john spencer, 1946 - 2005. rip.

one down, two to go...someone just shoot me now...

IHATEFINALSIHATEFINALSIHATEFINALSIHATEFINALSIHATEFINALS

world cup 2006 redux

this is what they're playing for. pretty, isn't it?

world cup 2006

holy crap. i think usa drew the toughest group. england's got it rough, too. if scolari and portugal take them in the quarters again...there'll be hell to pay. the british ambassador to germany asked england fans to "embrace germany" [article]. yeah, right. and to think there's still six months to go before the action starts.



the new ball adidas made for the games, which has gotten glowing reviews from players. better response, truer flight...you'd think after playing a game for a century or so that the ball would be pretty much fixed, but apparently not.



the arena aufschalke in gelsenkirchen. that's a retractable pitch. cool, eh?

imagine...

at what age do you tell a highway it was adopted?

i almost forgot...the galaxy won the mls cup. the game was played in frisco, texas, of all places. finally, another championship in l.a.

or the bulls. kobe scored 43 points, so i guess it wasn't his fault. not this time, anyway.

(cal fullba-, i mean quarterback, steve) levy's parents, mark and angela, were in the crowd on his father's birthday.

"i called him thursday and told him i was starting at quarterback," levy said. "he started bawling and crying. i told him, 'now i'm going to give you a better birthday present. i'm going to win the big game for you.'"

i wouldn't say he won the *entire* game for us, because that distinction probably goes to our defense - eight straight big game quarters without a stanfurd touchdown. but whatevers. it's about the team. beating stanfurd. keeping the axe at its rightful home - berkeley.



the first (and winning) touchdown. extra point was blocked, but it didn't matter.



view of the crowd from our seats in the southeast end. can't really tell from the pictures, but we outnumbered them. given the bowl implications for stanfurd, i'm surprise the game wasn't sold out.






ending the season on a high note. i just hope we don't end up in the sun bowl. not that i don't like el paso...it's just that phoenix is closer.



the picture says it all. 27-3. (don't ask me why the clock says 14:12. stanfurdites can't tell time.)



happy campers.

with man city drawing yesterday morning and the raiders winning earlier today, it's been a pretty good weekend for football. now if only the lakers hadn't lost to the friggin *clippers* on friday.

job hunting sucks.

cal won. finally. it was close, it was nerveracking, but we won. i'm too tired to write anything else.

13 for 39. 13 for friggin' 39. coach tedford, can we try out our third string qb now?

guess what i'm watching on the tv right now?

the national scrabble championship. that's right. the national scrabble championship.

GO NERDS!!!

revenge is sweet
but success is sweeter
took the salt from my wounds
and put it in my margarita...

- the spin doctors, "margarita"

the spin doctors have come out with a new album. yes, *those* spin doctors. thank god for the 90s.

last song: take a guess...

i don't bother with titles...

sex and the city is way too friggin' funny...

last song: the escape club - i'll be there (i remember when the video was on mtv...i'm dating myself, aren't i?)