This is how I roll with the Bears in Tel Aviv
I have a border-line unhealthy love affair with the Chicago Bears. I say unhealthy because when the games are at my finger tips, my mood can run hot and cold. I could be excited or I could brush it off knowing that I’ll see them the next week. When I know I’m just a remote control click away from them on any given football season Sunday, I’m calm as a honey bee.
When I can’t see them so easily (like when I’m half way around the world), my desire to watch them becomes so great that I start to feel little explosions of anxiety inside of me at the thought of missing a game.
Last weekend was the Bears’ opening game against Indie. Because of the time difference, it showed here on ESPN live at 3am and replayed again at 9pm the next day. Even though it was a re-run, I opted for the next night rationalizing that everyone would be sleeping back in the states and I could avoid knowing the score. It was nice to watch the opening game although it wasn’t quite the same without it being live.
This weekend, I checked the T.V. schedule and realized that Chicago wasn’t slotted as one of the games being broadcasted in Tel Aviv. There was a moment of panic (see the first paragraph) and then I google searched, “How to watch football games online for free”. Yes, it was that simple. I can now watch every football game live through my laptop.
I was lucky they were slotted for a noon game. With a plus 8 hour time difference, it translated to a perfect night time game.
And the best part was that there just so happened to be a video projector here this week.
One computer, one sheet, one long cable to string across the room and voila! Ghetto big screen television!
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Wow. I think there is only one way to describe that: ghetto-fantasticulariousness. (fantastic+hilarious=jami’s new tv set, yes?)
As for the team you chose to invest this much effort into watching….well, I suppose we can agree to disagree.
Pretty creative stuff you got going on there!
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