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live: the first weekend

July 28, 2012
i’ve cleared my weekend.

well, other than you know having a toddler, having a new born, having a wife, probably having to work a little, but other than that i’m glued to the tube. and the computer. and the ipad. and the iphone.
evancparker … heartbroken watching Shin fence after being denied spot in final. 2nd straight night that an athlete is bigger than the #Olympics.

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evancparker @annettetorr … I do love @texasinafrica, but may question her taste in people to follow 😉

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evancparker … my wife is singing along to a @taylorswift13 album. taking it as a sign she won’t last two more weeks of me watching the #Olympics.

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evancparker … do you think they’d let me go down the canoe/kayak course in an innertube? #WithMyBeerCooler #OlympicLegacy #Olympics

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evancparker … my 2 year old is super excited about the Romanian women’s gymnastics team, jumping/flipping off the ottoman. #StartThemYoung #Olympics

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evancparker … just saw Today Show team race walking. considering a lawsuit to get those three minutes of my life back. #Olympics

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evancparker … trying to cram in some field hockey love (#TeamGB) but my 16 week old is finally falling asleep. #thankgod #savemefrommyself #olympics

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evancparker … @jordyn_wieber? awesome. NBC shoving mics in her face and looping thru “mistakes” tape? notsomuch. #Olympics #NBCFAIL #firealtrautwig

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evancparker … Al, it’s a bad sign when Tim Daggett tells you that you’re being overly dramatic. #FireAlTrautwig #Olympics

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evancparker … I’m trying to go easy on the #NBCFAIL meme, but if you’re going to delay on TV, keep it #%€?!? off http://t.co/2laXfLzq too. #Olympics

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evancparker … I’ve decided my #FireAlTrautwig campaign is too narrow and shortsighted. #FireTimDaggett #FireElfiSchlegel #Olympics

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evancparker RT @texasinafrica: Y’all my friend @evancparker is the only person I know who watches the Olympics in its entirety. He’ll be live tweeting it for a month.

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evancparker … why can’t all of @nbcolympics commentators be as good as the two covering swimming? #firealtrautwig #Olympics

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evancparker … amazing, I’ve never seen Americans synchronize anything well, much less diving. #greatstuff #olympics

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evancparker … Natalia Partyka is the best story from the #Olympics opening weekend (http://t.co/fyilWhie). Incredible event to watch.

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evancparker … watching women’s weightlifting is threatening my womanhood. #Olympics

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evancparker … if “regular” polo was as dirty as water polo, there would be a lot of dead horses. #Olympics

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evancparker … rowing at the #Olympics, the poster child of #firstworldproblems

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evancparker … looks like it was a lovely morning for a bike ride in London today. #Olympics #catsndogs

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evancparker … insert angst here about USA men’s basketball team in the 2nd quarter and not leading by 40+ yet. #Olympics

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evancparker … 15 #Olympics sports in 16 hours, and I’m #done. #firealtrautwig

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evancparker … watched #Olympics Sarajevo ’84 on 3 inch b&w tv, no cable, no Web, so (two decades ago) didn’t matter it wasn’t live. #NBCFAIL

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evancparker … day one, and I already want to throttle the #Olympics gymnastics commentators. #NBCFAIL

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evancparker … pretty sure ryan seacrest’s hair has its own personal laws of physics. #Olympics

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evancparker … wondering why the Aussie #Olympics beach volleyball team wears a shirt *under* their swimsuits. #doesntlookcomfortable

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evancparker … there seemed to be a lot of Angolan Handball Team fans in London today, or everybody just hates Russia. #Olympics

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evancparker … watching (and disturbingly enjoying) women’s handball, thereby proving I’m officially an #Olympics slut.

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evancparker … Sparklet just announced she wants to go to London and see the #Olympics. Me too, sweetie.

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evancparker … u.s. #olympics women’s volleyball lost a close third set, and listening to @NBCOlympics commentary you’d think they got sent home. #FAIL

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evancparker … Ooo, #Olympics women’s volleyball. #kidincandystore #neglectingmychildren

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evancparker … watching dressage, and if this really is a hobby for the Romneys then they’re more out of touch than I thought. #Olympics

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evancparker … try explaining archery to a two year-old sometime. #Olympics

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evancparker … feel horrible for Team #GBR. Worst. Uniforms. Ever. #Olympics

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evancparker … and, I had no idea that archery was, well, interesting. oh, and fencing. ping-pong notsomuch. #olympics

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evancparker … shooting, cycling, swimming, fencing, table tennis, basketball, soccer. #olympicjunkie

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evancparker … we’re live blogging the openning ceremonies @ http://t.co/gmK025vQ

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live: london 2012 opening ceremony

July 27, 2012

it’s that time again.

the time when our global attention turns to overly-earnest featurettes on athletes overcoming adversity, when we look for horrible commentary by television announcers pressed into service to describe a sport they know nothing about, when jingoism is not just tolerated but encouraged, and when even bob costas becomes annoying.

it’s NBC’s coverage of the greatest sporting event on the planet.

19:32	first “uplifting” montage of athletes. of the 2012 olympics. oh, yes. it’s on.
19:39	i can almost smell the vaseline smeared all over their camera lenses.
19:44	Matt Lauer needs a toupee.
19:49	the mighty Quinn keeps wailing every time Meredith Viera comes on the air.
19:55	look, it’s Hobbiton!
19:58	what are these random rugby videos from? How are they going to get that meadow out of the stadium again? Why am I “afeared”? I have so many questions.
20:04	honoring the decline of the pastoral-agrarian society? These Brits sure know how to parrrrtay.
20:05	more breakdancing men in top hats, please!
20:08	britain: we’re the country that brought you smokestacks.
20:09	wonder what the random bloke in Sheffield thinks about his outcry right now.
20:13	a friend of mine described this production as “crack-tastic.” I honestly don’t know that goes far enough.
20:15	okay, the waterfalling fireworks from the Olympic rings was a pretty nice visual. Make a note: first compliment came 45 minutes in.
20:18	first annoying Visa commercial. Wonder how many times we’ll see that in the next 18 days.
20:23	would love to know who pitched the idea of jumping out of a helicopter with James Bond to the Queen. Oh, to be a fly on thaaaat wall.
20:25	come on Queenie, smile.
20:33	nothing says “Britain” like Tubular Bells and socialized medicine.
20:35	OH MY GOD IT ACTUALLY SPELLS OUT NAIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.
20:39	Voldemort: the capstone of 400 years of British literature.
20:41	we could have saved ourselves 6 movies if someone had just told Harry Potter that Voldemort was scared of Mary Poppins.
20:45	my wife totally called that Chariots of Fire was coming.
20:48	… but not Mr. Bean. Didn’t see that one coming. Nope.
20:55	the Olympics are celebrating 40 years of air headed British teens. Awesome.
20:59	Meredith and Matt needs to remember this isn’t actually the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
21:08	do you think the Queen knows what “Frankie Says Relax” means?
21:13	the Brits created the interweb? I thought Al Gore did?!?
21:14	oh, David Beckham. You’re so cute, at least when your lips aren’t moving.
21:31	awww, I like the Aussies.
21:33	my wife just suggested I do a blog post on Olympic commercials that are better than the opening ceremonies. Talk about a race to the bottom.
21:39	is it a sign of Stockholm syndrome to say I’m optimistic for the 2016 opening ceremonies in Rio? I mean, the whole thing will be just half naked women dancing, no?
21:50	new game: drink every time Bob Costas says something inane.
21:52	I already can’t feel my face.
21:54	get Djubuti on the floor toniiiight.
21:59	my wife is talking international fiscal policy which, coincidentally, is more interesting than the parade of nations.
22:12	kudos to Nike for their “other” London ad. Good stuff.
22:20	on Wikipedia wondering what happened to Netherlands Antilles.
22:32	the Mighty Quinn is out. Mommy is out. I’m watching St. Kitts march in. Where did my life go wrong?!?
22:43	if I hear Bob Costas say one more time how “fast” this is going… Pow.
22:58	Idi Amin joke, really? Ouch. Too soon.
23:07	so nice to see team USA in something other than cowboy hats (which, ironically, we’re worn by Russia instead).
23:09	feeling pretty bad for Team Great Britain and their gold lamé track suits — oif.
23:12	Thank god for Kate Middleton, because the Queen seems surgically unable to smile.
23:16	totally forgot about he flame. Not sure I’m going to make it.
23:18	some one shut Bob Costas up before he insults another country.
23:46	Paul McCartney and the cauldron lighting finally had the stuffy decorum I expected from this opening ceremony.
23:46	the flame is awesome and all, but someone is going to get disqualified in the javelin for not clearing the cauldron in the middle of the field.
23:48	is “hey, Jude” the national anthem or something? Just saying’.
23:52	i hate forced audience participation.
23:54	ILOVEYOULONDONGOODNIGHT!

the mendoza’s

July 27, 2012

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the mendoza’s
grandparents

July 26, 2012
found: shade

July 25, 2012
firsts: rollover

July 22, 2012

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firsts: rollover
pre-trip to mommy’s work

July 22, 2012

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trip to mommy’s work
video: new tent

July 20, 2012

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out: froyo

July 20, 2012

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out: froyo
found: artwork

July 20, 2012