The stretch of vitality

I really liked this article on the cultural ship from consumption of media to include creation and sharing of media. I try to apply this idea not just to media but to just in general favoring activities that are participatory as opposed to purely things you experience passively. For a long time, I’ve looked at enthused sports fans with their faces painted and thought, if there was a way that somehow the fans could be directly involved in the game, if only very simplistically, it would be a huge hit and I’d make a fortune. Even just little buttons on the seats at the stadium that could extend the shot clock if enough people hit them frantically enough or something along those lines would be a start. I’d have to say that hands-down my favorite get-out-there-and-do-stuff activity while I was in NYC was the MetroMetro Scavenger Hunt.

Allow me to pose a question. What could be better than roller derby?  That’s right! MORE roller derby.  I happened across an ad for another contest this Saturday between another local team called the Lava City Roller Dolls versus the visiting Slaughter County Roller Vixens.  Oh such great delight.  This event was different from the previous one.  This was much more official: held in a real roller rink as opposed to a music venue, involving far more referees who seemed more concerned with accurate score tally, and having distinct rules and a penalty system.  So the rules part kind of stinks, but absent the flagrant tripping and throwing, the general body checking and frequent pile-ups were all there.

Today I walked up the nearby Pilot Butte and got a nice look across the town.