How Many Bruises Does It Take To Have A Good Night?

Saturday was art and culture day for the monkey. First up was visiting the sculptures down at the Old Mill District known as Transformations. I brought my camera and got some photos of the goodies. One of my neighbors did one of the pieces, so I had a chance to see it in their front yard a week prior. Old golf clubs have never been put to a better use.

Later it was Roller Derby time. Nothing says fun like an old-fashioned ass-kicking roller derby. I was actually bummed that fellow blogger Shannon gave up the bruisin', for a more civilized life. Well, this was actually my first time going to one of the Lava City Roller Dolls matches. The Dolls faced up against the Slaughter County Roller Vixens.

I had no idea how the scoring really worked, but it was nice because they explained it before starting. Of course once the action starts it's more fun watching the pushing and shoving and falling and crashing, than watching the jammer break through the pack and trying to keep score. I think when you start to look at the ladies names and the general vibe of the place, it's half-sport, half-entertainment and half-something else. I know you can only have two halves, but this is roller derby.

I have to say that Eda de Fleur scored points on my behalf with the monkey socks.

Of course the eye-makeup was scary as hell.

Seriously, it was a blast and I'll be back on May 31st. Of course the weekend prior brings some great music to Bend. After being off and on and off and on, Modest Mouse is coming for real! So, art and culture will return in one month's time. Bravo!

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