how romantic

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in other futbol news... USA! USA! USA! USA!

we beat the shit out of that tiny West African country!

here is an abbreviated version of the nymag gif recap

1) clint dempsey scored almost immediately

2) cheers cheers cheers unexpected delight

3) clint dempsey gets kicked in the face and it looks like his nose is broken but it isnt

4) ghana scores to tie the game in the 82nd minute

5) surprise! four minutes later an american boy knocks the ball in with his head and we're winning again!

6) USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

Croatian Butts

the croatian soccer team may have lost their world cup match against Brazil, but then they took a long naked group soak int he hot tub, so we are all winners now. via

important futbol stuff - hot guys edition

thank you PAPER magazine (experts at all things beautiful) for putting together this extensive list of the hotties that are going to make watching futbol enjoyable for the next few weeks. who do you think is the hottest of the hot??? leave your faves in the comments. Vogue has a pretty good list too.


my picks:

NEYMAR

or 

RONALDO

#g-dbless

Repairs begin after Christ the Redeemer statue struck by lightning in Brazil: http://t.co/yJXqsqXs4f pic.twitter.com/kP2e95UZH0

— Mashable (@mashable) January 22, 2014

what's happening to beyonce?!?!

Beyoncé's Public Tour of Incomparable Greatness and Alarming Indignities continued on Sunday night, as the singer was briefly yanked into the crowd by an overenthusiastic (or perhaps exactly the right amount of enthusiastic) fan during a stop in Sao Paulo. (via)

get well soon oscar niemeyer

the 104 year old brazilian architect is in the hospital, but said to be doing "fine." seriously though, how many 104 year olds walk out of the hospital.

brazilian presidential palace

so hot right now.

brasilia

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brasilia rising from the dust

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most depressing dog of the day

“A dog, “Leao”, sits for a second consecutive day, next to the grave of her owner, Cristina Maria Cesario Santana, who died in the week’s catastrophic landslides in Brazil.”
via officially depressed.

edificio sao vito :: sao paolo

Edifício São Vito, on the eastern edge of São Paulo's downtown. The 27 floor residential building was abandoned and then invaded by squatters. It is sometimes referred to as a vertical favela, and is nearly entirely covered in graffiti. via.

brasilia is such a treat

street art by JR

JR works mainly in slums around the world—Brazil, Cambodia, and Kenya, for example—transforming the buildings in poor neighborhoods with huge, blown-up photographs of the residents plastered to the exterior. In some cases, the pictures serve as building material—in Kenya, the vinyl photographs became new, waterproof roofs for the residents' homes. via

HUP HOLLAND HUP!

after coming back from 0-1 with 2 goals from wesley snipes, they won! brazil's out!

c2e.

told y'all i'd be back on top. guess joel and i will have to give the prizes to ourselves.

go big oranje!!

in a couple of hours, my fave soccer team, the netherlands, plays stupid brazil, who has the best chance of putting them out of the tournament. some trivia: the oranje are on a 23-game winning streak, and last time they faced brazil in the world cup, they lost in the semis in a shootout!! need a win today, guys! you can DO it!! right, melissa?

gosh, they look great.

worldcupdate!

welp. brazil won 3-0. no surprise there. except maybe for g.animalz, whose reign has finally been interrupted. congrats to our new co-leaders starla and melissa. enjoy it while it lasts!!

c2e.

cristiano ronaldo and kaka

presented without comment.

i get to keep going y'all

brazil v portugal, 0-0

rio de janeiro was on fire

and i didnt even notice.