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I had no idea that some of my friends were such sports fans. If I were interested in the World Cup (that's, um, soccer, right?), I could track the details solely through LJ. But I'm not a fan, so I get to sleep at night instead of watching games. :-)

My father has a similar, though diurnal, involvement with football. When I was growing up, weekend activities were sometimes scheduled around games -- which sent an inconsistent message to my sister and me, who wanted to watch certain TV shows and were told "meals take priority; if you miss a show too bad". Even after VCRs had been invented and my parents got one, though, my father has always insisted that it's just not the same to watch a taped game. I would think that avoiding spoilers would be the only real problem. And hey, the VCR could provide additional sources of excitement: "Eek, they've gone into overtime! Did I record for long enough?" :-)

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estherchaya.livejournal.com

Honestly, if it weren't for the pain of the dratted kidney stone, I would've been sleeping or working, not watching the games (though I *might* have recorded the US/Poland Game, only to be disappointed by it). I typically keep up with the scores via the internet and that's the extent of it. I'll watch the final, or at least tape it, for sure. But otherwise, I just don't have time anymore.

I was born in Scotland and spent 5 years of my childhood. Futbol/Soccer is sorta hard to escape there. I was handed a Pele (famous soccer player) video and a soccer ball when I was three. Plus, it didn't hurt that my father did a lot of refereeing. I think he refereed some World Cup Qualifying Games while we were in Spain, but I may be wrong on that. It was a really big deal in our family.

Seth, I know, is more than amused that I have such an interest in any sport...he has zero. I remember calling him upset when the Yankees lost the World Series...he was like, "so?" and "I had no idea you even watched baseball...why would you do that?" Oh, the small things you learn about your mate over time... :-D

I think he was even far less amused when University of Maryland went to the Orange Bowl because that meant football had to be on his TV in his house. *shiver* I'm not a football fan, but I sure did enjoy the games that led up to the Bowl game.

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estherchaya.livejournal.com

I was born in Scotland and spent 5 years of my childhood.

Yeah, that's 5 years of my childhood not roaming around aimlessly, but in Spain. Sorry. I'm still a lot drugged.

From:

cellio

I'm with Seth. :-) Fortunately, Dani has a similar attitude, so no surprises there in either direction. Well, he does find my willingness to watch current Trek shows peculiar, but that's ok: I can say similar things about some of the comic books he reads. Fair's fair. :-)

Where are they playing these games that broadcast in the middle of the night here? (Are these day games or evening games?)

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estherchaya.livejournal.com

Actually, normally I'm with Seth on the Football part...I had never watched a football game in my life (more than 15 minutes or so) until Maryland was doing so well. I never got caught up in sports and school spirit or anything while I was in school, so it's a bit on an anomaly. But our friend* is a graduate student at Maryland, a closet football fan, and a non-tv owner. So she came over to watch the games and I got caught up in the madness.

The 2002 World Cup is being jointly-sponsored by South Korea and Japan; hence the middle of then night/early morning broadcasts. There is a Spanish channel that broadcasts them a bit later, though.

For the record, I rarely carve time out of my schedule to watch a game of any sport, unless I'm going to see it in person. If a game happens to be on and I happen to be in front of the tv, that's fine, but I don't seek them out. I'm not the ridiculous fanatic that my insomniac journal entries made me seem!!

*actually, you met her at the Purim Seudah...it's Alida, Ian's wife, she left a little early but she was sitting across the table from you and a few spaces down...Ian's the one that brought the chili)

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cellio

I'm not the ridiculous fanatic that my insomniac journal entries made me seem!!

Yeah, I know that part is Ira's fault.

actually, you met her at the Purim Seudah

Oh yeah, I remember Ian and Alida. They seem like nice people. Quiet, but that might have been relative and not absolute. :-) (Harold's Purim is not for the shy and timid, I gather. :-) )