It's Rex Manning Day
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hackthis_archiveSo, first I was gonna post and talk about how proud I am that my girl got nominated for an Emmy! Yay for my girl! And thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
snowybaby for being the first person to be all, guess what! And then I was gonna talk about Southland being ignored, but like, other shows getting recognition (you know who you are). For real, Walton Goggins was robbed. Hell, even Treme got a nom for best directing in a drama (you think I'm being facetious but the Emmys *hate* David Simon, so even one nom is kind of shocking), but then I was like no. No, today we must not be bitter, because today, ladies and gentlemen is the second to last day of the World Cup.
Oh, wait. We're not supposed to be sad. And so, no, we must not be sad. We must rejoice that for the last month we have been continually blessed with the best examples of manhood on the planet. In fact, WaPo has an article, "Field of Dreamy", that sums up why I prefer football (soccer) players and football (soccer) as a sport over every other sport known to man (save special ops training, because that kind of is a sport all on its own, but we'll save that for another day).
In short? FOOTBALL. And so, I will now prepare for the closing of my favorite time of every four years (::sob::) and in a few hours I will say good-bye to my favorite piece of hotass discovered this year: Mesut Ozil, Germany.
And yes, I can hear you saying, "Really,hackthis? He's kinda wonky looking." To which I reply, "He's like the bastard love child of James McAvoy and SNAFU from The Pacific (which really was a dreadful miniseries. Emmy voters, is your failboat called the Titanic?). But he's got talent and spunk and I adore him and he's got legs like a motherfucking race horse."
Same goes for you Team USA. You can be kinda wonky looking, but you've got talent and spunk and legs like fucking race horses. Clint Dempsey, will you and Carlos Bocanegra and Benny Feilhaber get naked for me?
And then I come to you and ask: World Cup viewers of mine: who is your favorite World Cup hottie? Bring me photo graphic evidence. Here. I will start.
Sekrit aside tofantasticpants: I saw the movie. Wait for Netflix. (ETA: vague Predators spoilers in comments)
Other sekrit aside to those Lambert fans, If you don't get "Whadaya Want From Me?" out of my head immediately I'm sending my ninjas after you.
snowybaby for being the first person to be all, guess what! And then I was gonna talk about Southland being ignored, but like, other shows getting recognition (you know who you are). For real, Walton Goggins was robbed. Hell, even Treme got a nom for best directing in a drama (you think I'm being facetious but the Emmys *hate* David Simon, so even one nom is kind of shocking), but then I was like no. No, today we must not be bitter, because today, ladies and gentlemen is the second to last day of the World Cup.Oh, wait. We're not supposed to be sad. And so, no, we must not be sad. We must rejoice that for the last month we have been continually blessed with the best examples of manhood on the planet. In fact, WaPo has an article, "Field of Dreamy", that sums up why I prefer football (soccer) players and football (soccer) as a sport over every other sport known to man (save special ops training, because that kind of is a sport all on its own, but we'll save that for another day).
"There's a nice balance between the prissy, girly-looking male models in the Abercrombie & Fitch ads and the really burly football/hockey player. . . . They are the perfect middle ground."
It's our evolutionary hard-wiring talking: The way their speed and dexterity hits us says, This man can chase down a mastodon. My children will eat for a month!
"It's the legs," says Daniel Nardicio, vice president of marketing at Playgirl and default man-body expert. "Regular men tend not to think enough about their legs. They think it's about getting big and puffed out on top . . . then have these skinny little legs. Pfft."
In short? FOOTBALL. And so, I will now prepare for the closing of my favorite time of every four years (::sob::) and in a few hours I will say good-bye to my favorite piece of hotass discovered this year: Mesut Ozil, Germany.
And yes, I can hear you saying, "Really,
hackthis? He's kinda wonky looking." To which I reply, "He's like the bastard love child of James McAvoy and SNAFU from The Pacific (which really was a dreadful miniseries. Emmy voters, is your failboat called the Titanic?). But he's got talent and spunk and I adore him and he's got legs like a motherfucking race horse." Same goes for you Team USA. You can be kinda wonky looking, but you've got talent and spunk and legs like fucking race horses. Clint Dempsey, will you and Carlos Bocanegra and Benny Feilhaber get naked for me?
And then I come to you and ask: World Cup viewers of mine: who is your favorite World Cup hottie? Bring me photo graphic evidence. Here. I will start.
Sekrit aside to
fantasticpants: I saw the movie. Wait for Netflix. (ETA: vague Predators spoilers in comments)Other sekrit aside to those Lambert fans, If you don't get "Whadaya Want From Me?" out of my head immediately I'm sending my ninjas after you.
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Date: 2010-07-10 05:01 pm (UTC)"It's the hair," says Nicole Caldwell, Playgirl's editor in chief. "Swimmers are the only other athletes who have bodies like this, and they have to shave their heads. Soccer players have that lustrous, beautiful hair."
They have clearly not met Ryan Lochte. Or Aaron Peirsol. Or even Michael Phelps, right now, who is rocking the long hair and wearing headbands in hilariously dorky yet attractive fashion.
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Date: 2010-07-10 05:02 pm (UTC)(tragically he never strips down on the field.)
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Date: 2010-07-10 05:49 pm (UTC)Yeah boy.
Here, have some hotass.
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Date: 2010-07-10 05:20 pm (UTC)This gif causes me to have very dirty thoughts:
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Date: 2010-07-10 05:29 pm (UTC)That article is hilarious. I feel kind of vindicated by it; I've always said soccer players are the hottest athletes, and now I can back it up with SCIENCE. Excellent!
Re:hot soccer players, my mom made my week yesterday. See, I linked her and my sisters to
He's not a player in this World Cup, but can I choose Alexi Lalas as my favorite? :D?
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Date: 2010-07-10 06:13 pm (UTC)And I agree, Oezil totally has that James McAvoy vibe and holy crap did he look good in the black German footie kit (WELL OKAY, the entire freaking team did).
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Date: 2010-07-10 07:15 pm (UTC)Also, it is raining buckets today. I had no idea. Sucks to be them.
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Date: 2010-07-10 06:32 pm (UTC)I don't know whether to laugh or get turned on LOL
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Date: 2010-07-10 07:22 pm (UTC)Though I'd happily elope with all of Team Japan. Mmmmmmm. And Team Ghana had mustered an almost other-worldly level of beauty.
In conclusion: World Cup, how are you already over?
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Date: 2010-07-10 07:27 pm (UTC)My partiality also lies with the hotassery that is the German NT.
Evidence:
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Date: 2010-07-10 07:55 pm (UTC)And you know how I feel about Ozil, ♥, and also special mention for Alexi, which, as you know, FRECKLES, and... Yeah, I'm going to stop now, or we'll be here until next Wednesday.
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Date: 2010-07-10 09:54 pm (UTC)Alexi totally wins the best Footballer Not Actually Playing in the World Cup Award.
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Date: 2010-07-10 08:12 pm (UTC)...and I'll be over here fanning myself now.
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Date: 2010-07-10 08:13 pm (UTC)I give you another hotass Spaniard - Iker Casillas:
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Date: 2010-07-11 02:40 am (UTC)nice goal. wanna be a model?
Date: 2010-07-11 12:05 am (UTC)I know he didn't have the best tournie, and a lot of you won't agree, but I will always have a soft spot for Wayne Rooney (http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd189/tinaanna/rooney2555.jpg). What can I say? He's a freckled hooligan :D
Finally, these boys. go here --> http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/world-cup-soccer/ (http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/world-cup-soccer/)
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Date: 2010-07-11 09:08 am (UTC)Also! Richard Kingson, Ghana's goalie. Not so much with the hotness, more like holy fuck, talent! It's amazing how often he saved his team's asses out there. I'm so sad it wasn't enough against Uruguay. :(
But really, it's his mauve-colored goalie kit. That makes him the most precious. ♥
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Date: 2010-07-12 01:08 am (UTC)OMG! The Mauve kit had me in fits!
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Date: 2010-07-13 10:42 am (UTC)I don't know about hotness, but I'm a sucker for Philip Lahm. He's so tiny. Everytime I see him, I want to pat him on the head and give him some candy and his interview after the defeat against Spain, when he had tears in his eyes and his voice was all shaky, made me go all "oooow" and I wanted to wrap him in a blanket and give him some good hot chocolate to make him feel better again :D
Well, I guess David Villa is kind of good looking :D
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Date: 2010-07-13 10:04 pm (UTC)since the first second I saw Özil, I have been saying that he reminds me of Mcavoy, BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO, none of my friends here agrees with me, grrrrr
you are probably not watching
short clip: Özil and Schweinsteiger
(just in case, the embedded link does not work:
http://www.4shared.com/video/JbxzqGd_/Oezil_Schweinsteiger_WM_2010.html
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Date: 2010-07-13 10:12 pm (UTC)spdfg wrote » Ghost in the Machine (R, Schweinsteiger/Podolski, Klose/Oezil, Lahm/Boateng, Loew/everyone, everyone/everyone)
http://spdfg.livejournal.com/9377.html
[Germany play like a well-oiled machine. Ever wonder why that is? (Total crack.)]
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