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shoot I checked a streaming site and they didn't say that the DFB Pokal game was today

I knew I was missing something

yay for Werder Bremen
1-0

but aww shoot I missed the game
and Diego's last goal for Werder

Bundesliga: Bremen 4-0 Stuttgart

Yay Diego and Pizarro and Rosenberg! Aww Diego has to jump up to give his tiny hugs in the huddle
It is so weird seeing Jens for Stuttgart
This announcer pronounces Dusko Tosic’s first name like “Disco”
Number 4!!!!1 Rosenberg always finds the times when there are no defenders…and later on shows his temper when he gets a yellow
almost number 5 in the last minute


yay

First, Happy Birthdays to jaune and kiwimangoodness!


World disaster news:
Gustav destroys homes, sparks flooding in Cuba
Army helps as desperation mounts in flood-hit India
China quake kills 32, destroys 258,000 homes


It's been a busy weekend. I already mentioned that yesterday we went to Angel Island, followed by a gathering with family friends, where we watched Cal beat Michigan State yay. I wore my Arsenal shirt, and I later found out that they won, so yay!

We were late for the Oakland ferry our friends were taking, so we had to drive all the way into Tiburon to get the ferry there. It's a really nice seaside town. Really expensive to live there, but the place is nice. Actually, all of Marin County is very pretty. It's like Cape Cod or some other East Coast place, but with a less glitzy, more foggy, laid-back California vibe. The people who live right next to the ocean are pretty cool. But the stereotype of Marin County people being super rich, self-absorbed, annoying preppy people who try to sweep everything ultra-liberal more because it's the thing to do rather than what they truly believe? who take political correctness to extreme, 4th-place-medal levels of insanity? Yes, stereotypes aren't completely true, but those people with the mansions and expensive condos in the hills...maybe it's the fog. gets to them. Sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick actually captured this group of people well in the 1956 (I think) non-sci-fi novel Confessions of a Crap Artist.
lol I don't have that much experience with Marin people. Just reporting the mindset, that's all.

anyways, Angel Island was fun. I took a bunch of pics with my phone camera. Now we need to find the proper cord for the thing...

While waiting in one area, I climbed this little side pass, or, more like crawl-climbed. Took a picture of a reddish giant rockface. But, when I tried to get down...
whoa, that path looks too slippery. I grabbed a tree branch quick. I had to come back the way I came, which was friendlier to tiny tiny feet of little kids rather than to just tiny feet of 20-yr-olds. Fortunately, I found a handy stick to help me get my balance when things were about to get rough.
I can't help it. I like exploring random things.

While on the tram tour of the island, we saw some deer. And then I got a call. It was for a CalTV assignment.


So, the next day, I was at the Slow Food Festival in San Francisco. I was at the only free, open event, the farmers' market in front of City Hall. I was there to tape a segment for a CalTV reporter. It smelled so good there...too bad stuff with filming and family got too busy. I wanted to try food. grr. Or at least get the really good dried fruit. I still have a fruit craving argh.
It was really packed. And hot. They need to open the aisles next time. Some random dude saw that I was using a fancy videocamera. He then asked me how to operate his friend's picture camera. Very odd.

What is Slow Food?
Disciples of the Slow Food movement rail against fast food, industrial farming and global distribution and embrace the idea of supporting local producers who use sustainable methods and pay fair wages to their workers. To spread the word, they invited some of the country's best chefs, most innovative artisan foodmakers and environmentally friendly farmers here to prove that eating the Slow Food way is a sensual pleasure that's good for the body as well as the soul.

Nectarines are in season now, I think. I want nectarines and peaches.

oh, and while I was reserving a book today at Borders, I saw the FIFA magazine with Diego on the cover. I bought it.

while we were shopping for new school clothes for my brother, I saw some of the Marc Ecko shirts the designer did for Star Wars. After seeing the Boba Fett shirt, my mind latched onto it and couldn't let go. So yes, I did have to ask someone to take the shirt off the half-mannequin, because that was the only Boba Fett shirt that wasn't extra large. My brother got the Darth Vader and stormtrooper ones, although he requested that I let him wear my shirt if he wants. shoot, I remember looking at the first Marc Ecko Star Wars designs like one or two years ago in the starwars.com newsletter, and thinking, "aww, if only they weren't online..."
yaaaaaay for street geek wear

I watched Arsenal. 2-0. Tears of joy.

agh I have no tissues in my bed

I just use blanket

ROSA! -hugs-

I've accepted Gallas as our captain now. Great work, even if I was scared he'd get a red after brawling and shouting. please channel anger into play please

-carefully hugs Theo-

hee, the ones with the most interesting hair (Gallas with the golf-lawn mohawk, Tomas with his perfect hair that can withstand ANYTHING) scored today.

and seeing the fans stand up and Aleks Cesc Mathieu watching there and Robin in the tunnel...THIS IS MY CLUB!

and I followed the live scores for Bremen and 2-0 yay with Diego and Mosquera!

Klose and Franck! scored for Bayern. argh for Bayern's lead, yay for the players.

whee Celtic won 2-0 too! It's a Two Too day!

and Man U lost to Bolton. ;)
sorry.

and, for the non-soccer fans on my flist, I have some music items:
Belle and Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, and Pete Doherty...writing musicals?
Carl Barât’s claiming he and Pete Doherty might collaborate on a musical comedy for the stage. Maybe Doherty is looking for someone to help him finish up the musical he was allegedly writing with Kate Moss.

Go Eight: A Crazy Worldwide Hannukah Party
Ooh LA’s got Balkan Beat Box and Dengue Fever
SF’s got Honeycut

and...BLUEGRASS KUNG FU CLOGGING!

ETA: Match pics!
aww no Theo
NO
But Rosa scores, and the moment is happy.
Bremen's two scorers today!
Ribery hands with van Bommel
Franck defies gravity
and a Kuyt-Gerrard hug from Liverpool's win.
Beckham mobbed by cute little Chinese ballerinas

I start commenting, then I go to my journal to look up something, and then I end up tag-rearranging for an hour. Yup. Chek owt mah funkeh tagz. Still a work in progress.

Oh: I saw an animated icon of Miro flipping in Bayern gear and my eyes got teary. Fortunately, this was when my eyes were dry and in need of moisture. How nice of my angst to do that.
But seriously. After some comment chat with some of my flist (especially rebelstrike21 -hugs Iris tight-) I have gotten over most of my MiroDrama. It still hurts, but it was his decision and I really felt bad when I heard he was too injured to play in that game against England, and I think he just might still be my favorite player. Might. That’s still a bit muddy.
A late equalizer from hosts Hamburg denied Bayern a fourth straight win… Miroslav Klose's opener gave the Bavarian giants the lead after 70 minutes but three minutes from time Mohamed Zidan leveled things up at 1-1. The Egyptian thus became the first man to score against Ottmar Hitzfeld's side this season…
Hey, at least two former Bremen players scored!

Aack…I want to talk about Labor Day Weekend (and Tuesday), but so much happened that…I just start with Saturday. Because blogs foster egocentrism or something.

Saturday was awesome.
First, I got up early to watch Bremen vs. Frankfurt. My early wake-up time also allowed me to get up Mom for work. Really, waking up for streams is kind of improving my life.
( thoughts during the match )
Some links:
Diego twist-hits the ball! His Nike T-90 interview aack I keep on watching the yellow circle forming on the side
All goals from Bremen-Frankfurt, complete with the Gol TV commentary and THE DANCE!

While I was watching, the Emo!kitty was staring at me from the cushion in the patio.

Afterward, I watched Spike Jonze Spends Saturday with M.I.A. Seriously, I’ve been playing Kala over and over on my CD player and in my head.
From that site: Kala is a direct result of globalization, a direct result of mainstream pop, rap and rock, and without those influences it would have never been made; a scary thought indeed - that there might be an up-side to the down-sides of globalization.
Hee Spike Jonze’s voice. My favorite part…talks about preconceptions of Third World, and dances with teddy bear. Poor Shemko, though. It’s interesting when she also comments about party music just being about shaking your privates, and her loss of connection to “her people” after the first album came out.

After that, I divided my time between: surfing for more M.I.A., playing with Kerri the Cat through the screen door, and eating pancakes. More surfing, then I started exercising, playing Kala in the background. However, when it got to “Boyz,” I just had to stop and dance…

Then went to Marina to get some stuff my grandma asked for. Also checked out Daiso, the new Japanese discount store they’ve been raving about on aroundfremont. It’s fantastic! For claraious -since she’s off to Georgia on Friday- I got a crazy pencil pouch that’s decorated like a cracktastic bag of tortilla chips (Cheese-flavored! Goes great with chips and beer!), as well as a wrist rest. I also bought a small comb, tiny post-its for a friend, and “Children Pinch,” these tiny clothespins decorated as “brother,” “sister,” “dog,” “me.” I won’t take them out of the bag. They’re priceless the way they are right now. Got some tea at Tap Ex and went home.

Watched some more Aqua Teen S3 while cruising for more M.I.A stuff on the web. Did some homework too. Also saw some exciting bits of Cal vs. Tennessee (yay!) and read Sports J, the Japanese-language weekly periodical I picked up at Daiso. Good reading practice, yes. When I went into my room and turned on the radio, they were playing “Supermassive Black Hole!” So I sang along to that. And because of a Labor Day special on Live 105, it was followed by “Knights of Cydonia.” I sang and tapped and air-strummed to that one. With my radio, I can hear a bit of 105.7 if I touch a certain point of the stereo. So following my Muse sing-alongs, I danced merengue to Elvis Crespo’s “Sonrisa.” Me was happy.

Oh, and later on, on the dorama Furin Kazan, I ended up calling out to my dad: “Hey! It’s our alien cousin! Gackt!” My friend Mimi said he would be there sometime, playing Rurouni Kenshin or something. Well, I guess it’s the first time he’s shown up…he plays Nagao Kagetora, the son of some lord who sent him to the monastery because Kagetora-san was too vicious. But Kagetora’s brother brought him back to the family because brother was sickly. 4 years later (seriously, 5 years are covered in one episode), brother is dead, Kagetora takes power, and his sister begs him to make her marry their enemy cousin so there will be peace and Kagetora’s like NO. The character’s pretty cool; Gackt’s not the greatest actor, but he’s capable, and has an otherworldly presence that suits Kagetora. Oh, and eye patch-guy (the main character I saw in earlier eps) is still running around, causing trouble with gun shipments and stuff. And there’s more alliance-breaking. No wonder they put character names on screen- so many factions, so little time…

I just watched Bremen beat by Bayern 4-0.

Yet I don't regret waking up early to watch the game. We were alright, but Bayern was unstoppable.

And I've always liked Ribery. He was definitely Man of the Match.

( Comments during the game )

I'm not angry at Bayern. I'm not angry with Bremen. Looks like it's going to be a tough year for us Bremen fans. But hey, we started losing last season (after a fantastic run) as 2007 began...maybe the reverse will happen in 2008?

Okay. I'm going to excercise now. Sorry for the many footie posts! I have a ton of links in various categories but it's my Mom's vacation day now and we might be going somewhere fun so linkspam posts will have to wait.

So, I’ve finally watched the Official Cloverfield trailer. And while it looks spectacularly awesome, I will not get caught up in all the hype surrounding it. I will distance myself from the crazy, just as I did with Harry Potter. 1)because I just have a natural inclination to stay away from the things with tons of hype, like the iPhone and 2) I’ve got enough crazy as it is. But for those of you who are into it (it‘s even got my brother!), here’s some very important news, along with more information, from cleolinda.
First heard about the business here. While people have been calling it a “Top secret J.J Abrams film,” he’s only a producer or something.
It's Drew Goddard (BUFFY/ANGEL/ALIAS/LOST) who is writing the film. He’s done some good stuff (The Spork!) and okay stuff, but I think he’ll do good here.
Stereogum discusses the vowel-less music in the trailer while Pop Candy found a possible Slurpee-Cloverfield connection

And, speaking of Slurpees:
jaune alerted me to Free Slurpees at 7-11 during 7/11

The new Seven Wonders of the World were announced by none other than Portugal’s favorite son, Cristiano Ronaldo. Yes. Well, Egypt’s not happy. No, not about C Ron.

Okay, so on to footie. Seems like I missed a crazy game, Brazil and Uruguay going into penalty. Although I did start jumping and shouting when I saw Diego score in the sports highlights. My parents saw me. Bit embarrassing.
Oh, and my random response to one of rebelstrike21’s picspams: “oh my gosh BAYERN IS AN ALIEN SPECIES INFECTING PLAYERS WITH HANDBAGS.”
That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.
More crazy…
This item popped up everywhere, but was first brought to my attention by lamisantropa: Girl falls (out of the sky) for Messi.
In other crazy: Footballers who rap, and Moritz Volz’s Wimbledon quotes. I wonder if Volzy’s ever written a rap song…
Icons! Look at the Argentina icons here. There’s also Brazil, and Liverpool and other clubs…but wow slashy Albicelestes. And go pick up some great transfer angst icons like the one above.

Okay, so logovo posted this machinma video called “Dance, Voldo, Dance.” Yes, it features Voldo, Soul Calibur’s resident “kinda scary... an asthmatic-sounding, bondage-gear-wearing, claw-wielding freak” fighting against himself.
I watched it. It was interesting.
( And then my Voldo interest returned full force. )
I am so weird.

To end this post: more on Spike’s visit to Torchwood. I’ve heard they finished filming his episode.
James Marsters interview.
And dude, check out the headline of this article.
Actually, I’d add “Like half the characters on the show…” to the start of that.

So many links, so little time. Hope you’re all doing fine!

First, two Offices memes from readywreadywit:
When you see this post, quote from The Office (UK or US) on your LJ.
“Was your dad a GI?”
Oooooohhhhhhhh

What NBC "The Office" character are you? Your Result: Jim Halpert   You are the kind of person that everyone likes. You are funny, laid back, and not bad looking. You love practical jokes and having a fun time with your friends. However, because you are so laid back you often let the things that are most important to you get away. I miss Dwight. Congratulations Universe, you win.
Dwight Kurt Schrute
Pam Beesly
Angela Martin
Ryan Howard
Toby Flenderson
Kelly Kapoor
Michael Scott
What NBC "The Office" character are you? See All Our Quizzes

Yay.

Alright. Make way for the madness in pics and words to be found in…
THIS WEEK IN FÚTBOL.
That’s right. We’ve got everything from Copa América to U-21 to Beckham playing with pigskin, Isaac Mendez back alive and playing with a Pasdar beard, and Klose wearing Bayern red. ( ALL FOOTIE FANS RIGHT THIS WAY LOTS OF GOODIES AHEAD )
And, we end as we began, with a meme. This time, gacked from ack_attack.
1. If I was on the Lost island, what nickname would Sawyer give me?

2. What would my call sign be on Battlestar Galactica?

Oh my gosh. It feels like an alien (the small Flood creature from Halo, to be precise) is squeezing out my brains out the back of my head. Had to take Nyquil just to sleep Friday. Strange thing is, if I’m really absorbed in something -like say, taping an interview for a project or playing Guitar Hero- then my coughage goes down dramatically. Falling asleep or reading, that’s another matter. I’ll just post some happy things for now.

Werder won their UEFA cup game 4-1! Scorers: Tim (yay!), Diego (double yay!), and, after quite some time…MIRO! SCORED TWO! HE FLIPPED! HE FLIPPED! Waaahooo! Found some good video of the goals here.
ETA: Hey, look! Miro and Diego lead Bremen to 2-0 Bundesliga win!

Oh, and if you have any knowledge of Lost AND Battlestar Galactica, you must check out this shirt. It all makes sense!

Ok me sleep now bye bye.

I am a sunbaby!

Yesterday was so beautiful outside. Even at 8:30 AM on BART it was so sunny . Between classes I wandered about the campus, eating lunch on a bench by Sproul, soaking in the sun while shielding the chocolate in my purse with shade. It was right next to Strawberry Creek, so if I wanted a break from the heat I could just turn my head and get a cool breeze off the water. Ah.
I spotted Liliana, talked to her for a bit. Then I walked into one of the many small forests and just sat on a bench, looking at nature while eating chocolate. Really good chocolate too- a Verona 85% bar that I bought on Valentine’s Day. It’s both bitter and smooth. It’s sitting right next to me here. I think I’ll take another piece.

Okay, back from my chocolate break. (Actually, I’m typing with one hand, holding the chocolate up to my mouth with the other. Oh well.) So I walked around a little more, sat by the sundial next to the Campanile. Wrote two poems. Smiled at the little kids running around. Went into the library, and found some little blue insect skittering on my neck. My good mood made me only flick the insect away, instead of squishing it like usual. Online, I surfed along to Myspace songs by The Cassettes, Honeycut, and The Fratellis. Good mood continued through my next class.

When going home, I was finally able to spot Angel Island and even Alcatraz from the train. And SF was really clear. The lakes before Fremont station just rippled with sunlight. At home, I just crawled onto on my bed, wanting to nap in the afternoon light.

Gaah, I’m a romantic.

There are only two things I am consistently excellent at. Those things are:
1) wandering aimlessly
2) making pretty AND effective Powerpoint presentations.

Now, on to other things.
Scientists find lakes under Antarctica

On the DW-TV Journal yesterday, I saw a short clip of Diego speaking German. I’ve never heard German spoken with a Brazilian accent before. Yay Diego. Oh, and my dad said that the German deli here is run by a person from Bremen. He told her that I like the team, but got a few details confused. I hope I can meet her now, clear a few things up, ask about the place or chat or something.
Footie-related tangent: Arsenal meets the Queen. Hee, Cesc doesn’t know how to hold a teacup.
And Arsenal’s playing PSV on Tuesday. I will so be in the Bear’s Lair that day. Aww, I like some of the PSV players. But I’m still rooting for Arsenal. Waah, we tied today.

( some more Lost and Heroes thoughts )

TV pattern of the week: Forced yet still funny comedy. Everybody Hates Chris was trying a bit too hard on Monday, yet I still got a few laughs, and Orlando Jones was a surprising good guest star. Knights of Prosperity (must…resist…typing… “Cydonia”…) went a bit overboard with the whole Columbian accent and drug lord thing, yet it still stuck to its sweetfunny core, so it wasn’t too disappointing. The best parts were Rico’s bodyguards (the receipt thing was hilarious) and Gary playing with the light-up menorah. And, then, there was Supernatural.

( Tall Tales )

Oh, and Smallville was ( more or less okay too. ) If Heroes has my brain, then Lost has my heart. And Supernatural…Supernatural has my fannish feet. For jumping. When things get scary. Or funny. Or just plain cool.

I saw Slither. Fun and twisted, though nothing can touch the blood-soaked lawn gnome zombie mastery of Peter Jackson’s Evil Dead.

Let’s end with a TV meme from readywreadywrit:
I changed the rules a bit, and added a few shows to the list:
Underline = seen one or two episodes, or bits of various ones
Italic = more or less follow, or catching up, on TV or DVD, caught but dropped, etc.
Bold = watched since the first episode, finished, or a show you’re just totally obsessed with now

( the list of shows )