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Football, TNA Slammiversary and RL
Jun. 14th, 2012 05:30 pm Football
Portugal vs Denmark - all I have to say is damn it.
Germany vs Netherlands - I have seen total football, and it wasn't the men in orange playing it. The libero has the ball control skills of a good attacking midfielder. There is the wonderful formation and control and precision. It's Jerome Boateng, who never gets enough praise. It is impossible to give him enough praise.
And old Pig-climber, who covers more yardage than is entirely possible.
And Mario Gomez, who seems to have remembered that he's a forward. Podolski still hasn't, but as long as Germany keep winning (unless they run into Italy*) I will behave.
* Austria are out, I can cheer for whoever I want to.
Also re: Euro 2012
Insomnia has lead to some data wrangling. If you separate the player diagram out into communities, defined by how much they interact, the interesting thing is that you get 15 groups, not 16. Apparently, when you judge the interactions, the Netherlands and Sweden are so tightly grouped that they're the same country.
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Slammiversary
( Astonishingly good )
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RL
RL features obnoxious proteins, annoying competition organisers, mortgages and trying to write a letter to a friend of my father's that I've never met before. My bashfulness is expressing itself in dithering. It just kind of odd introducing myself to anyone as my father's daughter, because well, I've never done that before.
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Portugal vs Denmark - all I have to say is damn it.
Germany vs Netherlands - I have seen total football, and it wasn't the men in orange playing it. The libero has the ball control skills of a good attacking midfielder. There is the wonderful formation and control and precision. It's Jerome Boateng, who never gets enough praise. It is impossible to give him enough praise.
And old Pig-climber, who covers more yardage than is entirely possible.
And Mario Gomez, who seems to have remembered that he's a forward. Podolski still hasn't, but as long as Germany keep winning (unless they run into Italy*) I will behave.
* Austria are out, I can cheer for whoever I want to.
Also re: Euro 2012
Insomnia has lead to some data wrangling. If you separate the player diagram out into communities, defined by how much they interact, the interesting thing is that you get 15 groups, not 16. Apparently, when you judge the interactions, the Netherlands and Sweden are so tightly grouped that they're the same country.
~~~~
Slammiversary
( Astonishingly good )
~~~~
RL
RL features obnoxious proteins, annoying competition organisers, mortgages and trying to write a letter to a friend of my father's that I've never met before. My bashfulness is expressing itself in dithering. It just kind of odd introducing myself to anyone as my father's daughter, because well, I've never done that before.
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