as previously stated
July 22, 2007 - 10:59
- Soccer - John from Cincinnati - phone number - iPhone
I enjoyed watching the Galaxy vs Chelsea soccer game Saturday. Beckham went in for about 13 minutes. He got a few touches of the ball but nothing too notable happened. At one point he was on the receiving end of a fair yet hard tackle, he definitely showed a quick moment of anguish as he got up, but it's definitely nothing he's not used to. I think I am going to watch more Galaxy. I was totally impressed with LA's number 17, Xavier, he was probably more involved in that game than any other LA player, besides maybe Cobi Jones. Cobi had a ton of touches/plays, a decent shot or two, and definitely performed very well. Another big name player on that squad is Landon Donovan, he did not doing anything that would stand out too much, except an open header goal opportunity pass, which he received and handled poorly. Overall, I would say LA handled the much more talented Chelsea well, I was surprised to hear that their current standing in the MLS is very low.
I got to play soccer twice today. Earlier in the day I road my bike to the place I like to go and then later, a friend and I were playing frisbee in the same park and ended up playing in a pick game that is held there every Sunday evening. It's definitely a illegitimate game. The vast majority of the people who play are from Haiti. They range from what I would say to be late high school, to college, to straight adult. These dudes have been playing soccer their whole lives, they are really fast, and definitely have skills. Last year I played with them a ton more than this year. All the games I remember playing last year where more around 11 v 11, opposed to the teams of 5-6 tonight. One night, a whole other team came to scrimmage. It was a bunch of guys from Mexico and they had jerseys, shin guards,the whole 9 yards, it was crazy. It's such a pick up game, as they use trashcans for goals, no out of bounds, just passing with precise ground shots. I like it when I get a chance to play in those pick up game, but definitely am not in the shape right now to do it every day :-)
I am very tired. I would like to get into work early, so I can get out early, so I can drive to the Casino early, with my buddy who is staying with me until Wednesday. We will see.
HBO's "John from Cincinnati" is really just a top notch show. I'm not even going to get into it, because I don't even know what exactly is going on... but it is really just a great, great show. If any one wants to talk about it, then call me up.
Uggg...I need to write an email soon to people to give them my new number. Such a pain. Why did I hear all this mumble jumble about some law that was passed to ensure people could keep their current phone number when they switch carriers? That law was definitely just a bunch of hype. Whatever, the iPhone is the most amazing device I have ever even thought of. I use things like the Google Map Search all the time to find places. I have looked up certain kinds of take out multiple times this past week, all I did was type the category and then my zip code...boom, a map shows you all the spots, you tap a spot, you see the number, you tap that, you order. It actually works like it does in the commercials. I really can't even tell you how worth the iPhone is. When I look at all the things I waste money on, that provide so little additional functionality, or value,to my day in and day out life, the iPhone was a bargain.
As previously stated, I am tired, good night.