They NEED me!

Guys, my reading and blogging isn't the only thing that's taken a hit because of the job. No, much as it saddens me to say it, my boys have been suffering too.

I'm there good luck charm. I really am! I suspected as much, if you may remember, but now I know it's true. See, I've missed so many of their games because of work and this is what's happened.

Nº

Team

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

+/-

PTS

HOME

AWAY

1

Barcelona

20

18

1

1

66

23

43

55

8-1-0

10-0-1

2

Atletico Madrid

20

15

2

3

42

18

24

47

11-0-0

4-2-3

3

Real Madrid

20

12

4

4

50

20

30

40

7-2-0

5-2-4

Guys!!!! Third?! There in third place?! They won the whole thing last year! And if you think I'm lying about my good luck, look what happened when I actually got to watch the game on Sunday.


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Valencia0 - 5Real Madrid

• G. Higuaín 9
• Á. Di María 34
• C. Ronaldo 36
• C. Ronaldo 41
• Á. Di María 45

They should seriously just pay me to watch! ;) They're playing again today. I can't watch. :( Good luck boys!

Now, in case all those stats bored you here's something to enjoy.

Now YOU Can Enjoy A Soccer Post # 3

Apparently Xabi Alonso reads before a game. Hmmm, sounds like a good way to warm up to me

I just love that these two taking the picture got caught in a picture themselves. ;)

Blog For The Sake Of Blogging

Um, the post title says it all.  I might as well just type, "blah blah blah," post some silly picture, maybe throw in a hot soccer guy picture and call it good. ;)

See, lately I'm struggling with reading, struggling with blogging, and basically just struggling in general. Sigh! :( But I feel so horrible when I just fade away into depression and don't post. And when I'm not even managing to read I don't even have a book to review.

So here it is. My pathetic post about nothing. Did you enjoy it?

How about now?

Is That Love or Fear?

Some fans at Real Madrid thought they were just going to have their picture taken with the club's new shirt...they didn't think they were going to get to meet some of my boys. (the handsome men in white are my boys, btw)

Here we see Arbeloa (the vampire) leaning down and saying something to this little girl but what???

You be the judge of that. Is that fear or love in her eyes? Either way she sure won't take her eyes off him, will she? 

You Know It's Bad When A Gatorade Commercial Excites You

I miss soccer sooooooo bad! Thank goodness I came home today to see the little red message light on my cable box informing me I had a message. And thank goodness it was the message I'd been waiting for. Comcast FINALLY has beIN Sports! I get to watch my soccer games again! *happy dance*

It couldn't have come soon enough. I'm having such bad soccer withdrawals that I was watching TV and a Gatorade commercial came on and I just sat there staring at the athlete sweating in slow motion with a glazed look on my face. It wasn't even a soccer player, people! Pathetic. Anywho, thank goodness I get to watch my boys again! I might have gotten desperate and began trolling You Tube with the search words, soccer/gatorade. ;)

Hot player alert!

Soccer Woes

It's soccer season again but you wouldn't know it. I don't know how I missed all the news but apparently a new TV channel has bought up all the rights to my precious La Liga. A TV channel that my cable provider doesn't carry. You think I was mad? You should see the outrage of millions of fans. It was crazy! So crazy that Comcast gave in and came to a deal with said sport channel. Unfortunately it's not on my line up yet. Soon, though....or else! Anywho, it's a shame because without me, their good luck charm, watching they're losing! Argh! Hurry, Comcast. They need me!

Now YOU Can Appreciate A Soccer Post #2

Alvaro Arbeloa ‏@aarbeloa17

I've read it in two days. I didn't watch the movie but the book is great! Next one! http://img.ly/kMiB

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I didn't actually intend to make this a thing but as long as "my boys" keep Tweeting stuff like this I have no choice, right? Go ahead and click on the link in his Tweet. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to see what book he's talking about.

This is "The Vampire" by the way. I guess he's not all bad.

Nope, not too bad at all. ;)

Congrats To "My Boys"!

A Big congrats to "my boys" who won the league title and, as per tradition, were placed on display for the villagers...as it should be. ;)

You can watch a bunch of these shirtless flirts dance in celebration if you want. Don't worry, I won't tell you peeked. ;)

A Call To Arms!

After an hour an a half of gut wrenching and hand clinging while watching my game yesterday, it went into overtime. No! Then it went to penalties! Double no!

(for those of you who don't know the rules of soccer, don't worry. Just know that one never walks away from a game deciding penalty shoot out without the startings of an ulcer and lots of tears, good or bad.

Unfortunately "my boys" lost. They're out of The Champions League. :( It's bad enough that they lost but what makes it a million times worse is the dang German who scored the winning goal.

Let me introduce you to Schweinsteiger, pronounced, sh vyn -sh ty ger.

Isn't that arrogant face just asking for my fist?! Ugh! I can't even begin to explain my dislike for this man. He's arrogant as all get out and not even a good enough player OR good looking to make up for it! Disgraceful! Pale, pastey, freak!

I swear if this guy ever is unfortunate enough to come face to face with me, he's going to end up with a bloody nose and a broken foot! Maim Schweinsteiger, has become my motto. But I wan't to take it a step further.  I dislike the guy so much I've started using his name as a curse word, and that's where you come in. I'm hoping to make it spread as one nasty cuss. Come on, just say it. Try shaking your fist air the air and growling the word. Nice, huh? So join me and spread this word as a curse!

Suggestions: Son of a Schweinsteiger! You little Schweinsteiger! Mother Schweinsteiger! ;)

Ramble Much?

My little brain is all over the place lately and I'm afraid my blogging slump is still going on and on. :( Anywho, I thought I'd just ramble for a bit.

First off, "my boys" played Barcelona, their biggest rivals, on Saturday and won!!! My throat was actually sore from all the screaming that happened. And, yeah, everyone thought Ronaldo was man of the match but my vote goes to Arbeloa, yes, the vampire. ;)

They're playing an important game today as well against a dang German team. Don't even get me started on my hate for German soccer teams. You'll get plenty of that this summer during the Euro Cup. ;)


                                                                                                                                                                                                Secondly, I'm pondering some post ideas and changes and wondering if anyone actually reads or cares about my Sunday Salon posts? I don't mind writing them up but I feel like for you, the reader, they're horribly boring and I'm thinking about dumping them all together. Anyone care?


Thirdly, I'm about two inches from going to the book store and spending a ridiculous amount of money on books I want! I'm trying to be better at budgeting my money since I don't have a job at the moment and am starting to feel like I'll NEVER get one. :( Anywho, I could use some sage advice about now or I'm going to  lose it!

And forthly, awhile ago I whined about blogs I read and comment on all the time but who never return the favor. And it  occurs to me I may be inadvertently doing this myself. do any of you lovely bloggers visit me all the time and never hear a peep from me on your blog? I'd feel awful if this is so. Let me know and I'll rectify the situation. We're all friends here. :)

Thanks for listening to my rambling. Bear with my while I sludge through this slump. Happy reading!

What They're Really Thinking

I Think I'm So Funny!

Vanity Thy Name Is Ronaldo

Really? Really?!

He'll say he was hot. We know he's vain. Truthfully, he just looks stupid. :)

I Knew I Was Doing It Wrong

I knew I must be doing something wrong. See, when I go jogging it look's something like this...

When 'my boys' do it they look like this...

 So, next time I go running I'm going to put a stupid grin on and see if that helps. ;)

In other news Zac Efron visited Real Madrid see...

Man! How I would have loved to be a crazy stalker racing across the field towards these hotties...er... a fly on the wall, I meant a fly on the wall. ;)

And, yeah, I know! I stole these pictures off Facebook thus the watermark. But I'm advertising!!! Soon you'll all be new fans!

Because It's Been Awhile

If you guessed this was going to be a soccer post, you guessed right. If you thought I was just going to gush about hot soccer players you're wrong.

After being promised a new episode of House last night, and then finding a boring NASCAR race on instead, I watched for ten minutes while making my dinner. So there I was wondering why on earth anyone would choose to watch this "sport" and was inspired to write this post.

Five Reasons I Watch Soccer (that have nothing to do with the hot guys)

1 A soccer game is 90 minutes long. An hour and a half. Yeah, OK, in knock out stages in some cups it must be played longer if the games tied, but even then, it has two 15 minute overtimes and then goes to penalties so it does end. And all around two hours. That's considerably shorter than most sports.

2 There are NO FREAKING time outs every five seconds! (I'm looking at you basketball and football) The clock starts and doesn't stop till the game is over.

3 Because there are no time outs, there are no stupid commercials. You get to sit down and watch your game and ONLY your game. 

4 Despite what people say about soccer being boring because they hardly score, it's not! Let's consider, shall we? What's more boring? Basketball, where they score so many times it's not even a novelty and hardly worth cheering about, or soccer, where they have to work incredibly hard and use some actual technique and skill to score? Seriously, people.

5 Alright, alright! I can't list five reasons to watch soccer without mentioning the hot guys! I really can't! Thank goodness for the workout regime that soccer enforces to create bodies like this.

Sergio Ramos

Hmmmm, Is It Just Me?

Don't Let Their Smiles Fool You

Remember when I confessed that I thought this soccer player was a vampire?

Well, it looks like he's turning the whole team. Look.

Look at those freaky eyes! Don't let their smiles fool you, if they get you alone they might just nibble on you...wait, wouldn't that be a good thing? ;)

Lucky Charm Or Dumb Luck?

I am SOOOO taking credit for this! K, so yesterday I totally forgot that Real Madrid was playing. I know, and I call myself a fan, for shame! I was out running errands and talking on the phone with my sister when I realized my mistake. I instructed her husband to quickly look up the score for me, figuring it was about half time, only to discover they were two goals down. Depression was setting in and getting worse as my sister "jokingly" suggested I was their lucky charm and they were losing because I wasn't watching.

No, I didn't rush right home, taking my sisters words as truth, I went to Walmart and finished my shopping. THEN, I rushed home and, the minute I walked in the door, turned on the game. There were twenty five minutes left and they were still down two goals. Sigh. Then, and I kid you not, within five minutes of me turning on the TV they had scored twice and within twelve minutes they had scored three times to take the win!

I guess I AM their lucky charm. ;)

Oh, and here's a hot pic. I did talk soccer, after all.

What?! How else are we supposed to see their awesome thighs? ;)

Something In The Air

Yeah, that's what it is, there's something in the air. I'm having the hardest time reading or blogging lately. I can blame it on Christmas but I just don't think that's it. My good friend Suey is having the same problem and she lives in the same city as me. See? Something in the air.

So, since I have nothing bookish to talk about. I thought I'd talk about soccer. Please, please calm down, I know you're excited. ;)

Today Real Madrid will be playing Barcelona. If you remember, which I doubt you do, (that's OK) there's a huge rivalry between these two teams and it's always exciting to watch these games. Wish em luck!

Also, I'm so crushing on this handsome fellow. So, now you get to enjoy.

His name is Callejon, and he just transferred to Real Madrid this season. Look at that waist line!!! Did I mention I have a thing for waist lines along with calves?

He's not a bad player either. He scored twice this last Wednesday.  Now, if I could just find a picture of him without a shirt on. ;)

So, what do you guys think of my new crush?

Does This Color Bring Out Their Eyes?

Well, they've gone and done it. Here I was all comfortable with Real Madrid's usual white home kit and dark blue away kit when out of nowhere they spring red on me...RED?! So, here I am trying to decide which one I like best.

White

Dark Blue

Red

I guess it doesn't really matter...as long as they keep kickin' butt...and lookin' like this underneath. Right?