world cup! here's some highlights:

the american team might suck, but i still heart brian mcbride. dude has metal plates in his face! he took a huge elbow to the face in the italy match, got stitched up on the sidelines, and was back 5 minutes later.

the british team is succeeding, but in a rather underwhelming manner. regardless, i'm rapidly becoming a huge fan of both peter crouch (who is seriously the most bony athlete i've ever seen, he's really tall and skinny, looks ridiculously awesome when he jumps) and wayne rooney, whose temper tantrum during the sweden match involved stomping to the sidelines and throwing his cleets around.

but my one true love remains the dutch team. and in particular, their AWESOME (and really, really tall) goalie, edwin van der sar. GO ORANGE.

btw, today i had a job interview, and they teleconferenced in a guy from the UK office, and he asked me how i felt about america's performance in the world cup, and i was actually able to have a conversation about it. so my obsession has paid off.

in other news, i lust after davy rothbart. and i still love deadwood. i also love my brand new ikea bookcases, even if they did require an awful lot of nailing (i think my ikea microwave cart should really not be discussed). i also love the red dress i bought at ross this morning.