Almost There...

I'm taking that damn test tomorrow morning. I am going to be SO GLAD when that one is done (hopefully with a good score to!). My goal is to have a combined Verbal and Math above 1400 and a writing score of a 4 or better. I find out my verbal and math right away, which is kind of cool, but I can't get that first question wrong, or my score plummets like 100 points. That's the problem with computer-generated tests sometimes...

Watching D.C. United vs. the L.A. Galaxy last night was alright, but more exciting was the news that Benny Feilhaber got a work permit so he can join Derby F.C. He's going to be playing in the Premiership! Wow. Best of luck to him; hopefully he gets some first team action (or actually a lot). I don't expect him to start this weekend... I don't expect to see Bobby or Deuce starting either, but I'm so excited about the start of major European football. The leagues I will try to follow are the EPL, Bundesliga, Spanish La Liga, Dutch Eredivisie, and Italian Serie A. I don't know how much of PSV I'll watch, though, with Arsenal and Atletico Madrid my main focus for this year. But I definitely want to catch more of Hannover 96 (I think I only saw 2 or 3 of their games last year...probably because I watched more of Bayern Munich). I'm planning to watch at least 2 matches a week...don't think that should be that hard of a task, considering how much I can watch.

I'm kind of antsy, trying to figure out if I want to keep my cable over my vacation or not. You see, I miss some pretty sweet things on TV while I'm out, like U.S. Nationals for gymnastics, the "Superclassico" between the L.A. Galaxy and Chivas USA on ESPN2, some U.S. open series tennis and the beginning of the U.S. Open. But mostly I care about missing the first two...I don't know how easy it would be to torrent the "Superclassico" or more importantly the gymnastics...plus if one of my friends decides to stay in the apartment while I'm gone, I could have him set up the recordings for me, right? And tell him to watch more TV.

Michaella was so close to beating Maria Sharapova yesterday... Which leads to a new updated rankings of fangirlness for me. I think anyone past the top 6 or so changes depending on my mood and who's hot right now...so a few new names this time!

Men's tennis
1. Mario Ancic
2. Novak Djokovic
3. Gael Monfils
4. Richard Gasquet
5. Marin Cilic
6. Andy Murray
7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
8. Marat Safin
9. Paul-Henri Mathieu
10. Frank Dancevic

Women's tennis
1. Ana Ivanovic
2. Svetlana Kuznetsova
3. Amelie Mauresmo
4. Michaella Krajicek
5. Vania King
6. Elena Dementieva
7. Jelena Jankovic
8. Maria Kirilenko
9. Sania Mirza
10. Maria Sharapova