Soccer players interviews: What a uselessness!

The amount of programs on Brazilian TV in which soccer is the one single subject discussed is unbelievable!

Besides the live broadcasts of a considerable amount of matches (played here or abroad), there is a profusion of shows where former athletes, journalists, commentators and some sort of "sporting pundits" talk (a lot) and (often) argue about the game, as if it was the most important stuff in the whole world.

It's not easy to find good information about other sports on local traditional media. People who loathe soccer, like me (but love basketball, volleyball, tennis, judo, skateboarding...), usually have a hard time watching Brazilian channels - even on pay-TV.

And why are there so many interviews with soccer players? I frankly can not see what is their point. What are those conversations for? Don't get me wrong, pal. I'm not saying that all soccer players are complete morons (even though some of them, definitely, are); I'm complaining because those interviews are repetitive, full of commonplaces and obviousness. Most of the players sound the same when they are talking!

Youtuber Lilly Singh made a hilarious video that may be kind of helpful now, I think. She is mocking interviews with athletes in general, in the North American context, but it's pretty similar to Brazil and its soccer players. Check it out:



As she said, at the moment of the interview, "every player literally turns into Captain Obvious and says nothing of value". But I agree with her: Athletes have other fantastic skills and "not everyone can be a great speaker and take great shots".

Before I forget: TV reporters also could improve their questions, couldn't they? 

Never read the comments, you fool!

My mantra from now on: Don't read the comments on social media. Don't read the comments on social media. Don't read the comments on social media. Don't read the comments... Off course, I'll never make comments again as well.

We've had enough of Adam Sandler's movies, OK?

In Brazil, free-to-air television channels are despicable. So, if you don't want to kill yourself while you're watching TV, you'll have to pay.

However, brazilian pay-TV leaves a lot to be desired. It's inflexible and kinda expensive (mainly if you consider the average wage of brazilian workers). Even being a badly paid civil servant, I'm a subscriber. Then you may ask me: And what about the shows, programs, movies? Are they satisfactory at least?

Well...  Let's only talk about movies, right? (Doing so, I guess I'm gonna be able to stay calm...).

Last week, for instance, Paranormal activity: The marked ones and Kick-Ass were scheduled in three channels! Both flicks are fine, but they - like lots of others - have been repeated excessively! Of course, it's just a nasty way to force us to purchase another TV package (with HBO included, for instance, that will cost us more), or to buy on-demand contents (like NOW). That's why pay-TV companies hate Netflix!

In other hand - and speaking of overly repeated movies -, why, why, WHY those channels adore Adam Sandler so much???

Whenever you turn on the TV you see a Sandler's stuff on the air. And some of his films - pardon my French - are a gigantic amount of crap. Do you disagree? Fine. But, please, answer me: Who can put up with things like Jack and Jill, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Little Nick or (for Zeus' sake!) You don't mess with the Zohan?

Hey, pay-TV companies, since you're not gonna stop repeating movies, could you choose comedies truly funny at least?

Coconut Water: The Drink of the Gods

Forget ambrosia. The real drink of the gods is coconut water. It's absolutely perfect. One ice cold coconut (like those in the image above) costs R$ 4,50 (nearly $1.50) here in Belo Horizonte. And trust me: It's worth the price. Every single drop. 

Let me explain, right?

Yesterday I was at a friend of mine's bar and drank like a goddamn fish, intermixing glasses of beer with shots of cachaça (a strong brazilian beverage made from sugar cane). I got really sloshed (by the way, I get kinda swine whenever I get drunk, hehehe...). It was hard to get out of the bed this morning. My head was spinning; my throat was drier than the Mars surface. Everybody knows that there's no medicine for hangover. However, coconut water works miracles, dude! I bought two of those wonderful tropical palm fruits and a couple of minutes later I was a brand new man.

Blessed coconut water, you saved the day again!