Comments On The Serve

Right Between the Eyes

I'm not exactly sure I get it. Is that a sun? A fiery comet? No, wait. It's coming to me. It's a hairball. Look at me figure that out, and I don't even have a cat!

An intricate hairball aimed right at Armin's forehead with the speed and precision of an infant's projectile vomit, except more prettier. I was wondering if we'd see any text this early on, something insulting or profane or disrespectful of Armin's mother, but I have to say that what she did here is far more satisfying than that. She greeted him, called him by name, lured him in by his teeth. It reads like a note between two friends scribbled on an Etch-a-Sketch, except we know she means it not as a cheery hello, but more of a taunt, a generous warning to reach for the baby wipes because this game is personal.

Armin, I've got a few of those in my purse if you need any, they're in there right next to my pocket copy of The Feminine Mystique.

Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by Heather Armstrong.

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