FMyLife#15: Presenting Toadzmic, the Magic Mushroom

THIS.

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FMyLife #14: I H8 BALLS

Index finger was just feeling better.

Ring finger took over.

This weekend, we finally integrated a ball into gameplay, making much more sense than having a player acting like a pinball (duh!)

We had to change the rules a bit too. The track is rectangular with a basket at each end. The blockers have to dribble and pass the ball to each other in order to throw it into the basket.

We called it Roller Basket Ball. Because you put the ball into the basket with skates on (QED). I think it might become a popular discipline in the future. Maybe without the skates, though.

Training was fun. My finger didn't like it that much but hey... always complaining, that one! FML, it says.

FMyLife #13: The Gorilla-Snake

Last time at the gym, coach said "I saw you training" (the room has a view onto the skating hall) "you looked like a gorilla-snake in there!"

I have been compared to a whole menagerie already: cats, rabbits, young goats and all… but there, with such an analogy, I felt like my jamming had reached a brand-new level. Fiercer, more powerful and insidous.

"This is a compliment", he added. "And I take it as such..." (although I liked the fluffy rabbit-kitty look better).


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Le Patin Français Triple Header

On December 14-15 took place the official public kick off of the 2014 Team France of Roller Derby. The team was announced in late August and the 40 of us had met once at the occasion of our first training a few weeks ago.

PRG Quedalles (121-177) Rollergirls of the Apocalypse

Team France Blue (301-122) Les Restes de la France I

Team France Red (213-67) Les Restes de la France II

The presentation of the French Team was organized as a Double header with an introduction game. That is to say THREE BOUTS in-a-row for the lucky spectators who managed to get one of the 700 tickets that were sold out in hardly 30 minutes on the Internet... The venue was the same as for the Paris RollerGirls All-Stars' last home game of the 2013 season against Team Unicorn which had encountered the same sold out problem last June.

2013 WFSC World Champs UNCENSORED

For more journalistic write-ups on the competition itself, check out the REPORT TRILOGY on worldslalomseries.com by yours truly:

• 2013 WFSC DAY 1: Speed Slalom & Pair Classic
• 2013 WFSC DAY 2: Freestyle Classic
• 2013 WFSC DAY 3: Freestyle Battle
• 2013 WFSC DAY 4: Slides & Medals SOON
  

MIXING WITH THE ARTISTIC WORLDS

speaker to the left of me, stage to the right,
here I am, stuck in the middle with food ♫

The 7th WFSC were held in Taipei from November 5 to 8, 2013, at the second level of an arena also hosting the 58th WORLDS of ARTISTIC SKATING at the first level. We were treated to a common OPENING CEREMONY, or should I say : We were tolerated, on our third day of competition, to attend the Artistic's opening ceremony, which was convenient as we added national flags to their list of participating countries. All the freestyle banners had been previously removed and no freestyle VIP was invited to get on the stage where were sitting the Artistic officials.

We also had the opportunity of sharing a COMMON BUFFET at dinner on our first day of

competition... which turned into a shameless (or shameful, depending on the end you place yourself) karaoke night for artistic skating VIPs. The least to say is that the shock of cultures was hardcore. Nevertheless, it was an interesting insight into the various levels of socially acceptable behaviours according to the different cultures. More practically, having to endure 60-year-olds bellowing Asian songs out of tune and wiggling on a stage 2 meters from me and my plate tends to put me off my food.

FMyLife #12: Jammed Finger

 

Fate had it that I was having this conversation yesterday at lunch, watching volleyball on TV, about me not being into ball sports, because when I was a kid and teenager I was a violonist (like for real) and couldn't take the risk of jamming a finger...

 

GUESS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE EVENING DERBY SESSION?

I ran my straight finger into a random back during scrimmage. *and on try-out day*

FML.

FMyLife #10 : Docs & Biceps

Annual visit to doctor for sports certificate to get French Federation licence.

Door of waiting room opens, doc calls my name. Backpack on shoulder and skates in hand, I head towards the doc with free arm straight for a handshake...

... Guess who kisses me hello on both cheeks? I know it's very French, but I can assure you that no matter how long you've known your doc (for yearly visits) even in France, it feels like "err-- okay" awkward.

Welcomes me in and follows me to his desk when he adds in a confessing tone that "[he] ha[d] always been jealous of [my] biceps". Eyebrow rising. Haha. Thanks!

Let's do the physical test, shall we?

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FMyLife #3: Waiting Room

Today, I was in the waiting room for my routine appointment at the surgeon's. A patient sat next to me and started to make conversation, forcing me to take off my headphones and make DEV shut up.

After 30 min, a second patient arrived and sat next to the chatterbox, who changed victims bombarding the newcomer with questions, including "What time is your appointment? (...) Oh just after mine. So we're the complete trio, because the young man here is just before me".

Who, me?! FML.