The Lumberyard: Off-Week Time Wasters

Hey everybody, I hope things are going well as you scrounge around the ESPN3 replays and ready yourself for international friendlies during the upcoming week and a half. I'm pretty excited about the USMNT friendlies coming up; it's always nice to see what a fresh pair of eyes can do for a team, and I want to see if they can continue to build off of the momentum from the second half against Mexico a few weeks back.When it comes to the Portland Timbers' long time off I've got to say that I sort of like having the extended break, as it gives us a chance to ready the troops for one final push.

ON TO THE LUMBERYARD

Alright, so we've got some time off from passionately rooting for the Timbers. What will you be doing after the reserves match on Thursday? Finally getting around to watching Breaking Bad? Continuing with your efforts to re-watch every season of The Wire (a New Year's resolution of mine)? Picking up one of those weird paper things that has glue binding it together and words printed all over it?

I'm going to pretend that I won't be completely vegging-out this weekend in the clutches of a NCAA football (American football, folks) binge, so what should I do after the Friday night USMNT friendly against Costa Rica?

Any and all reading, watching, listening or playing suggestions welcome. Did you see the new FIFA preview? Does that look awesome, or is it pretty much just more of the same? 

GET TO TANGENTIALLY DISCUSSING POP CULTURE/TIME-WASTERS! 

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