The World Cup was barely on my radar.
Then it started.
Suddenly I'm cheering for Uruguay and searching for the exact location of Cape Verde (which is now Cabo Verde and has always been about 350 miles off the coast of Guinea Bissau).
I can type during hydration breaks and half times. Otherwise, I'm mesmerized.
Almost like I was mesmerized on Friday night, watching the scaffolding, and the rain, and the workers outside The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
But that's a post for another day. The Iranians and the Kiwis are about to go at it again.
Gotta go.
Yay! Yes, the joy!. Yesterday Seattle hosted their first of six World Cup games, and the city was erupting in joy, and red, for Egypt and Belgium. Nearly 67,000 cheering fans filled the stadium and many others jammed the watch party venues. It was wonderful. On Friday Team USA will play Australia in Seattle, and it will be crazy. I plan to watch Norway this afternoon, part of my heritage. During the Cup we are all world citizens.
ReplyDeleteThe colors, the joy, the kids with national flags.... and the play is so fluid and beautiful. I wish Tucson were hosting..... of course, it was 105 today so maybe not such a good idea.
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