Sigils For All!

It feels like sigil-mania right now on the internet in the wake of the Game of Thrones Season 3 premiere. Seriously, every time we open one of our favorite websites, someone has done a sigil version of something, to the nerdy delight of all.

Soccer blog The Fifth Pitch has taken the six of the makor Premier League football clubs and given them their own GOT-style sigils, complete with mottos, their in-universe counterparts, and the reasoning behind the choices. Naturally, we favour Liverpool:

The Fifth Pitch sees them as akin to House Targaryen, with the motto being "a playful attempt to make fun of Liverpool's obsession with their history (and subsequently their claim to success.)" Far enough, guys, but we have this to say in response:

And there is no arguing with Captain Fantastic.

Be sure to click here and see what The Fifth Pitch make of Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspurs, and Manchester City. They get into the real nitty gritty of both the GOT universe and the football world to explain their choices, and we have the hugest internet crush on them right now.

But football not your thing? We got you. How about some custom sigils for Google, Wikipedia, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, just to name a few?

As far as the GOT series itself, Latte has dived right into it and has watched the first few eps of Season 1. Mocha doesn't know whether to read the books first or watch the show, but she's probably going to end up watching the show.

And for the record, we'll probably start calling ourselves "House Halfie" in a few weeks. Need to think of a motto, though...

We... uh... Sorry, What Was That?

We're sorry, are we supposed to be typing actual words right now? Because this happened:

THIS. 

HAPPENED.

(That is all.)

The Return of a Legend?

Mocha is going kind of insane at the news that Xabi Alonso may return to Liverpool.

It's hard to quantify exactly how huge of a deal his return would be. Latte's analogy is that it might be similar to the euphoria Edmonton Oilers fans felt at the return of Ryan Smyth to the win-challeneged hockey franchise.

Together on the midfield, Gerrard and Alonso made the opposing team shit their kits. It was a lot like this, actually (if you think of Stevie and Xabi as the umbrella.)

As recently as November Gerrard confirmed on Twitter that if he could bring one player back to Liverpool, it would be Xabi. And now, Liverpool is preparing a formal offer for the Spaniard.

Oh, and let's not forget that Xabi is "still in love with Liverpool Football Club". 

Yup. Liverpool Football Club.

David Beckham is a Flawless Human Being

This applies to all aspects of the word.

1. Flawless Sportsman: His last game for the LA Galaxy ended with a second consecutive MLS Cup win for the club.

2. Flawless Philanthropist: He's now with Paris St-Germain for 5 months. And he's donating his entire salary to a children's charity.

3. Flawless Investment: Sales of his shirt and boots have already made PSG £1 billion. And the club stands to make about £15 million for the time Beckham is with them.

4. Flawless Physical Specimen: He just made a new commercial with Guy Richie for his bodywear line at H&M. We don't care if he had a "butt double" or not. JUST WATCH THIS:

Our conclusion? 

LITERALLY FLAWLESS.

Fernando Torres Cuts His Hair

For those of you that don't know us, we enjoy watching football. We also enjoy watching beautiful people play football. Fernando Torres is one of those people. 

We have a love/hate relationship with him (Mocha is especially torn.) He is beautiful. When he played at Liverpool (YNWA), he could do no wrong. The golden boy. El Niño. 

Then... he moved to Chelsea (vomit.) Since Chelsea is the antithesis of all that is right and good in football, we couldn't bear to watch him anymore. But we still love him. He makes our heart ache in this beautiful delicious way that we could probably channel to write some amazingly bad poetry.

Kickette has dubbed Torres "the Samson of the EPL", and they're right. When his hair is long and blond and flowing, life is good. Goals are scored. When he cuts his hair, things aren't quite so peachy. If he dyes it brown, that's asking for trouble.

So yesterday we discover that HE'S BUZZED IT ALL OFF. 

May the gods have mercy on our souls.

Can't pinpoint exactly who he reminds us of now, but it's definitely not his usual, wondrous blond self: