First things first, after taking a break of sorts at The Barcelona Offside for the last two weeks of NaNo, I'm back at it, with not one but TWO posts:

-The preview for tonight's Deportivo-Barcelona match: Deportivo vs Barcelona Preview: playing for keeps at Riazor

-And a quick look at the candidates for The 2009 UEFA Team: vote blaugrana!.


Also, my dad asked me to take some pics of 'my workplace'. He hasn't seen me in almost a year, so I guess he takes some comfort in seeing the place where I spend my days (and lately, part of my nights). So, since they were already uploaded, I figured I'd share them with you too, in case any of you were harbouring some mistaken impression about how exciting my life is!

( A couple of pics of the most unexciting place on Earth... )

Am I boring you with this yet?

The post-match review of last night's Cultural Leonesa vs FC Barcelona is up!

Cultural Leonesa 0, Barça 2, a.k.a. "Pedrito to the rescue (again)!"

And now I should get back to work...

I've been a little remiss lately posting my Barcelona Offside posts here, and they've piled up!

We just got ourselves some more Captain Caveman!, to celebrate that *finally* it seems as if Carles Puyol is going to sign a new contract.

We're the best of La Liga, but you already knew that, didn't you?, to report on the LFP Awards.

And, more pressingly, Copa del Rey Preview: Cultural Leonesa vs FC Barcelona, in preparation for tonight's game.

Soon there'll be more... for now, wish us luck for tonight!

First of all, two other The Barcelona Offside entries...

Valencia 0, Barcelona 0, a.k.a. "It could've been much worse", a review of Saturday's game at Mestalla, and...

A Ballon D'Or on a field blaugrana..., to celebrate the six noms we have at Barça for France Football's Ballon D'Or!


Y, segundo, la lista que pide mi mujer, miss_black91, para El Amigo Invisible de Corblaugrana...

( Quisiera que para Navidad me regalaseis... )

I made another post at The Barcelona Offside (yes, I'm excited and silly about it), this time concerning the difference in Leo Messi's performances for the Argentina NT and FC Barcelona.

The Two Faces of Messi: Argentina vs Barcelona


Aaaaand, remember that 20 Songs Meme from a couple of weeks ago? I never posted the answers, did I? *facepalm* Well, here they are; if you were curious, thank sophiamoon for reminding me!

( 20 lines from 20 songs, with their names and singers... )


:)

Siguiendo el ejemplo de miss_black91, dirtylaw y latateunblog...

1) Reproduce todas las canciones de tu ordenador/mp3 de forma aleatoria
2) Copia la frase que más te guste de cada una de las 20 primeras
3) Cuélgalas en tu LJ y deja que la gente adivine el título y el cantante de la canción
4) NO VALE BUSCAR EN GOOGLE, ES TRAMPA!!

1) Play all the songs in your computer/mp3 in shuffle
2) Write down your favourite fragments of the lyrics of the 20 first songs
3) Post them in your LJ and let people guess the name of the song and the singer
4) GOOGLE IS CHEATING!

( This way for the lyrics... Letras por aquí... )

ETA: answers at/respuestas aquí/here

Title: Growing up

Summary: with the arrival of so many canteranos into the team, Bojan starts to question a few things, Leo amongst them.

Pairing: Leo Messi/Bojan Krkic

Warnings: Slash.

Rating: PG-13, at most.

Wordcount: barely under 2,000

Disclaimers: this isn’t real, because I made it all up in my head, and I’m not getting any money out of it (more’s the pity!).


A/N: for sebastiona, for raising Plot Bunnies and slipping one of them into my purse for me to take home… :)


(  Is this the boy from two years ago, who was so withdrawn that one practically had to ask Deco for an appointment to talk to him? )

Pues, como las musas estás renuentes últimamente, y el Plot Bunny está ejercitando sus afilados colmillos con todo el mundo, menos conmigo, he decidido apuntarme a la moda de las tablas, en este caso gracias a mi mujer, miss_black91, y a su flamante comunidad, como_arcilla.



En este nuevo reto, me comprometo a usar los siguientes prompts (tomados de canciones de Marilyn Manson) como títulos para fics centrados en Bojan Krkic.


TABLA MARILYN MANSON (I)

Prompt/Title	Song
1. Someone to hear your prayers	(Personal Jesus)
2. Things on your chest, you need to confess	(Personal Jesus)
3. Reach out and touch faith	(Personal Jesus)
4. Lift up the receiver; I’ll make you a believer	(Personal Jesus)
5. We'll have each other until the sun	(If I was your Vampire)
6. Hold my hands across your face	(If I was your vampire)
7. Death waits for no one	(If I was your Vampire)
8. Here comes the Moon again	(If I was your vampire)
9. Fuck me 'til we know it's Unsafe	(Evidence)
10. You're not just what you Say to me	(Evidence)
11. Give me something to be scared of	(Evidence)

¡Deseadme suerte (y pinchadme, si me véis flaquear)!



(Note to my English-speaking friends: I've been dragged into those fashionable little prompt tables, but I'll try my hand at them in Spanish first, to see if I can bring back the plot bunnies, by their ears if necessary... wish me luck!)

The first ten people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any pairing / character of their choosing from me (in my field, which at the moment is football RPS). In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability. If you absolutely cannot write, I do not see why you would not be able to offer drawings or icons or something instead.

I'm nervous about this, because I don't know how good I'll be at writing on command, but I wanted to give it a try (actually, I wanted a drabble by my new friend).

EDIT: don't be put off by the number of comments, there are still drabbles left. No more drabbles left, folks! Sorry, completed my quota...

So far, I've been requested:

Villa/Torres (over the new Spanish NT kit) (Spanish) for deraka
Steven/Xabi (English) for sophiamoon
Piqué/Krkic (with bonus!Alves) (Spanish) for latateunblog
Steven/Xabi (Spanish) for nyx_fay
Puyol/Cáceres (English) for drbillbongo
Messi/Krkic (and the CL final) (English) for sebastiona
Puyol/Xavi (Spanish) for miss_black91
Piqué/Krkic (English) for obscene_ningyou

Villa/Silva (Spanish) for dirtylaw
Cesc/Piqué (light on the slash) (Spanish) for allineediskimi

(still four three two one request left... get them while they're hot!)


Y ahora, en español...

Las diez primeras personas en comentar en este post podrán pedirme un drabble de cualquier pareja/personaje que deseen (dentro de mis campos, que en este momento se limitan al fútbol). A cambio, tendrán que poner esto mismo en su diario, cualquiera que sean sus capacidades literarias. Si absolutamente no pueden escribir, se aceptan dibujos, íconos u otro tipo de gráficos.

No sé qué tal se me dará esto de escribir por encargo, pero ya veremos cómo sale... si me pedís algo, claro está.

EDIT: no os asustéis ante el número de comentarios, todavía quedan drabbles para repartir. No, ya no queda nada. Lo siento. Lleno total en la zona de comentarios.

De momento, me han pedido:

Villa/Torres (con la camiseta DEL MAL de la Confederaciones) (Español) para deraka
Steven/Xabi (Inglés) para sophiamoon
Piqué/Krkic (con hiperactivo!Alves) (Español) para latateunblog
Steven/Xabi (Español) para nyx_fay
Puyol/Cáceres (Inglés) para drbillbongo
Messi/Krkic (y la final de la Champions) (Inglés) para sebastiona
Puyol/Xavi para miss_black91
Piqué/Krkic (Inglés) para obscene_ningyou

Villa/Silva (Español) para dirtylaw
Cesc/Piqué (con poquito slash) (Español) para allineediskimi


(todavía queda cuatro tres dos uno... aprovechen que esto es por poco tiempo!)

Title: Transcendence

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I have no proof that this ever happened. I'm not suggesting it's true. And I certainly don’t get any money from writing this.

Wordcount: 1826

Summary: David Beckham and Iker Casillas meet for the filming of a Pepsi ad in Spain in 2002.

A/N: I could say I’m on a Becksillas roll. Or that bassino gave me a prompt (the filming of the Western Pepsi ad) and I couldn’t refuse. Both would probably be true. And, hey, this is nowhere near as angsty as my stuff tends to be! I deserve a cookie!

( Transcendence )

Title: Here there is still room for you

Summary: a Becksillas piece set after David’s visit to the Bernabeu to watch the match again Recreativo de Huelva.

Warnings: Slash, angst. The usual.

Rating: PG-13

Wordcount: 430

Disclaimer: if this had happened, and I knew about it, I’d keep the secret close to my heart and never disclose it. In other words, not true.

A/N: because I’m so impressionable that adorerdollylux’s entry on ontd_football about these two almost made me cry. Credit for finding out about this scene goes to her and her sources!
Yes, this could have been a happy, romantic piece. No, it isn’t.

( Here there is still room for you )

Snoring. Persistent, constant, loud snoring while you're trying to sleep.

Title: Let me bathe here in your smile...

Summary: Pep used to wish Bojan wouldn’t smile so often.

Warnings: Slash. And a bit of angst, too.

Rating: PG-13. As innocent as Bojan himself. ::cough, cough::

Wordcount: 467

Disclaimers: I shouldn’t be allowed to watch football matches unsupervised by a team of psychiatrists. This is all in my imagination.

A/N: for sophiamoon, for graciously granting me the request for a ficlet of these two, and as the equivalent of a Get Well card.

( Pep used to wish Bojan wouldn’t smile so often... )

The idea comes from this entry by ladyrocketdale

The point is to write 10 different categories of fic, each in 10 words or less. I've chosen the Football RPS fandom (so much inspiration!) and gave it a try.

( Here for the minifics! )

Title: It just might be enough

Summary: “In many ways, Silva *is* still a kid, and that includes his complete and utter inability to be discreet. He’s still at that stage when he stares, gets caught, blushes, looks away, and still thinks he has got away unnoticed. And Villa is not blind.

He’s not a heartless monster, either.”

Warnings: Slash, you might say. And songfic.

Rating: PG-13, I think.

Wordcount: 3,672 (ugh!)

Disclaimers: I know this isn’t real and I’m not making any claims that it is. Nothing that makes its appearance here belongs to me. The song is “Who am I?”, by Will Young, and I was inspired by it, but mean no copyright infringement.

( Follow the yellow brick road... )