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Well, I guess what Twitter is telling me is that I should tweet more about roller skating.

@AliciaBiggley When you’re finished with Insanity let’s us do a regular jam skating workout 😘😘

@rdjunkies I want to learn a ham skate routine with youuuu

Learning to jam skate solely so I can make up a routine to this song, the anthem of 2020

Sadly, due to an early-aughts hard drive crash, I don’t have many pictures from that first year of skating aside from those comics I drew. The only one I can find is this very 90s photo of my first pair of quad skates on the old Interskate 91 carpet. (It’s very classy.)

This morning while practicing, I realized that I‘ve now been roller skating for a decade. It’s become one of the mainstay hobbies of my adult life, and led me to accomplish dreams I never even knew were in my heart. I’m so glad I still love it as much as my 22 year old self did.

@jessicacjones14 Yassssss

@anyiarocks Do it! It’s also a hell of a workout — I feel like I have it maybe 60% after two sessions, and they’ve been the best cardio ass-kicking.

Spent two hours trying to learn this, and I now have a new appreciation for both artistic skaters and TikTok dances. 💀

@Ballin_tine RIGHT. It is so good. And so hard.

@rdjunkies I’m obsessed with this now.

My life has been pretty work-heavy over the last few months, but I found some time a few weekends ago to film this little ditty: Here’s how to film yourself and review footage on your phone to get better at roller skating 🎉 youtu.be/_w7-8iM2YHU

On that front, the Olympic committee also recently released some return to play guidelines that are an interesting read: teamusa.org/-/media/583E88…

This is written largely around pro sports returning to play, but I found it fascinating: nflinjuryanalytics.com/2020/04/17/cov…

@anyiarocks Yep. Virus can’t live long in the air. I’ve been going out for walks or sits on my porch and just avoiding folks.

@alexhanna Children of Men? (Though it might get weird if you’re not paying attention)

what's a weird dystopian movie I can watch while 1) only half paying attention and 2) that is not too on the nose

@labrosski @BigSkyRanch1 What a sweet babe! Welcome to dog life 💙

this is good from will and i'd add : social distancing and closed off sporting events are for curbing spread, not something to do when the virus hits hard. it's a preventative strategy, which is why a "wait and see" approach from leagues/NCAA is off base. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

@scar2beatu @thederbyapex Can I miss you and at the same time want to set you on fire?

@rdjunkies @thederbyapex I’ll see myself out

@piggleg @thederbyapex I will second that. CT doing some w.o.r.k

👀👀👀

@skatenado @thederbyapex In case you're wondering, last year we had 10 total. (Me, Bang, Evans, Polly, Brute, Mutch, Tenacity, Toxic Haste, and Gal)

we are the CURRENT of roller derby. There are at least 5 former juniors on the #1 league in the WFTDA. Junior derby isn't just a half time show to gawk at the children on skates. It's a real sport for real young adults.