Alas, that is a third time we Dutchies did not get the World Cup. The game was like all games Spain played this tournament, boring but they win one to nil. Except for the Swiss, but that may have been courtesy for Euro 2008. At least our side showed some acrobatics, haha. Oranje had some mean vibes on Sunday. According to the English we were Beasts!! Hope we meet them in the Euro 2012 Cup, hehe. Not that Nigel de Jong's karate kick should be swept under the carpet, it was ugly and did not belong in any football game, let alone this one. But to judge the entire team on this is ridiculous, most of the other cards were not substantiated. But if Webb was an idiot, it is clear we lost it due to missing a couple of good chances.
So, I missed what would have been a really great party on Sunday. :(
End of my holiday. :(
End of the heat wave I think(still have hopes here). :(
But also new challenges, maybe more on which later.
Song that captures the mood a bit better now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tNs2ZuOVOQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=JwHakx2RLtw
Hope you are enjoying your summer!!
woensdag 14 juli 2010
donderdag 8 juli 2010
finalistas!!
One dream come true, my team playing Spain for the World Cup this Sunday. I'm really a Barcelona fan, and most of Spain's players are in their squad. Still, however much I love their style, they are going to lose this one to Dutch determination. Amsterdam is going to get crazy :)
What a nice summer so far. I even solved a little philosophy (at least for myself). It concerns the status of models in archaeology, especially concerning comparing different cultures. How can you 'catch' another form of life in your own language without 'rewriting' it. After reading much Wittgenstein and an anthropologist named Viveiros de Castro, I have formulated some ideas myself. Put simply it means being able to take another point of view. Now, that really sounds so simple, with large DUH factor. But for us comparativistas it is really hard to resist a 'craving for generality', so it serves a purpose. Also figuring out Amazonian perspectives is not as easy.
Still a lot of work to do, but it's adding up a bit. Persistence, determination, they get you places.
In case you don't get the vibes from watching the Oranje squad, maybe check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkcltdCknBI&playnext_from=TL&videos=D6p9VmmU7WQ
What a nice summer so far. I even solved a little philosophy (at least for myself). It concerns the status of models in archaeology, especially concerning comparing different cultures. How can you 'catch' another form of life in your own language without 'rewriting' it. After reading much Wittgenstein and an anthropologist named Viveiros de Castro, I have formulated some ideas myself. Put simply it means being able to take another point of view. Now, that really sounds so simple, with large DUH factor. But for us comparativistas it is really hard to resist a 'craving for generality', so it serves a purpose. Also figuring out Amazonian perspectives is not as easy.
Still a lot of work to do, but it's adding up a bit. Persistence, determination, they get you places.
In case you don't get the vibes from watching the Oranje squad, maybe check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkcltdCknBI&playnext_from=TL&videos=D6p9VmmU7WQ
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