thickntwisted

and after about a week of skinned knees, a hyperextended elbow and a severe loss of pride, I got the knee/wrist/elbow pads. I’m not so good at braking either. I usually just end up running into something and trying to cushion the blow with my body. It helped me to watch other rollerbladers to see how they do it, although I still have a lot to learn. Nevertheless, I went 14 miles the other day and only fell 3 times.

I did this a couple years ago, mainly because I have so much hair that it totally defied styling attempts. It turned out to be the start of a huge lifestyle change that culminated in me losing 30 lbs, divorcing my wife (and finding my new one!) and basically starting my life over the way I wanted to live it. I guess I realized that my hair was just a mask for my true self, and once I shaved it off, I let go of all the inhibitions I had grown up with.