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****Updated: Friday The June 13th: Team Japan's Pokémon plane sadly a hoax. Click here****
****Updated Thursday June 12th 7pm: Brazil defeats Croatia 3-1****
Cocaine Princess here.
Whew, I can't believe it's been 4 years since the last World Cup. Today officially marks the 20th FIFA World Cup, taking place in Brazil. Ah, what a marvelous country it is. I have such fond memories of my visit there but that's for another day.
32 teams will be playing and to say South America and Europe is crazy about soccer would be an understatement. The countdown clocks have clicked down towards zero. The air force is on alert. Navy frigates patrol the coastline and an army of 147,000 police and soldiers has been mobilized. Roads usually choked with traffic are emptying of cars. Schools have been closed. Offices are finishing early. Hundreds of millions of TV sets are being tuned in to the same event.
While Pitbull, Claudia Leitte and Jennifer Lopez perform the official song, "We are One," demonstrators on the streets are planning to chant a discordant message about inequality, forced evictions and overspending on the $11.5 billon event.
Graffiti in many cities asks "Copa pra quem?" ("Who is this cup for?") and several giant murals have appeared in recent weeks depicting the suffering caused by the tournament.
Graffiti by Brazilian street artist Paulo Ito depicting a starving child with nothing to eat but a football. Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP
If you recall the 2010 World Cup was filled with not just controversy (mostly centering around refereeing) but also conspiracy theories. It'll be interesting to see what controversies and conspiracies plague the 2014 game.
How cool is this?! Japan's national team flew in a Pokemon-themed plane to Rio.
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GO BRAZIL!!
Today's opening match: Brazil vs. Croatia.
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Tomorrow is not only Friday the 13th but there's also a Full Moon and it will be the last full moon on Friday the 13th until 2049, so go and get your howl on!!
My loyal and dear readers, it's almost Friday.
Whatever your plans are have a loving weekend. ~x
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
5 comments:
It isn't just in Rio, Miss Princess, although I'm sure the final will be there. They'll be playing football all over Brazil. The opening game is in Sao Paulo. Let's hope Brazil win the style of the great teams past!
In my country (Australia) we have a code of football called Aussie Rules. I usually think we're pretty mad for that sport, but then I see what happens in Europe and South America with their code and it's like an extremist religion. While I love sport, sometimes I wonder why we care so much more about it than anything else.
Gorilla Bananas at 12:54,
Thank you for pointing that out. Yes, let's hope Brazil takes the cup!!
Michael D'Agostino at 9:37,
RE: Extremist religion, is the perfect description. Up here hockey is pretty much more or less a religion.
Not a Croatia fan but they got screwed.... that was NOT a penalty and they deserved a better outcome
I know I am a stick in the mud regarding this, but I just can't get into watching sports. Life it to short to watch other people play games. Watching sports is like watching pornography, it is something that you wish you could be a part of but it is easier to watch others do it better. Sports should be played not watched.
(on another note, are you topless in that last image? Shocking!!!)
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