( Switzerland )

I won't bore you with all the details of the stupidity of what's gone on with the package my mom sent me. Suffice it to say that with the number of phone calls I've made, my Italian has improved significantly. The highlight, however, is that it has finally arrived, after 10 weeks, in Trento. The Italian courier made one attempt to deliver it to my ( Read more... )

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So I didn't get to see my Shiranui in the 3rd place Game, but I did get the now infamous Zidane headbutt, which is almost as good.

Interestingly, this headbutt business may reach a new level of zaniness. According to Wikipedia, the Italian team could actually be disqualified under FIFA rules if Materazzi's comments were racially denigrating*. ( Read more... )

( World Cup talk )

Jack Bauer's gonna torture the President!

(Yeah, yeah, it's old news, but I just have to share with someone who cares about 24, even its just the LJ servers).

EDIT: Okay, so Jack may not actually have caused the President any physical pain, but just try and tell me that looking into those crazy-eyes wouldn't cause lifelong psychological trauma.

Croatia Fun Fact: The word "cravat" is a derivative of the French word for "Croat", i.e., Croatian. Apparently, cravats came into fashion 1650s in imitation of linen scarves worn by Croatian mercenaries in the French army in the Thirty Years War. Who knew?

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It would appear that me working abroad over the summer is an excellent predictor of hockey teams from Alberta making cinderella runs at the Stanley Cup and losing by a single goal in game 7.*

But who cares about hockey when you're in the World Cup time zone?

*I know the score was 3-1, but the 3rd goal was an empty-netter.

My cousins were in town for a few days, and by "cousins", I mean my one cousin and her husband. Good times were definitely had. I met them on their way here in Verona, and we spent the day there. Verona is known for precisely two things: the Arena, which is a smaller but still-used version of the colosseum; and for being the setting for Romeo and ( Read more... )

Tim, Greg, if you ever become judges, make sure to take this precedent into account.

I'm a little surprised the judge didn't order best 2 out of 3 though. That doesn't give any opportunity for mind games.

(And yes, I am just dumping a link from Fark.com, so forgive me if you've already read it).