Perfect score? 😐

So Pluribus episode 7 was pretty amazing. The pace of this show is just incredible, I love that someone is taking this kind of space to let a story marinate and unravel.

Counterproposal: Egypt and FIFA should go fuck themselves.

I’ve been watching the Diplomat. First few episodes of Season 3 had me worried they were losing focus on the British side of the story in favor of the DC shit, but episode 4 is really bringing it back. What a relief!

As much as I hate the whole Inter Miami thing, I have to admit that this match is way more fun with a villain.

This is pretty unexpected! It's drawing from their more melodic material, of course, but even that's pretty challenging to translate.

Andre Blake (maybe😬) sacrificing his hamstring for that save, holy shit. Incredible move to get a hand on that ball.

I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest

This is fine. Until I need to flip the record.

The kind of night where your friend group makes plans to meet up with some strangers at the bar in exactly a year, to see if the world is still on track to end in 2027.

To drink perchance to drunk.

Had a great time at the Jeff Vandermeer reading/signing tonight. Asked him to dedicate this book in character Lowry and he checked to make sure I was OK with F-bombs.

I had a weird dream with a lot going on, but the weirdest part was watching a soccer tournament and seeing that Inter Miami had signed Johnny Depp to replace Messi. He had a custom goal celebration song, an 80s tune with the chorus "That's just soccer baby / That's just soccer baaaabaaaaaaayyyyyyy".

They sure do like our electric blanket. Well, their electric blanket I guess.

I’ll admit, the parts of the concession speech I heard were surprisingly classy.

So do you think Harrell will finally bring himself to say Katie Wilson’s name in his concession speech tomorrow? Or will he just demand a recount? Oh, the suspense.

That playoff format is legitimately stupid. The Sounders won one and drew two, and the other team advances. The Sounders won on aggregate, any way you slice it. Any tiebreaker you could devise, the Sounders win it. This is an absolutely stupid format, and you can't convince me otherwise.

Already voted for Andrew Thomas as my ECS POTY, no regrets of course. We were singing for him through the shootout at the Westy.

The Easter egg that comes up on Letterboxd when you add Bugonia to your log made me cackle.

Who are all these weirdos who voted against Nelson and Davison but for Harrell??

"Trump now walks a red carpet of lawlessness, plutocracy and bloodshed woven by Cheney. An uncharismatic Nixon functionary [...] decisively shaped the destruction of constitutional governance in twenty-first-century America. No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney."

Are Chicago fans booing their own keeper? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. Probably justified though.

When it's us vs. them, you can always count on me.

Go home Minnesota, you’re drunk.

Watched Rogue One and came back to everyone talking about a poop plane. Don’t want to know, leave me out of this and also unrelatedly all men must die.

I went to a bar to watch the Sounders game today and my stupid nerve pain didn’t kill me. That’s progress.

These are not the matchday vibes I was hoping for.

I did an MRI and Autechre live about a week and a half apart. Should have had the MRI docs put Confield on in my headphones in stead of the awful “alt-rock” Muzak they gave me.

Who wore it better? (Thanks for the stickers, @sounderatheart.com)

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Leg pain be damned, I’m at the Crocodile for the early Autechre show. They gave me an accessible seat - essentially a tall chair at the side of the venue. It’s not much, but it’s helpful.

Frei and Pepo had some words for their doubters. No better time for it than tonight.

Well, that’s enough internet for me today.

I’m so mad about being stuck at home with my back/leg problem. I’m missing both of the upcoming home Cascadia Cup matches, the Pub League season, One Battle After Another in theaters, and a trip to VA/MD/NY where I would have seen so many friends and shows, including Iggy Pop. It. Is. The. Worst.

I don’t follow the Mariners, or baseball generally, but there’s something so infectious about excitement for your city’s team being on a dream run.

3:44 am. I guess prednisone really does make it hard to sleep.

I’m so annoyed by this Reign game. The officiating, the inability to put together an attacking sequence. Kinda want to see Dahlien sub in so we have some speed to get in behind.

I’ve been having a real hard time dealing with my leg injury lately, but I got a “dude, you ROCK, this is awesome” as feedback at my new side gig today so that felt pretty good.

Custom engraving is pretty cheap. There aren’t any official Sounders or Reign shot glasses right now, so I took matters into my own hands.

The household package inspector has arrived.

I may be stuck on my couch with leg pain for the next little while, but at least there’s a new season of Taskmaster. Loving this cast so far.

My household, just now Me: “I think the lesson we need to take away from this situation is that we always need” Me and my wife, in unison: “more chips”.

I’ve had some pretty excruciating leg pain for the last week, some combo of tendinitis and a nerve issue. Today I finally found a comfortable sitting position while working and it’s made my entire life so much better. Like, from verge-of-breakdown-awful to medium nuisance.

Tearing up a bit at Schemtzer’s postgame interview.

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Holy shit I just watched 2/3 of the 2012 Barcelona squad pick a fight with a bunch a literal children because they are that soft looool

Garbage. Should have crashed out of the sport ages ago.

WE HAVE PAUL ROTHROCK.

HEY @soundersfc.com IS THE PRO SHOP STILL OPEN, I SEE A FEW PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SWAP THEIR JERSEYS

Messi played on turf for this. 🤣 #sounders