May 14, 2010 22:55
okay this was written like two days ago but i neeeeeed to post! hahahaha
it's 3 in the morning but i have to update about the last twenty-four hours at least briefly because too much has happened.
last night, i saw fernando verdasco play! he was adorable and lovely and it was so amazing to see him live kasjdfas. the match itself wasn't super interesting and he didn't have his really intense nando!moments, but he won and it was beautiful and i swear last night i was going to make an entire entry about it but i was entirely too exhausted.
today i decided to skip class and go see MORE TENNIS because um. feli and rafa both played today. HOW COULD I HAVE PASSED THAT UP. so i waited in line for half of my life and i just. OKAY. I HATE SPANIARDS WHEN IT COMES TO DEPENDING ON THEM TO DO SOMETHING IN A TIMELY MANNER THAT INVOLVES YOU. omfg. they MOSEY. OBLIVIOUSLY. ON PURPOSE. LIKE REALLY ON PURPOSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE IN YOUR WAY AND THAT THEY'RE TAKING THEIR SWEET ASS TIME THEY JUST DON'T CARE. omg. by the time i actually got to my seat, i was practically shoving people. hahahahahaha FUCK THAT. anyway. i love spain and spaniards i really do! but jesus fucking christ. pure stubbornness and douchebaggery.
anyway feli!! adorable!! good match! he was supposed to play roddick but andy retired with a stomach bug so he played this catalan kid and whipped his ass so yay! feli's through! i would be lying if i said i wasn't looking for sergio at the match the whole time. i would also be lying if i said i saw him. :(
rafael nadal. he needs to be experienced. like cris needs to be experienced live to get to full effect of his power. rafa is the same way. his strength is incredible. i love him to bits and pieces and he was incredible. i cannot believe i got to see those three play tennis in 24-hours. but i need to talk about the most pressing thing.
while rafa's match was happening, just as it was getting started really, i look down toward the entrance for the VIPS, just glance down and i see the hint of a profile that i knew and my eyes snapped back and i was right. i was fucking right.
raúl. raúl was there.
i literally started shaking and no one else had seen him yet because i'm a freak and have radar and i hurried and grabbed my camera and took pictures and he was on his crutches and he was smiling and i started crying in the middle of rafa's second game, in a stadium full of rowdy spaniards. just started crying. there is literally no one else i wanted to see there more than raúl. he had cris with him but i didn't even notice that until after they'd sat down. zidane was there too but i didn't notice him until even after that. raúl was there. i just kept thinking "ohmygodmycaptainmycaptainmycaptainmycaptain" and i wanted to just. ohmygod. it was cloudy and raining a little and i was so worried that he was going to get wet and the people in charge kept making them scoot down in their seats and i was getting so angry that they were making him move with his crutches and ohmygod raúl ohmygod it's just now hitting me. i watched him nearly half the match. i couldn't help it. i just... i was just sending him waves of love and warmth and happiness. i really was. so many and so much and i care about him too much, way too much. between sets i ran down and took a couple of pictures from a different angle and he looked over at me and we made eye contact. it was only for a single second and absolutely nothing else happened but. ohmygod i don't even know. i know i'm dramatic and i'm sorry this is just such a big deal to me, to be in the same place as him, to breathe the same air, to see him so close. him. i realized today that i probably don't love anyone as much as him. it's ridiculous. it's overwhelming. i'm stopping i swear.
oh oh juande ramos was there too and i just wanted to hug him.
after the match i went to la latina and wandered around and ate dinner and then went to the bar to meet rey to watch atléti and THEY WON. ohmygod. it was such a tense game and there were atléti fans at the bar and we were all screaming and cheering and god the city just. hahahahaha. rey's apartment is like. right beside the calderón, so the fans were going insane and screaming and honking and cheering and singing in the streets. all day i saw jerseys and scarves for atléti and it seemed like the entire city was behind them. all the way home from rey's i saw red and white and i smiled at all of them and they smiled back. they're so happy and they deserve it and i'm so happy for them. tomorrow night we're gonna head down to the plaza de neptuna because the team are going to be back and they'll be there to celebrate. eeeeeeeatléti. ♥
omg okay going to bed.
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today:
so last night i went to a surprise party for a friend of rey's and it was at a hostel bar on grand vía. the birthday boy came up and talked to us for a bit and he was like "oh, i thought you were spanish! you totally have the spanish look down." and he was pointing at my rings and my bracelets and my bangs and my scarf and i was like "um best compliment ever?" hahahahaha. made my night.
my classes switch from 3-7p to 9a-1p starting monday so YAY. i will actually have WHOLE NORMAL DAYS WHAT IS THAT. tonight rey and i are going to a cave bar in moncloa which seems really interesting. we'll see if i can stay up all night. it's been awhile! hehe. pictures in another post, as always. <3
cristiano,
rafa nadal,
españa es mi corazón,
the tennis,
felithiano lópez,
nando verdasco,
raúl is my captain,
madrid