The rest of the world is catching up

I think the rest of the world is catching up with the traditional world powers...in soccer at least. Many of the well known soccer powers; like Germany, Spain, England, and Italy, are being felled by smaller teams from smaller countries (not that population of the country determines soccer skill, as Tony Kornheiser argued on PTI this week). This year, the underdogs are winning. Paraguay, Serbia, and Slovakia are performing unexpectedly well.

So...are the traditionally great teams getting old and lazy (yes) or are the traditionally mediocre teams getting better (yes)? Both! Games on the world stage are becoming more competitive because the previous chasm of skill difference is now just a tiny gap. I think this is a good thing, but many soccer hating pundits (like Bob Matthews of the Democrat and Chronicle) argue that this makes soccer less exciting to watch, because there will be less 5-0 blow-outs and conceivably, more 0-0 draws.

Honestly, this is fine with me. If you can't see the beauty in soccer, don't watch. And btw, stop complaining about the vuvuzelas. Suck it up and deal.

Daily Champ!

Who knew I had a secret talent for laser tag? Unbelievable as it may seem, I was able to dominate a bunch of 10 year olds in laser tag. Please, hold your applause. Anyway, that place was freaking awesome... a black-lit maze and 5 screaming 10 yr olds. Shooting them with a pretend laser was very theraputic.

Then I partied with mis amigos... and Dan and I won Trivial Pursuit! Boo yah!!

Then I drove home in the scary dark and foggy weather at 1 am. Very good day.

new look, new books

Don't worry, the new look is the blog, not me :) Though I am in need of a haircut....

Anyway, I thought the book background would be appropriate because I will probably be reading for most of the summer. I limited myself to like 7 books at the book sale, so basically I deserve some applause. Anyway, I finished my first official book of my family's summer reading contest (in which I am undefeated). It was The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Controversial; maybe, but absolutely riveting nonetheless. I've never been one for people telling me what I can and can't read. In my opinion, there are no dangerous ideas, just people who use and interpret them in dangerous ways. For example, no one would tell me I couldn't read the bible, and yet many atrocities over the years have been justified by it, Same with the Koran. It's interpretation that is the problem.

Anyway, the point of this rant is that I changed my background template thingy. Enjoy.

A couple of things...

1. whilst wearing glasses, I resemble a nerdy 12 year old.
2. Elvis songs and suchlike from the 40's and 50's sound like elevator music to me.
3. Interesting story... So I was at my cousin's restaurant (Taste of Italy, which you should deff try, the assorted sub is amazing!) in Victor and one of the ladies that works there looks exactly like Jessie from Parent Trap. Like exactly. So as she's talking with my Gramma about who knows what, all I can picture is that scene in Parent Trap where Jessie figures out that it's Annie instead of Haley and freaks out and cries...and lo and behold... the Jessie doppleganger begins to cry and it was kinda trippy cause I had to figure out if it was for realsies or if I had finally had a psychotic break...well, good news, I'm not crazy (well, not to the point of hallucination!) Jessie numero dos was sobbing because her daughter was at college and blabitty blah blah...sorry, I stopped listening...I have trouble sympathizing with cheerleaders :)

oh my...excuse me, my nerd is showing

BOOOOOOKS!!! OMG BOOOKKSS!!!!!

I heart books. for realsies.

So there's this giant book sale, and I am contemplating getting my lazy butt on a bike and riding down there tomorrow. That's how much I can't wait. The only issue is how I would get the books home... I'll have to limit myself :(

stinky

now this may seem common sensical ( I swear to God my english teacher in COLLEGE, henceforth known affectionately as JJ, used to say that all the time. All the damn time. I wanted to punch her.)

Now, as I was saying, it seems like it must go without saying, but i'll just clarify for all you numbskull town planners out there... don't put water treatment plants next to places you expect people to gather...for example state beaches and/or soccer fields. I mean really, who was the genius who decided to dump all that crap (literally!) into the ocean right next to a state beach? And even here, in the great (ha!) and uber effiecient (lolol) state of New York, the shit scented sewer air wafts right over the soccer fields where my poor sister was forced to play (and I suffered through watching!) and right across the street from Durand Eastman beach. What the hell were those people thinking!! Das es STINKY!!!