I may have mentioned this before, but one of my favorite pastimes when I'm not smearing makeup on my face is watching football. I'm a big Real Madrid fan, and they won the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) yesterday. So I'll just leave this here with my favorite player, one Sergio Ramos, celebrating the victory. (He was playing at being a bullfighter. Video here.)

Of course, he's now more famous for dropping aforementioned King's Cup from on top of the team bus, which promptly rolled over it, but that is beside the point! I still love him anyway.

If they're members of Trinity College Boat Club (read: crew/rowing team), anyway. For the past three years, the men's First VIII at the winter boat race (called Torpids) has produced a fantastically cheesy, blatantly lip-synced boy-band pop video. The result is pure... something. Gold, cheese, drool-worthy goodness... take your pick! I couldn't, in good conscience, keep them all to myself anymore - this is one secret that's gotta be shared! Enjoy responsibly, and make sure to drool-proof your keyboard before watching :-)

Torpids 2009: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Westlife

Torpids 2008: "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys

Torpids 2007: "Back for Good" by Take That

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