oh what sorrow! germany lost 2-0 to italy in a great match this morning. the scary thing was, i dreamt that they would lose by that scoreline just before i woke up to catch the match. -cue creepy music- i have to say the italians outplayed the germans. some of the german players started slipping and sliding on the pitch, and over the past four years of following the team's progress at friendlies, that is not a good sign. the germans only had 42% of the possession, and i even spotted a defender kicking the ball to an italian player! the game went into extra time after a goal-less ninety minutes, and after the first half of extra time, i went back to sleep. one hour later i woke up to news of the loss. but klinsi has done well, coming in with no experience in coaching, to lead a young team to the semis. guess i'll have to set up my old telly again so that i can watch the third place play off. sigh. it's so heartwrenching to look at the photo of ballack with tears in his eyes.

will be on night duty tomorrow. maybe i can set my first plug. hmm.