A Wonderful World
If you haven't been watching the Women's World Cup for the past
several weeks, you have missed out on a boatload of women playing some
excellent soccer and looking hot doing it. It was my original hope to
pick a Soccer Girlfriend of the Day for every day games were played,
but it was too difficult to choose. My affinity for sporty blondes
knows no bounds, thus the fact that there were three Nordic teams in
the competition early on (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) left me in complete
sensory overload. Now that we're down to the semifinals, I am doing
much better.
The first semifinal on Wednesday is Norway-Germany, which should be a
humdinger. Germany's defense has been insane and Birgit Prinz is a
goal-scoring machine, so the Norwegians have their work cut out for
them. On paper, Germany should win. But I'm picking Norway in an upset
because I can't bet against those cute Scandinavians, like Marie
Knutsen. (Germany is not lacking in the cuteness department, though --
I think this photo of Renate Lingor is adorable.)
As for the U.S. women, they will have their hands full with the
creative and fast Brazilian team, starring the astonishingly talented
Marta. But I'm cautiously optimistic for the U.S. As Julie Foudy has
pointed out, when Brazil is backed into a corner, it often loses
composure. So if the U.S. scores early, I like its chances. Back in
the day, I had a lot of crushes on U.S. soccer players -- Shannon
MacMillan, Mia Hamm, Foudy, Brandi Chastain, you name it. These days,
I will admit to being a bit out of touch with the team. But Abby
Wambach (the top photo, in case you don't know) is infinitely
crush-worthy because, in addition to being attractive, she is so very
badass. In keeping with my love of the blonde pixies, I am also fond
of Lindsay Tarpley, who hasn't gotten much playing time in the World
Cup (booo). Heather O'Reilly is cute too. Ultimately, as committed as
I am to praising the hotness of women worldwide, how they look really
doesn't matter. It's all about how you play the game.
Credit for the top photo goes to Eugene Hoshiko of The Associated
Press
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Labels: Athletes
Thursday, September 6, 2007
She's cute even when she shills
Stuck at home with a serious case of hay fever this week, I've been
watching a lot of tennis. A lot. And I was getting really tired of the
John McEnroe American Express commercial ("Klaus Umlaut? '85 US
Open?") But yesterday, a new commercial joined the rotation -- Tina
Fey plugging American Express. Like Tina herself, the ad is funny,
cute and smart. As soon as I can find a video (update: here), I'll
link to it, but the gist is that Tina has to do everything herself and
is constantly solving problems ("I will suck the venom out, but this
is the last time!"). Except when she has a credit card issue -- why,
American Express will take care of that for you, goshdarn it!
I have had a crush on Tina Fey for a long time. I used to think I was
alone in that, but in recent years I've discovered that she seems to
be universally loved by the lesbians. It's not just because she's sexy
and witty and liberal and wears those awesome glasses; I think it's
also because we look at her and think, "Ah, that one shoulda been a
lesbian." But she's not, and we're OK with that. And she seems to be
OK with being the object of our affections. In one of the funniest 30
Rock episodes of the first season, she gets set up on a date with a
woman because her boss (Alec Baldwin) assumed she was a lesbian (based
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