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NathG

Keeping things in proper perspective...

About Me

Just doing my best to survive life (and watch as much Manchester United as possible)! And hopefully not let too much of it pass by much too quickly, or too soon. Places I Have Been
.. my travel journals
on RealTravel

My Interests

Music, English Premier League football, hockey, dance, painting, pottery, reading, swimming, medical issues, the Enterprise TV series, travel, catching up on lost sleep

I'd like to meet:

Just about anyone, I guess! And, any current member of the Manchester United football club... or a certain member of Real Madrid... one thing though, I WILL RIP YOUR LUNGS OUT OF YOU CROSS ME! Anyone who knows me personally knows this to be an absolute truth.

Music:

Techno, alternative, punk, classical, euro, rock, hip hop, indie

Movies:

Bending It Like Beckham, Star Wars, Star Trek series, Some Kind Of Wonderful, Victory, Top Gun, Slapshot, Jerry Maguire, Moulin Rouge, A League Of Their Own, Chicago

Books:

Medical text, Harlequin series, John Saul, Agatha Christie

My Blog

Super in the US and minds of Americans, not so much everywhere else...

Biggest game in the world today?  Big words, considering the Premiership "regular season" will be televised today in more countries than the NFL's big game. World Champions?  I sup...
Posted by NathG on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:32:00 PST

International game?

So I decided to participate in a friend's fantasy football league... again... I will likely lose spectacularly... again... But what's new?  I decided to look at the locations of the other players...
Posted by NathG on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:28:00 PST

Embellishment... a universal tactic

Not getting how every baseball, basketball, and american football fan is unleashing such a verbal barrage against futbol and it's "flopping". Every sport has some sort of embellishment.  In inter...
Posted by NathG on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:47:00 PST

Psyched... and not just about the Cup semis!

First of all I'm so psyched to be getting back in the travel scene... I'll leave it as "destination unknown", but I will say that it's in the European theater sometime in late Sept or early Oct. My pr...
Posted by NathG on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:02:00 PST

Gooooooooaaaaaluuuuuccccaaaaa!

Keep it going Luca!  Just have to crack Jens Lehman and Germany this time... Becks... what a sad way to go out.  Rooney... what a dope.
Posted by NathG on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:59:00 PST

Hablo futbol y mi ideas... mi espanol es muy mal

So the "ancestral homeland" got beat by France, 3-1 on some late goals... might be Raul's last Cup... I'm not as upset as I should be, I think. I don't know, maybe my allegiance towards teams is a bit...
Posted by NathG on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:48:00 PST

Lovin Luca, and what's with the Dutch???

Luca Toni, what a hottie... where have you been all my life??? Van Basten should be given a quick exit... I don't know why Ruud the Man was sitting the entire 90 minutes in a match that they definite...
Posted by NathG on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:52:00 PST

Bending It Like Beckham

What a goooooaaaaallllll!!!  Go Becks!!!!! In step with their WC up to the day... I can't say I'm surprised the US fell flat against Ghana, horrid call near the end of the half notwithstanding......
Posted by NathG on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:00:00 PST

On Ronaldinho, Big Ronaldo, and the Socceroos

I truly doubt Ronaldo can overtake Pele' for the all-time WC goals scored record... and if he does, look at the (big) guy, it would be literally a gut check goal... it would be a shame. Ronaldinho can...
Posted by NathG on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:17:00 PST

Suffering from heat, exhaustion, and the World Cup?

First of all: Yay Ruud!  The Man Van Nistelrooy puts one in for the Netherlands, so I'm happy for the Man U representation there.  Could care less about what happens from this point on for t...
Posted by NathG on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:36:00 PST