8 or Lackluster preformance

One of the best things about going to Sac State is the fact that there is a huge state of the art gym/ fitness center on campus. During the regular semester, I can go to "The Well" for free (since it is included in the price of my oh so wonderful tuition that keeps on going up each freaking semester) but since I am not enrolled in any classes during the Summer, I have to pay about $20something each month. I have been going to The Well every day that I can. The only days that I have not gone was on days that are roller derby practice days.

7 or "Why?"

For the past few months, I have been riding my bike as often as I can. Last month, I rode about 90 miles and this month, I am closing in on 100 miles. A few days ago during practice a teammate asked me why I have been biking as much as I have. The past few weeks, I have biked about 90 miles on a silly single speed bike. To be honest, I bike so I can become stronger and a more powerful roller derby player.

6 or "Workin' on my fitness"

Since this summer has started (well, once the Spring semester ended for me at Sac State and until my Summer semester at American River College started), I have been trying to find new things to do to keep me physically active. Joining roller derby has helped to keep me active but I was looking for something else to keep me busy and something that would ultimately help me in derby. Anywho, I took a Summer class at American River College so I don't have to take it next year at Sac State. Taking a six week class for less than $80 is better then taking a 16 week class for thousands of dollars. It also helps that I live about 4 miles away from ARC, so I originally thought about taking the bus (which runs from Sac State to ARC with my home only 2 blocks from the bus stop) for a while. The problem with this idea was that I had to get to the bus stop by 715 am and I got to school at 735am leaving me with about 30 minutes to kill before my class.

I had found an old green Schwinn Collegiate bicycle last year when I was working with the US Census. I fixed it up and have been trying to bike as much as possible. In June, I biked about 80 miles. Most of it was just from school and back. This month, I am trying to make it 100 miles. I am almost there. 60+ miles down.

5 or Decoration time!

4 or Spreading the Love

I enjoy helping out my roller derby team in any way that I can. I am constantly taking flyers out to school and posting them any place I can. I actually have a huge stack and tomorrow after my Architecture class, I am going to post them on bulletin boards in the different halls. I am also becoming more confident in telling people in my classes that I do derby. I used to like the idea of having my real life friends and my derby friends separate from each other but, there is no fun in having split personalities. Man Ram is Manda and Manda is Man Ram. I am her. She is me. Derby is my life and my life is awesome!