Good morning!
Before we get into sports, I just wanted to quickly vent.
Today is day three of the Summer boot camp classes that I’m teaching at an educational center. It has been an aggravating shit show so far. Here are some things that have rubbed me the wrong way:
A) Prior to the boot camp, parents (in general, not my students’ parents) complained that their kids weren’t remembering the vocab they learned. VP tells me in a (seemingly) patronizing way to make sure I emphasize the importance of vocab terms they learn and to encourage them to use the terms in their writing assignments. . .Not only is that something I have always done, but I make it a rule that my students have to include at least five new terms used in their homework responses. Short of holding a gun to their head, I think I’ve done my part. Yet, it definitely felt like VP didn’t believe me, which is a piss off.
5) They gave me 7 hours of material for the week. That would be great, except I need 20 hours of material for the week. Now I have to scramble every night and come up with a ton of crap on my own time. If I wasn’t losing money, I’d find this kind of funny with how out of touch those who designed the courses are with what goes on in the classroom. (They aren’t teachers). These kids have a final essay that is only 250 words long. They’re dreading it and will also have to present their essay using powerpoint. I asked VP how long these end of bootcamp presentations should be in terms of time. VP said 5-10 minutes(!) for an essay that’s 250 words. I have been giving these kids topics to present in class as practice. These kids are struggling to get to one minute, let along ten minutes.
IV) Parents. They pissed and moaned about the importance of vocab terms, wanting their kids to do research projects and presentations. As a result, that’s what their kids are doing (at least in my class). Want to take a guess how long it took for some of them to complain about their kids having “difficult” and slightly higher amounts of homework? ONE. F*CKING. DAY. It’s almost like doing an intensive two weeks of material into one week would require doing more work! What is this, some sort of boot camp? Oh . . .
If you’re into European sporting events, today is a great day for you! We have:
Wimbledon at 5AM PST: Canadian Milos Raonic plays today against an American. I can’t be bothered to look the American’s name up, so, I’ll assume it’s Andre Agassi or Andy Roddick. (MMMMMM. Mandy Moore). Due to some major upsets, people are saying this is probably Milos Raonic’s best chance at winning the Stanley Cup of Wimbledon. More importantly, is that when Milos wins, Seinfeld fans everywhere can rejoice and proudly declare “Another game for Milos!”
Tour de France at 5AM PST: Lance Armstrong is going for his record breaking 17th straight Tour de France title this year. He is such an inspiration! #Livestrong.
We also have Canada playing Senegal in an Olympic Qualifier at 4 AM PST. If Canada wins, they advance to the regional semi-finals. And if they win that, Nationals will be right around the corner!
/pours one out for Cory Monteith.
Five time Tip O’Neill Award winner, Joey Votto, and the Dirt Bengals play the Dirt Cubs during the day. But really, who gives a shit? I just wanted to mention Joey Votto is a five time Tip O’Neil Award winner. I wonder if Mark Prior, Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano are still a murderers row for opposing teams when they play the Dirt Cubs.
Semi-Final #1, 12PM PST: An Upset in the making?
Portugal
v
Wales
Thoughts:
This is a really bad matchup for Portugal. I really like Wales’ chance at winning this game.
Going into this tournament, the narrative was that it was a shame the players surrounding Ronaldo could not rise up to the occasion and give Ronaldo a chance to win a major international soccer tournament. That narrative has done a 180, as Ronaldo has only scored in one game out of five. It’s not that he’s playing bad, it’s just that he’s not hitting the net or he does his best Charlie Brown impression when attempting to kick the ball in scoring position. For Portugal to have any shot of winning, Ronaldo has to get out of this weird and unlucky funk he has been in this entire tournament. Portugal can’t just rely on 18 year old sensation, Renato Sanches, to do all the scoring and create energy.
Defensive midfielder, Lee William Carvalho is suspended (accumulation), leaving a void through the defensive-middle. Portugal defender and possible undercover Alien, Pepe, has been a beast for Portugal this entire tournament. Unfortunately for Portugal, he has a thigh injury that saw him miss practice on Monday and did a light workout on Tuesday. Despite some rumors, I don’t expect him to miss this game. However, he’s guarding Gareth Bale and the fact that he’ll presumably be slower could lead to disastrous results for the Portuguese side.
To be honest, if the Welsh had Aaron Ramsey and Ben Davies (yellow card accumulations) in their lineup, I would have picked Wales to win. Leicester City’s Andy King and West Ham’s James Collins are decent players, but, they aren’t good enough to fill the shoes of the guys they’re replacing.
This will be a tight match, something Portugal is accustomed to and are seemingly fine with. Meanwhile, Wales is playing with house money. Forgetting that Portugal is the International Lesser Footy equivalence of the Andy Reid era Eagles, I want to say Wales is going to win this because of just how well matched up they are against Portugal (in terms of how they play). However, there’s just no way Ronaldo is going to be held scoreless in another game, right? . . . .Right? I’m guessing Portugal wins 2-1 with Ronaldo scoring both goals. But don’t be shocked if Wales wins.
Lets hope it’s a good game.
I cannot wait for all of the gif mashups of Russell Wilson and King Tommen on his wedding night.
Looks like Wales is all washed up!
/probably the best joke I’ve ever written
[lets dove fly out of hands]
“Time to die.”
I guess you could say they were over-wale-med by Portugal’s offense.
You can never set the bar too low….
HEEEEEYOOOO! BAM!
Stupid Wales and their stupid “We think we can win” game strategy.
It was never going to work. I just knew it. Stupid Wales.
Stupid sexy Wales.
Wales think their blow holes are all that and phat as a bag of chips but I know different.
Looks like Wales got Moby Dick’d.
I want Ronaldo to score again in this game so he can pass a French man (in France) for most goals scored in a Euros competition. That would be pretty funny.
http://www.pbh2.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/soccer-dives-ronaldo.gif.webm
That was one of the worst dives ever. C’mon Bale! You’re better than that!
http://www.pbh2.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/soccer-dives.gif.webm
– Terminator Salvation crew, complaining about Christian’s choice of venue for the wrap party.
Germany could have potentially 4 starters not playing tomorrow. 2 of them are guaranteed to not be playing.
France must be loving their situation right about now.
Say what you want about Ronaldo, he has excellent taste in women
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/3045954367_ca18e47787.jpg?v=0
WALES FAILS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON A BETE NOIRE!
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[feels a bit woozy]
WALES FAILS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON A BETE NOIR!
It’s down to this…France is the good guy left. FRANCE!!!!
Gitanes you! Gitanes you straight to hell for pointing that out!
False. France is never the good guy.
You’re serious? What have the Germans ever done to anybody?
Oh. Right.
Realistically, this is about as far as Wales could go, right soccer dudes?
you rite
Realistically yes. But honestly, they’re good enough to beat Portugal and are playing like shit. I think that quick second goal deflated their efforts. They are missing Ramsey and Portugal has done an excellent job containing Bale.
Looks like Bale is going to have to just sneak through such a tight lined defense
It’s a good thing dragons aren’t really for real.
“You take that back right now!” [sobs]
-President of the Puff The Magic Dragon Society
In Colorado you are legal.
I shattered one of my student’s world when I told him dragons aren’t real.
Is that how you treat all the Kindergarten students?
To be fair, the kid is 12.
and on acid.
http://www.livescience.com/27402-komodo-dragons.html
The Nani scores to make it 2-0 Portugal.
That was a sick deflection.
https://youtu.be/1bMaS-Dq3Gk
Guh. That looks like a game right there.
Egh. There’s still time. However, if Wales gets caught on the counter-attack, then MAYBE.
This game ain’t in Wichita, brother.
Fuckshitdamnitbitch
Ronaldo finally breaks his goalless scoring streak
http://im.rediff.com/sports/2010/jun/30slide12.jpg
I don’t like Ronaldo.
I liked Cedric The Fullback way more when he was Cedric The Entertainer.
That’s because he knows how to Be Cool while hanging out in Madagascar.
Soccer would probably be better if it were more like hockey. You know, line changes, penalty boxes, people getting punched in the face…
“I love getting punched in the face!”
-Masochistic boxers coming out of the closet
/considers soccer + fisting joke
//has another taco instead
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/556e6a66e4b0cca786c659cd/556e83f2e4b0c15f9e37b362/559ac053e4b0d2540b739809/1436205172458/taco_bamba_06.jpg
“In a single sentence, what would you say Ronaldo’s legacy is?”
“He Lost To Wales.”
But enough about his exploits playing beer pong against women in Indianapolis.
Lesser Footy’s Dan Marino?
So there I was on the couch with the game on at a very low volume blissfully sleeping and dreaming of tacos. THEN A DAMN CUNT-BOT BLOWS UP MY PHONE TO “GIVE” ME A FREE CRUISE IF I TAKE A STUPID SURVEY. SURVEY SAYS … FUCK YOU!
http://66.media.tumblr.com/d65e667b45c9f025652de481f1a37e23/tumblr_nhoq5umKRa1syvjuco1_500.gif
(Door slams shut because I going out for fuckin’ tacos)
Judy Greer is #2 on my list of women I would want to sleep with simply because they are funny but also rather attractive. Maribeth Monroe is #1.
While not ranking them, I too have a comedy boner for many funny women. I’d fuck Kevin Hart too, but that is just because he’s petite.
Seeing that gif of Judy Greer post instantly cut down my rage by 90%. Love that gal.
http://31.media.tumblr.com/135e13d73c193c694dd48e5a74ca91f8/tumblr_nqqt5sCJHt1svefdfo4_500.gif
Do you ever have shows that you like so much that you actually put off watching them? Mr. Robot is like that for me.
Yes, to bing. This, Orphanblack the white dress scene in Basic Instinct, etc.
*binge, but could also be bing.
Todd Flanders has declared his support for Portugal.
http://www.rowsdowr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ibvKSjfFyOZpPj.gif
Christian Bale is a way better at soccer than I thought.
Ronaldo is raising his arm so often you’d think he was in a Leni Riefenstahl documentary.
Or a Right Guard commercial.
Though it’s probably more likely he’d be promoting an Axe Body Spray product.
Oh look at you in your cute pastel kit with your cute back-heel pass that went directly to the Wales defender!
“Huzzahs” are in order-
Subway has introduced a processed sugar-soaked, watered-down, white people-populated taste test prison-approved, ill-conceived, lousy approximation of a Korean BBQ sub!
http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/robot.gif
Cycling must be super-good for you except for the whole “inhaling vehicle exhaust the entire time” thing.
On the plus side, all of the “medicines” the pros take will give you ball cancer long before you get lung cancer from the exhaust.
I only watch the Tour de France as far as cycling is concerned only because back in aught ’10 or ’11 some comment-taters on Deadspin filled me in on the strat-terajizzing that was involved in any race of this sort.
/fascinating stuff
I watch it for the crashes.
http://i.makeagif.com/media/5-24-2014/ZRWIL3.gif
The aftermath,
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01942/Johnny_Hoogerland-_1942865i.jpg
Do love collisions…
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/2209191/taylor-mays-o.gif
[reads monkey’s comment, sees a crash]
Now I totally lost my NASCAR-themed joke to the ether.
I think there is now a Faces of Death box set you can get since you are into that type of thing.
Do I want to know what strat-terajizzing is?
“Strategic masturbating” as near as I can tell. After all, these men have ‘needs’, yet they’re on a bike for most of the day.
As opposed to “strata-terra-jizzing”, which loosely translated means “to spill seed onto the earth” and is forbidden by the Catholic Church.
I’m a very bad Catholic.
This guy is very disappointed in you.
http://www.tennisviewmag.com/sites/default/files/resize/SOck_1-715×470.jpg
Why do you think they invented altar boys.
http://c8.alamy.com/comp/AGAF7F/saami-boys-in-traditional-costume-kneeling-by-the-altar-at-a-confirmation-AGAF7F.jpg
Every sperm is sacred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk
As long as we’re all quickly venting….
I get the overall argument about Millennials being coddled etc and, in general, I buy it to a point. I just don’t get why everyone is so concerned about it. Life’s a zero-sum game so shouldn’t we be happy that an entire generation is not all fired up to come after our jobs with their computer understandings and youthful drive? Think how fucked 50 year olds would be if an entire generation of graduates was entering the job market with their tech skills PLUS the gritty work ethic of an old farmer? They’d automate the entire middle management class out of their professions in five years.
This is a very true statement.
Also, them wanting to be coddled makes it easier for us 40-somethings to slack off at work.
Yes yes, “slack…”
I was at a conference and some speaker yapped about this millennial work force (generally speaking) is one that doesn’t buy into the careerism of their predecessors in that they drift from job to job to acquire the means to do what they really want, ie. travel, not work, take time off to “discover” whatever.
I thought that was an interesting response to the millions of Mcjobs, Starjobs and Waljobs that stared them down upon graduation…
Yeah, I’m not sure it’s a chicken egg thing. I mean, if you are faced with no job security, you adapt your goals.
I met one of their forefathers back in the mid-80’s. He became an accountant because, “I can get a job anywhere, anytime.” His real passion was to cycle the world in order to meet people and venture to various places. He used his job as the means to do so.
I don’t blame them one bit for that. I wish I had traveled and “discovered” more when I was younger and unemployed but, hey, that was my choice and that’s my problem.
And, to be fair, the people who are ‘worried’ seem to be managers who want Millennials as entry-level employees (how am I supposed to man my workforce with cheap labor if my experienced people are earning more and immigrants aren’t proficient in AutoCAD?). But, to the point of ‘adaptation’, many of them are capable of learning a function, automating it, and moving on to the next task — which basically means they’re doing the manager’s job (simplifying tasks and making them less error-prone) once they have an understanding of the duties. It’s no longer necessarily a linear career path where experience = competence.
“It’s no longer necessarily a linear career path where experience = competence.”
YES!
Seriously, the “Greatest Generation” and the Baby Boomer Generation fucked us Milenials. HARD and without consent.
Every “generation” is inherently selfish; what really fucked the future is the shear weight of population with no will to compensate consumption to match recourses.
I find the concept of “generations” is a false categorization, with the exception of the influences of certain economical conditions, technological advances and the intuitiveness in which people use them. The same types of humans exist across these manufactured generation lines and building teams to function you pick certain types of people regardless of age. I know older people who feel they need to be coddled just as much as stereotypical “millennials”, and millennials that are goal driven, task oriented like the supposed 60s population.
I think we sorta addressed that in our comments, Mr. Derrida.
Not really, but whatever makes you feel good.
Not to be completely Canadian, but that was supposed to be jokey.
/is probably completely Canadian
Eh?
I am a pedantic so I only took the Mr. Derrida part as a joke because I’m not dead.
So you’re saying that Derrida is the original Dr. Feelgood?
/I couldn’t disagree more
Dr. Holyshityouwantmetoreadallthismaterialbecause “there is no out-of-context” ?
http://i.imgur.com/RCFPfp1.jpg
I’m not a robot, but hey.
http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Joke-Goes-Over-Your-Head-Star-Trek-Gif.gif
The yellow card accumulation rules are fucking stupid.
It’s kind of like the SEC compliance rules. Commit too many transgressions and they make you take a paid vacation for a week, then you’re back in action like nothing ever happened.
Speaking of, Pokemon Go now available for Android, still waiting for iPhone.
(But not in the U.S. or U.K., those bastards.)
How fucking hard is the EU going to lobby to have the the latest phones/movies/Yu-Gi-Oh released in member nations 3 weeks before the UK now?
Seinfeld fans everywhere can rejoice and proudly declare “Another game for Milos!”
Personally, I’d go with “I won another game? Looks like everything’s coming up Milos!”
http://www.nfl.com/videos/minnesota-vikings/0ap3000000672949/Which-NFL-team-is-in-danger-of-having-an-overcooked-2016-season
I didn’t notice this the first time, but Bridgewater had more than 183 yards/game and 6.54 yards/attempt.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BridTe00.htm
Get your shit together, NFL Network!
What the hell are regionals?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQtVmGO3cu4
Checks score:
Alright! Canada won and is going to the regional semi-finals! Two more wins and they make the nationals in Rio!
The pessimist in me says “A squeaker against Senegal? We’re screwed.”
/thing is, with the talent that’s coming out of BC and Ontario we should be a near-Top 5 program
//that’s if our top talent bothered to play
//thanks for setting such a great example, Steve Nash
I know! Stupid Wiggins not playing in the tournament.
Canada should be challenging for the Bronze every Olympics. Yet here we are, fighting just to qualify.
Breaking News:
Lionel Messi and his father handed jail term in Spain for tax evasion. They also face millions of euros in fines for using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36721892
He’ll see no jail time. The problem is that he plays for Barcelona. Stupid Madridistas!
Based on the past couple of years, Messi really needs to do his taxes. Or at least hire H&R Block
Clearly this is proof that the United States need to lower corporate tax rates.
How can you root against these guys?
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maeq7dvrIp1qiwf8po2_500.gif
The star sheep is also known as a Welsh girlfriend.
http://i.imgur.com/RR8YShV.gif
These guys are the villain in Independence Day.
Even their mythical creatures are cooler. The Welsh have a dragon!
http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/0/0f/Wales_dragon_sheep_flag.svg
The most stereotypical Welsh picture of all time besides,
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/22/article-0-04971B9F000005DC-913_468x430.jpg
I really liked those Adventures of Milos and Otis films
TL;DR
Hey! It’s been an annoying two days at work!
Time to make the paella.
Only make paella with fish stock.