I find myself watching the World Cup much more closely this time around. I guess watching the world cup at all qualifies as "more closely," though, because I didn't pay a huge amount of attention last time; I'm sure anyone who reads my Twitter feed in one form or another noticed (sorry Facebook). I'm following the US team by default, and Italy because of Julie ... Hungary's not in it, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about other teams. Perhaps I should follow Brazil, if only because I freaking love black beans & rice. I don't know.

Anyway, there have been some good games and some blatant slaughters that ended up not being enjoyable to watch (*cough* Germany/Australia, Argentina/South Korea). Looking forward to the elimination stage.