When do you think the last two will go? The full set was put in a year ago when 4th Street opened across the pedestrian mall. Streets on a pedestrian mall…something wrong with that.
Two months is my call.
For those that missed it, almost every tree on historic downtown mall is currently draped with a big picture of an animal. There are dozens of them.
I’d thought this might be for the upcoming photo festival, but then the thought that this might just be for promotion of Evan Almighty which was filmed around here. I actually think that would have been a better deal, since the photo festival is supposed to be about peace and happiness (only common among half those animals attending the dinner party).
Now, speaking of animals, I should go run out and chat with a snake before I head to Kentucky to visit the new Creationism Museum. I hear dinosaurs were on board Noah’s Ark a few thousand years ago. I wonder if they will make an appearance at the photo festival.
I want to go see the dinosaurs. And maybe Eve…she looked hot in that photo. Speaking of which, how did just two people produce six million billion. Was some incest involved, or did a bunch of other people get created way back when? Or did we just evolve from animals? So confusing…
The end of a long weekend has arrived. What did I do this weekend? Anything productive?
I ran on Saturday and the heat killed me.
On Sunday I watched Logan’s Run. I woke up around 11am that morning. I played around on the web and decided I should update this blog.
Today I updated the blog. Early returns on the poll look good. I went running after a big thunderstorm. The temperature was below 80 for the first time all weekend, but the humidity was 100%. Along the way I found a bill laying on the sidewalk. Mmm…free money (if you can identify the denomination and location be sure to let me know). I wonder how much cash the government makes due to people losing money and having it flow in to the sewer system? Oh well. I picked it up.
At the corner of South Street and Bang I noticed a wire that used to run from one phone pole to another had snapped in the middle. A wire with frayed copper wires at the end was laying on the sidewalk, while the other side was firmly attached to the top of a pole. I wonder what would happen if I grabbed those copper wires. I wonder if it will get fixed by tomorrow.
I watched House of Flying Daggers to close out the weekend. The final scene with the fall colors and snow…gorgeous. I’m also starting to read 1421, a book about when China discovered America.
Tomorrow a new week will begin. Hot. Humid. Another day in the south. Copper wire anyone? Copper coins?
The blog is about to go through a few changes…stay tuned…we’ll see what will break in the next hour or so.
Update: I think most everything is working…but enough fun for one morning. Time to go outside and feel the pain and punishment of the summertime heat (what month is this again?).
Outskirts exclusive: Firefighters arrive at scene immediately as the house next to the La Taza parking lot catches on fire due to a cigarette in bed. Click image for larger photo.
One thing that cracks me up is the efficiency of the city taxes. Every six months you owe taxes for things such as a car, a house, a computer, etc. It would seem efficient to just send me one bill, but instead I get three. Every single one of them has the amount due and then a nice big statement saying I can pay online with my credit card on the city web site. That seems nice. Oh wait…look at the tiny print. The city will charge a convenience fee for all credit card transactions.
I guess that explains why I got three bills rather than one. Great return on investment, since many people can’t afford to pay all these bills from spare cash. Now, please pay me a small pittance of $2 for reading this.
A new site has shown up on the scene that serves local gossip daily. Can it possibly compete with my acute observations of this village? I seem to have beat the Villain on the ‘locked million dollar bathroom’ story, and the ‘trolley driving while eating a salad with a fork’ story. 
We’ll see how it goes. The cVillain seems to have lots of growth potential and is running forums. Perhaps the “Villain of C” will be my successor. After having spent almost a decade dishing out the gossip of this village the summer heat is already crushing me this year…and it is only May.
Today was the day you could wander around on the mall (they are going to spend $7.5 million to put down new bricks!) and meet all the local government services. You can see from the banners that the new village slogan is being promoted (A great place to live for all of OUR citizens - we own you sucker!).
Since schools don’t have much else to do they send all the kids out to chat with people. That means lots and lots of kids. Now, when kids run around loose for a few hours, what do they typically have to do? Right…hit the potty. Luckily, C-Ville spent a few million to add a male/female bathroom to the transit station/C-Ville PR building. The only problem was that no one seems to have unlocked the male potty. I guess many bathrooms are now unisex, so why be different here in C-Ville. After all, we are liberal…right? Let’s get rid of the little male and female images, and just put up a sign saying bathroom.
Jimmy…you can’t go to the bathroom since the door is locked. Jane…you can go.
Just in case any of the idiots here in town (I include myself, since I’m still in this shithole) missed it, a website that pays CNN to get articles placed on it talked up C-Ville in a biased (aka paid) fashion. It basically discussed how Crapshaw has redone the entire village in his image (he assumes TJ just keeps hanging around with his women).
“You can definitely feel his presence.” I can definitely feel it. Stop touching me there…
I was surprised at how dated the article sounded. They didn’t seem to know what was actually here…but that is typical of using the word Charlottesville. That is in North Carolina…they have a big airport. Right? Umm..no…the great place to live for all our citizens. You’ve heard that famous slogan…right?
Additional Crapshawitalization got announced yesterday. He will be adding a trail that will runs next to the historic coal tower. Of course, that is where a double homicide occurred a few years ago. I wonder if that will get one of those really cool Virginia historical signs in front of it. Coal. Murder. C-Ville. Pull out the Ouija board…this might be fun. Oooo…do I hear some Crapshawed music….
“Just back into it
And let it touch (touch)
Come on and move
And let it touch (touch)
We cannot lose
Just let it touch (touch)
I will be true
Come on and let it touch”
For those that were dying to know the answer, the mystery photo consisted of a trolley ride where the driver was enjoying a lunch consisting of a salad (possibly with chicken in it). While we were rolling down Main Street the salad was being held in one hand, and a fork was being properly used in the other hand. I have witnesses. I just wish I had pulled out my camera a bit more quickly.
What was driving the trolley you wonder? Probably a knee or an elbow, but I couldn’t quite see the driver’s area.
I know there are lots of laws related to cell phone usage while driving. Are there any related to driving while eating a salad with a fork?
Now, for something different (please…no more fork stories), the “hottest spot” in downtown for the past few months has been Water and 2nd. A man in a wheelchair was mugged, a couple was robbed, and this past weekend a person from New Jersey was shot twice in the leg (’he should be fine’ though..nothing to worry about…at least that is what the article said) right on that corner.
See what happens when you are not a C-Ville citizen? We only like our own kind. Not the others. C-Ville is a great place to live for all of our citizens, just not the rest of you.
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