of outdated decor I’d find endearing, complete with hideous linoleum. [...]

My cinematic year, part 1: The exposition.

So, this one time, in March of 2010, I decided to return to my hometown, after residing for years in a much bigger city, to start a roller-derby league.