My initial prediction of an Argentina-Brazil final's been shot to hell with France pulling off a stunner. So the Samba Boys are out (Mas que nada, not withstanding) as are Argentina and England. No one outside of Kiev thought Ukraine was getting anywhere beyond where they'd gotten so that's moot.
Which makes it an all European semi-final. Some Nazi's sitting around going I told you so. And sadly after my take on indian sports I sometimes fear they're right. They seem to be swifter, higher, stronger than the rest of the world. But then it's not just the caucasians, hell no. It's anybody who lives there, breathes the air, drinks the water, injects the steroids, whatever. Take the french team for instance. Some residual colonial servitude feeling is still strongly apparent there. Half of africa speaks french and sends it's most promising young lads to the motherland to see a brighter light and live a nicer life and break a leg playing football for another country. The team's a bunch of africans sub saharan and saharan and a few in and around the Mediterranean. There's some 3 frenchmen on that team. Not that I don't like the French or anything but after Vinci Da Code I'm a little ticked off with the accent. Good food though. And white wine. The reds give me a headache.
Watched House MD last week. At the risk of getting flamed by the usual commenting bunch, I'd say I can see myself getting both the limp and the bad attitude. The medical knowledge should come with time. That apart Hugh Laurie the man. I think he's a good, intelligent actor and despite Stuart Eat-the-damn-rat-and-get-it-over-with Little I still like him. Something about the amount of trouble the west takes to make a show in terms of research and how real they like things to be. A patient looks like one, doesn't dance the bhangra when serious. Blood looks like blood and not ketchup, guns look like they're made of metal and not plastic. Cars explode, plastic doesn't burn instead. Made the mistake of watching some medical serial a while ago on one of the hindi channels. Saw two people lying on adjacent beds and "blood" being transfused from one to another. Found the nearest wall and did the needful. In the twenty first century, that's not how blood is transfused, damn it. But the TRPs are high. I know people who think "Sanjeevani" is an inspiring show and want to be doctors after watching it...
Beam me up Scotty, I gotta get out of here...
