The Story of the Corner:

Have you ever found a location in your house or apartment where the air currents collect the dust and dirt into a ball of surprising size? Upon further investigation you may find unusual things inside that ball of dust, like paper clips or socks. This blog is a little bit like that, but for my life. As little bits of dust and dirt collect on my mind I'll be cleaning things off and looking for the more valuable items (everybody needs more socks). This blog will be serving as the receptacle of whatever comes out--good or bad.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Dear Kate, Soccer Edition: A Reply

My sister, Kate, has a blog (you can click the link you find the one over there on the right). She did a special post for the Eurocup, which is being hosted in Poland. Granted, she is focused on the whole 'pretty-boy-soccer-player' aspect of these things, and I am not, but that doesn't mean I can't post a rebuttal.

You see, we Darowskis are of Polish descent. And I spent two years in Poland serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. There are some solid reasons that we should be rooting for Poland in this thing. And I am. I even got all my team swag out while I was writing this post. I'm also going to shamelessly advertise the Polish national team, and the amazing goal that their captain scored in the game against Russia a few days ago. (And, just for Kate, I'll try and get a good picture of him on here. I don't know if he holds up to her pretty-boys, but she can decide for herself.)



You can see videos of the goal and the reactions here and here. And here's the classy fan-made video:
Here's a picture of the captain who scored that goal:
His name is Jakub Blaszczykowski. Goes by Kuba for short. Fun fact from Wiki: After every goal he scores he looks up to the sky to dedicate that goal to his mother, who died when he was eleven.

GO POLAND!!!