Happy Matariki!
Matariki is New Zealand's celebration of the new year. You can celebrate it along with me by watching this traditional Matariki video. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GiEC5Wm5mnM
Matariki is New Zealand's celebration of the new year. You can celebrate it along with me by watching this traditional Matariki video. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GiEC5Wm5mnM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup
starts this Thursday, July 20th, and runs for the next month.
here is a schedule that will automatically convert match times to your local timezone:
https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/date/20230720/league/fifa.wwc
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who lives in Australia or NZ. what have the preparations been like? are you planning on attending any matches?
or, anyone who is travelling from other countries to attend - what has your experience been like?
I'll be watching on YouTube TV. it's one of the more expensive streaming options (currently 73 USD/mo) but I've used it for men's and women's world cups since 2018 (as well as several years of live & time-shifted American football). they've had one glitch in all that time, during a 2018 semi-final match, but otherwise it's been damn near perfect. I'd definitely recommend it if you can afford it.
please limit discussion of other streaming options to legal ones only - linking to pirate streams could get Tildes and Deimos into copyright trouble.
like probably a lot of people, I'll be time-shifting matches because I'm on the US west coast and many will be inconveniently timed (but you better believe I'll be awake at 3am on Sunday Aug 20th for the final)
to avoid spoiling matches for people who haven't seen them yet, please use <details>
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wow I can't believe so-and-so scored 15 goals
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turns into:
wow I can't believe so-and-so scored 15 goals
T'was picking fruit down under, where
I learned the truth of underwear
Davenport made the best boxer
costed more but last forever
At first my junk was hanging loose
no more briefs snuggling like a noose
but soon I loved it hanging free
it's quicker when you have to pee
Decade later holes not in sight
Bought some more in case they might
Thought they'd be with me till the end
Thirty years they've been my friend
Now I'm down to last seven pair
Out of business they went I fear
Brought down low by cheap knock offs
Where oh where is my Undie Guru now?