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Saturday, March 26, 2005 STILLWATER, OK: I’m sure a lot of people are weighing in on
the Terri Schiavo case in their blogs. I will refrain from doing so. Not much more can be said, except that I
tend to agree with Bill O’Reilly on the overall concept of the matter. Now, if she would just die already . . . . Major League Soccer season kicks off one
week from today and I am feeling more and more isolated here in
Oklahoma. I’ve tried to reach out and
find other soccer fans to even just watch the Mexico versus USA World Cup
Qualifying match tomorrow, but it appears that I will have to watch it at
home and alone. I can’t even have the
pleasure of listening to the match en español because there is no Telemundo affiliate
in either Tulsa or Oklahoma City. I’m
stuck with the ho-hum broadcast style of ESPN2. There is simply no excitement in the way
that English language soccer is broadcast. It’s no wonder folks can’t get
into it. Since the hockey commentators
have been out of work, maybe it’s time to train some for some new play by
play. Spanish-language broadcasters
seemed to have been trained for radio, and they hence bring that descriptive
style and emotional voice inflection to their TV broadcasts. I prefer this. Why? Because I can walk away from the TV
and not miss much because I’m listening to the voice inflections. When the action moves from midfield toward
the goal, the good announcer injects more excitement into his voice. When I hear this, I know it’s time to look
at the tube again to either see a great save or a golazo. Of course, when I try to explain this, I
get looked at like I’m out of my fucking mind. I’ve noticed the same vocal styles in
Greek, Italian, Korean and Arabic broadcasters of soccer as well. Yeesh! I can’t even get Fox Sports World
right now because my husband is hesitant to allow me to upgrade the
cable. All I have is espn and espn2
and one single Univision station—I don’t even have Galavision on Cox, which
is usually standard cable fare even if there are no Univision affiliates
locally. I really really want satellite. AND I WANT IT NOW! I’m jonesing bad! Wanted: a nice quiet Irish/English style
pub in Stillwater. There is a distinct lack of one here. Heard there was a metal club on the Strip,
but I don’t think Paul knows what he’s talking about. When I envision a metal club, I see one
with live original bands and one that regularly lands nationally touring
acts. Closest thing to that is likely
located in Oklahoma City. “Life is killing me,” Type O Negative. |
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