Kick and Crush

Sorry for another soccer post here... but I just have to comment on today's match Portugal vs. Netherlands.

Oh.My.God.

I mean, come on... what was that? The Netherlands had really surprised me during the qualification, because they played beautiful soccer. And today? Back to their old way of foul play. That's all they did today. They knew they would never be able to handle Portugal's genious player Cristiano Ronaldo, so they tried to get him out of the match as soon as possible by injuring him.

Unfortunatley, the second attempt to do so was a full success.

Damn... these players really should be ashamed of themselves... what they showed today had nothing to do with soccer AT ALL.

I'm glad they are out.

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There's one thing I hate even more when it comes to poker than playing a hand in a bad way... and that's playing a hand excellently, and then getting rivered by some donkey who doesn't know anything about poker.

Well... that's what happened to me today. Three times by three different players on three different tables within the past three hours.

Maybe I should just stop playing for today... enough damage done to my bankroll.

Especially since it's past 3am over here... :-)

Goooooooool Rrrrrrrrronalllllldoooooooooo!!!!

That's exactly how it sounded today on Brazilian Television after Ronaldo scored his first goal of the World Cup. Pheeew... finally. Including the two goals he scored today, he has now scored 14 goals in World Cup matches. That makes him the best scorer ever in the history of the FIFA... there's only one player who has also scored 14 goals so far, the German Gerd Mueller (back in 1970 and 1974).

If Ronaldo scores one more goal during this World Cup, he will be the new record holder.

Shouldn't be too hard to to, or?

Happiness is a warm gun...

I told you I was an enthusiastic poker player, right? I usually play small stakes tables, low buy-in tourneys and an occasional heads up game over at PokerStars. You can find me there under the nick of Sires.

Once a week, I play in the WWdN: Invitational tourney, and I'm always looking forward to do so every single week. It's just the coolest tourney in the world... somebody once described it as "the bigges home game" ever, and he sure was right.

Last night, I finished in rank 41 (out of 63 players or so), and even though I got busted quite early, I was happy with my decisions. Now matter in what rank you finish in a tourney, the most important thing is to be happy with your decisions.

Always keep that in mind...

I'm not in love yet, but I'm working on it

Today, I read two posts over at Wil Wheaton's blog, and they brought back memories of my vanishing youth. They did so for two reasons: The titles of both posts, and the content of one.

When I was younger, I absolutely LOVED the music of Huey Lewis and the News. Totally. And I absolutely loved my Nintendo NES. Golf was one of my favorite games, along with Metroid, Zelda, and Wrecking Crew. To be honest, I spent hours playing Golf on the NES while listening to HueyLewis' albums... I wonder what Freud would have said about that.

If you are into those kinda games, you should check out Wil's "Games of our Lives" over at avclub.com, it's fantastic!

And if you want to listen to something interesting from Huey, check out "Plan B". Great album, that.

From dusk 'til yawn

Today was probably the most boring day of the FIFA World Cup so far. Thank God I spent the day at a friend's house... watching these games in good company prevented me from falling asleep. Unfortunatley, I have to say that I was disappointed by the Brazilian Team de nuevo. They started to play really good after Ronaldo had left the field... but the rest was just terrible, considering the players they have.

But then again, they seem to have a strategy... first game 1:0, second game 2:0... if they keep following that scheme, they will win the final by 7:0.

Under these circumstances, I would be extremely happy if Germany would NOT make the final this year...

Destination Germany

I think it's about time to talk about the biggest event in Germany EVER: The FIFA World Cup!

Wow... I mean, WOW!!! Haven't we seen great games so far? I'm totally watching every single game, and I am so fascinated by this whole event. Best team so far? Argentina! Ok, they didn't have much of an opponent in their last game, but boy did they play good. Let's find out how good they really are when they play against the Dutch team next week.

Brasil, in their first game, was really disappointing in my honest opinion. They scored one goal, and that was it. No more soccer, no more fun, just playing on a minimum level. Boooh...

I really enjoyed Italy vs. USA today. What a game... if Team USA would have played like that when they played against the Czech, they wouldn't have lost 3:0. And did you see Ghana today? Impressive, really.

Well, I don't want to say much about my own team (Germany), since you all know that they will be the next world champion, anyway... the question is not whether or not they will win, the question is how high they will win. :)

I can't wait for tomorrow, when Brasil will be playing again... hopefully, they'll play a little better than last time. After all, all the people, who spent tons of money to get a ticket, want to see something entertaining for their money.

It's so cool to have the world cup over here, watching three games per day on TV... actually, I'm a little afraid of what I will do with my time when the world cup is over.

You know what? What I might do then is step outside for a moment, and take a deep breath of fresh summer air.

"Welcome stranger, listen in...

... the presumption of innocence was buried again."

So, this is it: The first real post on my first real blog in my totally unreal life ( not sure whether it's my first life or not, hence the stylistic break there...). For further info on reincarnation, please visit www.elvis.com.

I am so excited... even though I don't expect anybody to read what I'm gonna write here in the future, it's still going to be so much fun. Ok, I could go and tell all my friends about the stunning fact that I have my own blog now, but that will take a while... especially since I would need to find me some friends to begin with. For further info on loneliness, please visit www.michaeljackson.com.

Anyway... I think that's enough for "first post". For further info on what you can expect to find here in the future, please check the title of this blog !