Don’t try to force it

I woke up at 5:45 Saturday morning, accidentally woke up my uncle and the family dog on my way out, got into my car in the dark and drove to Cincinnati for an 8 a.m. start time with Plum St. It was Rollergirl day. We set up lights and breakfast when we got there, and [...]

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Ahoy weekend

Tonight there is yet another SNP going away party (good luck, Lisa!) and unlike last week, I don’t have a work conference to be at. I’m carpooling with fellow SNP-er Rachel, who left the company but, unlike most of the others, managed to stay in journalism. Lisa is actually staying in the field as well [...]

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New Plum St. Commercial

Remember how after seeing the movie “Whip It!” I became momentarily obsessed with roller derby? With that in mind, you can imagine how excited I was to hear that Plum St. had been commissioned to make promos for the Cincinnati Rollergirls. Here is their first commercial of the season. I think it’s extremely well done, [...]

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Weighing in, off the wagon

When I fall off the wagon, I fall hard, you guys. It snowed a whole bunch last night, so I didn’t go to the gym. Instead, in my lethargic state, I ordered a pizza. Poor pizza delivery guy. And those mini fried apple pies I ordered probably weren’t necessary. I won’t be going to the [...]

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Making further progress

I am not doing so bad on those resolutions. Yesterday I started a book and today I found out I lost a little more weight. I have lost 13 pounds since Oct. 12! The book I am now reading is “Whip It!” and I have to say, so far I like the movie character better [...]

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Year in Review: 2009

This was the second year of The Sleeper Hit’s existence, and this blog documented a lot of changes in my world in 2009. Granted, 2008 was my first year in a new city, living on my own, buying a car, etc. But 2009 brought lots of new things as well. After all, 2009 was the [...]

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Rolling right along

Last night I went to my gym around 5:30 when I realized I’d forgotten to pack my running shoes. I must have looked pretty strange, walking into the locker room only to sift through my gym bag and walk right back out. I was really annoyed until I remembered I’d read that the skating rink [...]

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Whip It Good

I finally got around to seeing “Whip It!” yesterday, after I realized it was down to two showings a day at the AMC at Easton and about to fall off the roster altogether. I’d been wanting to see it for a while and I’m so glad I did. It was amazing. I told Brandon I [...]

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