Like a Blister in the Sun

Last Saturday was all kinds of crazy. At noon, we watched the Merseyside Derby at our favorite bar. This is a match between both football clubs in Liverpool (Everton and Liverpool F.C.). It was great game, and Liverpool pulled out a win with almost no time remaining.

That evening, England played against South Africa in the finals of the Rugby World Cup. The atmosphere was just as crazy as the earlier soccer match, though the end result was less fortunate. England lost, and I think they played pretty poorly, although rugby makes little to no sense to me.


We ducked out before any riots began, and a group of us went to one of the classier bars in Liverpool, Alma de Cuba. The club is in a gutted old church, retouched with paintings of Jesus and the rest of his crew. There's nothing like drinking obscenely overpriced whiskey while the Son of God watches down on you. After a while, some Brazilian dancers performed and the J-man made it rain flower petals on the crowd.

After that, we decided to go to a Baa Bar, where we could actually afford to drink. On the way, we witnessed a guy with an intense small-man's complex and accelerated male pattern baldness stomp on a rat. He then preceded to kick it at people for about five minutes. What a nice guy...

On the way home from Baa Bar, we called some friends we made a few nights earlier. They invited us to a party they were throwing a block or two away from our flat. Brock, Molly, Victor and I grabbed all the booze from our flats and headed out. The party was full of mid-to-late 20's hippie types and was a total blast. One of the guys had a guitar and harmonica and played some Elvis and Violent Femmes while everyone else danced. We're headed back there tomorrow for a Halloween party. Brock might be the Todd or Dr. Acula from Scrubs. I'm going to be a zombie River Phoenix.

Sunday morning, we adventured around Liverpool. The city does have some gorgeous places, especially along the Mersey. We even discovered a new sport! It's called 'Canoe Polo' and looks like the most thing since Pogs. Here are some photos from the excursion.