As the world continues to rally around FIFA World Cup soccer, even with team USA winning, I'm reminded of how little the sport interests me. I'm also reminded by every media outlet and sports talk caller that "soccer is going to take over in the US soon" and I "just don't get it."
I do get it, though.
Soccer isn't as big in the USA as other parts of the
world -- and NEVER will be -- because we have other sports to distract us. The majority of countries aren't afforded the same variety so they focus on what they have: futbol.
It's all about your location specific point-of-view, I suppose.
Just like Chief Brody, the water-fearing protagonist who lives on an island, says in Jaws, "It's only an island if you look at from the water."
Exactly, Chief.
Exactly.
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Quick Thinking
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-- Sometimes I feel like a left-handed handshake in a right-handed handshake world.
-- Extend your left hand for your next 5 handshakes if you're having difficulty grasping what I mean.
-- No pun intended.
-- Listening to Papi pout is getting real old.
-- Having official scorers "change their minds" when he does is getting even older.
-- Watching Papi hit game winning home runs, however, never will.
-- TWO DOTS is the greatest puzzle game to hit a handheld device since Tetris hit Nintendo's Game Boy.
-- Speaking of Tetris, 789,550 was my record score in high school.
-- Yes, I still remember it.
-- And, no, I didn't have many friends.
-- All the talk surrounding The Washington Redskins logo feels manufactured.
-- Watching the 2014 FIFA World Cup has taught me one very important fact: soccer fans are less about passion and more about patience.
-- And you can take my word for it because I know the difference between patience and passion.
-- After all, I haven't gotten a blow job since the last World Cup.
-- True story.
-- The summer of "where will Bron Bron land?" has officially begun.
-- Celtic Green would bring his eyes out.
-- Too bad Rondo is known league wide as a shitty teammate.
-- Rondo aside, I would guess he'll go to LA for the glitz and glamour.
-- The story of Red Sox employee Jack Lanzillotti and his girlfriend Jessica getting killed this weekend when a car accident crossed the corner they were standing on is further proof that this can all be snatched away from us in a flash, y'all.
-- It's also further proof that we only get one shot at this.
-- So make sure you're living the life you want and not the one you pretend you want.
-- Unless you're watching Yo Gabba Gabba, of course.
-- So yummy. So yummy.
