On the menu for today! ...Or this week (really)!
- International Sport
- International Economy (or possibly lack thereof?)
- and we'll throw in some Politics just for fun.
I got rid of it. It kind of drives you insane. I have almost one hundred photo albums that I will probably need to go in and reclaim pictures from but the new user interface just threw me over the edge. I don't want to see what everyone is doing every blinking second of the minute that I am online. I am just trying to stay connected to peeps. I may have to stick to g-mail and blogging. Not like anybody even pays attention to my facey, so ya know, it ain't worth it. Google may soon own my life. That's frightening.
International Sport
As much as I love summer (and in LA it still is summer because, you know, we only have 2 seasons) I think Fall may quite possibly be the best season for sports. There's no basketball to interrupt my ESPN highlights reel, Rugby season is happening on the other side of the world even though you can only web stream it, I get two doses of football and a healthy amount of baseball. Yup, Fall is awesome.
So I was just watching some ESPN and was shocked at the amount of errors happening all over the leagues. Was I just blind before? Blissfully ignorant? Or has the number of errors increased? I mean, it was pretty appalling. But anyways, Dodgers are so bi-polar it's a great reminder of why I converted a while back. But... Always happy to see a win out of those guys, especially against the Giants. Angels are still in contention for the wild card so I'm just being hopeful for a post-season. Post-season is fun and right around the corner!!!! Lesgoooo
Football. I cut back on my addict-levels of football this week, shocking, I know, but I did manage to catch a good amount of the NFL games (or at least the end of the games). This week was great, we saw a lot of victories from behind. It may not have necessarily been the desired team with the desired outcome but, those final 2 or 3 minute victories are the best/ most heartbreaking. The ones that happen in the final seconds are real gut wrenches. Love em.
The amount of injuries at the Eagles - Falcons game was a bit high which is concerning considering it is only the second week of the official season. Maybe because there was much more than a normal football game on the line, but whose paying attention. Having worked in the mental health field for a bit, Vick's concussion was particularly concerning. Football being the number one non-boxing sport in the concussion winners circle, it was not surprising, but the way that he sustained his concussion was... ouch! To say the very least. I hope his brain bruise heals quickly. He's supposed to start this weekend, looks like he'll be fine. Tony Gonzalez, I would just like to say that your touchdown was a thing of beauty. Kafka, you did good kid, got your bearings after a bit, just need to shake off some nerves.
Brady, I love your football skills. If I could marry them, I probably would. (But I don't want to marry you, just the skill set, is that possible/legal?) That's all that needs to be said. And can we just admire the awesome teamwork that Belichick has worked so hard to create and maintain? The offense is looking like buttah. And I did love Wilfork's interception. Who DOESN'T love a big man touchdown attempt?? Seriously, they just make everything better. *muah* Pats. Keep it up.
Despise the Cowboys (or Cowgirls as a good friend lovingly calls them) but you gotta give it up to Romo. He didn't choke! The guy had some really baaad passes but he broke his ribs, I'm gonna go ahead and blame that on the O-line. At the end of the game he did step it up for the W. Which is what counts. Well done, Romo.
I skipped out on watching college football this weekend in favor of some quality family time. But USC did win it! And it was a pretty decent spread, which I think the team needed, since Kiffin's attitude is doing absolutely nothing to boost team or school morale (seriously dude, take a class on that). A really good friend of mine is on D-line and he did great so I'm proud of him for that W too. As for every other NCAA game, I can't comment, sorry. Except for how happy I am that Oklahoma and Texas are NOT joining the Pac 12. Seriously, we're already at 12... 14 is just excessive. AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE PACIFIC!!!! Get out of my Conference holmes.
Rugby has been so exciting to watch! If anyone does end up reading this blog, and then reading this far down on the page, please please pick up your laptop/mouse/remote and find a Tri-Nations or world cup match to watch. Even a Seven's match! Just do it. Best sport ever invented. It needs to be bigger in the States. May be confusing at first, but give it time and you will fall in love.
Soooo I don't know if I blogged about it before but so far the US has beat Russia and lost to Ireland. I hope they do well in the match against the Wallabies tonight, because as a Tri-Nations All Blacks fan... I really don't like the Wallabies, and based on their most recent match it looks like the US could possibly stand a chance. But The US will probably not fare too well against Italy. I watched Italy's victory game over Russia and it looks like they've finally got their stride. South Africa really beat up Namibia last night with an 87-0 victory. My heartaches for Namibia, it's their first WC, you can tell they are trying, but they just can't win. Hopefully they catch a break soon, or next WC.
OK I think I've blabbed enough soooo I will go watch the rugby match and get to the next two menu items when I have time to gab again. Much love, be blessed. Ciao ciao
-Former College Student
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