I'm writing this in a very emotional state, so I apologize if I seem a little harsh. I was able to watch the France vs Italy game this afternoon at Dr. Johnson's house. AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! How disappointing!! First of all, what the heck was Zidane thinking?! Headbutting someone in 2OT... hello, did he think no one would see him? Its just the most watched sporting event in the world, with him being at the very least in the top 3 players in the world. My theory, the Italian guy said something about either his mom or his wife. I mean what possess a man to do such a thing in such a critical game. If they win, he is remembered as the hero that carried France through the world cup. But now, he's going to be remembered as (or at least I'll remember him as) the 1st dude in the history of the world cup to head butt another player. I lost a lot of respect for Zidane at that point... it shows no professionalism (unless it really was about his mom, then you gotta beat the dude down). Now to move on to Trezuget. Crossbar!? PKs are all about finesse and placement and not about power and might. Example of finesse: every Italian PK. Example of power and no goal: David Trezuget. I do have to give Italy credit, though, because every game they played hard and fought through. No one expected them to win it all, but they played as a team and thats what the world cup is about. Brazil may be the most talented, but they played like the favorite daughter and not like champions (word associations and analogues are not my strong suits).
On to something more trivial. For the fellas out there... one of the other leaders, who is a 2nd yr resident, brought not only his xbox, but also his HD projector and screen. I thought Halo on a plasma was beautiful, its nothing compared to HD picture on a screen that is 6ft x 6ft... breathtaking. For those that don't know what Halo is, it is a video game that I play too much and, except for Andrew Archual, my sensi, I cannot be beaten.
gotta run to dinner with my D-group guys. hopefully, I can write some actually meaningful stuff tonight.
posted by MJM @ 4:56 PM
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Zidane's a punk. I'm new to the World Cup Soccer scene and went in rooting for France but not after that headbutt incident.
Anyway, I took a full dose of your blog today and basically read almost all of it in one shot. It's a great read. I read it in reverse though and so it seemed like all you did was lounge (watching world cup, playing Halo, and going bowling)--those are the things I read first. Then when I scrolled down further I realized you aren't sitting on your a$$. Sounds like you are having a great time and I enjoy reading your thoughts in the form of a blog. Your "artistic" pics are really slick actually, keep it up.
I'm confused about one point you were trying to make about justification vs. sanctification...what were you saying? Also what are you doing as "leader" of your men's group-thing?
I'm also learning quite a bit about you...like that you were homeschooled and that you bowl with your mom. Did you form a monster mother-son team that intimidated all the other homeschooled children at local bowling alley? Anyway,good to know. It reveals more of the mystery of who Mark Mandichak is.
You are in my prayers buddy, salaam.
PS-i bookmarked your blogsite. Don't get boring on me.
if you're the author of the blog, you can use 'comment moderation,' which allows you to read all comments before they are published and decided whether or not to let them be seen. as only a reader, i don't know how to find only the newest comments... so hopefully you go back to read this.
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