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When life was good.

A few weeks back, life was really good. I mean, really, really good. I felt like things were really hitting on all cylinders. Have you ever constantly walked around feeling all warm and fuzzy? Every conversation you have is deep and rich with many episodes of goose pimples? Well, let me tell you, this doesn’t happen very often...

There are two reasons this has never happened before. The World Cup is only every four years (rarely with Team USA doing anything) and the NBA Finals are not usually interesting. And the chance that the NBA Finals are interesting during a World Cup year is actually rarer than the near perfect game.

I hate the Lakers. But there are two times during the year that I put my Laker hat on. (1) Whenever the Lakers can improve the Blazers standings by crushing a team in our conference who has a better record and (2) whenever the Blazers take an early exit on the NBA season (which has been more often than not, lately). If you can’t beat’em, join’em.

I know I know, but hear me out: Blazers come first. Always. Do you know what the Blazers all time winning percentage is against the Lakers? 44%, which means we win almost as many as we lose. Nothing feels better than kicking the defending champ’s asses, which we tend to do a lot. The Blazers own the Lakers in the Rose Garden. I love being there on a Friday night, feeling good, leaving with a victory of Kobe and the Lake show.

The World Cup is awesome. And I am kind of embarrassed that I am even talking about the NBA and the World Cup together but hey, I’m here in America. The best sporting event in the world is the F.I.F.A World Cup. It means a lot to the majority of the world. It is where a country of 2 million can compete against country 303 million. I played soccer as a kid. I love watching soccer, well, at least about every 4 years.

- Lakers Vs. Celtics, Game 7, NBA Finals. That was good.
- Breakfast, soccer, and old buddies before work. That was good.
- Landon Donovan’s goal in stoppage time. That was really good.
- Being late to work every day because of a 7AM soccer game. That was good.
- “Hi Bianca” was even good. She’s hot enough.

So, a few weeks ago when Kobe was acting like a grown-up and Landon Donovan became the Best USA Men’s Soccer Player in history, life was good. And in 2014, I can’t wait for the Blazers to be in the Finals and have the USA Men’s Soccer team winning the World Cup in Brazil, all at the same time.