Tidbits

As you can see I changed the background today. New font. New colors. Think it is a little more sleek. Hope whoever still reads likes it. I am finally employed. Will be starting working construction tomorrow, will be getting somewhere in between 18-20 bucks an hour. 7am-3pm Monday thru Friday. It is going to be tiring weekdays and relaxing weekends from here on out. In music news Kid Cudi was arrested for aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance. Not too suprising because Cudder has had a couple of other run-ins with the law. The surprise was that the substance was liquid cocaine. Liquid Cocaine? Really? Knew this guy was a little weird and alternative but what possessed him to get liquified cocaine? On a less criminal note Drake's album comes out today. Still haven't heard most of it despite the leak a week or so ago. I do not think it will be a week on the scale of Lil Wayne and in my opinion even a week as big as Eminem's upcoming release.

In other sports news the World Cup has started and I have watched a good amount. There is much intrigue in this country because our team has a very likely chance to MAke it out of the group stage for the first time since the quarterfinal run in 2002. Watching the game against England I saw a defense wall up against a potent English squad but yet again much like 2006 World Cup scoring was a slight problem. It took a little help from England goalie Robert Greene to salvage a very big tie for the US. As far as how deep I think they will go in the tournament, I really like how this team plays and although I am not a soccer scholar I think they have a real chance to make the quarters again. Assuming they get two wins in their last round robin games they could be sitting on top of group C. I think winning the group is very possible and if they were to win the group they would play a team like Ghana instead of GerMAny, which is the team that looked the best in their opener, which would MAke the quarters much more realistic. My prediction is that they will beat Algeria and Solvenia soundly and win group C. After that they will beat Ghana by one goal and squeak into the quarterfinals. Some MAy think it is a bold prediction but this is the best team we have had in some time and it is time for the US to step up in WC play. Now my finalists and winner are as follows.

In the final I see GerMAny playing Netherlands and the Netherlands winning the Cup. Neither is a popular pick as a winner or finalist but they both have powerful players up front and can defend with the best in Europe. Now go watch North Korea battle Brazil.