Less than a 50 days until the first game of the World Cup

and I am excited! so So SO excited! It will be a little tough with my schedule this summer, but I'm going to make it work. I have to make it work. If not, gosh help us all. I've been prepping, researching, tallying, keeping scores and doing gosh knows what I can do in order to prepare myself for the world's biggest sporting event. Here's what I've been doing.

Vanity Fair (US version) "s June 2010 issue is out and it's all about the boys in color coordinated uniforms and shin-guards. What makes this issue even more special is that they're not even in their uniforms. More like their birthday suits. I'll be reading this issue from cover to cover.

I bought two copies published by ESPN called the Guide to the World Cup 2010. This will be my bible. My haven. My stats about who's who and who's what and everything else "informational". And these don't come cheap either. It was like buying a textbook for college classes all over again. You kind of cringed when they tallyed up the total.

www.kickette.com : Like any chica, I like my juicy gossip. Throw anything involving football/soccer and I'll be your devoted follower until death do us part. I came across kickkette abpout 43 years ago. It was right around the time the World Cup of 2006 was ending. While trying to get any and I ean ANY information aout the fabulous and gorgeious players, I came across kickette. No words can explain the amount of gratitude (for having a place to get my daily dirt) and love (gatherings of other fellow lady soccer followers/lovers) that I have for what is KICKETTE. It's like that pringle comercial... once you pop you won't stop. And I promise you'll be book-marking this page for daily reads... I knwo I do.

I'll be publishing my personal rendition of the World Cup soon. I am hoping to have it edit and ready to post by this weekend. Keep an eye out for it.

Till next time my loves... IKER!

new hunk

Who is this hunky beef cake u might ask? Name? Yoan Gourcuff. He's a soccer/football player for Bordeaux in France. He's young, beautiful, has a six pack that you can scrub your laundry on, speaks French and lashes any human being could want. That being said... he is one fine man. A little young but old enough to be my bed mate (wishful thinking, of course). Have a good evening folks and sweet dreams.

march madness

and so it begins. It is that time of year again, when loads of people, including myself, go crazy...go maaaad with college basketball fever. It's also acceptable to root for more than one team at a time because we all want them to end up in that epic battle. Where they position themselves and can be called as part of the Final Four. I love it. I'm obsessed... for three weeks, there's nothing I rather do than be on edge, constantly watching my TV sports channel, clicking refresh to know the latest scores and getting into bar fights/arguements about who's team is going to kick whose team <-- this is actually my favorite. I have two teams I'm going to root. I've been rooting for them since the day I could understand what a three pointer meant. Duke Blue Devils & Florida Gators. I am a huge, HUGE gator fan and have been since I could remember. Duke? I don't know how I became a supporter, I just knew that they were awesome I will never forget the last championship that they one because I was there! Amazing! Amazing players who played an awesome game. I just can't talk enough about it.

Do you go crazy for March Madness?? If so, who are you rooting for?? Hopefully, it's for Duke and Florida!

Time to get back to the Florida vs BYU! Come gators!
See you guys later today! XOXO

heroes and nothing less.

Ryan Miller and the USA olympic hoceky team. They took home the silver today, losing to Canada 3-2, in what could only be called historic game. It took us on a rollar coaster, spinning us in suspense, retching our hearts out and then breathing life and faith in to it again when at the end of regulation, it was a 2-2 tied game that would be decided in over time.

Although they took second place to Canada, the USA team has done more than just take home a silver medal. It's given life, hope, faith and love to a game that not many Americans appreciate. As they were handing out the silver medals, you can see the bittersweet heartache on the faces of the American players. Although I can never truly know what it is that they are going through at that moment, I can only say this. Thank you... thank you for representing our country at your finest and thank you for playing your best. That is all that we can ask for and anything more than that is selfish. You should be proud because we are proud and privlege to have you represent our great great country.

2010 Olympics

Have you been watching the Olympics?? Me? I'm more of a summer games kind of gal. However, I do like hockey and I was able to watch the match between Canada and USA and man, was it tense. It was one of those games that kept u glued to the screen the entire time. It was sooo excited and of course I was rooting for the US! GO TEAM USA! I read somewhere that Canadians take their hockey seriously... like it's the air they breathe. The water they need to fuel their bodies. How hockey is to the Canadians is how football is to the Americans, or Europeans are with their soccer. And so I felt really bad when the USA beat them 5-3. Great for the USA but I know there are some Canadians out there tonight crying into their beers. The streets of Canada is dead quiet tonight.

Outside of the Olympics, I'm a soccer fanatic. I played soccer growing up and have been in love it since. Although I never made it to the college level, I still follow the international leagues pretty consistently. Teams that I cheer for? Chelsea FC in the Premier League and Real Madrid in La Liga (Spain). I get extremely crazy when the international play comes around, (like the Euro Cup or the World Cup). I'm really looking forward to the World Cup, which will take place this summer in South Africa. Unfortunatly, I won't be able to attend, but that doesn't mean that I won't be follow my hottie soccer players :)

What's your favorite Olympic game to watch?
Do you have a sport that your obsessed with?