Every Hair On Your Head Is Counted
So I still don't have my car, because the guy who was going to fix it took everything apart and has only yesterday figured out what's actually wrong with it. I guess a critical wire ended up in a place it shouldn't have been and got burned through. I think that it was just poorly designed, but I still don't think it should've taken him that long to find it, because if he would have listened to me in the first place that it wasn't the starter and it wasn't the switch, he wouldn't have wasted his time replacing those things. *grumble* So he'll get the parts today if everything goes to plan, and actually fix it on Wednesday. It's been useless for 2 1/2 weeks, and it's been sitting in his driveway since last Wednesday. Needless to say, the next time I have my car towed, it will be to the local Chevy dealership. I've been in there so many times that they're like my evil minions now. "Here's the deal: I bought this car here 10 years ago, but you're going to fix it without bitching about it or trying to sell me a new one. And I've already checked the five obvious things on this list, so I don't wan't any crap!" "Yess, misstresss." heh heh
I'm also annoyed that many of the Olympic events I want to watch are either not being shown on TV in this backwater at all, or are only on channels I don't get. I only get to see tennis matches if they have a Williams sister in them, and if they show the women's soccer at all, they show it live at 4 am. Boo! (And yeah, my folks should totally roll into the 21st century and get a DVR, but since it took them until I was 22 to get cable, I don't think that's going to happen.) Last night I watched a little rowing and found it absolutely hilarious because:
- The male announcer sounds exactly like Regis Philbin, and he butchers not only the names of the atheletes, but also the name of the city the events are being held in.
- My middle-school-age sister would love this sport. Both the guys and the girls wear spandex outfits that show off their ridiculous fitness, and the person in the back of the boat who steers it is called the "stroke".
- On the strip of land next to the rowing lanes, coaches watch the race by riding bicycles perilously close to one another. The female announcer said that it's a bit like the Tour de France over there, with entanglements and broken bones as common occurences. The male announcer said he hoped none of them were on their cell phones.
- When someone crosses the finish line, there is a sound like a short car horn. In one race, one team was so far behind that the tv producers didn't want to wait for them to finish, so as the screen changed to a beautiful view of a local temple on one side and an advertisement on the other, viewers heard the car horn sound in the middle of the inspiring music. How mean is that?
- Two German guys won one race by sheer brute force, even though the technique of the people who eventually came in 2nd was superior. After they crossed the finish line, the "stroke" decided to lie down in the boat and let his partner row by himself for a while. I bet he wouldn't have gotten away with that if they'd lost!
Also, one of the announcers during the USA vs Japan women's field hockey game compared one of the players to Tiki Barber. (Does that mean she's extremely whiny and obsessed with her appearance and plans to retire right after the game to become a field hockey broadcaster?)
Saturday night, I watched Andy Roddick's "Countrywide Classic" match against Denis Gremelmayr. I don't support Andy, but I watch his matches when they're on at a convenient time for the same reason people can't look away from a train wreck. I thought that he would be able to get through a match that he won in just over an hour without insulting the chair umpire, but I was wrong. If only there were a Tantrum Fantasy League. ;)
I'm also annoyed that many of the Olympic events I want to watch are either not being shown on TV in this backwater at all, or are only on channels I don't get. I only get to see tennis matches if they have a Williams sister in them, and if they show the women's soccer at all, they show it live at 4 am. Boo! (And yeah, my folks should totally roll into the 21st century and get a DVR, but since it took them until I was 22 to get cable, I don't think that's going to happen.) Last night I watched a little rowing and found it absolutely hilarious because:
- The male announcer sounds exactly like Regis Philbin, and he butchers not only the names of the atheletes, but also the name of the city the events are being held in.
- My middle-school-age sister would love this sport. Both the guys and the girls wear spandex outfits that show off their ridiculous fitness, and the person in the back of the boat who steers it is called the "stroke".
- On the strip of land next to the rowing lanes, coaches watch the race by riding bicycles perilously close to one another. The female announcer said that it's a bit like the Tour de France over there, with entanglements and broken bones as common occurences. The male announcer said he hoped none of them were on their cell phones.
- When someone crosses the finish line, there is a sound like a short car horn. In one race, one team was so far behind that the tv producers didn't want to wait for them to finish, so as the screen changed to a beautiful view of a local temple on one side and an advertisement on the other, viewers heard the car horn sound in the middle of the inspiring music. How mean is that?
- Two German guys won one race by sheer brute force, even though the technique of the people who eventually came in 2nd was superior. After they crossed the finish line, the "stroke" decided to lie down in the boat and let his partner row by himself for a while. I bet he wouldn't have gotten away with that if they'd lost!
Also, one of the announcers during the USA vs Japan women's field hockey game compared one of the players to Tiki Barber. (Does that mean she's extremely whiny and obsessed with her appearance and plans to retire right after the game to become a field hockey broadcaster?)
Saturday night, I watched Andy Roddick's "Countrywide Classic" match against Denis Gremelmayr. I don't support Andy, but I watch his matches when they're on at a convenient time for the same reason people can't look away from a train wreck. I thought that he would be able to get through a match that he won in just over an hour without insulting the chair umpire, but I was wrong. If only there were a Tantrum Fantasy League. ;)