I fucking hate 1-16 match ups. historically no 16 seed has ever beaten a 1 seed, so the 1 seed coasts and the 16 seed goes balls out. what happens when a superior team coasts and a lesser team goes balls out? you have a sloppy ass game that’s only as close as the top seed will allow it to be. when it comes time to get down to business the 1 seed turns on its ignition and leaves the 16 in its wake.

so it’s basically the 1 seed dangling a carrot in front of the 16 seed (and any fool tuning in to see if there’s an upset) until it decides to win the game.

fuck you, 1 seeds. just do everyone a favor and make it a blow out early in the game.

so based on what I’ve been reading, it sounded like nbc sports bigwig dick ebersol arbitrarily decided to call it the 2006 torino olympic games — when the town itself is known as turin.

to the pedestrian media consumer it sounds pretty fucking absurd, does it not? how dare this guy give a new name to the town just because it “rolls off the tongue better” (direct quote)?

I googled it up and learned that the town name is known as “torino” to the locals and “turin” is the anglocized name. turns out ebersol’s doing the town justice!

in response the associated press said “It’s Rome, not Roma. Munich, not Muenchen. Moscow instead of Mockba or Moskva.” well how about if we called you “associated press” to your face but referred to you to everyone else as “asshole-iated press”?

dicks.

so kid A says to kid B “let’s play tag.” kid B agrees. the game begins, kid B quickly catches kid A and tags him. “tag you’re it.” “not uh,” says kid A, “you have to tag me with both hands.” kid B objects, “those aren’t the rules.” “those are the rules we’re playing with now,” claims kid A. he dashes off.

kid B manages to catch kid A again and this time tags him with both hands. kid A begrudgingly accepts being tagged and chases after kid B. kid A tags kid B with one hand. “tag you’re it.” “you didn’t tag me with both hands.” kid A shrugs, “those rules don’t apply to me. and by the way I just won the game, the second person to tag wins.”

this is what it’s like to watch anyone play duke. in the first 4 minutes of the second half against maryland today I saw 4 non-calls and one bogus call going to duke’s favor. wanna know why duke players generally don’t make good pros? because they don’t get the same treatment they did in college and are exposed of the caliber of player they really are.

so sarah tennessee IS IN THE FINAL THREE. I was shocked as anyone when sarah canada got sent home… too bad he had to give her an excuse so he had to dig out the age difference story. what it comes down to is someone had to go and unfortunately it was her turn this week.

next week they’re going on extended one-on-one dates all over europe. susanfromkansas (whose parents live in north carolina) was abso-fucking-stunning tonight.

so…

uh…

ok, I can’t keep it to myself anymore. I really, really, really do not like susanfromkansas despite her anthemic beauty. everything out of her mouth sounds insincere to me. we found out tonight susan’s fresh off a broken engagement (which she broke) and her parents are really concerned about her true intentions of being on this show. hell, she wants to go to LA to pursue an acting career! is she expecting travis to move out there with her? because tennessee (or colorado, as we found out tonight is where travis is thinking of moving) isn’t exactly hollywood.

on their pre-meeting-the-parents date she often began laying some romantic line on travis only to get stuck in the middle and struggle to make it to the finish. I forget how they went but it was something like “I think we were both put on this earth… (eyes sparkling, searching for something profound) to… have this… (perfect profile silhouetted in the setting sun) amazing… (expertly sculpted eyebrows framing her grey eyes) experience… here.”

sounds to me like she needs more work on her improv.

who’s next to go? I just don’t know anymore with sarah tennessee hanging around for so long. she appears best suited for mom-dom, or at least that’s what she’s making us believe. moana… hell travis could just be in fear of how she’ll react if she’s not picked, if she cries this much for still being in the hunt. susan… clearly the best looking of the bunch. but she IS fresh off a long engagement, she IS looking at moving to hollywood, and travis HAS to be keen on her telling everything he wants to hear.

realistically I think susan will be the next to go. it’s for the best for her career (she’s already had plenty of face time and she won’t be “tied down” in wherever). moana could go because as sweet as she may have turned out to be she seems rather unstable. sarah can go because she’s… just so ordinary and safe.

my prediction: susanfromkansas is eliminated and she won’t appear the least bit bummed.

“lost” is a repeat tonight. bollocks.

why is it that everyone assumes every dog in existence is male? namely mine. hayley being an insanely fucking cute dog people stop her/us all the time when I’m walking her.

she’s a she. thanks.