(Saturday 8/16 was unoffcially my birthday, the day of this Roller Derby bout. Technically Sunday 8/17 was my real B-day)

( A day at the races. With rollerskates. [CAUTION HUGE POST] )

tl;dr - If there's a Roller Derby League in your area GO TO A BOUT. You will NOT be disappointed and you just may be shocked over how addictingly exciting it is. The combination of homegrown activity with major-league hockey violence and speedskating racing makes for one HELL of a sport.

Edit: I'm making this my only public entry as I want to get the word out to as many people as I can.