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[clo_again]

Still alive. Currently attempting to salvage the tatters of my creative writing degree and write up the notes from the Nigerian poet interview. Also managed to break the computer systems in three entirely separate places in town today. Am unsure if I should be looking for ways to exploit this new talent or worrying about technology finally getting back at me for all the Sledgehammer of d00m threats.

scoobydumblonde must still be ill. :(

I was cautiously optimistic about Andy's latest move until I just went to look for a link and found the article had vanished from his site. Backpedal now Andy and I will not stand in the way of irritated fans kicking your ass. Hell, I'll be one of them. As much as I have a soft spot for Dean, he really hasn't been helping and -- considering my brother can still come out with some mind-bogglingly accurate comments about me and I only *see* him maybe once or twice a year -- I can't think of anyone better to get Andy's head set on straight than his brother. This is a *good* move, I'll go on the record as saying it and be prepared to eat my words if it all goes pear-shaped but right now, I'm leaning towards the positive. At least he's doing something and it seems like a good something. Baby steps in the right direction and all that.

Besides, he has to get to the second week of Wimbledon for us this year and there'll be hell to pay if he doesn't. ;-) His brother being there last year -- we know; we almost walked into him twice. Trust us *eyeroll* -- certainly seemed to help.

Need food. Need to do work. :-/ Need to Not. Stress. Am calm. Really.

edit: Hmm. That's interesting. Here his agent confirms it all, so it's not just ar.com jumping on the bandwagon again, like it was beginning to seem when *every* article I was looking at seemed to quote the now-vanished piece on Andy's website as their source. It's official. Ar.com? Care to explain yourselves?

edit: Ah, I just re-read that article and twigged. I'd bet anything they got asked to take down any reference to it until the Davis Cup weekend is over, because Andy doesn't want the focus on him and coaches instead of the DC matches.

Kind've like locking the barn door after the horses have escaped if you ask me, but eh.

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[fionaandlossi.livejournal.com]

*pets* Me and Holly were kinda worried, not much since it was only a day, but still :p *gives coffee* Breathe, slowly and calmly.

I think it's a good move on Andy's part, his bro won't be afraid of telling him what he's doing wrong etc.

[clo.livejournal.com]

*purrs* I didn't realise how long I'd been away. Hhmm. This is why flatmates who're supposed to be in Australia shouldn't visit unexpectedly; the whole notion of 'free time' goes out the window until they've gone again. *clings to coffee and breathes* I'm an English student. We're not used to actually having to work. ;)

That's what I'm hoping, that his bro won't be afraid to hit him on the head with a racquet when he's being stupid but know what to do to get his confidence back up. If he's been working with juniors then he must've had to do it before.

[fionaandlossi.livejournal.com]

UNLESS YOU'RE TOO TIRED, GET ON NOW, ME AND HOLLY, BIG NEWS HAVE!!!

[clo.livejournal.com]

OKAY. ;-)

[fionaandlossi.livejournal.com]

LOL, just realised how insane and militant I sound ^^ We may have gotten carried away, but we have what is possibly the best plan ever.

[clo.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Well if it's a good plan, then it's worth sounding insane over. ;-)

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

Yep, we felt that calling/texting after just one day was slightly stalkerish.

I think it's either going to be a really really good idea, or a horribly bad one. I am looking on the bright side though, I think John will be good for Andy. Especially as they have that whole sibling rivalry thing, so Andy will want to do well to show he can actually do it.

AR.com is useless. We know that already. But it does seem like he wanted to keep it quiet until DC was over... and then annouce it. Silly AR.com.

[clo.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Maybe slightly but we are obsessed tennis fans. ;-) We should have stalkerish down to a fine art by now. I might disappear again tomorrow just to warn you, because I have an absolutely insane day. In fact, if I'm not back 'til Saturday then don't worry. Unless I've spontaeneously combusted of stress then I'm just busy with unexpected-flatmate-visits and newspaper deadlines. >_<

I'm not letting myself consider how bad it could be if it does go badly. *winces* If it goes good, it'll go very very good, and if it goes bad... This whole thing looks like a good move to me though. Andy needs his confidence building back up and also someone he trusts to tell him the truth; his brother's the perfect person to do it without having to go through the whole building-up-of-trust with a new coach. And sibling rivalry can only be a good thing. :D You just know there's going to be at least a couple of yelling-matches along the way but maybe Andy needs someone who'll stand up to him and say "Look, you can *do* this easily if you stop being an idiot about it."

It really is, crikey. I know Roger's site doesn't exactly update everyday but at least they wait to get their facts right before they do. Maybe Andy needs to hire some new website people as well as a new coach.

[deppprived.livejournal.com]

I don't think John's gonna treat Andy with kid gloves. I'm the oldest in my family and I pretty much tell off my younger brother and sister whenever I can. They deserve it most of the time anyways. ;)

The only downside is pretty shallow for me: No more cute!Max pictures. *Sad*

[clo.livejournal.com]

Definitely not. :) My brother looks out for me but he's more likely to tell me to grow up and just *do* something rather than wrap me up in cotton wool. He's sort of the person I think of as always knowing the answer or knowing *someone* who'll know it if he doesn't. :) Elder siblings can be awesome, even when they drive you insane. ;-)

I must admit, even though I don't like kids I did have a soft spot for Max. He was so adorable with Andy. Dean's still a "consultant", so maybe we'll still see Andy hanging out with Max every now and then.

[scoobydumblonde.livejournal.com]

scoobydumblonde is actually very sick still, which I will post about it a moment. *snuggles you*

I think this is a good change for Andy. John will kick his ass and not let him slack... and John's a coach already so he knows what he's doing. *nods*

[clo.livejournal.com]

*snuggles back* :( Poor scoobydumblonde. It's not fair.

That's how I'm looking at it. :) This is looking like the best decision Andy's made in a while, if it all goes to plan that is. I think he deserves cookies. *pets him*

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

Me and Lossi have a Datta-related question which we have been pondering for... ooh, a while.

How the hell did Mardy end up fucking Marat?!

[clo.livejournal.com]

THAT'S WHAT scoobydumblonde SAID! Apparently I've been subconciously writing in the impression that Marat is obsessive about topping, which I didn't mean to do. Tommy hates topping, okay, he has issues, but I wanted everything else to be flexible. *sighs* Shot myself in the foot again and this time I didn't even realise I was doing it. Mardy and Marat were meant to be flexible about the whole top-bottom thing but it's looking like they've gone and made a different decision without consulting me.

So yes, that reference is going to be changed for the final draft, as Katie already went "Wtf?" and I wanted to keep this first part as wtf-free as possible.

The whole issue is coming back up again later though. All I'm saying is Mardy's not happy about it. ;-)

[fionaandlossi.livejournal.com]

*shakes fist at clo* Stop confusing us and giving evil cliffhangers!

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

It just seems so WRONG for Mardy to fuck Marat though. We had a whole 'Did we imagine that due to sleep deprivation oh wait no we didn't' moment. It was quite WTF.

... But you know, you could still write that scenario if you reeeally wanted to. We wouldn't complain ;)