[Ghoulish Delight]

Any one catch US vs. Japan? Good match. US let Japan get a few too many good looks on goal in the frist half, but did a good job of controlling things in the second. Good win against a team they definitely should have beat. Uphill climb from there.

On a tangential note, we watched the Last Comic Standing finale, which ran tonight smack in the middle of the absurd Olympic hype. Keeping it in that context, I was was able to partially forgive the ridiculousness of the opening bit (it was definitely one of those situations where they want to look like they were making fun of Olympic hype, but really they were, understandably, just part of the machine). It was pretty horrible. And then at the end when the winner was announced (yay Iliza!) they went a little overboard with the confetti. I'm pretty sure I saw Rip Taylor step on stage and say, "Hey, you oughtta tone it down a bit," then start stuffing confetting into his pockets.