This was painted on an alley wall along the downtown mall. I guess some locals can’t wait until Thursday evening. I’ll be watching Survivor.
Seems as if C-Ville is debating if they want a 4th sister city. Would you really want to be associated with a city that has been debating what to do about its water supply for decades, and has now decided to do nothing since we are bankrupt? We sure will be thirsty. I hope the other city accepts our refugees.
One of our other sisters is Bulgarian. Seems as if C-Ville wants to be a “democratic liberator” for that town. I can’t wait to see what happens when we teach them how to piss off all the locals by getting rid of their softball fields.
I could go on about how civilized this village is, but that would force me to ignore the fun things that happen such as stabbings in front of the basket supply store in our fancy mall, or multiple shootings at the U Heights (is that a new TV series?). I’d continue with the jump in moped thefts, the reduction in quarterbacks, and the confessions of the Sex-shuns (I think that was a band), but I’ve lost all my energy.
In an effort to make C-Ville a more pedestrian-friendly village 58 people were in court the other day that had been ticketed for trespassing on the railroad tracks behind the Corner.
A tipster reports that in 2007 the city police wrote 8 tickets to drivers for failing to yield to pedestrians and 12 so far in 2008.
I know I was sprinting as fast as I could the other night to get across the tracks to X-Lounge. Was I breaking the law just to get a drink? I recall a lot of cars hitting bicyclists over the past few years, and the drivers never get tickets. Why should pedestrians have to fight with the low quality drivers around here. A train seems like a vastly better risk.
I’m still peeved that the village won’t let people walk across the tracks under the Belmont bridge. When one is trying to catch a bus you have to walk through the musical marshmallow, and the crapshawvian rules force you to walk all the way around it during pointless performances. I was late for my bus the other day. If the city would just add a pedestrian walkway under the bridge life would be so much better. But I keep forgetting the goal of the village is to destroy the quality of existence.
No one gets hurt. Let pedestrians walk across tracks. How else could that Stephen King movie get made? Does the village want to stifle Hollywood?
Although Ike is about 1200 miles from the village, the torrential rains (ok…a light sprinkle for the past four hours) appears to have flooded Ike’s Underground on the downtown mall. Cleanup is currently underway. Does anyone remember when that basement was just a crack hangout?
Additional Ike coverage expected during the upcoming week.
As it says on the front page of CNN, Ike may cause certain death. So what is that, 50/50 odds?
For those that remember Logan’s Run there was a great scene as they were walking through Washington DC. The roads had been taken over by trees, vines, and moss.
C-Ville is starting to look the same way in many places. As I run through town I’m starting to notice a lot of streets where there are three foot high trees growing from the crack between the curb and the road. Is this a good thing? I’d be willing to bet the chicken won’t be able to cross the road in the near future due to the overgrowth.
Unfortunately, C-Ville seems to be missing some of the scenery from the movie…
Should you be out buying some bananas? Looks like Saturday will be the hurricane party day. I seem to recall UVA plays football on Saturday. That would be interesting. Of course, this is only a forecast, not reality…yet…
For some odd reason the village continues to raise my home assessment by 18% every single year. Of course, home values have plummeted during that same period of time. I guess that means the village has some spare cash for things such as a 7.5 million dollar pile of bricks, fancy timer clocks on the bus stops, and yurts for some.
However, it seems the village can’t afford a pine tree, so if you happen to have one in your yard you want removed, feel free to let them know. For your effort you will get your name mentioned at some ceremony no one will remember a day later.
I do remember the year the tree was stolen after it went up. That was pretty funny. Maybe two people should donate trees. The “starter” and the “backup” tree.
Is it sad that our village has to beg for a tree?
