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[clo_again]

Look universe, just- no. It's not on. Women that cheerful should not call this early asking for the father, then after I say he's out proceed to explain to me, me-who-just-rolled-out-of-bed-to-answer-your-damn-call, what they want. It's not fair. I was up until 4am to watch Andy's match (worth it!) and as you well know, the current personal rule is "out of bed, you are awake for the day." I cannot be expected to hold sensible, civilised conversations with obnoxiously cheerful women (obnoxious because it pains those of us who're never that cheerful so early) on six hours sleep and then not get to go back to bed.

Universe is a bastard. Not amused. And sleepy.

On the plus side, Andy! Was worth the sleep deprivation to see the funny exchange in the second set, because Andy laughing on court is adorable and doesn't happen often enough. He all lights up and looks about ten years younger. I'm sad our coverage ended before they "interview[ed] each other on court after the match, with a self-deprecating Gimelstob turning it into an extended comedy routine. The two even sat for a joint press conference, which proved as diverting as the match" though. I would've given up the rest of last night's sleep to watch that.

Joint press conferences are genius; the amount of fist fights on tour would go through the roof. I love it. Add it to the list of Things We Will Do to Tennis When We Conquer the World.

Final tennis-related thought: Arnaud Clement was playing in sunglasses yesterday. Sunglasses. I'm not sure I've seen anyone do that before.

Life news is the same-old, same-old. Spent around £20 on getting pictures printed yesterday, both digital and disposable camera. Got to go back and pick them up later. Sigh. Then again, my picture of John Barrowman's in there too; I'd pay £20 just for a print of that. And then, partly because I can't find Jurassic Park in Woolies despite repeated attempts (is reportedly £3. Dammit) and partly because the GTA games have always been my favoured form of de-stressing, ordered GTA: Vice City off play for a fiver. I'm trying to replay through III without cheating (okay, without major cheating. I'm using the health cheat, especially when I do something stupid but the big ones like the money and the guns and the lower wanted level, off-limits.) I've already learned new things, like when you pause beside a prostitute, even if it's accidental and you're concentrating on some mob job, she'll get in the car and your money will tick down until you get out. It might've raised interesting questions if the 'rents had heard me shriek "Get out my car you skanky ho!"

Also, some of the newspapers blowing around in the wind read "ZOMBIE ELVIS FOUND." I laughed myself into driving off a cliff.

Must get showered and dressed. Must not go back to sleep. Must not think about sleep. Sleeeeeeeep. Ngh.

Comments

[eternalwings.livejournal.com]

Oh I wish I'd seen that! Gah!

(-reveals her geekyness- I think Arnaud Clement, if the guy I'm thinking of, always seems to play in sunglasses ^^ Are they like wraparound? And he always wears mad clothes too. Purple headband and orange tshirt lol!)

[fionaandlossi.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with eternalwings, there was a long period of time where I thought that Clement actually had his wrap-arounds surgically welded onto his face.

And Gimelgob being nice is just wrong.

Fiona

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

I so wanted to see that match. Though the last time I stayed up to watching Andy at 4am was that time in 2005 which I try not to remember it. Last year I was in New York and being there and watching him at 4am are two totally different things.

Sky never show the interviews. It's like at the AO, where the Aussies are the only one who gets the Courier brilliance.

[clo.livejournal.com]

Me too. It must've been awesome. *wistful* It sucks that we don't get the fun interviews just because we're in the UK.

They were wraparound. Guess they'd have to be if they're not to fall off. :) The first time my dad saw him playing, he remarked that Clement's girlfriend must be mad that he'd torn up her clothes to make a headband. ^_^

[clo.livejournal.com]

I've seen him play before but it was a while back, so either I didn't register the glasses or he wasn't wearing them then. Definitely had a WTF moment at them yesterday. It seems a bizarre thing to do; I'd think it'd be more annoying to stop them falling off than it'd be a help to avoid the sun.

I haven't heard anything much about him before, so I thought he was like that all the time. :) Guess not?

[clo.livejournal.com]

I was thinking I'd just watch the first set but I'd watched it and every time I go to bed at that point, I usually wake up the next morning to find he/Roger's lost. I either watch the whole thing or not at all (taking five-minute catnaps through boring games doesn't count. ;) ) I was very relieved to find him on at a more sensible time today though; 4am every night is asking a lot.

It's stupid. We're just as interested in the interviews as the Aussies and the Americans. We don't get interviews at Wimbledon either (do we? Wow, I should know this only two months after watching it.)

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

I think he was just in an unfortunately bad mood when he was playing on of the family favourites a fair few years ago, and it caused a family dislike.

Fiona