I took one last look at espn.com before I left work tonight. I was truly surprised by what I saw. The centerpiece carousel item was a soccer story.
How awesome is that!? Here 101 days before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the stories are starting to roll in. I haven't been that excited in a while. The story was more a listing of the top 50 players than a story. I'm not sure who was polled, but I thought the rankings were fairly accurate.
Heck, I even had a conversation at work about soccer. I think some of my coworkers might even come around to soccer when the World Cup gets started.
Anyway. Great to feel like the world's sport is getting a bit more publicity here in the U.S. I think it's only going to get better.
Be sure to check out the blog for upcoming previews, reviews of roster selections, game coverage and more here at ramullins.blogspot.com
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
First entry: The day after the Saints won the Super Bowl
Just wanted to let anyone who knows about my blog know that I will start sharing some notes periodically. Initially I set this blog up to get some of my photography up. Recently I've felt as though this would be a good place for me to begin sharing some thoughts, ideas, stories, etc.
So, if you notice that I'm now posting text, don't be surprised.
I don't know what it is about Louisiana that makes me feel like writing. I tend to get this feeling when I am in a foreign place. I know. You're thinking, "Hello! Richard, Louisiana is not foreign." Yeah, yeah. I know it isn't really foreign geographically. Although, I can say that I've never seen a river act the way that the Ouachita is acting right now. Louisiana is foreign in a different sense of the word. I'll give you the reasons that I have for feeling a like a bit of an outsider looking in (even though I've lived here for five months now).
1. If you've never been to a Mardi Gras parade, you'll never understand the stigma that goes with it. There is a mysterious feeling that goes with it. Something strange, yet grossly intriguing. The only other place I've had that feeling, that fascination, was a fiesta in Villa Madero, Michoacan, Mexico.
I loved it.
2. Saints fans are hardcore. I cannot imagine what it could have been like to follow a team through some of the things that have happened in this state. I refer mainly to Katrina. I think that is awesome to see so many people so incredibly happy about something so simple, yet so symbolic.
Glad to be a newborn Saints fan.
So, if you notice that I'm now posting text, don't be surprised.
I don't know what it is about Louisiana that makes me feel like writing. I tend to get this feeling when I am in a foreign place. I know. You're thinking, "Hello! Richard, Louisiana is not foreign." Yeah, yeah. I know it isn't really foreign geographically. Although, I can say that I've never seen a river act the way that the Ouachita is acting right now. Louisiana is foreign in a different sense of the word. I'll give you the reasons that I have for feeling a like a bit of an outsider looking in (even though I've lived here for five months now).
1. If you've never been to a Mardi Gras parade, you'll never understand the stigma that goes with it. There is a mysterious feeling that goes with it. Something strange, yet grossly intriguing. The only other place I've had that feeling, that fascination, was a fiesta in Villa Madero, Michoacan, Mexico.
I loved it.
2. Saints fans are hardcore. I cannot imagine what it could have been like to follow a team through some of the things that have happened in this state. I refer mainly to Katrina. I think that is awesome to see so many people so incredibly happy about something so simple, yet so symbolic.
Glad to be a newborn Saints fan.
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