Watch This! Rollergirls

When I first heard about a new documentary series on A&E which would focus on an entire season worth of games and personal lives and interactions of the teams in a Roller Derby league I knew I'd have to watch it. I used to go to bouts when I was living in California and the sport is so wonderfully simple in terms of the rules but fucking awesome to watch. It's super bright and flashy and crazy as hell. Plus, to be crude, the game features hot chicks fighting really fucking fiercely with each other and I find that hot. Well, at least in terms of it being part of a sport they're playing.

I Tivo'd the first two episodes but I only watched them yesterday and I'm irked I didn't watch sooner. The show is wonderfully edited and the players of the various teams are all terribly interesting. I'm not sure what player or team I like the best but I'm fond of the rookie Jammer on the Putas del Fuego, Venis Envy. She's a sweetheart and she's a great player.

My favorite team is probably the PDF as of now but I have a weird affection for the undefeated league champions, The Holy Rollers, if only for their inspired name and the fact they dress up like Catholic school girls. Since they're the undefeated champions the other teams in the league tend to bad mouth them, such as harping on the fact they're not as close as the other teams. Doesn't stop them from winning all of their bouts though. The players on The Holy Rollers have great names too. The top scorer in the league is Sister Mary Jane who happens to be an elementary school special education teacher. lol. I know, right? How fucking cool. The Holy Rollers also feature probably the most unique player and the one I would probably love the chance to date, Miss Conduct, and much like me she works an aimless amount of random jobs. If I've managed to make you curious enough about the show here's their webpage:

http://www.aetv.com/rollergirls/index.jsp