tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9570102976951504972024-03-05T13:21:27.439+01:00Swede Hurt rambles* roller derby * food * exercise * life *Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.comBlogger829125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-59372178383793473452016-05-30T15:30:00.000+02:002016-05-30T15:30:29.219+02:00Swedish Mens Roller Derby<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wow, it really has been a long time since I wrote here. I just have been so busy, that I have't really had time to write about rollerderby.<br />
School, work and rollerderby has taken up my time, and the usual, having feelings and all that... I guess I am human, whatever that means. Oh, well... back to rollerderby...<br />
This weekend we had the third practice with Team Sweden, the mens version... and they really are coming together nicely. Oh, maybe I forgot to mention that, I am one of the coaches of Team Sweden, the mens team. It is really nice to be just coaching a team, and not be playing at all, even if I sometimes just wanna jump in and play, because I always love to play.<br />
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But Friday night I took the train down to Gothenburg and Saturday morning started with a photosession, we all know how importatnt it is with taking the headshots... Oh well, I guess it is a little faster with the guys. I don't tink it is because they care less about their apperance, it is rather htat they do't have to fix their makeup... I offered to braid beards and hair... no one took me up on that...<br />
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After that we just practices, talked, practices and talked... It was a really good day, te guys take feedback really well, and they also keep on trying new things. But htey did look really exhausted in the end of the day. No wonder, they were inside the venue from 9 am til 5pm... except from when we let them out for the group photo. I am really excited to go to Calgary with them this summer to see what we can do! And I also get to see a bunch of my friends from allover the world again.... I am still thinking about a good outfit... for the bench... I might be a little wilder than the other coach... she did not seem psyked about wearing Bikinis and representing the Swedish bikini team... actuelly I never brought that up, I thought it might just be too much... actually too cold... I didnt even like the idea myself...<br />
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And on Sunday htey went up to play a mixed team called the Nutcrackers... and they WON big time! I am really proud of them. I couldn't be there because I had to go back to Stockholm on Saturday night and run leauge practice for Stockholm. But In a few weeks I will be going with them to Finaland when they are playing Team Finland in Helsinki. There are promises (or threats) about saunas... I am excited about it.. .as I always am! Well, coaching more than the sauna... and yes, if we happen not win the game,we have to win the sauna... so that is the motivation to win... trying to win sauna against Finns, are like trying to tell a five year old to give their little sister ALL their candy... yikes!<br />
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Oh, and the mens team has a pretty epic new logo this year, its a hipster viking. I like it, more than the previous polarbear, since Sweden don't have polarbears... Norway does... we just got hella lot of moose... </div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-78468154233566155452016-03-14T18:46:00.003+01:002016-05-30T15:43:05.616+02:00And the season has began... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Stockholm Allstars is a different team from last season, we had a big turnover of skaters and were facing the problem many teams has, a rebuilding year.<br />
So we started our rebuilding already in January, and ideal would have been if we did not have to play any risky teams until May, when our team should have been settled a little more. But you cannot always get what you ask for, that be too much to ask for. So in the end of February we had two SFC games scheduled and then the next week we were heading to Malmö for the European Smackdown. As a co-captain of a team ranked 17th but with a completely new charter, I felt like we had quite a challenge in front of us.<br /><br />
One of the important things to get the team used to, was intensity, if you play in Div 1, you just HAVE to move it, move it, move it, and also play smart, and REALLY know where you are at all times. So we also revisited a lot of basics, basic blocking is actually just what it sounds like, basic, but OH so important. If you dont have your basics down then you have nothing...<br />
COMMUNICATION on and off track, working on a more transparent team, it is hard, because sometimes you think you have told skaters things, but you actually did not. Life is full of challenges and giving people bad news, such as in that they are not rostered is never fun. It is not only on the management I suppose, being a bubble skater at times in Gotham, taught me one thing, TO GET BETTER. At one point you should just become so good that everyone WANTS to skate with you. If you always secondguess yourself or if you always just do your own things, you will probably never get off the bubble. Keep clean, keep positive and see observe what they skaters on track need more off, and be that person that fills that void. </div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-80876088096013321182016-02-24T15:39:00.000+01:002016-05-30T15:40:31.179+02:00ICELAND, coaching in the land of snow <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I went to Iceland in February with one of my close friends Frozen Chosen. He is sort of a cool guy, plays roller derby and work as a stuntman, no big deal. But that's not why we are friends, it's something about just being comfortable in each others company. And we spent lots of time together last year, when I hijacked his garden and made everything grow there. I had not seen him since I hung out in Alaska in August, so I was more than excited to see him, I even cried a little. Yeah, I am an emotional person!<br />
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Oh, well... before I went to Iceland I got in touch with the Icelandic rollerderby team, and checked if maybe we could come and practice with them. And we were told that we were more than welcome, and in the end they asked if we maybe could run one of the practices. ANd since I really love coaching and I am excited about ALL the Scandinavian rollerderby there can be. I have never coached with Frozen before, and I have nver realized what a great coach he is. We ended up coaching and then we got to scrimmage some too.<br />
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After the first practice we went to, we were taken for some beers, and they have some good local beers on Iceland, and after the second practice we went to, we were taken to go swimming at one of their many public baths. All the pools are hot and heated from the ground, they are after all living on an island that's on fire... forged out of ice and fire... Iceland is breathtaking, I want to go back, and I will go back... </div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-73482780438280501802016-02-18T06:44:00.003+01:002016-02-18T06:44:35.454+01:00EROC 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />I have been to EROC more than once, more than twice, more than trice... I've been to EROC a total of FOUR times, and there has been SIX EROC. I really love EROC, and this year I came to represent Track Advantage and to run two seminars, one by myself and one with Only.<br /><br />It is so interesting to see how rollerderby in Europe is developing and growing, how we face new challanges and leave old ones behind us. I truly love to observe that we truly grow and are becoming a force to reckon. Everyone has worked so hard on making their leauges stronger and trying to figure things out. EROC is such a wonderful place where we all can meet and talk, get together and see that problems are easier to go trough and solve when you don't have to do it by yourself.<br /><br />I am always happy to see so many of my friends and acctually realize what a positive influence rollerderby have had on my life. We all work towards the same goal, together to become something amazing and more organised, to take ownership of the sport we like.<br /><br />The WFTDA discussions are always interesting, and we work towards a great goal, to be able to steer the sport towards the goals of what we want. And who are we, WE are every skater that stepped into a pair of derbyskates and fell in love. Driven by passion to create an inclusive and revolutionary sport, rollerderby is athletic and fun, it's friendship and togetherness, and all of this is something I fins at EROC, every year... and yeah, we are getting older... the parties are not as wild and we are happy to have it hat way. Well, at least I am, but yeah... of course I will drink some wineschorle... because its so tasty...<br /><br /><br /></div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-90808687250231268902016-01-25T18:32:00.001+01:002016-02-18T06:25:43.436+01:00Coaching in Haag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I had a really fun and inspiring time coaching the Parliament of Pain in Haag, Holland. It was really a great experience. I haven't been to Holland in quite a while.<br />
Four hours of coaching went really well and everyone seemed really happy about the bootcamp. It is the best thing as a coach, when everyone seem like they learned something. I am always a little nervous in the beginning of practice, that my drills aren't going to be what they expected.<br />
After practice they took me out for specialty beers... YIKES... those things are STRONG!! I even got locked in among all the beers... but without an opener, but that was probably for the best...<br />
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Sunday I spent in Rotterdam with Roos, who is one of the skaters but also my friend Fridges girlfriend, just biking and walking around, getting some really good bread and juice. Rotterdam is very modern, there is lots of very modern architecture.<br />
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So now I'm in Brussels visiting a really awesome friend, NON DERBY, and going for walks and trying to get some school done. I like Brussels, it is very different from Rotterdam, buildings are older and my friend Charles is being a supergreat tourguide. He is also sitting around playing guitar when I am just chillaxing on the couch. I love that I have people like this in my life, people I can just be me around. I am also preparing for the seminars I'm holding at EROC. I'm starting it off with a seminar on tournament play, and the next day me and Only are holding a seminar together, on training structure. I am really excited about it, even if I am also really nervous. Always nervous when I have to be in front of a bunch of people to talk.<br />
<br />Taking the train from Brussels to Berlin, I love trains, watching the world just fly by outside. It is time for contemplation.</div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-78464858732621711982015-12-27T12:37:00.001+01:002016-02-18T06:03:12.782+01:00This year comes to an end <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This year have been a year I've learned much about myself, I've spent over a year to deal with old memories that have been haunting me. I've slowly have started to unfold things from my past, things that I have buried under layers of memories because I never wanted to think about it.<br />
I have started to allow myself to be myself.<br />
It have been a quest and things keep on popping up, things that I thought had no significance, and when I think about it, maybe it did.<br />
This year started in Brazil pretty much and that is also where it will end... </div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-81814855206320900422015-12-10T12:30:00.001+01:002016-02-18T06:03:02.307+01:00Things I think about in the morning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Maybe it sucks that I watch this, and I recognize myself in parts of this. And maybe even more worrysome is that I feel that the first thing I need to write is, NO I DON'T THINK ALL MEN ARE RAPISTS. I think humans are wonderful people capable of giving so much love and caring to each other, both men and women.<br />
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I really do NOT think that all guys are rapists. I do think that our society allow for a pattern where guys are allowed to treat women in a degrading way, where we ourselves have a double standard for men and women promiscuity.<br />
I know this because I grew up in it.<br />
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When guys pulled my hair as a child, I was told by adults to ignore them, because they did it because they liked me. And apparently it is OK for little boys to express their affection by causing little girls pain. What kind of signal does that send to children? That girls should tolerate to get hurt because someone likes them, and that boys are OK to show affection via violence?<br />
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Sexuality is a not an easy topic to approach. We are very bound by the culture we grew up in, and the patterns we were taught. It is such a complex issue and at times it is hard to figure out if it was the wrong thing, and sometimes no one did the wrong thing, sex under the influence can for sure be consensual and amazing. There is nothing wrong with one-night stands, they happen often for some people and never for other, doesn't make either of you a less worthy person. It be easy to say, "don't get drunk", but that would be like telling people not to have sex, it will still happen.<br />
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But where do tings go wrong? A long time ago I ran into a friend at the local grocery store. Me and a friend had just gotten down from a long day of riding. We are chatting about how great the riding was, taunting our friend about him having to work all day. What good was it to be sponsored if he still had to miss great days like this. And just causually he tells us about the party at his house the night before. People were getting drunk. This girl liked him, he knew that, she was drunk, he was drunk, they had sex. She passed out in his bed. He went downstairs. He didn't care much for her, so he told someone else at the party that she was willing and this guy went up to the room, and then another of his roomates. He told it as if it was a funny joke.<br />
I remember just thinking that I was happy I wasn't that girl. And both of the guys laughed, I might have had too, it was how it was. I hated myself for it.<br />
And I think the last thing that girl should have been told was that it was her own fault for being drunk and feeling up for something with that one dude. She is probably the one that will feel guilty about it, ashamed and maybe even disgusted by herself.<br />
I have lots of stories like this from those years. You toughened up. Wore baggy jeans and fell into the pack mentality, I hid in the mountains.<br />
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We have to understand that by saying that women should not get drunk and dress in a certain way, we are actually saying that all men are rapists, that they can not contain themselves. If both women and men were more OK with their own sexuality, maybe this would not be such an issue. If slut shaming was not such a thing, maybe girls would not feel so bad after a drunkan night of sex, because sometimes things happen. Sometimes you do not want it rubbed in your face. Who you sleep with is your business. We all judge harshly and quick, instead of seeing the big picture. Care more, we all make mistakes, nobody is perfect. <br />
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Alcohol is damned, and for sure a reason for many regrets. But even in the most drunkan stage, each and everyone must understand that a passed out person cannot give consent, and sex is off the table. It just is! Sex can be something awesome and just pleasurable between two people, but if one of the people aren't awake, how can both enjoy it. I totally think that if you are into having multiple partners, you should, and if you like to have a few drinks and fuck your brains out, please do it. But a no, I am no longer into it, is a NO. And I know this is hard to understand when you have raging hormones and alcohol in your system. Still, that sense of doing something wrong should be so deep down rooted in us that we can stop. Just like when we are about to hit someone and stop ourselves.<br />
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We all have potential to do horrible things, we are all potential killers, otherwise there wouldn't be as many wars as there are. Humans want to fit in, we want to be a part of the group, and we follow the patterns we are taught, the patterns that our society created and allows us. I think almost all of us have laughed at a joke that made us uncomfortable at more than one time.<br />
We all have free will, we have the power to NOT laugh at a joke, not to slutshame other women, to live our lives and be kind to others. That time so many years ago, I probably should have looked at my friend and said "you know that is rape, and you are a fucking idiot". I didn't, because I prefered to belong than be the outcast, because I didn't believe that anyone would stand up for me, because no one did when it happened to me.<br />
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We have the will and the power to change, and we are stronger as a group, we do things better together. We all do things wrong once in a while, but we are here to help each other, to make the world a better place to live, to create a pattern where respect each other. </div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-45026872446801232642015-12-08T13:49:00.003+01:002016-02-18T06:26:37.641+01:00A weekend with VR Nordic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A long time ago I moved back to Sweden, or even before I moved back, we started up VR Nordic. I've been skating on Team Vagine since 2008, and it was only natural for me to be a part of starting up a Nordic chapter, of something that have given me soo much.<br />
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VR Nordic played our first game against Crime City Rollers a few years back, during the Derby Festival and then it seem like we have gotten invited to play a game each year.<br />
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VR Nordic has been a very fun experiance, and I love to be able to hang out with some of the best Queer skaters of the Nordic countries and just have a relaxed and fun game. Me, Only and Pygmi have been making sure there has been merch and that games are set up. Currently I have 25 VR shirts at my house I have to mail out... Has to wait until after this weekend and my semester is over... UGH...<br />
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Well, nevermind... this year we secured a game against VR UK in Birmingham, during a mens tournament. Except from neitther of us being a big fan of Birmingham, we're all keen on playing. We had some new additons to the roster such as Dykestalker from CCR and BlowMe from Stockholm and Team Norway skater Yoshibitchu. Also Fenix from Team Sweden joined us for the first time... and the bout was SO MUCH FUN!<br />
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I played an entire bout without a single penalty, and that felt really good. It was my first bout in a long time, and it totally made me remember why I do love rollerderby so much! Everyone seemed to have such a good time and played so well together.<br />
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We all went out for dinner together for an all you can eat, a little spicy for some of the queers, but some beers and we were ready for the lesbian bar... and we tore that place up! We CLOSED that place!<br />
and we did win at the pool table... after some hard fought times! Good times with the locals!</div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-91950084836094290242015-12-01T13:56:00.000+01:002016-02-18T06:29:20.266+01:00Coaching Co-Ed in Gothenburg<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I got invited down to Gothenburg to coach their mens team, Salty Seamen, I know... great name... wait until you see their logo... it is JUST a fish, I promise. Well, now when that is out of the minds... It was fun to coach, to be honest, I was a little nervous the first hour, it has been a long time since I went and coached. But everyone seemed really happy, and I think everyone learned a few new things and pushed themselves outside their comfortzone.<br />
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The camp was acctually co-ed, and I dont think I have coached co-ed before, but it really is not that much of a difference. Well, guys are bigger, and YES they in general are.<br />
I am a "big" girl with my six feet frame, and I usually weigh about 170 pounds (we are talking about this later). But most women are not my frame, I am not the avarage, and nor is the tiniest guy on the team. SO yes, guys are in general bigger and more muscular than women players. Playing with men, I have to contain even more, and hit even less. I can't hit people that weigh that much out of my way, and if I wanted to, I would have to crazy SWING at them, and that is usually not advicable, ever.<br />
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We worked on walls, walls, walls, skills and some offence, and on Sunday we ended it with a 2 hour scrimmage, and I joined in and scrimmaged. Made me miss skating with NYSE a little, but I had a REALLY good time! This is what I love doing, skating with different people, and learning from coaching others. Understanding your and others strength and weaknesses... makes you and your team better.<br />
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I had a really good time, and it felt good to be back coaching! Made me wanna watch and coach more derby and analyze how we all can get better... I need more friends to do that with...<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-84629001310451776002015-11-17T15:00:00.001+01:002015-11-17T15:00:37.956+01:00Just a rant about food... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Life is an adventure, and some of us plan our adventure and some of just live it. </div>
<br />I like to think I am somewhere in between. There are a few things I have always wanted, some of them I have gotten, some of them I haven't.<br /><br />So a few weeks ago I wrote that I was going vegetarian, because I believe in more sustainable living, with the side effect of healthier eating. It is going really good, I've had meat a few times, but it has only been moose that my stepdad shot or lamb from my moms own. For me that's accceptble, and it will stay that way.<br /><br />I will admit that I did watch <a href="http://www.cowspiracy.com/" target="_blank">Cowspiracy</a>, and it did inspire me a little extra to eat as vegan as possible. My largest obstcle was that I LOVE milk in my coffee, and to be totally honest... there is nothing like cowmilk in your coffee... until I meat Oatleys iKaffe... I bow to it... I can drink that and ENJOY it. Becasue food is to enjoy, and not just to quickly shove in your mouth just to open it up for another bit.<br /><br />Food should for sure taste good, and I try to cook good food. It makes me happy when people compliment me on my food or/and eat a healthy amount of it. The past week I've baked three times, twicce this amazing bananabread and once swedish style cinnamon and cardemon buns.... SO good!<br /><br />I do start every morning with throwing an apple, half a carrot, weathgrass powder, spirtutlina powder, some celery, a bunch of spinnache and some water and mix it til its about smooth... <div>
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-3352687993803432872015-11-05T12:22:00.000+01:002015-11-05T15:20:19.504+01:00How we live our lives... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love the north, I grew up on top of the world, I grew up in dark and snowy winters and short but light summers. I grew playing freely in the woods of Dalarna and the Stockholm archipelago, learning to swim in freezing water. I learned crosscontry skiing on my grandmothers lawn in Sågmyra and downhill at a small hill in Bjursås, I did hit a fence, they forgot to teach me how to stop. Otherwise there were not many fences in my childhood, you just walked right out into the woods and climbed trees and cliffs. It went dark and you came inside. My daycare in the Stockholm suburb was across the street from my parents house and we had a huge playground that was forrest and very little concrete. I remember when the local stable moved, and donated a bunch of saddles to the daycare. We put them up on the railing of the house and played horse. We all wanted our own horse, but no one could afford it or had parents that would allow it. My parents worked fulltime, like all my friends parents did, I always came early to the dayscare, Mom dropping me off before work, picking me up late when it was dark outside and I was the last one left. The kids that were there until late always got a snack, I remember carrots. Chopped and peeled carrots, floating around in water, not to turn brown, watery carrots, thats the taste of parents working late.<br />
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In the summer we would sail, go from island to island and sleep in the boat, me, my mom, my brother and my father. For two weeks the sailboat was our home, me in the back, my brother in the front and my parents in the middle separated bythe table we had dinner at. I learned how to set sail and navigate and how not to fall off the boat. In the evenings my dad would let me lay my head in his knee and he wold read books for me or just make up tales about trolls and other magical creatures living in the woods. We would meet many other familys sailing, and sometimes I would play with other kids on other boats.<br />
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There is a magic in the nature and the city kills me slowly... The bars, the smiles, the stress, the makeup, the constant want for more, it eats us alive and we start to think it is the only way we can live. That by being recognized by others, validates us, makes us real, we polish ourselves and hide the imperfections... <br />Everyone striving for a minute or two in the spotlight, and for what?<br />
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I would never say that we should not strive for what we want, but for me, I want to hike a mountain, I want snow, I want the smell of winter or pine trees warmed by the sun in the summer. I want to sail with the wind coming across, with the boat leaning a tad. I want an life with adventures, not in the bars comparing how many shots I can drink, I know I can do this, I know I can win. I know I am pretty with makeup. I know I can talk about nothing with people that dont care about me, and that I probably dont care about.<br />
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Life is not about looks, diets, plastic surgery and having the most likes on Instagram. It is about waking up, filling your lungs with fresh air, going down to a lake to take a swim. It is about watching your partner read a book while you plan your next adventure. It is about grabbing your skis and heading into the woods, it is about sitting and looking at the garden you grew and thinking what you are making for supper. I want to be kind to others and get the same back, I want to teach and be taught. Do something for myself, but also for others.<br />
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This is the life I want for myself... oh and of course I wanna rollerskate too<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-5554756420516997102015-11-01T23:50:00.001+01:002015-11-03T03:27:46.122+01:00Today I played rollerderby again... and it was fun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was expecting to finish this season with Gotham, it was what I trained really hard for the entire season. Becoming better, stronger, faster and smarter, playing together with a team where each and every skater were just working so hard to do the same. I am not going to lie, being a Gotham Allstar is hard, both on your body and mentally but rewarding.<br />
I miss my team very much, and when I got my visa denial I got upset, very upset. I am not going to lie, it was not only because of the derby, it was also a matter of the heart and that I had looked forward so much to begin a masters in something that I really really felt right about.<br />
It has been a two really tough months, watching things fall apart around me, missing friends, being a little lost, missing my team, missing that one friend I spent so much time with, loosing myself a little<br />
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They do say that when one door closes another opens, so I enrolled in school here, taking classes towards what I want to do. Went to Paris and saw one of my best friends, spent time with my family, picked lingonberries in the woods up north, picked mushrooms in the woods outside Stockholm. Worked out with friends at Good To Go, ran in the woods, hung out in the Sauna, went to Helsinki and saw friends. I recovered my body and thought a lot on things that I really want to do. Places that I want to go, things I want to learn that aren't rollerderby. I realized that there are also other things in life that are great and exciting and everythign does not have to revolve around rollerderby...<br />
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I have been stressed out and I've lost almost five kilos, emotional stress, so many feelings... I have cried, I guess it is OK to cry. I have been pissed off and I have made jokes about everything, to ease the stress. I've written letters and put thoughts and feelings into print, some I sent, others I didn't.<br />
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Well, so with that said, all this made me not really feel like playing rollerderby. I love rollerderby, but I just didn't feel like it. I wanted, but I didn't want to. It has been nice being able to just go for dinner with friends instead of going to practice. I've watched so much Netflix and been drawing like crazy. I have written poems and short little stories.<br />
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But today I decided to go to Stockholms practice, they had a guest coach from Australia. So I spent the day at my moms place making labels for the lamb meat (slaughter was yesterday) she was vacuum packaging while my brothers and stepdad were chopping the lambs up. We had a big family lunch and then I got a ride back into town. I cam home and I sort of didn't want to go, but I did. I did miss skating... I FaceTimed a little with Nut, and I decided... YES I AM GONNA GO TO PRACTICE!<br />
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And it was superfun! I am really happy I went! I missed it, there are things I have not missed about derby, but I for sure missed playing and practicing. It was two hours of FUN! Yeah! I probably will go to more Stockholm practices now, and I am going to watch Gotham kick ass this weekend. And I will be proud of my team and I will see all the things we worked on all season be implemented in perfection, because I know how hard they have worked for this! And I will enjoy it, I will be supersad that I cant be there to play or even to support. But I will be watching with friends here and I will make the best out of what I have here and now. Because we do what we can with what we have!<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-16005824515531171452015-10-30T13:37:00.000+01:002015-10-30T13:37:33.437+01:00RollerCon 2015 - short late recap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had an AMAZING time at <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=303228566433438" href="https://www.facebook.com/RollerCon/" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">RollerCon</a>, it was my SEVENTH RollerCon and it was just as magic as any other year. I played some truly fun bouts with talented and kickass people, and most of all... i got to dress up while playing rollerderby... meeting old and new friends!<br /></div>
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I was honored to be voted in for the East Coast Team this year, it is truly humbling and amazing to get to skate with this team. And AGAINST Team West that really had some of the finest skaters on it. Oh, and we<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> won... but it was an amazing and hardfought bout...<br /><br />Team Cruz always leaves me feeling like a BEZErKING VIKING, I am not complaining... I couldn't stop grunting for a really long time after... <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=279631132076025" href="https://www.facebook.com/fashole/" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Team Fashole</a> just get better and better each year... both outfitwise and skating, this year we event made points... we alsmost gave those tomboys a run for their money... with our tits out... yeah we did!!<br /><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=145787588926222" href="https://www.facebook.com/teamvagine/" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Team Vagine</a> is the highlight of the weekend, being able to be a part of a team with such talented and queer skaters makes me super happy. Skating for a cause, because we are who we are, and we are not afraid to be who we are. Oh, yeah, we also won this year again...<br /><br />And as always, skating with <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=201978013178114" href="https://www.facebook.com/Cheezeballs-Precision-Skate-Bearings-201978013178114/" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Cheezeballs Precision Skate Bearings</a> is always a great time and so are the bearings spinning in my wheels... even if we didn't win, we still kicked some ass and had a GOOD time both against Bont and S1!!</span></div>
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I also had a good time seeing that <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=531359480327934" href="https://www.facebook.com/Roll-Line-Roller-Derby-531359480327934/" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Roll Line Roller Derby</a> had a booth there this year, and my Gladiator wheels totally tore up the floor..</div>
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-40959760220858544592015-10-28T09:36:00.000+01:002015-11-03T03:25:10.789+01:00Don't call me hipster! I am a gardener... or something... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So for you who follow me on Instagram, you know that I took over Fisti Cuffs and Frozen Chosens garden this summer. I literally took over... I cleaned out a hella lot of debris and dead morning glory (with help from Frozen) and then I dug up all the soil and added a bunch of pots. Bought lots of soil and started planting... well, I got Frozen to drive me to Home Depot to get a bunch of plants 06.30 in the morning (he was the one who wanted to go that early, and he actually slept in the car while I went crazy on little baby plants in the nursery). I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, lots of different herbs, jalapenos, peppers, zucchini, winter squash and watermelons...<br />
And SUNFLOWERS! I love sunflowers... the only other flower I might almost love as much is a weed, and it's the dandelion. Dandelions are super useful, you can use the leaves for salad and make wine of the flowers. I know there are also some remedies you can make out of them. Have not gotten that far yet... <br />
I spent lots of the summer on killing morning glory and some other weeds, on hunting down squash worms and trying to figure out why I had black spots on some tomatoes and how to get rid of mildew on cucumber leaves... I learned SO much, and I loved it! Well to be fair, I also had Brazilian Nut take me to Home Depot to get more plants and I ordered soil and strawberries from Amazon... yeah... there is nothing you can't get from Amazon...<br />
I think I was mostly excited about being able to go out in the garden and eat a cucumber for breakfast whenever I wanted to.<br />
I had to leave NYC before the growing season was over, so I never saw the end of it, but apperently the watermelons never came out, but it produced lots of tomatoes... and still is.<br />
Growing things in NYC is not hard, well it is polluted, but as long as you have water, it will grow because of the heat and the sun. Sure there are all the pests, but it grows fast, and if something dies, something new will soon pop up...<br />
Stockholm is not the same... we have a subarctic climate here, so it's going to be interesting to see how my balcony will fare next summer. I am also going to do some planing at my moms outside the city, because I want to do some real gardening, and not just the urban balcony pot gardening.<br />
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I truly enjoy gardening, it is just fun to get better at something, and also the joy of being able to give something to others. There is something really satisfying about being able to produce your own food.<br />
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I am also learning a new composting method called Bokashi, I made my own bin... well... more about that in my next blogg... Well, acctually next blogg will be a late post about RollerCon!<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-87501842003630879872015-10-27T11:16:00.002+01:002015-10-27T11:20:53.536+01:00Another hard slap to the face... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So I was hoping at least that I could travel to the WFTDA Champs to root Gotham on, to see all those people I love in derby. But also to watch the best rollerderby, the sport I love, and the athlethes that impress me each game! If I can't play myself, at least I could get the second best... but no, US decided that I should not travel. It really sucks and it makes me really sad! <br />
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REALLY REALLY SAD and UPSET! It leaves me feeling powerless, I can't really decide on my own destiny of life. I can't grab life by it's boobs and go where I please. FRUSTRATING!<br />
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I love Stockholm, I have spent much time outdoors, and I love it. The fresh air, the smell of the fall and how winter is slowly creeping up on us. Walking and running the woods, looking for mushrooms and drinking water straight from a spring, sitting in the sauna, going outside into the cold water and air.<br />
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I know I will hate November, it's that rainy, dark and cold month... the time of the year we all suffer... waiting for snow... I've started to compost, I'm planning to rebuild my kitchen, I've painted all the furniture, I want to learn how to build furniture, I am taking classes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy... Things are looking up...<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-23942187781826812442015-10-21T12:23:00.001+02:002015-10-21T12:24:18.211+02:00Running around with vegbles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Everyone that knows me, knows that I really hate running, jogging, moving my body in any direction that doesn't include skating... ok, FINE, I do really like walking... BUT I have always been baffled by all those crazypants that tell me how WONDERFUL running is. Like really! I have always looked at them and thought to myself "you poor human beeing, who had lobotomized you". Well, maybe not that harsh,,, but surley something like that...<br />
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And now I have to confess... I have been running... and I sort of like it... I don't know why this is, maybe because it is out in the woods on really fun forest trails and I get to go to the sauna afterwards? Maybe b3ecause it is fall, and the temperature is just right. But yeah, I like running, and I like the sauna afterwards, and the naked skin in the fall air when we go outside to jump in the lake that slowly is going towards winter.<br />
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I love those aspects of Stockholm, that I can be in the middle of the nature just using my buspass. I love watching the season change and I can't wait for winter to be here... and as always, I keep on working out at Good To Go. It really is great, I've really gained a lot of core and upperbody strength. This morning I went to the 06.30 am session... I am seriously a zoombie whrn I get there... and then I leave as an almost functional person. It's very nice. For me, Functional Fitness works really well, I probably should spend an additional day at the gym... but I guess I have to lay down boundaries.<br />
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Oh, and then there was that little thing about being a vegetarian... It has been over a week, and I am not really missing eating meat, but I got myself some protein powder to consume after training sessions, I suspect that I will need that, I had vegan sushi the other day, and I must say I really did miss the real deal...<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-10703957211409866152015-10-16T13:05:00.000+02:002015-10-16T13:05:36.628+02:00Vegetarian Day 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So let me be clear...<br /><br />THIS IS NOT AS EASY AS I THOUGHT!<br /><br />I guess I was sort of cocky, because I've even been vegan before... but that was EIGHT years ago! I have to reform so many habits!<br /><br />Yesterday I went to Hellasgarden with Panica and Sarra, we ran in the woods for about 8km and it was quite epic. The fall weather with sun and the nature just being stunning. I can get into this... I really can! And then we went into the sauna, dipped ourselves in the 9 degree lake and back in the sauna before I headed to Good To Go for an hour of work out. EPIC!<br /><br />I did have my usual morning smoothie, and then I just totally forgot to eat lunch, so on my way to Good To Go, I grabbed a Gainomax and another smoothie that you just can buy in the store. And after training I went home and snacked on some fried tofu. I really like fried tofu...<br /><br />For dinner I met up with my brother at a pub. I come here often for food, but i have never had a vegetarian meal at this place. They had one option, Mushroom risotto... I looked longing on the other options, thinking that no one would no.. .BUT I WOULD... cheater! So I had mushroom risotto, and it was really good!<br /><br />Yeah... it's a quest!<br />Getting fit and healthy, and trying it while being vegetarian. it's a challange. But challanges in life are what keep us all going... right!?</div>
Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-55435685646986346242015-10-15T12:32:00.001+02:002015-10-16T13:05:53.462+02:00Vegetarian DAY 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As I said in my blog <a href="http://swedehurtgoesfit.blogspot.se/2015/10/going-vegetarian-and-more-fit.html" target="_blank">yesterday</a> I am aiming to go vegetarian, preferbly vegan, but I figured I am going to start light. And i might just fail miserably and end up just eating less meat. Nothing is easy in this world, and the meat and milk industry are horrible, both because of the way it treats animals but also because of the toll it takes on our environment. I guess I will be eating meat that is caught in the wild, I know that makes no sense to some people, but it does to me. I am against an industry, not the eating of meat itself. I do think we don't have to have meat with every meal, not even everyday.<br />
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I love the nature and the earth we live on, so I figured that I would get back to dragging my straw to the stack. I want to be a better human, not only for myself but the rest of the world. I mean, I want the earth to be a part of me striving to be more fit. <br />
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I love the north where I am from, and I don't want global warming to take over the beauty of it. So there, I am gonna do something, and yes I know... my carbon footprint i GIGANTIC, so I will do what I can, not traveling is not an option in my world. <br />
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Leaving work yesterday I wanted a snack, so I went into SevenEleven, just to figure out that most snacks I usually would go for had some sort of animalistic component to it. So i decided to go for an apple... i really like apples, so it was a gain.<br />
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I was still sick yesterday, so no work-out, but I did go to a photo exhibition at Fotografiska with Martin Schoeller, it was really nice. And afterwards me and my friend took a walk and ate BimBimBap at a Korean/Japaneese restuarant. I had tofu instead of with salmon or beef... It was really yummy. I did have the miso soup, and didn't think about it until afterwards that it probably contained fish... I guess babysteps... babysteps...<br />
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Afterwards we went to a Chineese supermarket and I bought some other fake meat products and found some really odd things, like boobballs. What do you even use those for?<br />
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I hate when I am not able to work out, I sleep really terrabbly, and last night were no different. Insomnia, insomnia... so I lay around and draw pictures and watched bad Netflix...<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-23107621222138416512015-10-14T15:53:00.001+02:002015-10-16T13:06:24.465+02:00Going vegetarian and more fit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So the past weeks I've been thinking more and more about that maybe I should go back to being vegetarian. I've never really liked the meat industry and I know I can live without meat, since I've previously been both vegan and vegetarian.<br />
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I thought I would give it a try... and I am also going to start blogging about that and my training more. I don't eat well when I am under lots of emotional stress, and I have lost almost 4-5 kilos the past month. I am so light now, I alsmost think I am going to become a jammer.<br />
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I haven't lost any muscle really, I've kept on training at Good To Go several times each week, even if I start to think I need go to a gym for some extra weight training. I am just not a gym rat,,,<br />
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Yesterday I came back from Helsinki, and I have a terrible cold, that just was on the verge of breaking out, so I just stayed at work and went home and was intending to make vegan lasanga. But I was feeling so shitty, that I just settled for vegetarian.<br />
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I woke up with a really bad cold, and decided to stay home and do schoolwork in the morning. I made my new favorite breakfast: half a cucumber, an apple, water, some apple cider, a lemon, wheatgrass powder and some other green power powder. I throw it all in the mixer and it turns into some sort of juice/smoothie.<br />
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On my way to work today I grabbed a salad, and not until I had payed I realised that I had grabbed a chicken salad out of habit. I was so hungry and late that I just decided to eat around the chicken pieces. It did make mefeel bad, because the whole idea is not to support the meat industry, and now I had still payed for meat. HA... Things might take some time to get adjusted too..<br />
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Well, no work-out for me today, I am just not feeling very well, I am acctually feeling horrible and can't wait to get out of work and back into bed! I still have vegetarian lasanga at home, so that is what I am gonna eat! YES BOX!<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-15338836178351726482015-10-14T15:21:00.001+02:002015-10-14T15:22:34.580+02:00Ups and downs in life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sometimes life feels really unfair, I just had a lot of things falling in place the last year. I felt stronger and more confident. I did a lot of soulsearching and found what I wanted to do. I applied for a masters degre and got accepted. I was figuring things out with the person my heart had been cirkeling around for a long time and I was feeling like I was at a really good spot in rollerderby.<br />
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I went home to Sweden and applied for my student visa, since I have a BA from a University in US, a masters from a US University makes more sense. And I got a <b>NO</b>.<br />
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I seriously felt like I was going to throw up, my entire lifeplan sort of got turned over and I called my best friend and cried. I wanted this education really bad, and I wanted to end the season with the team that I had worked really hard with all season. It was heartbreaking in all sorts of ways. I miss my friends and I miss the freedom of doing what I wantto do, the freedom of follow my own heart and choices.<br />
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I am figuring things out, and of course I know that it's a first world problem. I am not starving and I have a job. I signed up for classes in Stockholm and been walking in the woods and loving the nature. I have been working out lot's and I am probably more fit than I've ever been. I have even started to run... and that my friends, is crazytalk in my world.<br />
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I have amazing friends here and I have no right to complain, still, it is not a great spot to be in. This is not what I wanted, this is not what I planned for. I broke down the weekend Gotham played at playoffs, I wanted to be there so bad. I miss the team so much! I am also really sad I am missing ManChamps this weekend with Shock. I would have loved to be on the bench supporting my guys!<br />
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Things just don't work out the way you expect them to all the time, and I guess you can only do your best. Smile when you cry on the inside and pick up another book on the subject you want to study. In the end it is only you who limit yourself, your thoughts on what you can do... but also... I can't manipulate the thoughts of immigration... so my limits acctually are there...<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-54193750345750264032015-07-12T13:34:00.001+02:002015-07-12T14:02:14.357+02:00Freddie Thunders need a little help to get back on his feet....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Freddie went into surgery yesterday and is recovering well, but OMG and Bonnie need a little help with his medical expenses.<br />
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Last summer the three of them took me in when I needed it the most, and they deserve all the love and support they can get. Freddie cuddled with me many nights, and farted on me... maybe the farting wasn't the best memories.<br />
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OMG and Bonnie have worked hard for creating the rollerderby we play today, international rollerderby would not look like it does if it wasn't for them. This is a place for us all to give back a little to two (three with Freddie) amazing people that have done more for us than we can all understand.<br />
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Just a few dollars will take them a long way... they seldom ask for things and they have given the rollerderby community so much.<br />
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Please follow this link:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youcaring.com/freddie-thunders-389501">http://www.youcaring.com/freddie-thunders-389501</a><br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-48615535655890640842015-07-09T12:30:00.000+02:002015-07-10T11:58:21.218+02:00Swedish Championships 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The third swedish Championships was played last weekend, in a town five hours north of Stockholm called Sundsvall. I got a ride up with one of my best friends from Stockholm Rollerderby, Becky Lawless. Seriously, the car was so hot that I think we all melted away, BUT luckily we are in Sweden where the sun doesn't set in the summer (well, not until about 10.30 or so) and we stopped by a lake and soaked ourselves. well, at least me and Tess got in it, while Quad and Becky did some serious gas station shopping.<br />
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Since I nowdays play for Gotham and not Stockholm, I wasn't going to play, but I was going to ANNOUNCE, and I do really like announcing. I think that and coaching is what I wanna do when I no longer want to play rollerderby competativley. Well, nevermind... when we got to Sundsvall we put our sleepingbags out on the floor of the classroom. All volonteers and players were housed in a High School... delightful... I probably should have brought my blow-up queensized matress... because I was busy packing pretty outfits for the announcing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Salivet announcing Gothenburg vs. Stockholm getting our tan on<br />Photo by Camilla Höög</td></tr>
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I was scedualed to announce with Saliva, and our first bout was the semifinal between Stockholm and Gothenburg. Stockholm was the clear favorite in this one, and did not have much problems with pulling of a win. I was VERY impressed by a few of the Gothenburg skaters, this one girl whos name I never seemed to be able to get right, but she was #71 did a great job as a pivot/blocker, I would probably have jammed her more, since she was greatly sucessful everytime she got the starpass. damn those ladies in their lower twenties and all that talent. Well, me an Salivet were dressed nicley and we went with a flowery theme. It was really sunny, and I got a nice tan.<br />
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That was the only bout that we announced on Saturday, even if I for sure watched the other semifinal where Crime City effortless beat Dock City. In the night me and Salivet took a round to look if there was anything fun to do on a Saturday night, and we probably would just have been better off just staying and laying on that classroom floor.<br />
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Sunday was the day of the final, the battle of the GOLD, the game that was going to decide if Stockholm would become Swedish Champs for a third time or if it was Crime Citys turn. AND I was going to announce it, and for this I had brought my fanciest dress! Well, nw I'm getting ahead of myself, we started out with announcing the Elitserie Qualifications. Sweden has an internal play, and currently it is Elitserien as the higest six ranked teams play in and Division 1 that are the six lower teams. In the end of the season the number five in Elitserien play number two in Divison 1. So it was Luleå Rollerderby (5 in Elitserien) playing Norrköping (2 in Div 1) to vinna eller försvinna (to win or disapear). It was SUCH a great bout, I haven't seen Luleå play for years and I never seen Norrköping before, and I was really impressed by both teams! It was fun to anounce, even if I had a little trouble getting all the blockers right in the beginning. AND it was sooo close, WOW!<br />
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The bronze game with Gothenburg and Dock City was REALLY exciting, especally the first half, before Dock City showed that they still are the number three team in Sweden. but Gothenburg showed that they are a true contender. At times Swedish rollerderby makes me teareyed, I love this sport so much and I love how everyone playing are pouring so much time and soul into it. AMAZING!<br />
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THE THE FINAL... it was REALLY great to get to annonce the two Swedish teams I've been a part of. I know almost all the players from both teams and there is so much talent and brains on both teams. Both teams went to US this year, Crime City to Beach Brawl in Florida where they DESTROYED their opponents and Stockholm to ECDX where they beat both Charm and Detroit, teams ranked way above them. When the new rankings are coming out in a few days this will place both those teams in WFTDAs Division one, meaning that they are both going to head back to US, to playoffs. I am SO excited that little Sweden has TWO DIVISION ONE teams! Dreams do come true.<br />
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Well, well... After the first ten minutes Stockholm had taken a clear lead, both teams played really awesome, but Crime had one too many penalties. In the end Stockholm pulled away and took a clear win. Ahhh... amazing! I was supercold... brrrrrrrr...<br />
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Hm, I am trying to remember who got the MVP's and so on... I think I missed someone.... but this is what I remember...<br />
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Quad Shop MVP: Lil Slinky (Stockholm)<br />
Quad Shop MVJ: Curly Håår (Crime City)<br />
Peoples Choice: Anja Knees (Norrköping)<br />
Sticky Skates MVP: Stopless (Gothenburg)</div>
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-67876684443209863902015-07-03T03:01:00.001+02:002015-07-09T12:34:31.840+02:00Stockholm - rollerderby and family<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So far I gotten to see a big part of my family and coached Stockholm Rollerderby!<br />
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I've picked mushrooms, cuddeled with sheeps and tried to find my moms cat. Many things happening... I am resting my body a little, last month I skated over 45 hours... My body likes just a tad bit of rest...<br />
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-77138521609267354182015-06-26T21:44:00.000+02:002015-07-09T12:32:35.000+02:00Things that make me cry...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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USA recognised homosexual marrige in all the 50 states. It is a huge step forward, love is love and will always be love. I really don't care who you marry, maybe I will never be married, but I love to read that we are all the same, we are not treated different in the eyes of the law. a human can marry another human that they happen to love. Ok, fine... there are limits to everything, but you know what I mean...<br />
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In many times I don't think I care that much, until I read the articles online and see the happiness it creates. Love is supposed to bring joy into our hearts, it's supposed to be something we celebrate, not something that is a burden and something we ALWAYS have to fight for,<br />
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I know there are many opinions about marrige and the significance of it, but when it all comes down to it, I like to have the possibility to say no, rather than not have it avaible to me if I meet someone I want to marry, no matter what the sex is.<br />
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SO FLY THOSE RAINBOW FLAGS HIGH... because rainbows and unicorns will always win in the end! And a BIG WELCOME TO USA for stepping into the 21st century... </div>
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Swede Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042190029026405895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957010297695150497.post-30069721184336660392015-06-23T17:37:00.001+02:002015-07-09T12:32:19.330+02:00ECDX 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Another amazing ECDX, the pool was back this year, and that for sure was a plus!<br />
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So proud of Gotham ALLSTARS, so amazing to be a part of such a strong and determined team! Hard work is all paying off!! HARD SMART TOGETHER!</div>
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I am also super proud of Shoch Exchange! Super well done! It's a great experiance to be a part!</div>
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And STOCKHOLM Roller derby - you guys killed it! So amazing! </div>
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