Intention, I absolutely loved your post. What you said about AA will be very helpful, I'm sure.
I'm not up with the World Cup, but just paid a visit to the FIFA site, so now I know a little - like that Spain is favored. (Yet England has a good chance too?) Maybe I'll pay attention this year.
The first time doing anything without getting soused is strange. I remember thinking eveything would always be boring from now on, like the holidays. What was really boring was being numb through it all and not even remembering half of it.