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Nov. 20th, 2008 06:31 pm It's not soccer mate, its football

Goooooooooaaaaaaaaalllllll! Today marks the anniversary of football (soccer) star Pele's 1000th goal. Why has professional footie never caught on in the United States?


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Its not called "footie", only the ignorant would call it that, and saying its never caught on the US is untrue. USA used to have one of the biggest womens football leagues in the world. As for mens football not catching on, maybe its because they're all so used to games where there are men rolling around in wussy protective gear that they don't understand the complexities and skill required of football....

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Oct. 25th, 2006 02:33 pm Letter to Santa

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

This year I've been busy!

In February I ate my brussel sprouts (1 points). In October I donated bone marrow to [info]zatriax in a life-saving procedure (300 points). In March I gave [info]emstapole a Dutch Oven (-10 points). In November I farted in an elevator (-6 points). In July I pushed [info]dear_rove in the mud (-17 points).

Overall, I've been nice (268 points). For Christmas I deserve a new bike!

Sincerely,
x_crazyblonde_x

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Sep. 1st, 2006 02:50 pm Beware: Entry contains an insane ramble about nothing!

BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED BORED!

Did I mention that I'm bored? LOL

Seriously! I'm in a break at uni and I'm so majorly bored its not funny! And I'm using a mac which means i cant use the free, no-download msn messenger thingy! RUDE!

Oh well, only 1 hr 45 min till the weekend (thats when my class finishes)

Gah! G2G, starting again!

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Jun. 27th, 2006 01:43 pm I don't know what to say

Actually, yes I do: "The referee's a wanker, the referee's a wanker!"

My gosh, the twit: a) couldn't tell a dive from a foul, and b) couldn't keep track of time - the "foul" happened after the 3min of injury time, so he should have stopped the game already...

Stupid Spanish ass...I hope you never referee a World Cup match again!

As for the Italians: They call us a dirty team?!?! The only way they could win was to cheat!!! Assssshooooles...Grosso deserved an Oscar for his dive...Ok maybe it wasn't that spectacular...Maybe a Logie? Do you reckon John Wood would give his to him? lol!

Now...the Socceroos...I feel so sorry for you all...You played out of your skins and were all over them, they were scared! You are a team of champions which Italy will never be as you played with courage, conviction and sportsmanship, which is more than I can say for those scumbags that pass for "talented" footballers. You have done yourselves proud and your country proud!

To Lucas Neill especially: You went for the ball, not the player in a tackle that you needed to make, but that scumbag that passes for a professional decided to go for the dive when he could have easily jumped over you. The ass was on the ground holding his head and probably hollering with laughter once his cheating teamates told him the ref awarded a penalty. You played the best games of your life...You're my MVP for Australia!

Four years may seem a long time to wait, but in those four years you all can go from strength to strength and become a team worthy of awe from everyone in the world. I wish you well in the Asian Cup qualifiers!

I love you Socceroos! Keep your heads up high and keep playing the same way you always do because one day soon you will pull off just a little bit of Aussie magic that will make the world sit up and take notice!

And hell, we made it to the final 16! Thats something we should be proud of! Gosh, we even came close to beating Brazil! Number one in the world up against number 44 in the world...This is a tournament I will remember forever.

P.S. And FIFA? Stop with this fair play bullshit and start making sure the referees can tell a dive from a foul and treat all teams equally, regardless of how many World Cup finals they've been in!

Current Location: At home
Current Mood: indescribable
Current Music: All Messed Up - Sum41

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Jun. 23rd, 2006 09:40 am WE'RE IN THE SECOND ROUND!!

So we made it!

I've been up since, oh.... around 4:30am!! We went to a friend's place to watch it coz we have this theory now that whenever we're together Australia wins...

Ok so we didn't "win" today...but we made it into the second round, so Guus can be happy with his $850,000 bonus :P

But it worked for the Uraguay game in Sydney, and for the Japan game. And the reason we didnt win against Brazil was because we weren't together! lol! Gotta love when 2 families in Sydney think it comes down to them as to whether Australia wins football matches :P

But omg that game was a shocker wasn't it? Mark Viduka gets rugby tackled in the penalty area, and Croatia get the goal kick...it was a friggin penalty ref!!

Then...there was the hand ball by....one of their players (I don't know his name and I don't care) that we actually got a penalty for :) Craig Moore you are a ledgend...and thankyou to whichever Aussie player (or players) kept Mark Viduka away from that ball! As much as we trust you as a captain, you just cant shoot anymore since that missed penalty in Sydney against Uraguay...sorry mate...

AND THEN (no and den!-sorry, distracted...gosh, can you blame me, i've been up for over 5 hours already!) the same player did a hand ball (OR TWO!!) and we didn't get a penalty.

Then, Emerton, I can't tell if it was accidental or not, gets sent off for a hand ball...not that he's any great loss, but cos he gets sent off he misses the next game against Italy...darn *sarcasm*

The thing that confused me the most though was Guus' decision to put Kalac in goals over Schwarzer...I mean c'mon man, Kalac is an ugly, evil looking old man who shouldnt have been playing in a match that was do-or-die...sure...you could have put him on in the Brazil game, that result didnt matter so much...gosh the twit even scored an own goal (it deflected off him so I count that as an own goal)

Anyhoo, up early again on Tuesday morning for the knock-out match against Italy! I really hope we win, making the quarter finals would just be awesome!! C'mon Guus and all the Aussie guys, pull out a little Aussie magic and beat those Italians...do it for Johnny Warren - he told us so!

I know Australia have like, a 1 million to 1 chance of winning the World Cup this year, I'm not saying they will, but I will support them as far as they go in the tournament, and forever after.

HISTORY IS AGAINST US - STUFF HISTORY!

GO THE SOCCEROOS!!

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Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Green and Gold by Freedom of Thought

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Jun. 13th, 2006 04:10 pm WE WON!!!!!!!!

OMG soooo crazy and heart-attack causing last night!!!!!

But we won!!

Timmy Cahill and John Aloisi, you are my heroes!! Mark Schwarzer too! *waves hands in "we are not worthy style"*

I hope Schwarzer gets on in the Brazil game, coz Kalac is an ugly old man! lol! *shudders*

Japan's "goal" should not have been allowed either...asssssshoooooole! And then, to apologise later! No, we dont want your apologies!! Make the right decision the first time!!! Man he was bad!

And now, like, 6 of our players have yellows. So if they get another one in the Brazil game, they'll be out of the Croatia game :S not cool...

I was soooo questioning Guus' substitutions...I mean, taking Bresciano off! And not Emerton!! WHAT THE????? SERIOUSLY!!

ok, better go....

comment if you wish....lol....

:P

Current Location: At home
Current Mood: sore
Current Music: Baby Boy by Big Brovaz

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Jun. 10th, 2006 06:17 pm HELLO!!!

Hey people out there in the LJ world...

Em forced this LJ on me (lol, *poke* hi Em :S)

so here is a post so people can comment if they wish

anyhoo,this will be short as i g2g soon

*winces* bloody knee! u'd think it'd stop being sore now! its been an entire week!

*looks around* oh yeah..none of u know...except Em...

i dislocated my knee at netball on saturday (03/06) and its still sore now, so i think its more than just dislocated...oh well...still on crutches, but thinking of the buff arm muscles i'm going to have to get me thru the pain...and not thinking of how un-buff (is that a word?) my legs will be by not walking...

lol

my first insane LJ ramble...

Em? Are you proud?

lol

Current Location: At home
Current Mood: sore
Current Music: RHCP

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