#baileysfromaboot

1) senior year of high school one of my friends made a comment about the fray and this pretty typical gross dudebro lost his shit, and it was the best thing ever

Ugh I looove.

Ugh. I'm sorry. =(

It's okay! Shit happens, you just roll with the punches.

baileysfromaboot replied to your post “I just got an email back from tumblr about my hacked account....”

How...how did that even happen?

baileysfromaboot answered: Heavier, because now I have extra wheels, scrimmage shirts, bottles of aspirin…haha! Your mileage may vary, of course.

zebradazzle answered: Mine is a solid 20 pounds at least. I also have a bag that is a little heavy on its own, and a bunch of extra/spare gear I carry w/ me.

Hmm I did wonder if they'd get heavier because of all those extra 'What if' and 'Just in case' things you take with you. Not looking forward to the added weight, but should be interesting to see what you pack in the longer you play roller derby :P

Which is terrifying when you realize that life guarding classes still teach rescue breathing, or they did a year ago.

goldfishtobleroneandamitie replied to your post:

Actually, the Red Cross still does (I'm a lifeguard) but we have special masks for it and they're really only for prolonged not-breathing situations...like if they have a pulse but are continually not breathing. Using your mouth is inefficient and more likely to get you sick than anything else. Didn't see the episode; was it a drowning victim, or what?

I don't know how it applies to drowning, specifically, but I know that in the case that you find someone not breathing, it is not only inefficient but actually DANGEROUS (to the patient who I almost just referred to as a victim, mother of God more than to the rescuer, but also that person, yes) to do rescue breaths, particularly for untrained Good Samaritans. I think this is more about cardiovascular complaints than drowning; when it comes to expelling water from lungs, it possibly has an application.