#rollercon 2012

[annesmashaway82]

RollerCon 2012 in a nutshell:

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WHO CAN PUT SUCH EPICNESS IN A NUTSHELL THE NUTSHELL WOULD EXPLODE INTO SHARDS OF AWESOME

I definitely need to buy a camera for next year because my cell phone camera SUCKS in the dark....and when things move (i.e. bouts, challenges, anything cool, etc). 

Highlights:

-Quadzilla reading off my raffle ticket number for a pair of Riedell Minx skates worth 530 dollars at the luau party.

-First night of karaoke: singalongs to "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Breaking the Law", "Torn" and a mass Time Warp dance.

-Vagine Regime Pants Off Dance Off party. Two words: Leg. Wrestling. Two more words: Accidental-on-purpose scissoring. OK, so that's more than two words. Whatever.

-Black and Blue Ball. So much WIN. Awesome outfits by all. Except me. But who cares, I had a good time.

-Riedell v. Antik bout: Oh. My. GOD. I can only DREAM to skate this well (Team Antik won, btw)

-My roommate (The Con). You're freakin' awesome, girl!

-Volunteering for SkateSafe. Such an awesome cause and a great group of people. It was a blast!

Pictures (the crappy ones I could get anyway) to come soon!

[el-gallo]

RollerCon 2012 redux

Holy crap So now I'm in line at TSA for my flight to Mexico n just have to touch up on final thoughts on RollerCon. I didn't take a class or watch a full bout or go to all the parties, I perused a few of the vendors but I still had a blast! How? If I didn't do all the fun cool stuff? Well for one I was an official both on and off skates and got some kudos from other officials two fans a few skaters, one of them from team USA and they remembered me from another time we met. AND I volunteered in a few departments got some swag and got to meet n get to know skaters n officials from leagues all over the world, Hi Susy Pow! All this plus peeking my head into some of the parties, chilling at the pool and walking the strip all makes for an ensured trip to Vegas next jul -31 aug 4. Did I mention? If you volunteer you can get a discount on the NEXT years ticket price up to getting a free pass!!! Well time for a random selection pat down see y'all in week or so

[el-gallo]

RollerCon how I Hate/Love you

Holy crap So the last 2 days have just been officiating some water, a REALLY REALLY late breakfast. A lot of awesome derby and friends both old n new galore. RollerCon the past three days have been kicking my ass, I've got 2 more dreadful days and then the countdown to jul 31 next year begins.

[el-gallo]

RollerCon2012

So I popped my rollercon cherry and signed up to volunteer for a ton of hours. First day signed up as a Vendor for 6 hours. I thought it meant i would get assigned to a vendor and help them setup and sell stuff. Well i was partly right. Basically any vendor that shows up and wants help gets help unloading from the dock to their booth. All that after driving 22 hours from Austin. Woulda made it sooner but ran into traffic in El Paso. Had a 2 hour break so instead of a nap I ate the lunch dinner breakfast an lunch I missed. Then did inventory & classroom, had no clue wtf this was but it was just accounting fir what went out to what dept, so they have an idea of what they need for RC13. Finally after midnight i got off volunteering and couldnt fall asleep til about 2. I dont think i moved in my sleep

[annesmashaway82]

Warning

Posts on this Tumblr until August 1st will be RollerCon related: planning, excitement levels, nervous levels, more planning and preparing, up to actually leaving Long Beach and then arriving in Vegas, (hopefully if my phone cooperates) Tumbling from the convention during off time, traveling home, summary of my experiences, and eventual overall reflection. Expect this to increase fivefold if I get my hands on a camera. For non-RollerCon posts please visit march-of-the-black-queen.tumblr.com That being said…I hope to meet some Tumblr peeps at RollerCon! …even though I did fall off the face of Tumblr Earth for a while…