holy headbutt! though i didn't have a real vested interest in the outcome of this year's world cup, i had been rooting for france until the 110th minute... in which retiring legend zinedine zidane got himself thrown out of the world cup championship game for a brutal headbutt to the chest of italian defender marco materazzi. i'm not sure what materazzi could possibly have said to zizou to warrant the bighorn-sheep-like ramming, but then, i'm not sure anything would have warranted that. i've loved the month-long football (the real football) extravaganza, and i'm happy for the italian champions, but what a way to end it... and what a way for zizou to end his international career.

and, with that, the world cup is over for another four years. *sigh* time to start making plans to visit south africa!