Nothin can stop me now, cause I don't care anymore.

I don't get all psyched out before bouts. I try to stay in a blissful zone when I'm cleaning and rotating my wheels, wiping off the smudges on my rec specs and loading up my gear bag.

I love bouting so much that I just get excited to play roller derby with another league. I don't care a lot about winning - well, maybe a little. I just get excited to play with my team. When we train, we play against the same rotation of girls every week. Because of this, we know exactly who we can outskate, who we can knock down easiest and all of the jammer's tricks.

Playing a different league is absolutely thrilling to me. I don't know any of their tricks or strategy or anything! Part of the thrill is trying to figure these things out on the track - while still doing my job.

Tonight, we're playing Long Island Roller Rebels with substituted skaters from the Hudson Valley Horrors. I do know a couple girls because last season we played the Hudson Valley Horrors (who subsituted a couple Long Island girls). I know that Captain Morgan (pictured below) will knock the sh*% out of anyone in her way. I know that Pinky Swears was a pretty good jammer. The rest of the girls are a mystery to me.

You can read more about the league at www.longislandrollerrebels.com.

I've got to get back to my preparations for tonight. Where's that bottle of Jameson??