A sense of deja vu

I missed this year's Football world cup final. I later caught the highlights to see Germany steal it from Argentina. What will remain in my memory forever though, is the presentation ceremony. A young man, short in stature, carrying the hopes of his country on his own shoulders, stood defeated, while he was being honored as the best player of the tournament. His critics were already getting ready for the attack. His face carried a familiar pain, because his genius was not enough to conquer a much better team. And I was left wondering where else I had seen that!

Her

I watched this movie on a late evening coast to coast flight a few months back. There's something about movies of separation/longing and long distance late evening flights. Spectacularly acted by Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams. And of course the incredibly desirable Scarlett Johansson. And what a soundtrack!

A good season

In remembrance of a good season at tennistour, which ended in a lot of wrist pain, rather prematurely (by Aug 5th, I had already played 28 matches, what else did I expect?).