Summary of our thoughts on Nando Torres: DAT ASS

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I have been the worst updater EVER recently, I'm sorry! I've been swamped with lab and spending every goddamn second possible with Francisco. I spent last night at his place and said goodbye to him this morning. You better believe there were absolute floods of tears. I think I hugged and kissed him 20 times before I could bring myself to go. It was

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I'm totally new to this whole actively paying attention to a sport thing, so I *honestly* did not know the German tradition and history of being a total football badass. I seriously didn't! I watched them play and was mesmerized by their youthful skill and speed, and of course their fondness for one another, so I just kind of ...picked them! Also, as for them being expected to do well, it certainly didn't sound like that at the beginning of this WC! Everyone was like "Oh they're too young and they're missing Ballack and blah blah they can't do it" and then they were like SHAZAM! And THEN they sputtered against Serbia and Ghana. So I have no sense of them being a sure thing - I'm terrified of the Argentina match, honestly!

I feel so bad for the USA. :( They fought so hard and deserved to go farther.

O HAI TORRES. I love your pretty lady hair! What is it with the sucking the thumb thing? I saw a picture of David Villa doing it too!