I am sad.

I had it all set up. I bought my new 32" flat screen TV yesterday (hat tip to Mom, Dad, and Nana for the overly generous financing). I bought a VGA cable to run my computer through it. I did all my school work for tomorrow early this morning (before I went to bed last night -- long story).

I launched NBA League Pass. Blacked out.

I signed into the live chat support to see if they could fix the problem. My customer service rep, Merlin, tells me that the game is on NBATV, and therefore blacked out on League Pass. I check the schedule. He's right. I don't get NBATV with my basic cable package, and since I'm in a utilities-included apartment owned by USC, I can't pay to get it. I'm stuck watching football instead.

:(