I'm risking that my jinx will sink Korea Republic, but I'm watching the Nigeria-South Korea match — and turned it on just in time to see the Taeguk Warriors tie it up 1-1. A draw will put South Korea in the next round for the first time ever outside of South Korea.

In the meantime, while glancing up from what has been amateurish play at times (seriously, AYSO champions do better than some of this), I've decided to take a somnambulistic stroll down memory lane and link to my 2006 World Cup posts (I was not blogging in 2002, so I don't have any of those).

• June 14, 2006 — "An evening stroll," describing a walk downtown to watch South Korea defeat Togo, but without looking up at the big screens.

• June 19, 2006 — "Somnambulistic in Seoul," about the same thing, but in relation to the 1-1 draw with France. After which the French surrendered.

• June 24, 2006 — "Seven things to make you feel better now that Team Korea is out of the World Cup," a self-explanatory title, although the one about Pyongchang being the frontrunner for the 2014 games turned out to be, um, wrong. 

• June 26, 2006 — "Expat bloggers with frog-in-the-well syndrome?," examining some anglophone bloggers' and commenters' attitudes toward Korea. It includes a now-dead link to this story, about South Korean fans cleaning up Leipzig after the match.

• June 26, 2006 — "15 centimeters of fame," about a still infamous pants-dropping spectator.

Anyway, I looked up from my MacBook Pro just in time to see South Korea take the lead, 2-1. The announcers are talking as if it's over, which seems a tad premature to me.

By the way, if you haven't seen it, right here's a very handy calendar of the various matches and the scores of those already played. You can look things up by country, date, or location.

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