CSI:Rollergirls

If you didn't watch CBS tonight, well, you missed out...sort of but not really. CSI:NY had a whole episode devoted to "Rollergirl Crime". Register your skates, ladies, cause they might be Lethal Weapons! Haaaaa-ha-haaaa-haaa-ha-haaaaaaaa....

[Composing self.]

Well, if you are thinking about Murder By Skate, then don't do it! Because they will totally catch your ass! Especially if it's fake Murder By Skate. (I was confussed also...and I watched the damn show.) But all they need is a few dedicated cops (some of which were strategically placed in the audience for their very 1st Rollergirl bout) , a couple of evidence/fiber gathering montages, and a desperate teleplay writer who apparently watches cable for show ideas.

It was a "great" Rollergirl crime episode...that was completely not about Rollergirls or Roller Derby.

CSI:NY Episode link: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/episodes/210/

So we start at a banked-track RD match between Manhattan Rollergirls & some other "team". It gets rough. Thank Goddess I was flipping channels at the right time. The girls stack up & start fighting. Suddenly, it's the NFL. Once they peel the Rollergirls off, a dead Rollergirl is produced at the bottom. OMFG!

1st of all, I had totally forgotten Gary Sinise was doing a TV show. Fuck me. I love how he summed up Roller Derby in 1 sentance though. (Roughly Paraphrased)
Girl Criminologist: I thought Roller Derby was a simple game.
Gary Sinise: It is. The jammer circles the track, lapping the pack once. Then the jammer scores points every time an opponent is lapped.
Girl Criminologist: This is my first bout. Isn't Roller Derby from the 70's?

And so on, and so on. Then it was at least 2 montages while gathering evidence. For a spell, they narrowed it down to a certain type of roller skate. But tests proved it wrong! I faded off sometime after. I really TRIED to watch it. However, I learned 2 things:
~ The spin-off CSI shows are all about the people working the case, not about the case. Remember when X-Files USED to be good? Before it every case became exclusively & specifically about Mulder & Scully? Yeah...it's that bad.
~ Gary Sinise, in true Law & Order style, disappears a 3rd of the way into the show, replaced by sub-par actors desperately trying to camouflage.

By the end, it was totally about something else, & I was like....What? I gave it a thumbs up & down. Up for noticing the NEW Rollergirl Era, but thumbs down for all their other CBS/CSI bullshit.

I Suck! I really do.

I'm sooo behind in posting. I'M SORRY!
I went to the Texas Rollergirls season starter bout on March 5th. It was AWESOME! (More on that soon.) I have pics, mostly bad ones but the posed pics came out ok, as well as a 1/2 done bout review post on it. A week & a half later, still not posted. Shit!

I missed the last Lonestar Rollergirls bout...not counting the cancelled bout in late Feb that turned into a fan meet/greet. Double Shit! And it looks like I just might possibly miss the SxSW Texas Rollergirls bout due to babysitter issues, (it's Spring Break here & everyone is out of town). Triple Shit! I can't keep up. We were supposed to go out of town for Spring Break, so I packed & got ready for it but it fell through. However, my kids are now bouncing off the walls, & I'm busy, busy trying to appease the monster children in addition to sucking in my Rollergirl duties. Quadruple Shit! And being that it's the high season in Austin Rollergirl activity, something is going on every weekend. And I seem to be missing at least a tit for tat.

If ANYONE has pics or bout reviews for something I've missed, feel free to email me at rollergirls@sbcglobal.net. Cause right about now, I'm feeling pretty bad at not bringing you all the highs & lows of the awesome world of Austin Roller Derby. Help!