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1. I set up the game by going to the Huskers website and finding the beginning of the game in the audio version (Zach can't be in the room in case the score is on the front page or I skip ahead too far and he happens to hear an early touchdown). This means I know the outcome of the game for the entire four hour process but have to act like I don't.
2. The internet dies and it takes five minutes to come back.
3. Zach listens to the first half quite calmly, staring into space.
4. The internet dies and it takes twenty minutes to come back.
5. We get the game going again but accidentally skip a huge play while trying to find where we were.
6. Zach starts standing up and sitting down alternatively. Kicks a soccer ball against the wall repeatedly when things become more heated. Still staring into space.
7. Zach notes how cool it is that they advertise for fertilizer and seeds on the Huskers radio (I guess so?).
8. The internet dies and it takes seven minutes to come back. Bad words are uttered.
9. Zach talks about how much he honestly hates the internet connection in Lilongwe and you'd have thought capitalism would have fixed this problem by now.
10. Zach screams because of a touchdown by the Huskers. Moves from the bed to crouching on the floor (see above).
11. The fourth quarter plays like a CD with a huge scratch on it, is barely intelligible. More bad words.
12. QB throws an interception. Zach screams 'That is the only thing that could NOT HAPPEN!! NOOO!!" Quickly followed by 'This is a BIG DRIVE, BABE! A BIG drive!! Here we GO!" Wanders over to one of our potted plants to stare at it and be a little distracted from the tension and stress. Continues listening while looking at the plant.
13. Huskers win. Zach dances with the dog. He spends the next three hours on espn trying to load video highlights, complaining about how terrible the internet is.
14. Zach sends his analysis of the game to his father. This week's football odyssey is officially finished until next Saturday night - or Sunday or Monday, depending on how long the guy in Nebraska working on the website takes to get around to posting the game.
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Zach, just don't give yourself an ulcer. My own recent sporting discovery is that every event from the Vancouver Olympics is posted in full on YouTube. Now I can watch all the ski races two years late! (Which, incidentally is about long enough for me to have forgotten much about what happened...perfect.)
ReplyDeleteJoshua, that is brilliant. Not sure if I told you of my plan to download old Giro d'Italias and watch them here. For some reason--access to internet on the long trip, perhaps--it didn't happen. I was talking to Serena about the fleeting nature memory which, in many ways, makes watching old events great!
DeleteHa. I could picture this whole thing in vivid detail. Excellent narrating Serena! And Zachary...dare I say...it's just football. :)
ReplyDeleteYou dare not!!!!!
Deletei could also picture the whole thing, as if it were taking place in my very own living room. except, the internet speed is faster. and substitute in soccer ball kicking for golf putting or shooting nerf hoops around the living room.
ReplyDeleteI wish there was a "like" button. I'm happy this post was my last internet stop before bed. I also thoroughly enjoy that it's "Huskers" games... simply because of the name. And because my roommate is from Nebraska - not that this piece of information bares any real relevance to you.
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