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Anthony Godoy is a knock-around creative living in Seattle. He limits his Facebook friends list to friends, keeps his LinkedIn connections limited, and his list of accolades short. Because when the dog calls the cat’s bluff, it’s all over but the crying.

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Sports and Want – World Cup Fever

July 6, 2010
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In no other area of my life have I had worse luck with getting what I want than in sports. This includes money at my poorest. This includes food at my hungriest. This includes women at my stupidest and most awkward. Picking winning sports teams has been my downfall.

I’ll save you a tome of anecdotes to support the statement by simply saying I’m a tried and true Seattle fan – Seahawks, Mariners, Sounders. At least they took the Sonics away leaving me one less stress surely to bring me to an early grave.

I’d offer that I’m the type of Seattle fan that bleeds blue, but it’s worse – I just keep bleeding all over the place like a stuck pig on the run, and I squeal twice as loud at the agony of being such.

So here I am now, suddenly a soccer “whorligan” (that’s a cross between a hooligan and a whore, willing to do anything or anybody to watch a game) with a single game to decide the teams in the World Cup final and I still can’t pick the winning teams to save my ass.

I was behind Ghana all the way until that Uruguay fucker cheater and screwed it up for everyone. I was for Japan. I was for Mexico. I was for England. I was for Korea. What the hell?

An hour ago when The Netherlands beat Uruguay I was floored and didn’t know how to act. I was rooting for them! Do I jump up and down? Spin around? Right leg in right leg out? This is like my wife, her cooking, and a fat tax return all rolled up into one.

So, you can imagine my fear going into tomorrow’s match between Spain, who I favor, and Germany, which is perhaps the most frightening team on the pitch this year. I’m not afraid of how I’ll feel if Spain loses, as losing pain is my middle name. But what am I going to do if Spain wins? I don’t think I can handle that kind of stress.

At least I won’t have to do anything during or after the potential win, like pair a great meal with the right wine, or pick a good investment to put money into, or fumble with a bra strap at a critical moment. I can sit wherever I am and let whatever shall happen, unfold.

Any bets?

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  1. awaken2sun

    I’m betting on some spinning and whirling…you’re on a roll baby!

  2. agodoy

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! WOOOOOOOT HOOPA HOOPA HOOPA ACK GACK ZIP ZERK . . . BBZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

  3. awaken2sun

    I hope that wasn’t your zipper.

  4. agodoy

    I think my zipper was involved there at some point.

    Bizzap! Tgzk . . . zerp.

  5. awaken2sun

    Ouch.

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