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I'm not sure I've EVER detested a soccer player as much as I dislike Uruguay's Suárez right now.

[WARNING: WORLD CUP SPOILERS!]

For those of you who weren't watching the Ghana-Uruguay match, they went into overtime with a 1-1 tie. (I was nominally rooting for Ghana – for reasons like: my sister worked abroad there; good friend in school from there; they beat the US in a good game; they're the only African team left; I like their passing game; I don't know a thing about the Uruguay team – but I wasn't super biased.) In the last minutes, Ghana had an awesome attempt on goal, and the ball was headed straight into the net, when the aforementioned Mr. Fucktard knocked it away with his hand while standing on the goal line, in a way that couldn't have been anything but deliberate (i.e., it's one thing if the ball whacks into your arm while hanging loosely at your side; it's another when it's above your head and out to the side and it saves your team's ass).

Suárez got a red card and was kicked off the field, and Ghana got a PK, but their shot bounced off the crossbar and the score remained a tie. So, after overtime, it went to penalty kicks. Uruguay won by a hair, and was ecstatic.

Honestly, though, if I were Uruguay, I'd be fucking ashamed to be advancing to the World Cup semifinals on the basis of a cheap, shitty-ass, unsporting move like Suárez's handball. They sure as hell didn't make it on the basis of outplaying them. Ghana was seriously robbed, and I am fucking pissed off on their behalf. I normally don't get all that emotionally involved in sports, even soccer, which I love. But this is just not right.

The Netherlands better kick Uruguay's ass in the semis. And I'm talking crushing them, damn it. I want vengeance!

Hi everybody. My sleep cycle is totally fucked, my uterus and ovaries are conspiring to kill me (again), and I missed watching the US-Algeria game due to the above. And then our oven decided to drive Katie insane last night. Not on.

But that's okay! There are other things in the world making me happy. Like the Life (the TV show, not The Game Of) fic that thespatz posted yesterday. It's called Here, and it's a quiet little piece of post-finale gen, and it just makes me really happy. It's all sunshine and painful memories, and partners, and you should all go check it out. ♥

Speaking of Life, I've been meaning for ages to link to this article from the New Yorker: Is solitary confinement torture? (It can be hard to read at points, fair warning.) I started reading it mostly because I was curious about the solitary confinement backstory in Life and doing research, but the article turned out to be really eye-opening for me on a lot of other levels, and I highly recommend it to everyone, whether you're interested in Charlie Crews or not.