#I technically own y’all like 3 deserts for your birthdays and for that I’m sorry I’ll get to it when I’m able i promise

[miasanfamilie]

ok i was tagged by the lovely @oldtrafford in this where you answer 11 questions and then tag 11 people to answer 11 questions of your own so here we go (i can’t write a reasonable amount ever for anything i ramble too much, so it’s under a break, sorry mobile friends)

1. What is it about your favourite player that makes them your favourite?

i could literally write a novel about all the reasons why i love philipp lahm and why he’s been my favorite for soooo long (and will as soon as i get enough emotional gumption up to actually write the tribute he deserves), but everything from the brilliance on pitch and ability to read games and teammates (and opponents) near flawlessly, to his signature tackle dispossessing opponents without him even breaking a sweat and just standing up and playing on as if nothing happened, to the way his voice is exactly the same accent that my family speaks so it feels so much like home, to the way his heart beats so deeply and strongly for bayern above all else and how much he’s willing to sacrifice for us -- i just love him so much?

2. Which was your favourite footballing season and why?

i feel like this goes largely without saying, but the clear answer is 2012/13, not just for the trophies, but for the TEAM that was there and how good and happy and mia-san-mia-y and just bayern it was after the worst of the worst the year before...

3. What’s the best football stadium (that isn’t your team’s)?

i think my favorite non-bayern stadium i’ve been in was the estadio do dragao in porto so i’ll go with that

4. What’s a piece of writing (be it a book, a quote, a poem etc.) that you love?

two quotes -- the first from goethe: “Auch aus Steinen, die einem in den Weg gelegt werden, kann man Schönes bauen” which translates roughly to “you can build beautiful things out of stones that are laid in your path”, and the second one which is an old english proverb:: “...and those who were seen dancing were thought to be mad by those who could not hear the music“

5. What’s one movie you could watch again and again and never be tired of?

i hate that this is my answer but the 2004 phantom of the opera... also the lion king

6. What/where would your ideal holiday be?

some place where i could have as many of my closest friends around as possible romping around in the mountains

7. If you could only bring three things with you to a deserted island, what would it be?

a friend!!  some way to talk to all my other friends like a magical cell phone than never runs out of battery or loses service or a passenger pigeon that can fly faster than the speed of light and never dies or gets tired or something.  and my wilderness first response kit (a really beefed-up first-aid kit that includes stuff to treat just about any wilderness-caused injury plus basic wilderness necessities like space blankets and a pocket knife and stuff) to be practical when it comes to survival until we get rescued :D

8. If you could pick up any skill (be it writing, drawing, learning a language, etc.) immediately, what would it be?

can i just use this to up my oboe playing/reed-making even though i already technically “have” those skills?

9. What’s your favourite goal of all time?

fips’s opener goal in the 2006 world cup in the allianz against costa rica

10. Do you own any jerseys? What are they? Do they have names? What’s one jersey you want to own?

oh dear i own MANY jerseys...  almost all of them names, but some don’t.  bayern first: from when i was a kid i have a 92/93 zickler away kit (it’s the ugliest thing we’ve EVER worn except for maybe the old-gold mess in 2005), a 99/00 home lizarazu kit when he was still number 3... and then there’s an 08/09 poldi home kit? i have home kits starting from 2013/14 all with fips, plus unnamed 13/14 away, schweinsteiger 14/15 champions league (graduation present don’t ask), leonie maier 15/16 away, and holger champions league from this year *cries*...  and from the national team i have thomas from 2014, celia sasic from 2015, and mario gomez from last year

i would literally sell my soul for either a philipp lahm national team kit (2006 most preferred, but 2010 are my fave kits we’ve ever had so i’d take that tbh) or a mario gomez bayern jersey because OF COURSE the 4 seasons he played with us just happened to be the four seasons i was putting myself through college and had NO money for jerseys and was estranged enough from my family to not get birthday presents lmao good timing there...

11. What’s the funniest football chant you’ve ever heard?

oh goodness picking just one is SOOO hard, but maybe “his teeth are offside” referring to suarez or maybe the one which is like “Allee, Allee, Allee, Allee, Allee, eine Straße, mit vielen Bäume, ja das ist eine Allee” (it’s making fun of using the french Allez in german fanchants saying Allez is a street with lots of trees aka an alley)...  there’s also the one we have that i love in dialect which is essentially like “i’m toppling out of a bar early in the morning, all i need is a bayern win and a good drunken rout” (it’s better in bairisch lmao) and the one kindly brought to you all by vfb stuttgart and the time jens lehmann missed 5 minutes of a match to pee “pinkelpause, pinkelpause, hey! hey!”

BONUS 12. If you had to say something nice about your bitterest rivals, what would you say?

y’all don’t deserve the shit that ismaik’s pulling on you (and i do mean that with my whole heart no matter how much i hate them)

ok so i tag @mulleister, @thomasmxller, @simplyirenic, @rosecityriveters, @elany, @lordbaeder, @ancelotitty, @mertes4cker, @kingsleycomanfussballgott, @kangarooneys, and @khalehla-blah (as usual no pressure for anything if you don’t want) and here are my questions:

1.  Who was the first player who caught your eye with football (whether or not you still like them)? 2.  How did you get into football?  Into your favorite teams? 3.  If you could undo any transfer that’s ever happened, which would you undo and why? 4.  What’s your favorite shameless dance party song? 5.  What language that you’re not already fluent in do you most want to learn? 6.  What's the one thing you always take with you when you start a new life chapter (a book, an old toy, a picture, etc.)? 7.  Do you have pets?  What kinds? 8.  What retirement hurts you The Most? 9.  What is your favorite match ever played? 10. What’s your most ridiculous piece of football fan-paraphenalia (that weird hat your mom got you, the free wrist warmers you picked up outside a stadium, the bayer leverkusen condoms your friend gave you as a joke, etc) 11. What season/tournament would you go back in time to experience now if you could see any one you wanted? BONUS 12 (because it’s a good question but i didn’t want to repeat):  What about your favorite player makes them your favorite?

#oldtrafford #simplyirenic #thanks so so much for the tag rachel!!!! #i'm sorry i can't shut up and ALSO you got me on my super emotional about fips mode again so here i am being like </3 but in a good way #i apologize for rambling so much but i don't know how to shut up sooooo #please enjoy learning all kinds of things about me lmao #personal #tag games