America!

Dave and I watched the game while chatting with each other on YIM. I was at the cabin ( I had been since Friday night) and by the end we were conditioning ourselves for the loss: He texted 'Sigh', and I responded 'oh well'. By the Very End I was screaming and hollering, but, alas, I was alone at the cabin so there was no one to hear me scream.

I spent the last couple of night sitting on the deck tending the grill a watching movies on my laptop.  No need for a plate, I'd just eat right off the grill.  Saw Book of Eli and and the Ugly Truth.   First lets get it out of the way:  yes I was watching the Ugly Truth by myself, and no, I didn't think it was a response to Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth. I  KNEW it was a rom-com, but I kinda have a thing for the lead.  I like that guy.  Anyhow, it was unoriginal (aren't they all)  (No! Wedding Crashers and maybe Sarah Marshal... and 40 year old virgin.. my point is that sometimes they are good).  This one wasn't but I enjoyed it.

Suck it.  I -do- drink beer for taste, so I got that going for me. But then again, I sometimes carry a carry all.

Alex had told me to watch Eli, and it is obvious why.  Well done theme.  You all know I am touchy about how Christianity is portrayed in movies. Still enjoyed this movie , despite its implication (That Christian fervor is responsible for an apocalyptic war).  It's not that movie is so good despise that implication, its that the movie is otherwise as pro-christian as they come. Seriously.  Add it to NRO's list of all time most conservative movies. (Pure coincidence that I mention NRO's culture section in subsequent posts, but while I am on the subject, that list of theirs doesn't include Demolition Man, which is by far the most conservative movie of all time.   What did I call them? Rubes?  RUBES!)

Steve, Matt and Dave just left. I don't get a chance to brag about game night much, since I am not actually that good, but I came in 1st and 2nd today, out of two games.  Dave got skunked. That never happens in small group play.

Steve though. He's a gamer.

OK. cabin again this weekend. Toronto this week. Atlanta for a week. Then Austin (with a brief stop in Kansas City to see Tara get Married).

But really I should be documenting this world cup.   I have seen all but seven or eight games.   Well, they have been on in the background at least.   I love it.       I would like to see more definitive outcomes but whatever. I  love it.

I still hate the haters.  I listen to local sports radio on the drive back from Blue Ridge, and  lo-and-behold the only soccer they were discussion was whether or not America gives a shit  I wanted to call in and tell them soccer isn't in the dock and pretending it is demonstrates their ignorance and insecurity, but then I thought,  "why the hell am I listening to sports talk", and "oh my god did I actually consider CALLING sports talk?"    I still feel lame, and I probably exaggerated how close I was to calling..

World Cup is the greatest sporting even in the world, by oh, a few thousand deca-meters (I hope that is far, I have no idea).  If you don't recognize that, you are being obtuse ("OBTUSE, is it intentional?").   Its fine if you don't like it, it really is.  But it is not in the Dock and maybe if you stopped pretending it was you would start to enjoy it.  If that's too much to ask, at least let the casual listener in on the scores of the active games once in a while. For Eli's sake, that's what sports news is ostensibly for! Isn't it?

"It was never in doubt, except for the first 90 minutes"*

*Best opening line of an article ever