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supporting the rabid

chak de india!!

india just won the 'world cup' of cricket - it's actually the twenty20 - a new tournament where each team plays 20 overs. it came down to the wire and india played awesomely against pakistan in the final. my fave bowler - rp singh - did really well as well, so that's quite exciting. of course, part of me is like, of course you did well in this tourney, when i had no chance of watching you live, unlike your dismal performance at the real world cup in april. but, i guess i just have to take some solace that you turned yourselves around!!

no illusions

i'm loving timbaland's song - the way i are - the beat is amazing, but these lyrics just truly crack me up: "i ain't got no money/i ain't got no car to take you on a date/i can't even buy you flowers"

i mean really - setting the bar real low, the girl can have absolutely no expectations whatsoever. of course, the girl is totally fine, she doesn't mind the broke-ass-ness, she likes him just the way he is. now, i was initially like, right, of course the girl doesn't mind, we always seem to be taking the short end of the deal when it comes to guys.

but then i kept listening and had the realization that rap could solve all the problems in the world. this is what the guy says later: "your body ain't pamela anderson/it's a struggle just to get you in the caravan/but listen baby girl, before i let you lose a pound, i'll buy a bigger car/so listen baby girl, i love you just the way you are, the way you are"

ah, unconditional, blind love, expressed just so by the rapper d.o.e.

off my seat, laughing

last night my roommate and i watched the us open men's quarters (on tv, sadly). we saw the djokovic-moya match, and though moya lost, which made me sad, it was fun to see djokovic play. after the match, during the post-interview, he was just hilarious - really funny, sarcastic and genuine. even more hilarious were the impressions he was asked to perform - seems he's got quite a knack for them. my roommmate l. and i were literally on the floor laughing, he's that good, and more importantly, he's just got a great personality it seems. i can't find that bit just now, but here's a link to other impressions he's made at this open - too funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYA_7RUSarU

update: here is the vid from the match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKj4PdWrK-o

also, thank you to the genius who got andre to comment on the federer-roddick match on wednesday. he was brilliant - part of it was his insight into the game, you know this man has studied every angle, every strategy, every mechanic to the full extent. he's just got such a mental handle on the game, which is why he was able to last so long and make a competitive comeback late in his career. second, his experience playing against both of these guys added a great dimension to his commentary, he's faced down both of them, which few commentors have. and finally, he's just got a humor to him which is unforgettable. i'm sure by now you all think i'm a psycho about him, and i am, a bit, but he truly did an amazing job. a couple of fun things - he called federer "fed" all night, which is what i want to call him now. he also offered this great example of how to read an opponent, citing becker's "tell" - his tongue used to hang in the direction he would serve. and last, this bit of wisdom - you won't always play great, sometimes you'll play bad, but you just need to play better than your opponent - so simple, yet so effective. oh andre, once again, we miss you!

perfect ny weekend

adios, summer, we loved you so. the last weekend of summer was gorgeous in the city, warm weather and fewer people, and i loved every minute of it. had breakfast (thanks, l. & l.) and lunch with some friends on saturday, after which i went to sit in the nearby plaza with a book. while i was there i saw three brothers of different ages, dressed identically. i don't know why it bothers me, but it totally does - i have issues when parents dress twins the same way, but twins get away with it for a while. here, the boys were like 10,8, and 5 - it was just interesting. and then sunday... ah, sunday. a day of truly nothing - read some, watched a great movie (aqueelah and the bee) and did nothing else, it was absolutely lovely. yesterday was fun, spent the whole day getting a tan (rats) at the open. roddick got an easy by, but thankfully we got to see the blake-haas match. we sat through the first 3 sets, and then decided to get a glimpse of davydenko, with the understanding that if somehow haas won the 4th, we'd come back. of course, by the time we sat down for davydenko, haas had blown through blake 4-0 in the 4th, it was insane. we literally ran back to ashe and caught the 5th set, and what a set it was! both haas and blake played really well in the 5th, even though they blew chances earlier. the crowd was heavily pro-blake, but a few of us just wanted tommy to pull it out. finally, in a final-ditch tiebreak, he did. a solid 8 hours of tennis and i wanted more! so i came home and watched federer play the total cutie feliciano lopez. the kid is 26 and gorgeous (he's a spaniard). lopez did well early on, but then federer just laid into him, in true r-fed style. all in all, a wonderful weekend full of friends, tennis, and entertainment - what more can a girl ask for!