Women as Furniture

If you have been around this blog in the past month, you must already know how much I hoped Spain would win the World Cup. When they did, I was ecstatically happy but only until I started watching the after-game award ceremony. Just watch the following appalling video, and you will know what I mean. It disturbed me so much I didn't even feel like celebrating.



So here we have the happy Spanish athletes getting their well-deserved medals. We see a group of paunchy older gentlemen handing them the medals. So far, so good. But look at who is standing behind the row of paunchy medal-giving gentlemen? A group of women. Lined up in a neat little row, all dressed the same, all made up the same, all with the same frozen Stepford-like smiles glued to their faces. All white, except for a token black woman. We are in Africa, you know. Gotta represent that population.

The women's sole purpose of being there with their forced toothy smiles is to hold the trays with medals. I just wonder, how did that job search go? "We need people to hold trays while wearing idiotic getup and smiling stupidly. That sounds like a subservient position. We need to hire us some women for that!!" How was the decision to base this particular hiring on gender? Is there some way in which having a vagina makes one better suited to holding trays?

How nice of FIFA to show us women exactly where we belong in their worldview.

Spain vs Germany 1:0, Puyol's Amazing Goal

Everybody said Spain would be a lot weaker than Germany but if you are watching you will see that our team RULES!!!!!!!




We are in the FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are the best!!!!!!!! Nobody believed that Spain can defeat Germany but we pressed them like crazy all game long. Even my father called to ask if "Spain lost already." Even though the referee didn't give Spain a penalty shot when he definitely should have, we still killed them. Spain vindicated Argentina and England, two teams I love that were defeated by Germany.

I so hope that Uruguay beats Germany in the game for the third place. And of course that Spain creams Holland in the final.

This is historic justice being reestablished. I'm going to celebrate.

Pereira's Goal in Holland vs. Uruguay Semi-Finals (3-2)

Uruguay is unfortunately losing but they still can score:



I'm sad Uruguay lost. :-( :-(

Good Luck to Argentina!!

I'm wishing the best of luck to the Argentinean team in its quarter finals game with Germany!


To my Argentinean friends, especially to "Mafalda": Good luck!!!!


P.S. We now have a small family conflict because of this game. My father supports Germany because he hates Maradona after his "mano de Dios" incident, while I root for Argentina because . . . well, it's Argentina.

P.P.S. Argentina is getting the biggest creaming since the Falklands War, it seems. If Spain doesn't do any better in its game against Paraguay, my Independence Day celebrations will be soured.

P.P.P.S. My mother predicts Germany as the World Cup winner and Spain in the second place. I'd rather it was the reverse. Or, better yet, no Germany in the finals.

Uruguay Vs Ghana [1-1] goal Forlan

And Uruguay scores too, beautifully:

Ghana - Uruguay at Half Time of the World Cup Quarter Finals

Even though for years I've had somewhat of a collective crush on the very attractive team of Uruguay, I'm kind of hoping that Ghana will win today and get into the semi-finals.

Here is Muntari's beautiful goal: