A lazy weekend at home, although to be honest, most weekends are like that since Tom came into the world. We popped up to Woodytown Saty to weigh and measure Tom in the babies room. He seems to be hitting all the right targets. He's such a good boy!
This afternoon I walked downtown to the river, pondering the looming football match between Brazil and Australia, and willing the latter to a famous if improbable win. There are many possibilties with Group F and quite a few different outcomes possible, although all of these still feature Brazil coming top of the group.
There is a distinctly surreal feel to the whole WC here in Japan. The media had hyped the national teams chances so much that the defeat (glorious and emphatic) against Australia seems not to have fully penetrated the national psyche. There has been insufficient post-match analysis and a great deal of excuse making, allied with the tedious and often trivial coverage on the television. But by 3am this morning, everything might look very different, all the tables turned,as it were. I hope not. I really want Australia to go through to the Round of 16.
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