So, if you don’t follow me on twitter, or you’re not my friend in real life, you might not know that I recently started getting into roller derby!  It all started when Chino’s old roommate (who is a referee) invited us to our first bout this past summer.  It was a double header so we saw the Yankee Brutals and The CT Death Quads jam it out against the opposing teams.  I was in love the whole time.  Then I saw Whip It! and I was reminded how much I wanted to give derby a shot.  About four weeks ago I was in the car with Chino and I finally admitted it out loud—”I think I really want to try out for roller derby.”  I found out that try outs were in a week so I borrowed skates from my friend Jay, practiced in the local high school parking lot after work a couple of times, and 3 weeks ago I tried out.  And guess what?!  I made the cut to stick around for rookie practices!  Today I got my first pair of skates and I can’t wait until practice tomorrow to start breaking them in.  Ahh!  So exciting.

PS: My favorite roller derby name is Em Dash, a jammer from Gotham Girls Roller Derby.  Hopefully I’ll make the team and get to pick a name of my own!

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So I have my schedule somewhat figured out, and one class I’m taking is a letterpress class at Kallemeyn Press in Brooklyn. Not my teacher, but Earl Kallemeyn, who owns the shop was talking about the history of letterpress and how skilled Japanese pressmen were often tattoo artists—that the history of tattooing is rooted in letterpress. He shared this awesome print the shop did of artwork by Jamie Ruth. After class was over I asked him, and he gave me a print!

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