Re: Wimbledon today

[prillalar]

Dear Konomi-sensei,

We always said that the tennis you write is total crack that could never ever happen.

We were wrong.

I will never doubt you again!

Your fan,
-Hal

PS Please have Inui and Kaidoh kiss soon.

Comments

[marksykins.livejournal.com]

Poor Sara has been out all day and I fear for her getting home and seeing all the caps locked emails I sent her while watching Wimbledon.

[prillalar]

We were watching the Germany - Ghana game at work but we had to keep flipping back to Isner and Mahut. I seriously thought Isner was going to collapse on the court! And then Mahut would shave Isner's head.

[marksykins.livejournal.com]

I was out until about 2 or so my time, and I still watched 2 and a half hours of the match. The commentators were going bugfuck insane.

[prillalar]

I kept wondering if the chair ref was going to collapse too. And did they change out the ball kids?

[marksykins.livejournal.com]

The chair ref was hilarious. His face was just pure disbelief every time they showed him. And yeah, I think I noticed different ball kids, but I bet they all hung around the whole time anyway. I mean, I would have.

[prillalar]

So long as they didn't contravene any child labour laws!

[venivincere]

Amen, and amen. :-D

[prillalar]

For serious!

[aunt-agatha.livejournal.com]

Oh good. I was beginning to get concerned.

I don't get to see any of this. What happened?

edit: ah nvm, i saw which match you mean.

edit2: HOLY ANIMAL CRACKERS. :O

[prillalar]

I still cannot believe it. I thought Isner might drop dead, he looked so awful.

[aunt-agatha.livejournal.com]

aslkj;a how did i miss that you're into oofuri?! :D

[prillalar]

I'm a comm moderator and everything! I just never really got into writing for it.

[aunt-agatha.livejournal.com]

Wow! I just saw the latest episode today and am more hooked than ever! Well, that is just awesome. And a shame about the not writing for it, of course. Do none of the pairings speak to you?

[prillalar]

I think it's more that the series is just so good as-is, it doesn't make me need fic.

It does make me need Mrs Mihashi, though. For my very, very own.

[aunt-agatha.livejournal.com]

That's fair. Speaking of sports anime, Giant Killing has been FANTASTIC so thank you! I just saw ep 12 of that as well and was literally screaming in the kitchen as I watched.

[prillalar]

That's great to hear! I haven't had time to watch that ep yet, mostly due to all the RL soccer. :)

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis

[prillalar]

Yes!

[bombaygin.livejournal.com]

Fuck, I know right! It was freakin' NEVER ENDING TENNIS.

[prillalar]

AND IT'S STILL NOT OVER.

[longleggedgit.livejournal.com]

Were there dinosaurs??

[marksykins.livejournal.com]

Practically.

[longleggedgit.livejournal.com]

Damn it all, why does my television here provide me with nothing but Japanese variety shows?

[prillalar]

Federer killed them all last year.

[longleggedgit.livejournal.com]

Selfish bastard!

[fulminata]

The only difference is Konomi uses standard tie-break rules whereas Isner and Mahut are tied at 59 games a piece.

[prillalar]

I bet it's just because they're in junior high still that he didn't have Ryoma doing this exact thing at Wimbledon.

[fulminata]

They look like older men high schoolers anyway. He should have just made them as such from the get-go. Mainly so I feel less like a cougar.

[prillalar]

I wish he had, for the same reasons. They seem older than most of the high schoolers in other anime.

[fulminata]

Maybe I should revise that to college students. >_>;;

[meiface.livejournal.com]

It was epic! It continues to be epic and into its third day, oh my. I can't believe they were playing for over nine hours.

[prillalar]

Isner looked like grim death. Mahut, on the other hand, is probably a robot.

[fulminata]

Built by the same company that builds the Tez-bot. XD

[prillalar]

I thought that was Inui. :D

[fulminata]

Inui created the Tez-bot with funding from the Atobe Corp.

[prillalar]

That way they can each have one!

[fulminata]

See icon.

[kiriana.livejournal.com]

D: How did I miss this!

Ditto on your PS.

[prillalar]

It's unbelievable!

[quichey.livejournal.com]

see icon.

<3

[prillalar]

<3

[histoirede.livejournal.com]

I'm desperate we only get to see the Roland-Garros games easily on French TV. Though Mahut is French, so maybe on some minor channel somewhere they're talking about that T_T

[prillalar]

That really sucks! We do get better tennis coverage here once hockey season is over. :)

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

There was an earthquake! I missed all the dinosaurs getting killed?

[prillalar]

No dinosaurs were harmed this time. But surely the US Open will see their demise.