Random Soccer Pictures Are The Best.

I am trying to pimp my profile out on another site that I post to and I wanted to find a cool footy image for the background and I happened to come across this picture when I was looking. I think it's absolutely hilarious.

On another note, I leave at 0-dark thirty tomorrow for my last session of the summer. I am having to set my alarm tonight before I head out to go to the bar. It will be interesting to see me hungover at 5:30 AM but the way I figure, I will not have another chance to do this for a while, so I might as well live it up while I can. I will be returning to Fado for the fourth time since I got here. I am upset though that there is nothing on really. No soccer. No nothing. And to make things worse, they have a DJ on Friday, so it defeats the point of it being an Irish bar. I did get a chance to see a band last night when I went, The Forty Thieves. Dixieland Footie supports these guys because unlike the big name Irish acts, such as Flogging Molly or The Pogues, these guys are not that well known but they are willing to take the music that I love and putting their own spin on it. So go check them out and Happy Footy all.

So, I Got To See The Fireworks.

As a part of the second session here at Lead America, we got a chance to see the national fireworks show from the Jefferson Memorial. It was extremely amazing and I highly recommend it in the future. It went surprisingly well considering that we had nine hundred students with us for the trip. Speaking of second session, it's going rather well. The kids have almost successfully ended the world, so things are going great. I am excited that I only have one more session left before I leave here to head to San Diego. I looked at the weather for the region last night and it looks like it will be amazing for the next week, so hopefully it holds while I am there. Also, I just checked the calender on my laptop and in exactly two weeks and four days I will be touching down in Nashville. I am excited to get back to town and start on my footwork and my kicking again. After about a month off it will be interesting to see how I play.

Apart from that, the main purpose of the post is to give a review and a product bump. First of all, the review. Back during staff training me and the other INS staffers got together and went over to Dupont Circle for tea and bree with fruit. It was a rather yummy experience. When we got done, we went to Kramers books. While we were walking around and I was giving customers my opinion the books that they were picking up (since it seemed like I had read them all or at least attempted to) I came across How Soccer Explains The World by Franklin Foer. The book attempts to describe globalization from the soccer standpoint but it does a fairly poor job. None of the topics relate to the common notion of globalization. There is no talk about how boarder and barriers are coming down and the world is getting more and more chummy with itself. It is no more than a book of essays about topics that exist in the soccer community, such as hooliganism. I enjoyed the essays, don't get me wrong there, but I do not believe that it lives up to its title really. So, if international relations and soccer both peak your interest and you think that this is good book that will link the two, then you are a tad bit mistaken. However, if you are looking for a simple and fun read about aspects of soccer culture, then by all means, grab this one.

Secondly, I came across a site called Philosophy Football.com. It is a t-shirt company that takes quotes about the game from philosophers and puts them on shirts. I really want the shirt with the equation of how a ball flies but it is only in kids sizes so far. So, dixieland footie is bumping Philosophy Football just like we bumped Who Are Ya' Designs. Happy footy all.