I need a name

I've gotten all of my gear and my new skates, and I'm ready to start practicing to be a roller girl. I seriously underestimated the traffice going over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge into MD to get my skates, and then the skate shop didn't even sell any helmets, so I have missed my first opportunity for a practice. Not to worry, there is another one next week.

AND, I need a name.

"The perfect derby name should not only be sassy, witty, and tough, but it should also have some personal significance to the skater. Favorite celebrity names, movie titles, and song lyrics can all serve as inspiration for a great derby name, as well as hobbies, interests, and personal obsessions." -Emma Badapple, Gotham City Girl

I would like my name to include my only nickname that's ever stuck: "Danger", but I'm open to all possibilities. If you have any ideas, please let me know. And feel free to look over the international roster (http://www.twoevils.org/rollergirls/) for ideas and in order to steer clear of any duplicates.

Pictures

A request has been made for pictures of me shooting (By the way Susan, thanks for the comments!). Unfortunately cameras were not allowed, but here is a picture of the types of guns.
Glock 19

AR 15

NRA

Today I went to the NRA headquarters and shot guns- and one of them was REALLY big. I forget the actual name of the gun, but it was the civilian version of an M-16, semi-automatic instead of automatic. I even shot the middle of the target a couple of times.

More Baltimore

Went to Baltimore again this weekend, and it was great. Robin and I went up for the "Hon Fest" (since I can't imagine anyone else knowing what Hon Fest is, here's the website http://www.honfest.net/) We got our hair done up in beehives, and I didn't know my hair could be that tall or solid. Seriously, it got really windy and rainy at dinner and the furniture was blowing around on the patio, but my hair didn't move at all.

Hon Fest was a fantastic experience, but then we followed it up with some roller derby in the evening, and it might have been one of the best days ever. I'm thinking of getting myself some skates and trying out for a team here soon.

Baltimore

Last weekend some friends and I ate our way through Baltimore. The trip was planned for the sole purpose of trying some new chocolate chip pancakes. As chocolate chip pancakes from IHOP are a pretty regular occurance in our little group, this seemed a completely sound reason for visiting a neighboring state/city.

One friend just happens to have a boyfriend with a house in Baltimore *tada* free place to stay. He was supposed to be working on the house all day long while us five girls spent some quality girl shopping time. His plans fell through though, so poor guy was stuck with us for the quality girl shopping time. I got some new shoes- very cute.

One hightlight of the day: learning how to make kataifa from a very nice lady at the greek festival. Just remember, the most important thing about making kataifa is that the dough is not too dry.

I survived the tornado!

Well not so much a tornado as a tornado warning, but no worries, I'm ok.

Happy Memorial Day

I've had a very busy Memorial Day weekend. My friend Sarah Pike was in town and we visited the capital, the White House, all sorts of monuments (FDR is my favorite still) and had delicious crepes for breakfast and lunch.

Also had a fun filled day lounging poolside, going to a minor league baseball game, movie, shopping, and some bbq. Very American day.

The highlight of the day, however, was surely weird naked guy at the ball game. He showed up at the game with his back pack, black shorts and button down shirt (unbuttoned all the way of course) and weird sandals, and took his place behind us at the top of the bleachers. Soon enough we look back and he's not wearing his shirt any more, and he's tucked his shorts up on the legs so it looks like he's wearing a weird speedo diaper. He stood there posing during most of the game.

He took a short break to sit and eat his $1 hot dog, but that was it. He did put his shirt back on to go buy his hot dog- probably because of that whole "no shirt, no shoes, no service" thing. But they couldn't have been that stuck on the rules because he was standing there nearly naked until the 7th inning. There was a security guard that was headed our way, and we thought he was going to get busted for indecent exposure, but the guard just gave away some baseballs to the kids in our section and went on his merry way. Some people are just weird.