... Usually he does *better* when I'm not paying attention.

[clo_again]

About 1am last night Halo was doing well, but had to turn the laptop off to let it cool down for a while. Sat down on the bed to keep handwriting the next part - woke up six hours later wondering why I was dreaming about white christmases in August.

And also to the news that Andy lost. Some, impossible how, he lost.

I hate you Andy Roddick. You were supposed to win. Not to mention I owe liroa15 major fic when she gets back for suggesting she go to a tennis tournament and then nearly all our boys aren't there for her to watch. *guilt*

Going to wake up and try to finish Halo without thinking about the fact I hate Andy right now. It might be his bad luck that I was thinking last night that I'd never written the third ficlet/fic in the Watch Me Fall universe.

Also? greeniebach, you were giggling when you sent my Break Point Challenge right? *grins* Guess I'd better do some research.

Andy, I still hate you.

Clo

EDIT: On the plus side of life? I just got my Wimbledon ballot application form. Reading through the info, in addition to the chance for a pair of tickets side by side, there's also a chance I could get either a pair of tickets that aren't next to each other, or a single ticket. Can you imagine if, say, me or wolves8 got allocated *one* ticket for the Men's Singles final or something like that? Or if there were three of you who desperately wanted to go but you couldn't because the ballot only allocates tickets in pairs? Wimbledon has the stupidest, suckiest ticket system in the world. Apparently they're under 'considerable pressure from neighbours and police' to stop people queuing overnight for tickets - and you know what the simple answer would be? Sell the tickets on the goddamn internet like any other tournament!

Special, tradition, unique, blah blah. I'm all for tradition, but then, beheading was practically a tradition over here a few hundred years ago. Someone needs to hit the Wimbledon organisers with the heavy stick of Modernity.

All of which of course, isn't going to stop me entering. I want to go to Wimbledon next year dammit.

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[clo.livejournal.com]

Not even a little bit? You're a better person than I am then. ;-)*giggles* And it will be good for me, it just meant I had a shock when I looked up one half of the pairing and went "Oh! So *that's* what he looks like!" ;D And my pairing wasn't exactly that friendly, so I'm glad fate didn't decide to take some revenge on me. ^__^

I never even considered that he might lose, not in the first round. Roger not being there seems to have jinxed all the top seeds. If Andy isn't dead before he leaves Montreal, or at least hasn't been kicked in the pants? I'll be quite surprised. I just can't believe it's going so wrong this year, when last year it was so good. *sighs*

[clo.livejournal.com]

Wow. *giggles too* And nope, had no idea. I think I'd better start paying attention to him for the next few weeks. ^__^ And it was the first one, so give people time. They'll probably start to branch out into weird and wacky pairings once they've settled into the whole challenge concept. And I've been desperate to see that one half of my pairing slashed but never had time to do it, so this seemed a good way to get him out there to be noticed. ^__^

*snuggles tight* I didn't even rush to check the results this morning, just assuming he'd have won. First I heard about it was when I read my f-list. I should be getting the highlights later but... I don't know. I'm losing all enthusiasm for this tournament, which is sad when I loved last year's so much. And it really has. The second half of last year was almost fairytale-like, with Andy and Roger seemingly meeting in every other final but now, with Roger taking so much time off and Andy losing and Marat's knee... I just hope the U.S. Open and Masters Cup helps it to end on a high note after allthe disappointments. And I want Andy to start winning big tournaments again. :( He's too good to suck this badly.

[clo.livejournal.com]

*giggles* It is funny. ^__^ Even I tend to go for the obvious pairings, mainly because I love tying everything in with RL, and that's much easier when your pairing is at least on first name terms with each other. :) But when we started, Andy/Roger was unheard of. We got so many reactions along of the lines of '*Roger*?! With *Andy*?!' So new pairings maybe just need the time and support for people to get interested in them... or maybe everyone will just start making weird pairings up for future challenges. :) And nine's very good, considering we're such a small fandom. That's probably about a half of us, not counting lurkers.

*snuggles again* As much as I like the other guys, I only ever really follow Andy, Roger and Mardy's - when I get them - matches. I like Rafa and Juanqui but it's not the same. *sighs* I am sad Andy dropped out so soon though, when he could've got more points towards catching Lleyton. And if Rafa wins this, as he probably will... we'll probably have to start taking bets on Andy finishing the year ranked fourth or maybe even fifth. I guess as long as he gets to the Masters Cup, it doesn't matter. Yeah, I don't remember hardly any injuries from last year but this year, people are getting hurt all over the place. *sighs* It would be nice if Andy had a little less competition at the U.S. Open I supppose, but it'd be nice to see everyone back too.

[ebay-pierre.livejournal.com]

Do you find anything ironic about the music that you're listening to? Muse-Time is Running Out?

You really sound like you need a hug.

[clo.livejournal.com]

*grins* My playlist does that to me quite a lot - springs songs on me that fit in strange and ironic ways.

I did after hearing about Andy yesterday. *kicks him* I got over it though. :)

[liroa15.livejournal.com]

You thought it was bad on TV? Try watching it in person.

[clo.livejournal.com]

You surprised the hell out of me when I read your name then and had a "BUTSHE'SINMONTREALWTF?!' moment. :) And ngh, I can't imagine. :-/ I hope you at least shouted some abuse at Andy though, damn him.

[liroa15.livejournal.com]

They have the internet here too you know. And no, I was too busy trying not to be sick.

[clo.livejournal.com]

I realised that a second after the "AHHHH" moment. :) And awww. :( *snuggles and kicks Andy*

[liroa15.livejournal.com]

Well, at least you realized. *joins in the kicking*

[ebay-pierre.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of Andy Roddick. Have you heard of some long-haired Mallorcan guy named Carlos something? People keep mentioning him, but I heard that he's imaginary and doesn't lose because he doesn't exist. TAKE THAT.

[ebay-pierre.livejournal.com]

Mallorca is where that one decent tennis player named Rafael Nadal comes from. I don't think they have any other gorgeous, sexy, wonderful tennis players that actually win stuff. There's a Carlos in my favorite band of Interpol, but he doesn't play tennis or win stuff. hmm.

I've heard of Lleyton. Last I checked, he was starring as the Wicked Witch of the West. Check him out.

[clo.livejournal.com]

Actually I'm not sure. *blinks* Thought I knew but... nope it's gone. *ponders*

I did. :) And I will, no matter what it takes. I should be getting some of my photos back later today from this year, so I shall probably be squeeful later. ^__^