Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Late-night idiocy
Soundtrack: "Shorley Wall EP" by Ooberman
Good morning this morning.
Well, not really. I stayed up until 3am (again) to watch us lose the cricket. You would've thought that since Australia won with fifteen overs to spare then they would've done it a bit quicker, time-wise. No. They had to keep me up just as long, bastards. I should've gone to bed once Kevin Pietersen got out, but part of me (okay, most of me) told myself that this would all be on pay-TV back home, so I may as well take advantage of the free-to-air-ness of it all. Idiot.
Channel 7 actually shows the live feed from Sky over here, so joy of all joys, I get to listen to Nasser Hussain commentate, which is wonderful. There was quite a funny bit where he said that he didn't like the new rules, and that if you were going to make a change, you had to do something drastic like convert sixes to tens or allow the batting side to elect an over that would be counted for double its value. I haven't been reading Tim DeLisle's column since I've been away, so Nass's crazy ideas reminded me what I'd been missing.
The thing about Sky is that you'e got loads of idiot commentators as well, such as Paul Allott and Darren Lehmann. Thank goodness the Channel 7 coverage cut back to an Australian studio instead of to bloody Charles Colville, who I cannot bear. Then again... In the Oz studio was a guy called Tony Squires who was quite good, keeping the peace and generally being a calming influence. Then there was Stuart Macgill, who comes across as a really intelligent and witty guy. Unfortunately, he's totally biased against England, so I just could've take him seriously. Finally, Kerry O'Keeffe is bloody hilarious, and he's probably worth staying up for alone.
Look at me. My brain's become addled by late-night cricket. I reckon I should look up the bus times and routes so I can get into town today, or else I'll go mad. It's lovely and sunny and warm in Brisbane (obviously not as warm as Dahn Sahf back home), and maybe I can start wearing my crazy skirts again.
Good morning this morning.
Well, not really. I stayed up until 3am (again) to watch us lose the cricket. You would've thought that since Australia won with fifteen overs to spare then they would've done it a bit quicker, time-wise. No. They had to keep me up just as long, bastards. I should've gone to bed once Kevin Pietersen got out, but part of me (okay, most of me) told myself that this would all be on pay-TV back home, so I may as well take advantage of the free-to-air-ness of it all. Idiot.
Channel 7 actually shows the live feed from Sky over here, so joy of all joys, I get to listen to Nasser Hussain commentate, which is wonderful. There was quite a funny bit where he said that he didn't like the new rules, and that if you were going to make a change, you had to do something drastic like convert sixes to tens or allow the batting side to elect an over that would be counted for double its value. I haven't been reading Tim DeLisle's column since I've been away, so Nass's crazy ideas reminded me what I'd been missing.
The thing about Sky is that you'e got loads of idiot commentators as well, such as Paul Allott and Darren Lehmann. Thank goodness the Channel 7 coverage cut back to an Australian studio instead of to bloody Charles Colville, who I cannot bear. Then again... In the Oz studio was a guy called Tony Squires who was quite good, keeping the peace and generally being a calming influence. Then there was Stuart Macgill, who comes across as a really intelligent and witty guy. Unfortunately, he's totally biased against England, so I just could've take him seriously. Finally, Kerry O'Keeffe is bloody hilarious, and he's probably worth staying up for alone.
Look at me. My brain's become addled by late-night cricket. I reckon I should look up the bus times and routes so I can get into town today, or else I'll go mad. It's lovely and sunny and warm in Brisbane (obviously not as warm as Dahn Sahf back home), and maybe I can start wearing my crazy skirts again.
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I don't know how you keep track of all this cricket business. I didn't even know there was any on...
About 300K here in the South today, btw.
About 300K here in the South today, btw.
Wow, that's much warmer than here.
As I've just admitted on TE, I have a compulsive personality. Not like, proper OCD, but close, I reckon. So anyway, before I came out here, somebody gave me one of those pocket diary things, and I thought, Ooh, I can write in all my flight dates and times, AND all the cricket dates and venues.
Oh dear.
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As I've just admitted on TE, I have a compulsive personality. Not like, proper OCD, but close, I reckon. So anyway, before I came out here, somebody gave me one of those pocket diary things, and I thought, Ooh, I can write in all my flight dates and times, AND all the cricket dates and venues.
Oh dear.
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