so it goes.

RIP

2009-11-19T08:46:00.001-08:00

Uh yeah. Blogging has kind of died for me and twitter has taken over. I think people's attention spans are only as good as 140 characters now, mine included.

I may update from time to time, so I don't feel like a total asshole.

video, et taceo

2009-04-23T04:16:00.000-07:00

I haven't kept up, but it is useless to apologize since no one reads this.
Something cool to share though. I was in a music video with my roller derby league.
Joanie Rollmoan is friends with Kelley Deal and they put us in their music video.

The video was cool to be a part of. How many people can say that they were in a music video for the Breeders?

Leaving for Chicago on Friday to watch the Windy City Rollers play our All Star Travel Team on Saturday. Derby News Network is going to be there boutcasting that shit. I am going to starfuck all over the place!

Who needs sleep?

2009-02-21T02:44:00.000-08:00

I am feeling a bit lost at the moment. I think my life has become a giant transition. I have been told that I am a wild card. I think that the reason is because I have no idea what I want. The one thing I know I want and makes me happy is roller derby. There is no question there. I wish everything else was just as easy. I was unhappy with my chosen degree, so I have discontinued my education (for now). I am in the process of finding a career that will hopefully point me in the right direction and help me figure out what I really want to do. N worries here though. I know that I will find what I am looking for, I just need to figure out what THAT is. I am not afraid. I was born for this.

On lighter news, The Arch Rival Roller Girls are kicking off their 4th season with the Masquerade Brawl! The M80s vs. Smashinistas!

I have been so busy lately with derby. We starred in the Breeder's video "Fate to Fatal". That was awesome. 7 hours of skating.... I was soooo tired. I went on STLTV with Joanie Rollmoan. I think that will air in April at some point. Our season kick-off party was a hit! The Mayor came! I then proceeded to get sick after all of this. My body needed some rest, so I didn't leave the house for like 3 days.

I know that this blog is all over the place. I am just to tired to care. I will make sense of everything, don't you worry your pretty little head. I will pull everything together and figure out what I truly want. I will then post it for all my non-existent readers. Good times...

BTW: Racer McChaseHer humped my leg while in Detroit. AMAZING!

Something...FINALLY.

2009-01-29T01:06:00.000-08:00

Not that things haven't been happening. I have just neglected my blog. I know I suck. I have a life outside of the internet. Hardly.

Our season kickoff party is Friday the 13th. Most fun you will ever have. EVER.

I will be in Detroit this weekend. Our All Star Travel Team is playing the Detroit Derby Girls. I can't wait to meet Racer McChaser! I have been accused of being a starfucker. It is soooo true.

Here is our season schedule. Our season starts February 21st and my first game is March 28th. HOLY SHIT!

I will try to update more fequently, but who am kidding? You will get what I give you and like it. Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whT6xeIFFYM

What I have not said...

2008-11-09T16:19:00.000-08:00

So, many things that I had previously said would happen, happened. THE END.

I kidd, I kidd. My derby name has been approved. My alias is Smarty McFly and my # is 1.21 Gigawatts! My tag line is "Let's see if you bastards can do 90!". It is my homage to the awesomeness that is Back to the Future. For short please refer to me as 'McFly'. I have learned that people start calling me 'Smarty' and then when I do something stupid I get the awesome response of, "not so Smarty now, are you Smarty?" Good times.

Also, The draft happened on October 16th as I aforementioned and I got drafted! I am now a Stunt Devil! I truly truly wanted to be a Stunt and now I am. Also, I look fucking hot in purple! We (the Arch Rival Roller Girls) are currently on a break for the season, but the 2009 season starts back up on February 21st, 2009. I have a lot of training and preparation ahead of me to get track ready by then. It is competitive, I tell you. I need to be able to hang with the big girls, a lot of them have been skating for 3 years. It is tough, but I am up for the task and I am a huge dork!

I went on a 2 hour trail skate with some ladies on my team this morning and I swear to god they are machines. I wish the weather would have held out one more weekend because now that it is ass cold, being outside can suck me. I am so profound with my language, I swear. Genius.

Other than derby my life is kind of stuck in a rut. I need to figure out where I am going a bit. I do not want to go into much detail about it. Just take my word for it and when I figure shit out I will let you know. Don't get me wrong, things are good. Just need some work is all.

Halloween came and went. I went to Off Broadway with some derby ladies. We worked the Alice in Wonderland group costume. It was sweet.

I will have to say that I did not wear the wig, the wig wore me. Frightening. Also, our Cheshire cat was not in the photo. Or was she? The girl in pink was not a character, she was just a pirate hooker and a teammate. For what it is worth, it was my best Halloween ever. Sad reason for this being, is that I did not grow up celebrating Halloween. Awwwww, tear for me.

All this typing and I am tuckered out. I will try to update more frequently, but we all know that is an empty promise. We shall see. I have a soccer game at 11:10 p.m. tonight, so I should rest my little typing fingers and legs. G'night.

poor dead things.

2008-09-16T23:47:00.000-07:00

Today wasn't exceptionally extraordinary. I worked all though there was no schedule letting me know that I was working. Therefore I was an hour and a half late. I have been late to my last 3 shifts. Not good, but mostly it has been out of my control. Sunday I was late because of the awesome flash flooding from Hurricane Ike passing through. Highway 70 was flooded. It was crazy! I love unpredictable weather except for when it destroys my things and tries to kill me. Other than that it is fair game! Sorry if it destroys your things or tries to kill you....

I was leaving work and saw this today

Poor little dead thing. It's green feathers were just blowing in the wind.

I put in the request for my Derby name. It is still a surprise! Until it is official I shall not reveal it. Also, I scrimmaged for the first time with the veteran skaters tonight! And the travel team no less! It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. I am sure next time will be scarier. Our next bout is on my birthday, do come!

I will not be skating in the bout, but I will be skating in the slow-mo derby demo. Come and partake in my first event on skates. My parents will be there and you should too! Yay for my birthday and yay for roller derby!

I have 4 tests in the next week. No bueno. School is back in session. That is all I have to say about that.

I am going to start corresponding with my brother via snail mail. He will be in prison for the next 6 years of his life. I don't know what to say about it. My family is totally fucked up about it. I feel for my baby brother, but I also know that he made choices in his life that lent himself to that. I got new stationary to start this awkward pen pal participation. Still, I really don't know what to say about it.

Grovefest is this weekend and I am volunteering with the Zombie Squad and I will probably dress up as a zombie roller girl. Should be fun. Here is the link: http://www.grovefest.org/

I should get some sleep now. I have much to do tomorrow for school and I am getting a new hair cut, most importantly!

Long time---no bloggie

2008-09-09T15:47:00.000-07:00

News, news, plenty of news. Where to start?

My endeavor into roller derby has been a challenge and a blast. I have worked myself up through the ranks in the past 3 months and have now been cleared to scrimmage with the veteran skaters! I will be temping with the undefeated M80s! All of the teams are really awesome. I hopefully will get a chance to temp with the Stunt Devils as well. I have thrown myself head first into derby and luckily I have a helmet. I think that I was born to do this. I have always been a bit to handsy with people and now I get to use that to my advantage! I have some awesome dates coming up and I will enlighten you:

13 September 2008--Clash of the Titans ARRG All Stars vs. NWARG Killbillies @ America Sports Mall.
23 September 2008--I get to turn in and register my derby name. (I will not tell you what it is until I know for certain that I have it) It will be a surprise!!!
11 October 2008--My birthday and the ARRG Championship bout M80s vs. Stunt Devils @ America Sports Mall
16 October 2008-- Bout Test (Decides whether I get drafted our not)
18 October 2008-- Draft Party (I will find out if I got drafted and what team I would be on)

I can't wait!!!!! I am sort of nervous..... and EXCITED!

What else? I started back to school. boo! Finally bought a new computer. yay! It will arrive in a couple weeks. boo! My house is getting a face lift in a couple of weeks, new siding thanks to insurance. yay! We are going to be spending a ridiculous amounts of money over the next couple of months. boo! Ira Glass is going to be at the Pageant 27 September 2008. yay!. Kind of expensive though. $35. boo! I will still probably pay it though. yay! Stars is at the Pageant 25 September 2008, only $15. yay! Probably can't go. boo!

I know this blog is all over the place, but I gotta jump in some where, right? I will keep things more updated, I promise to all my internet stalkers and random buddies who read this shit. It will get more interesting, I swear!!!

<3<3<3 ~Chelsea

Going out of my head....

2008-06-11T17:21:00.000-07:00

Okay, so my computer is fucking broke. This is bad, VERY BAD. I think I am going to lose my mind. I am currently at the Bridgeton Trails Library and it kind of sucks. Between poor little old people trying to figure out how to use a computer and talking to loudly and some woman next to me with a bad case of the chronic hiccups, I am not a huge fan. I want to be sitting at my office at home, surrounded by my pictures and in my comfy leather computer chair rather than this awkward, hard, unforgiving wooden thing I guess they call a chair. I like the privacy my home brings and the spazoids I do not have to deal with there. Seriously, my stability is crashing in this situation. Now, I have no privacy because I am stuck at this god awful place using a computer which does not belong to me. Also, I have a time limit to use this computer! A motherfuckin' time limit!!! Well, F that shit.

I was in Memphis yesterday for my anniversary with my hubby and it was all lovely. Wish we had more time there. Got a speeding ticket on the way. That sucked. We had awesome food and partook in togetherness. It was just what the doctor ordered. I also succumb to the tourist trap that is Mud Island. I swear I am like a little kid when it comes to this shit. I saw scale size model of lower Mississippi river that you can walk in and I knew I had to go. Let down. Fun to do it with the spouse though. So, time not wasted. We decided that next time we take a trip we will stay two nights rather than one because driving there and back with in a day and a half is to much of a pain. I think we needed more time to relax. All in all, it was good stuff.

I have committed to play roller derby, or at least practice twice a week and see where that takes me. I got my skates, my mouth guard, and a helmet and I am on my way. T minus less than two weeks before I start! My first Arch Rival Roller Girls bout I am attending is this Saturday, June 14th. Check them out at http://www.archrivalrollergirls.com/. Still playing soccer on Sunday nights. I am a busy girl. I bet that the ARRG is going to kick my ass though.

Well, not a whole lot else as of this minute. I have got Ladytron on Monday and that should prove worthwhile. I will blog more (or less) depending on my computer situation. I think it is time for a new computer. I will keep you updated.

done and done...

2008-05-27T21:48:00.000-07:00

Well, the semester ended, say about 3 weeks ago and I have obviously made a strong effort to update my unread blog. I have a job now at the London Tea Room. Maybe my plug in the previous blog helped me with my job gettin' skills there. or not. I don't even think they knew about it until today. So, now my blog is linked to an awesome description of myself that you can find at www.thelondontearoom.com/The_Royal_We.html. Thumbs up to Matt and his way of describing me in pretty much less than twenty-four hours of actually knowing me. I guess I make an accurate impression on people. I think it means I am myself all the time or who I want those that meet me to perceive me as. Loves it.

So, yeah. Got a job, making some money, passed my classes. No class taking over the summer. No thank you and god bless. Saw radiohead last week and that was phenomenal. I had fabulous seats thanks to my dear friend Sean. Felt sorry for comrades on the lawn (Patrick, Travis, and Sarah). I witnessed my car getting peed on twice whilst waiting the hour to get out of the hell that is riverport or umb bank pavilion or verizon wireless amphitheater or whatever the fuck you want to call it. A rose by any other name will still smell as sweet and riverport by any other name will still sucks balls. Here feast your eyes on this hot photo of Thom Yorke from the show.
Satisfying, no?

I have found a grand list of enjoyable shows to attend over the course of the next few months. Check out my calender of events here: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=chelsea.pearson%40googlemail.com&ctz=America/Chicago . I am to lazy to list em all, but let's just say Mates of State, Ladytron, Nada Surf, et al. Enjoy the in on the upcoming goodness that is live music in St. Louis.

Also, for consideration... I am thinking about joining roller derby. I haven't decided 100 percent, but I think I will check it out. It seems like a massive commitment of time and money and I lack both as it is, but i think I would kick ass at it. I have had several friends encourage me by saying they could see me doing it. Should I be offended that they see me being physical, aggressive and kickin' ass? Nah, I just kind of am that way. Not looking for fights, but competitive and will play hard. Plus, I always think roller girls are way hott. So, more updates on that to come. The newbie start date would be June 23rd. We shall see.

What else? hmmmm. I was accosted by my pally Sean about trashing my ipod and buying a monthly subscription to rhapsody. Sounds nice and yet not at all practical for me at this moment. I am sentimental about my ipod. Kind of like I was with my cd's prior to the excellence that is digital music. My ipod still works great, so I think he can pretty much kiss it.

ummmm.... Yeah and twitter. If you look in the upper right hand corner of your screen you can see my updates on twitter. I have pretty much become a twitter whore. You can follow me on twitter @ http://twitter.com/youcantakeus. I guess it is sort of a miniature blog. I text my updates, which is extremely convenient when I can't get to a computer and something hilarious happens like drunk dudes pissing on my car. Good times.

I think this is all for nows. 'Tis late and must be off to bed. Have a shift at the tea room tomorrow morn' and now that they know about my blog, I don't want them to know why I am late! I will be on time tomorrow, I promise. No beatings please! It puts the lotion in the basket.

Iced Tea, Finals, and Freestyle Football

2008-04-25T00:09:00.000-07:00

Is it possible that I could have a life that does not require me to work or go to school??? I often ponder that. I sort of wish that I could just do nothing for a living. I could be a professional sloth. It would take all the pressure off of me. My friend Patrick and I were talking about the fact that us Libra's are very lazy and good at doing nothing. I do not know if that is an accurate representation of a Libra, but it sounds about right for me. Whatever. I guess this train of thought was started by the fact that finals are almost here and I have a bunch of exams all piled on top of each other. I am not looking forward to my life over the next week. If I get C's or better I will be happy! I am average and mediocre, I know. You would be too if you took organic chem, microbiology, and cell biology (the plague). Passing sounds good to me.

I met up with my friend Patrick today at The London Tea Room on Washington Ave. and had a phenomenal cup of Iced Jasmine Dragon Tears. If you want a quality cup of tea check this place out: www.thelondontearoom.com . I also shared a french press of their coffee. They serve Metropolis Coffee and it is wonderful as well. In it entirety this place is quality! The environment is quaint and lovely and makes me want to spend hours upon hours there. I cannot say anything bad of the place. So, if you get the chance check it out. The owners are from England and they wanted to open a quality tea room in the heart of St. Louis. The tea room is attached to a furniture store called English Living, also owned by the British family. Anyways, enough of a plug. Just check it out. I'll take pictures and post them next time I am there.

I am obsessed with soccer along with the tea room I referenced in the above paragraph. I guess I am sort of an anglophile. My bud Sean called me an anglophile the other day. I will admit it, I am. If I could, I would live over there in a heart beat, but everyone tells me that the grass is always greener on the other side. That saying kind of annoys me. I know I would love it. I hate it when people try to discourage me when I am excited about something and I hate it when people play devil's advocate too. Drives me crazy. I play indoor recreational soccer on two teams and I love it. I wish I had played my whole life, so then I would be freaking awesome. I go in my backyard and try to practice my ball handling skills. NOT THOSE KIND OF BALLS! Soccer balls! I am trying to juggle the soccer ball. I watch videos of freestyle footballers on you tube and I am in absolute awe. I can juggle the ball like 3 times and then I drop it, but I guess practice makes perfect. I want to be good so bad! I guess I have found the one thing I regret in my life, which is having not played soccer my whole life. I know this is a lame blog, but really, I do regret it. I think that I have some natural ability to play even though I have only really played seriously over the last year and a half. I just think that if I would have played growing up I would be so awesome. Maybe it is all in my head and I am tooting my own horn, but I think that. I wish I could go to soccer camp even though I am 25 and a pathetic loser. I am just going to drop it. Here is a video of an insane football freestyler named Billy Wingrove:

I need to get to bed. I have to get up early because I am going to be an adult chaperon for my teacher friend Sarah's class field trip. I think it will be fun. She teaches sophomores and I feel like not that long ago I was them. It is weird to now be in charge and watch over them. Totally weird.

Another thing: After finals I do have one thing to look forward to. Radiohead!!!!!!!! May 14th! Yessssssssss! Fuck School, I just want to go to Radiohead! Oh, and I did get a job. At Border's not super fantastic, but good enough for now. Only thing that sucks is that I have no idea when I start. They are suppose to call me. So, that blows goats. More added stress during finals! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I am just gonna block it out and think about Radiohead again...... Okay, I'm good. sigh. >.<

Concert Etiquette

2008-04-03T00:49:00.000-07:00

I had the opportunity to see Explosions in the Sky on Saturday 29 March 2008 at the Pageant. A rip off venue of clear channel in STL. I must speak to all the drunk ass fratties and foreigners and well just about everyone else there who pissed me off.

1) Do not stand in front of people that are already sitting. That is a shitty and selfish act at a show! If you want to see the band fucking get there early!

2) Do not have conversations while the headliner is playing! It may be semi-acceptable for the opener depending on who they are. The opener whom I still do not know the name of for Explosions was well, rather odd. I felt as though I should have been been watching a movie on the middle east due to the fact that two guys came on stage and made most of the music with sounds from their mouth to the microphone. It was funny watching everyone in the pit just staring up in awe at them, like they were sooooooo fucking artsy. I am getting off topic....

3) Do not talk back to people who ask you to move and then intentionally stand in their way! I witnessed this occurrence between some guys and a bitchy chick who was doing the standing in the way. She talked shit to the guys and then tried to hook it up with some boy that was with her crew. First off honey, he just wasn't that into you! Then as the night progressed and she got no love from her male counterpart she then proceeded to stand in the very spot the dudes had asked her not to and danced like a dumbass. It was like she was saying, "fuck you, whatcha goin' do about it." Bitch, please! You can't dance and none of your friends want to sleep with you!

4) Also, if you are from a foreign country or any country for that matter it is not acceptable to stand on the stairs in a high traffic area or any area. Especially when the waitress asks you several times to move out the way. Especially when you are blocking my view of the band fucknut! Also, kung-fu shirts over plaid button down collared shirts is way not hot.

5) And Finally, If all who listen to Dave Mathews Band such as college fratties and middle-aged fuckers and chicks who think they are so fucking intellectual could not be at the shows I attend that would be fucking great! Hey, I don't go to Dave Mathews Band and classic rock shows or even shitty emo shows and invade your turf! I would appreciate it if you would respect mine. My shows are an escape from you shitheads, so if you could not be there that would be great. Especially since you shouldn't even be into the band because they don't get any radio play anyway.

Please read and follow all rules and we will be fine! If not then I hope you do not reproduce. There should be less people on the earth like you.

BTY: Explosions in the Sky were pretty good. I don't think I would make an effort to see them again though. I think I saw them live once and that was just enough. Don't get me wrong, I do love what they do with the guitar. Beautiful.

night time is the right time

2008-03-24T23:32:00.000-07:00

I finally decided to try and start a serious blog. I have yet decided on whether or not to tell anyone of it. I think the advantages of that would be that I can talk smack on everyone I know and they won't know about it. We shall see...

Today, I was the most lazy person alive. I watched t.v. and napped all day. First day of spring break, so that should be allowed, right? I had a sort of shitty start to my morning. I woke up on the couch which always sucks and then I got lectured by my significant other about how I need to start cleaning and also get a job. I kindly told him that I was not open to discussing this topic with him and that he can mind his own business. He is right in a lot of ways. I do need to get a job (I will blog on that another time). I am unwilling though to listen to anyone nag me. So, yeah. He's right. I then proceeded to watch reruns of Monk and new episodes of The Hills, Dancing with the Stars, and The Bachelor: London Calling. I am a disgrace. I fucking hate Hollywood and all it stands for yet I am a sucker for pop culture. I have no values I tell you. I then had an 11:15pm soccer game and that was a dismal failure. This womens team I am playing on cannot seem to play together to save their lives. Some of the women are injured and others are just catty bitches. I will just keep playing though because I love soccer and exercise.

Yesterday was easter and yeah that fun. I am not christian nor do I believe that JC rose from the dead on the third day, but I do love good food and family. I made these awesome egg shaped sugar cookies with multi-colored buttercream frosting, all from scratch! I am a regular fucking Susie Homemaker! I colored eggs the previous day and then we had a fun easter egg hunt. I made $7. My nephews ran around and looked for eggs and then proceeded to get bored. They are 1 and 3. They were so fun to have around on easter. It made me want one of my own. I don't think that it is the right time for that yet, but my mind keeps going there more and more. I want to have an adorable baby. That is never annoying or demanding. I guess there is the sign that I am not ready for the responsibility yet. Plus, I want to finish college. Will I ever finish college?(another blog, another time).

All of my husband's family is great, but I feel like there is this weird competition between us. I do things differently than all of them. And that would make sense me being raised in a different family and being a different person and all. But I constantly feel like I am the weird one. The odd man out. I feel as though they do not respect people who are different than them and that everything I do is not right because they don't do it that way. I still have good times with them. I just can't hang with them for too long or it can get intense. bah.

I think this was a good start... I am tired and it is late, late, late. I have some more shite I have to take care of tonight too. Well, goodnight to the nonexistent readers of this blog.

<3