Germany lost and Andrew's gained 500 pounds

As we speak my brother is stuffing his face with cheese and triscuits at 3 in the afternoon. His rationalization, "Germany's lost and I will gain 500 pounds". My other brother, Tim, rather than eating, has taken a more angry tact: "Marion! Why did you have to root for Italy? Your negative vibes cost Germany the game." I never would have thought that when I started watching the World Cup a few weeks ago that my brothers would become so involved. They've even showed interest in seeing FC Barcelona play Chivas in Los Angeles in August. Wow! The funniest moment though was when we were watching the Germany v. Argentina game (of course my brothers wanted to Germany to win and I wanted Argentina to win) and the commentator noted that the goalie Lehman played for "powerhouse Arsenal" and my brother immediately said, thinking this was the entire name for the team, that's a bit of overkill for a team name. Despite his mistake, my brothers would shout "powerhouse Arsenal" anytime the ball got anywhere near the German net. Too funny.

Above: Vindication! Or Andrew crying like a little girl.

Since water polo hardly never gets picked up on TV and is such a small sport in comparison, I think I am just going to have to become a football fan (I keep finding similarities between football and water polo which makes it even more interesting to watch), especially now that I have lived in the UK and will be living in Chile soon. Cricket was completely out the question as a viable option (who gets that game?), baseball is still too boring to watch and despite Stuart's best efforts, rugby still lies just beyond my comprehension.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!! (or Thanksgiving if you are Stuart! This time leave a comment! OH and Julie I think we need to make Stuart an "oficious seeing eye bitch" t-shirt now too!)