i still haven't decided what photo i'm going to send to the rice bowl journals. i've found a photo of me looking all bright eyed and bushy-tailed, but i don't think that would be an accurate representation of what i am. because normally in photo's of me i look like a troll, crouching in the corner. but then again i don't want to post troll like photos of me on the internet. perhaps i should post both, one of me looking inexplicably attractive, and one of me looking like a troll. there you go, multi-faceted sharon.

I spent last thursday lunchtime cramped in the corner of a smoky mexican bar near piccadilly circus watching the mexico vs italy match, amid much mexican cheering and triumphant fanfare type mexican music being blasted out at any opportune football moment. the place was packed, so i stood up for pretty much the whole 2 hours, didn't eat lunch until after the match was over at about 2.30pm. When mexico scored their goal the place stood up and cheered for one whole minute, solid, half eaten lime quarters were thrown about, as well as those curly string confetti type stuff. i don't speak spanish, but i could hear people screaming expletives at the italian players who fouled, what an experience. but ofcourse that is all moot now, now that i've just heard that mexico have lost to USA, 2-0!!! 2-0???!?! How is that even possible? what is happening to the world? How did the americans suddenly gain enough skill to see off the portuguese and the mexicans? These are interesting times, what a year.