Shit from an Old Notebook
June 13, 2006
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Open wide for some soccer

Surely by now you are aware that there are soccer matches going on somewhere. We are--or at least half of us are, as mainly my interest in the sport is watching sexy guys with great legs run around a field--a soccer household. Football. Whatever.

There have been some crushing defeats. Jeff was devastated by Serbia-Montenegro's loss. And N, obviously, wasn't particularly happy about yesterday's USA v. Czech Republic match. We're actually flying into Rome on the day of the USA v. Italy match, which N plans to watch in some bar somewhere despite the distinct possibility of being set upon by a mob of angry strangers. Please, I beg of him, Don't say anything while you watch the match.

On a lighter note, the advent of the World Cup has allowed me to employ numerous permutations of one of my favorite Simpsons quotes: This match will determine once and for all which nation is the greatest on earth - Mexico or Portugal!

N's already getting a little tired of it, but I swear to Christ I'm gonna ride that one till the wheels fall off.

Posted by Dana at 10:50 AM

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I assume N and the Great Leader have signed some sort of No Speaking pact, at least until group play is over?

Posted by: jpoulos at June 13, 2006 02:29 PM

Hm, food for thought. Otherwise this could be a rather bloody holiday indeed.

Posted by: dana at June 13, 2006 03:59 PM

My plan is to be humbly silent in victory (or in a draw, which would be as big a victory as one could hope for at this point), or to be bombastic in defeat.

Posted by: N at June 13, 2006 04:23 PM

N always has il Moggiopoli to fall back on. Lazio could get demoted all the way to MLS. Even if the U.S. team continue to look like overrated fraidy-cats, forcing a rational defense can be made into an effective smirk remover.

Posted by: Uptown Topranking at June 13, 2006 07:11 PM

bora bora was here!

Posted by: nangel at June 21, 2006 12:43 AM