tomb raider revelations: first²

The funny thing is that the first person who guessed, got it right. Actually it was the first two people who guessed. One person in real life (cuz Steemit is fake life, right) the other on here.

I showed the list to a friend IRL who knows me but not everything about me. And they spotted the lie right away. I was lazy and kept that lie in there, only modifying it slightly.

The second first-guesser was the first comment/reply to the actual post which you can find if you click on the link right here, in the text you’re currently reading, starting from the word “which” prior to this one.

Here’s a reminder of what the list contained:

1. I was baptized in the same church as my father was, but was born and raised on a different continent

2. At 3 years old I sang a solo for a school’s holiday concert

3. I’ve been playing soccer for as long as I can remember, since about age 4

4. My favorite soccer player growing up was Maradona, after seeing Argentina vs Greece live in the ‘94 World Cup (in USA)

5. I have “double jointed” tendons in both my ankles (I’m not a physiologist so I don’t know the proper term)

6. I attended a junior police training program for about three years while in high school

7. I’ve travelled to, coincidentally, 11 different countries (excluding layovers and where I was born/raised)

8. When I was younger and cooler I would open beer bottles with my teeth, until I chipped a tooth

9. I’ve torn my ACL, sprained my MCL, and partially torn my meniscus in one fell swoop. Requiring surgery and over six months recovery.

10. I’ve swam in the Red Sea during a lunch break.

11. I’ve “fed” a coconut to crocodiles by throwing it from a small bridge onto a riverbank below

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And a reminder that I was nominated by @alinaki15 thank you!

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#4

Nikos Machlas, Alekos Alexandris, Nioplias, Saravakos, Alexi Lalas, Cobi Jones, Tony Meola... Romario, Bebeto, Bergkamp, Valderrama, etc.

Yeah so the lie would be quite obvious if anyone was familiar with the ‘94 World Cup or knows where I’m from. Greece was in a group of death with Argentina, Bulgaria and Nigeria. And I love soccer (football / ποδόσφαιρο) and my homeland(s) - so who do you think I was rooting for?

Oh and did I mention I was on summer vacation for part of the World Cup, in Greece? Yeah there’s that too. I vividly remember watching the final match in a village in the mountains, on the island in the Cyclades where my grandfather came from. On a 12” color antenna TV, probably wearing my favorite light blue denim jacket and white high top sneakers. It was a cool night on the veranda, and we were all glued to the tiny tube.

And Maradona while still a good player, he was 33 and I don’t really remember him that much from that World Cup. And according to my dad we actually watched the Greece-Argentina match live at the stadium.

But who I remembered were the guys mentioned above.

So my favorite players at the time, for various reasons, and for several years later were guys like: Nikos Machlas, Tony Meola, Alexis Lalas, Alekos Alexandris...

The ‘94 World Cup was a disaster for Greece but it was still a major accomplishment. It was their first World Cup and they were one of only a handful of teams who’s entire squad played in their country’s own domestic league.

I didn’t have access to a lot of soccer at the time due to it’s lack of popularity in the states at that time and due to my lack of cable television. So I relied on my World Cup trading card collection for my soccer knowledge. Both unfortunately and fortunately I probably had more duplicate cards of the “worst” players than I did of all the “good” players combined. Luckily Greece and USA weren’t really that good.

THE END

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bonus photography

^{If you made it all the way to here I’m rewarding you with these lovely photographs of mine, that’re in no way related to the “lie”, enjoy!}

_{photo of a photo that I took while viewing it on my computer}

_{photo of a squirrel and my shadow that I took while in a park in the city}

_{photo of a another photo that I took while viewing it on my computer}

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peace out