Voodoo Child v. 16: it doesn't have to be eternal to be immortal.

Italy beats Germany. What a great game. Sorry Mango, but there is no Ich liebe Farfegnugen for you, dollface. I love this sport's passion, and what's 'up with the fans? You guys smoke crack! I can't wait for France's game today...so I'm counting down. France better own, that's all I'm going to say about that. I have my Portugal tank top on standby tho ;-)

I realize why I haven't gotten into the Tour as much...my TV is not in my bedroom. Mango can barely stand my NPR in the AM, so I have to get my ass to the office to watch the race, and then i go back to bed. Horrible. I always seem to catch it in the last third of the race. I'll probably watch it tonight, assuming of course that I remember. I'm horrible at these things.

So Mango and I had lunch at the HiDive and watched the Italy Germany game. Good shit. We went to Borders and picked up a gift for Ms. Woot Woot and we were  cruising around separately. I spy two nerds in the science fiction/fantasy anime section, and I send Mango over to check it out. He races back to me and says, one of them is playing the touching game! So of course I go over to check it out and voila! We have pocket pinball in action. I guess the book is really good.

And I can't just let this go by unawares. There are tons of kids in anime sections of other stores, so I thought I'd tell staff. Mango and I are giggling, trying to figure out how to say this, so I stammer out, "Um, I'm trying to figure out how to say this tactfully, but--" I nearly scream, "there's someone playing the touching game in SciFi Fantasy."

"God, thanks for telling me."

Fresh. I used to think this was the cool Borders (3rd and King), but it's become more aware this is the freaky one. That being said, I'll be back. Go Hincapie, Go France and Go Pervy Guys. Mango and Me are on the alert!

oodoo 

Posted by Voodoo Child at 10:04 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Two major events happening right now, as we speak: World Cup (which has the hottest men hands down) and Tour de France.

I haven't been able to watch many World Cup matches with work and all, and often by the time I get home some pooper has told me the score and I don't watch them because it's all been spoiled. such is life. We're doing placement testing at work and watching some of the games in pure silence too. You know how hard that shit is? Then god help us the day that we really wanted to watch a match ESPN was giving us no love. Jerks.

Anyway, so the world comes falling down for Tour de France. My boyfriend Ivan Basso gets kicked out for suspected doping. Shit. Then my kraut boyfriend Jan Ullrich gets kicked out too. Vinokourov, my speedy man in green? Out. So to make a long story short, a few top 10 finishers and heirs to the Throne of Lance are out.

Gutted, I was. Gutted.

I get up to watch the prologue and I'm sad that I don't hear more familiar names mentioned in a positive light. Interestingly enough, the UCI is just not havin' it, and that I totally respect. You're suspected? You're out. Kinda rough to kick them out the day before the gig starts, but hey you gotta do what you gotta do.

I hate it when people you believe in are cheaters, and just when you think certain things are pure, they're not. I took this rather hard, and I'm still a little mopey about the damn thing. To be honest with you, I really respect this act, but it still kills me. Every time I hear Lance get accused again, I nearly freak out because after all this time of following him, reading books on him, etc., it would crush my little Lance bubble.

So I'm with Doh on this one. Hincapie. If Landis shows up with a flat tire and late on the prologue, he's slippin' and that's not a good thing. BTW: Bob Roll RULES.

Damn England's keep for sucking in the World Cup. also I'm a little too stressed out about Brazil and France to watch it.  I suck but ALLEZ LES BLEUS!

Voodoo 

Posted by Voodoo Child at 08:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

So I'm nearing the end of my short vacation. I have done a few things that needed to be done: dry cleaning, buy stamps, visit Ikea, do literally nothing, and update web pages. The usual shiz. I skipped doing a few other things that I really wanted to do: mail out wedding pics (okay, almost two years later) and get out of town for a few hours.

 I have to admit that it's probably been a great time for me to get out of the office and see what the rest of the world was doing. I think going away for vacation is horribly overrated, but I definitely would have leapt at the chance. Oh well. I'm doing the same thing again in a few weeks, so that's life for ya kids.

I'm still not digging the new website just yet because I want to dress 'er up a little more, but that'll change in a little bit. I just have to get used to it, I keep reminding myself. So I updated other sites because I'm trying to figure out how to edit this one; check out the new digs:

• The Weekender
  
• Bukowski's Muse

If any of you BRLers want a new house, let me know. Also, if you haven't seen the Table of Contents, you should check it out because that's where you can see who's updated what when (that's for you, laggers!). I've already disabled a few sites, so you'll see who got the axe on that page as well.

Which one of you kids are watching the World Cup? Is this mess insane or what? There's some LOVE for teams world wide, isn't there? I'm personally rooting for the following teams: USA (Default, I kinda have to), France, Italy, and HELLS YAH, Togo. You heard me right. Togo. Come on, half of you don't know where Togo is, don't you. Togo is on the continent of Africa. A long shot to win it all, but that's why you should root for them. Shoot, if Trinidad and Tobago can hold Sweden to a nil-nil final score, why the hell not Togo.

So go for the underdog, kids. I'll be back for the update on my new obsession...and guess what's around the corner, TOUR DE FRANCE! Yet another reason for me to watch television endlessly. I'm off for a out of town jaunt and will return in a bit. Then back to the salt mines.

Kisses,

Voodoo 

Posted by Voodoo Child at 08:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)