The Camera is NOT My Friend!

If there was ever any question about whether or not I am truly an Amazon, this video should answer it.



Yep, I'm huge, and I can't say it's all camera angles. I also apologize for the rambling, but I'm much better at playing the strong, silent type.

Am I a Movie Star?

As I was working on my Amazing Race application this morning, I came across the question, "Have you ever appeared in a publicly released film or video of any sort?". Well, let's see...when I was playing football for the Austin Rage, we had a documentary filmmaker follow us around for a while. He even interviewed me at MPOW one day, and I babbled on and on about breaking stereotypes and other optimistic crap. So I can see why I would end up on the cutting room floor, but since I haven't seen the finished product, I'm not sure if I have appeared in a publicly released film or video.

That made me curious to find out if anyone had seen the finished product, and I found the "Playing with RAGE" trailer on YouTube. Boy, did that bring back some memories! I didn't spot myself in any of the clips, but it still looks awesome. It won an award at a Memphis film festival in October of 2006. Maybe we will see it in Houston soon.

Kinky Likes Roller Derby!

Everybody else is blogging about it, albeit for many different reasons, but I might as well give a shout-out to Kinky Friedman for giving a shout-out to roller derby. Just in case you don't want to read the article, here's the clip:

"I don't like basketball and I don't like women's basketball," he grumbles into his cellphone. "If it was roller derby, it would be different."

Kinky's referring to a promo he was asked to tape for the Houston Comets 10th anniversary. Now I must say that I totally respect the Comets, and I was even at their first three WNBA Championship games (good stuff!). In fact, I played against Sheryl Swoopes when I was in college. So I don't agree with him there. I do wonder what it would take to get him to do a promo for roller derby, though. Hell, forget the promo! Show up at a bout, such as the Stars Across Texas event that TXRG is hosting in September.

Here's the article you've been waiting for...

Good Bad Girls ran in the early Sunday edition of the Houston Chronicle on May 27, 2006. Most of the quotes in there came out of Catazon's mouth. It's a great article, but they didn't include a picture of me. Mistilla made the front page of the early edition. Isn't that special?

MySpace post on the same topic:
It's all about me...
Good Bad Girls ran in the early Sunday edition of the Houston Chronicle. Most of the quotes in there came out of Catazon's mouth. I'm "way too cool" to complain about the pictures, though...

Chron.com Features HRD

Includes a video clip of Catazon's best hit from Houston Roller Derby's first bout. (Chron.com finally took the video down as 9/2009...the bastards!)

MySpace post on same topic:
See a video clip of Catazon's best hit from the first bout. No, not the one where I took out MY jammer...the one where I snuck up on Beverly Kills. Shit like this makes me love derby all over again.

More Good News about Last Week

One thing I forgot to mention in the post about my bad week was that Fox 26 was filming at practice and my team decided that I should be the Brawler interviewee. Sorry, but I also failed to mention that it aired on Fox Sports Xtra last night. No complaints on my interview clip (I'm just a big, dorky librarian anyway), but the sports guy included the clip of me taking out my teammate. I feel so much better now that the moment is immortalized, and sarcasm is just one of the services we offer.

MySpace post on same topic:
Did you see me on the news last night?
Fox 26 immortalized me taking out my own teammate for the rest of the season.

(Insert sarcasm here...) That makes me feel so much better about it.

Librarians are such dorks!

On the Radio

Today will be my first time to be on the radio for something other than winning tickets. I can't believe I'm nervous. I've been on television many times...first in a department store commercial way back in the late 70's, on roller skates no less...when I graduated from high school, I was invited to say my name and school on KPRC due to my top ranking in my class...one time, I filmed a stupid question for Matt Bullard at a Rockets game, and I do mean STUPID...AND, last but not least, when I played women's professional football, I made numerous appearances on camera. Those situations were for the most part scripted, and that's why I'm nervous. Too many opportunities on the Outlaw Dave Show on KIOL 103.7 for naughty things to come out of my mouth. Listen if you can.

In related news, HRD was on the news last night. KHOU told us it would be Friday night, so nobody taped it. I hear that one of my takedowns may be featured. If so, put that on the list above.

Another Video Clip

Houston Roller Derby was on the news Monday night. Once again, don't look for Catazon. The video was taken at Sunday's practice while I was working the rodeo.

Baytown Sun Article

Read about more people I know in the Baytown Sun. Also, watch Fox 26 in the morning to see Houston Roller Derby in action. See if you can spot Catazon.

Derbyoke gets good press...

Unfortunately, the Amazon mentioned in the article is not yours truly.

Excellent Article on Derby

This came across my Bloglines roller derby search feed this morning...

"How Roller Derby Works"