Samurai Blues

As I have expected, Japan is well on its way out of the World Cup finals. Recently losing to Australia (3-1), Japan's chances of entering the next stage (last 16 teams) as their next matches are against the more dominant Croatian squad, and the star-filled Brazilian team.

As if the undeserved pressure put on the poor "samurais" is not enough, Japanese media are now pushing things to the limit by constantly airing the words "hontou no tatakai ha, kore kara (the real battle is yet to come)". Id hate to say this but things are looking very much like what happened in the Pacific War. Japan may have all the right to be in the finals, but frolicking in the illusion of success, the country might just be setting itself up for much worse pains.

Again, I feel sorry for the players, most of whom I really admire for their skill and fascination with the sport. The only winner here will be the corporate media and their business partners. Indeed, "samurai blue" has been overly commodified from tissue dispensers to coin purses. Saying that, I feel sorry for the consumers who falsely believed that buying those products will bring luck to their samurai blues.

10 People I wanna converse with when I die...

1. George C. Scott (Patton)
2. Mitch Hedberg (comedy)
3. Jimi Hendrix (rock)
4. William Harley (big bike)
5. Wernher von Braun (V2)
6. Miyamoto Musashi (samurai)
7. Bob Marley (reggae)
8. Mifune Toshiro (Yojimbo)
9. Che Guevarra (guerilla warfare)
10. Peter Sellers (Dr. Strangelove)