Friday, October 28, 2005 you got needs
When I first started practicing with the roller derby league, there wasn't enough money to rent out the rink, so instead of having closed practices, we went to Skateland twice a week and did our best not to knock down any little kids. Now that we have a little bit more sponsorship and pay dues, we have closed practices once a week.
Some girls skip the open skate entirely now. Up until recently, I'd thought they were nuts, because if anyone can find anything not to love and cherish about Skateland, from the band-aid flecked carpet to reasonably priced freezie pops, that person is a total asshole.
They play the same few songs every week at Skateland. Love it! Genius. I enjoy knowing words! I am Kurtis Blow! These are the breaks! Thanks for noticing.
But I'm only human, and I hate one of Skateland's mainstays "Rappers' Delight". You may remember it as the hip it to the hop it song the old lady did in The Wedding Singer, if you remember The Wedding Singer. You got no call to.
It's a bad song. It's about half an hour long, and monotony rules the day. Tonight Tracy and I got there just as it began, and by the time I got my skates on, it was still playing. It was still playing after I adjusted my knee and elbow pads, and after I rented a locker. It played until I died, and it kept going as I came back to life. It twisted my womb and cursed all my future generations. It clogged my pores.
Finally, it ended, and I was able to skate out onto the floor. I worked on different moves, and I left it all out on the rink. I had a slurpee later, and now I'm home. Everything should be cool, but it's not.
They didn't play "Gold Digger" this week, and nothing makes sense anymore. posted by Frenz | 10/28/2005 12:59:00 AM
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