For me that was Demolicious,Co-Founder of LA Derby Dolls.
Because Los Angeles is actually no where near Oceanside,CA, a lot of the times I went to LA for practice or for a Derby Dolls event, I would stay at Demo's house.
And by "house," I mean studio apartment. 1 bed, 1 chair and 1 hyper active Chaweeny named Tonka.
Her "day" job at the time was sculpting these big Hollywood movie sets (at Union wages)... she made great money! But here she was living a totally practical lifestyle: 1 of everything, modest car, investing every minute of her free time to roller derby.
I marveled @ this because of how differently I lived @ the time, but I'll get into that another day.
Anywho, the first fundraiser we had was called a "Hell Raiser" and I went down the night b4 to stay w/Demo and help prepare everything, ie: follow her around all day.
I was in awe of this woman. For the event she coordinated the renting of:
~a ware house
~a bounce house
~plat forms for go go dancing
~off duty cops for security
And much more... including a kiddie pool full of Hollywood style fake mud for... mud wrestling. (more people got injured doing that than at practice. No, I did not participate. And it was a different time, don't judge!)
No reason for this picture, I just thought you might enjoy it. I know I do. I call this look "Porky Pig."
So... when the event was getting started, I was working the door.
It was a rainy Los Angeles night and we wondered if anyone would show up. They did. The place was PACKED! The event was crazy... Bonkers... Insane.
And that's when I knew, not after the first practice, but after the first fund raiser:
This is it. This is where I belong.
And I would (and continue to, 7 years later) follow this woman to the ends of the earth to see the rest of this vision come to life...
Have a super rad day today! Here's one of my favorite comedians:
And don't forget this little guy!
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