The way I do this is by watching the first quarter or so in the morning before school. Then, I have to discipline my internet usage to looking for jobs and writing emails and blog posts. At the American Club they replay the games at about 6pm on the Armed Forces Network. Usually someone will know and say "it's a close game" or "ya, I read that it was a bit ugly" but throughout the playoffs I have been able to avoid getting too much info. It may sound a bit ridiculous to put my entire schedule at the whim of the AFN replay schedule, but there is only so much cricket (and by so much I mean none) that I can watch on the local ESPN. Especially now that English soccer is over, this is about all that's going on besides cricket.
So tonight I had a big night planned with game three, which I knew from watching the first half was a close, well played, high scoring affair. That is, until this chat between my dad happened: Dan: nyark
orlando just won
9:59 AM me: dude i hope you hit your head on something tonight
i was plannign to watch that later
Dan: kidding, they just lost
me: welp, guess i'll go to espn and read about it
hahaha
o are you
Dan: no wait, it's overtime
... nice try Dad. This mirrors an experience I had in game 2, which went into overtime. I was sitting at the bar for about forty five minutes, talking to some patrons about the game (I was the only one who really cared) when one young middle eastern man with a thick accent piped up. He was EATING MY POPCORN WHICH I OFFERED TO SHARE when he asked "who is playing." I responded that it was Orlando and the Lakers, assuming from his question that he did not really know or care what was happening on the TV. His reply: "Oh I read about it online, the Lakers won." HE WAS EATING MY POPCORN!
I put my head down on the bar and moaned "what the hell dude, I didn't know the score." He thought this was hilarious. Thankfully it was a close and relatively exciting game, although the final play of regulation lost some of its zip because I knew that the lay up would miss.
At least I am going to be in Thailand for games 5 and 6, where I can watch the whole game with my Dad... 4 more days!
... nice try Dad. This mirrors an experience I had in game 2, which went into overtime. I was sitting at the bar for about forty five minutes, talking to some patrons about the game (I was the only one who really cared) when one young middle eastern man with a thick accent piped up. He was EATING MY POPCORN WHICH I OFFERED TO SHARE when he asked "who is playing." I responded that it was Orlando and the Lakers, assuming from his question that he did not really know or care what was happening on the TV. His reply: "Oh I read about it online, the Lakers won." HE WAS EATING MY POPCORN!
I put my head down on the bar and moaned "what the hell dude, I didn't know the score." He thought this was hilarious. Thankfully it was a close and relatively exciting game, although the final play of regulation lost some of its zip because I knew that the lay up would miss.
At least I am going to be in Thailand for games 5 and 6, where I can watch the whole game with my Dad... 4 more days!
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