August 12, 2012: Sleep Deprivation

No matter how late I work or stay up, I wake up at the same time. I’m wrecked.

42 LTEs written in response to August 12, 2012: Sleep Deprivation

  • davidwatts

    the Twins and Royals are now tied for 4th place. boo.

  • FirstTime "hitman" LongTime

    Shved is looking awfully clutch. You know, if clutch existed.

  • hungry joe

    this game would be more fun if little ricky was playing.

    • hungry joe

      this game is pretty fun without him though.

      • I’m glad I got up. I thought the game was later in the day. The final in Beijing was an awesome game, and it looks like today is just as good.

        • brianS

          I missed the second quarter, thankfully. 22 fouls called in 10 minutes?

          The refs were bad in the second half. Not horrifically bad, but bad. Also, the U.S. did not play very good basketball in the third quarter. Too many threes with nobody under the basket, too many missed dunks/layups/opportunities.

          But Pau Gasol reminded everyone that he is the best low-post offensive player in the world. The U.S. is lucky that Spain couldn’t hit a three, because Gasol was just punishing everyone down low.

  • AMR

    I’m so psyched for this game. We’re gonna try to get there around the time the gates open.
    AJR volunteered for an early nap so she won’t be cranky. What a 2.5 year-old!

    The icing on the cake will be if Nishi’s in the starting lineup.

    • AMR

      Anyone else going? We’re in section 320, row 3.

      I just made a baseball songs mix CD. Organizing the songs short to long was just perfect: starts with Casey announcing Kirby Puckett, then the early 90′s version of “We’re gonna win Twins”. Ends with Scully’s call of the Koufax perfect game.
      Found a cool song called “Move over Babe, here’s coming Henry”, about the HR chase “He’ll break that 714!”. I hope HPR digs it.

      • Philosofer

        I would be very interested in obtaining a copy of this mix to share with Aquinas (and eventually Aristotle, et. al.). Sorry Nishi didn’t play today. We weren’t around a ton today, but when we were I made sure to tune in to see if he made it in the game. I booed Gardy.

  • hungry joe

    MTIVGABB

    3rd rob of the year.

  • I did not know Serge Ibaka played for Spain.

  • brianS

    just so this doesn’t get lost in the shuffle, cheapbeer is awesome.

  • brianS

    Apparently Amerika is part of the Russian Federation, because NBC just gave US complete, live (?) coverage of Russia/Brazil in men’s volleyball, whereas we got field event-treatment of the women’s gold medal match (at 11:30 pm) last night.

    Great match today, but I am still pissed about yesterday.

    • hungry joe

      wasn’t live. also, i don’t think there’s anything else left to show. also also, told ya.

      • brianS

        It was more live than the pathetic coverage of the women.

        • HomerDome

          It was more of the continuing botched coverage that is NBC.

          I just watched the closing ceremonies live on BBC. I have a good idea about which parts won’t be shown to an American audience.

          • AMR

            Were they shown anyways? The pet shop boys were very WTF?. Also, I need a bus that inflates into an 80-foot Octopus myself.

  • FirstTime "hitman" LongTime

    It seems all of the 30 for 30 episodes are streaming on netflix. Try not to watch too many in one sitting.

  • Ha ha! The whole crowd chimes in on “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” before Eric Idle even starts it.

    • hungry joe

      i love that they didn’t change the lyrics, even if us prudes wouldn’t be able to handle it.

        • brianS

          Absolute boo.

          Also, that should have been the last performance of the show.

          Also also, apparently Ryan Seacrest had no idea who any of the Brazilian performers were. Good job, NBC!

          • cheaptoy

            Also, also, also Ryan Seacrest is the biggest waste of time in tv history. I didn’t watch the closing ceremonies, but I accidentally caught one of his “social media” reports, which is not something I can un-see, sadly. I did manage to completely avoid and Mary Carillo segments, howevah.

            • meh, the Mary Carillo segments were okay, but they certainly could have put them on PRIOR to the games, and made more room for the actual games WHILE THEY WERE BEING PLAYED. But I’m preaching to the choir, I know