Fun fact about U.Va.: Walking down the pathway to Cabell over the Amphitheater humming the "Star Wars Imperial Death March" makes the colonnades seem like storm troopers standing at attention as I, their tyrant ruler, walk past. Yeah, I'm cool.
Can I say this? Mick Jagger's T-shirt-size-to-age ratio was ridiculous. Those things had the bouncer from Jerry Springer going, "Damn. Now that is tight."
The Cavalier Daily reported Monday that Team Jefferson, U.Va.'s entry into the "piloted autonomous vehicle" engineering competition, was eliminated from the contest. I still maintain the theory that if they'd just watched more episodes of "Knight Rider," they could have stayed in contention.
One of the recent buzzes around Grounds is the arrival of a new business, Zipcar, designed to rent out vehicles to University students on a per-day basis. Finally! Now someone else's car can get towed when I park illegally.
I love hearing the promos for radio stations, especially the ones in which a celebrity does a five-second, station-specific personalized message like, "Hi, it's Mandy Moore and you're listening to HOT 105.1."It's as if they're trying to trick listeners into thinking they're affiliated with major radio stars. I recall the first time I heard one of these ads, thinking aloud, "... Huh. That's interesting, I guess Usher works for Virginia's No. 1 Hit Music Station. Apparently he's friends with Randy and the Mornin' Zoo Crew. Did not know that. I suppose he gets zany with the rest of 'em."
... At which point I lost interest and rocked out to some Avril Lavigne.
While bored one afternoon, I did a Google search for the word "google." To be honest, I was a little disappointed my computer didn't begin whirring and eventually explode.
Last week University Police Chief Paul Norris announced he was resigning from his post effective Oct. 25. Note to first years: No, that's not the same as the ABC guy -- he's still around. :::insert sad trombone noise here:::
Between The Rolling Stones, O.A.R., Nickelcreek, Blues Traveler and Jason Mraz all visiting Charlottesville this month, I demand proliferation of the use of the word "Rocktober." In addition, when everyone is frantically searching for housing agreements two months from now, we can officially dub the period, "Lease-ember."
I wish someone would make a comprehensive history of Brown College on Monroe Hill. You could make it a leather-bound series of books and entitle it the "Encyclopedia Brown."
:::Groan::: Yeah, I'll groan myself on that one.
It's ironic that in the video game "Duck Hunt," the only animal you really want to shoot at is that dog.
It boggles me that Subway has yet to jump on the golden idea of setting up franchises in actual subway stations.
Though I bet if I saw Subway Megastar Jared Fogle on a real subway car, my mind would be too blown to function.
I went to Student Health the other day, and the doctor asked if I had any pre-existing medical problems she should know about. I said, "I have a small heart condition." To which she replied, "Oh, really, what is it?" "No, literally. I have a small heart."
We stood in awkward silence. She did not find my attempt at humor all that funny. Doctors in general are not as fun and dynamic as I'd been made to understand. Doogie Howser, you present a falsified image of reality.
I close with a thought on the Rolling Stones concert:
"In the midst of the coliseum,
an explosive threat is made,
pauses the motionful pebbles,
a bigger bang indeed."
I bet "Fake Nostradamus Quote Creator" could be a career.
Eric's column runs weekly on Wednesdays. He can be reached at cunningham@cavalierdaily.com.
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