Little known fact: Whenever you finish a Su Do Ku, it is customary to drop your paper and pen to the ground, stand up with your arms akimbo and declare, "I am the Su Do Ku King!"
Tomorrow, restaurants from all over the City will showcase their foodstuffs on Grounds at the eighth annual "Taste of Charlottesville" dinner. What is the "taste" of the "Taste of Charlottesville," you ask? To be honest, it's a little like rotisserie chicken. Perhaps Thomas Jefferson's chickens. Which, of course leads to the unofficial motto of the T.o.C.: "Take a whiff -- :::inhale::: Smells like history."
Well, the governor's election is finally over, with both Kaine and Kilgore having run very strong campaigns. Potts, however, later revealed in an interview, "In retrospect, I should have spent more time and money in, say, television ads -- you know, instead of wasting six hours per day banging pots together on the side of the road, chanting 'Potts! Potts! Potts!'"
Potts also ran into the same problem Al Weed had last year with "herbal enthusiasts" stealing his signs ... Although Potts only had to deal with the folks who were incredibly poor spellers.
Man, I could make jokes related to noun-based names all day.
I'm very much looking forward to Thanksgiving Break. Finally, a week off from school to catch up on some much needed "Early Morning USA Line-Up." It's all the best [Read: most willing to go into syndication] sitcoms of the mid 90s back to back. But do they have "Wings," you ask? You bet they have "Wings." Oh, Antonio Scarpacci, your life is hilariously miserable, and we love you for it.
Last Sunday, the Honor Committee announced it would be looking into altering its Code of Ethics. One particular Life columnist would like to take it a little further and amend the Honor Constitution to expand from "lying, cheating and stealing" to "lying, cheating, stealing and cutting-in-front-of-me-in-the-Newcomb-breakfast-line." I won't hesitate a second to kick you out of this school. I demand waffles and your educational future means nothing to me when I am in need of said waffles.
The University's own Center for Politics held its annual nationwide youth mock election this week with roughly a million young people voting across America. In reviewing the results, it seems one candidate swept the polls: Mr. (or should I say "Governor") Spongebob Squarepants.
Interesting result, when isolating the data to just college students at U.Va., it seems the results overwhelmingly point to a different write-in candidate labeled only as "Not the ABC Guy."
He's ... not popular.
The Cavalier Daily or some other investigative publication needs to get on the ball and discover if pressing the "Push Button for Walk Signal" multiple times actually makes the wait shorter or if I just look like a doofus in front of dozens of motorists. Ahh, who cares? I'm fairly confident that button is just for show anyway.
Let it be known that I am waiting quite patiently for IM-Rec to acknowledge leaf-pile-jumping as a legitimate sport. I've got a whole follow-up plan of action, too. The LPJ League would turn into the SBTB* come winter, and it could eventually become a year-round thing.
* Snow Ball Throwing Battalion**
** Or "Saved by the Bell."***
*** You were thinking it...****
**** No.No, you probably weren't.:::Hangs head in shame:::
Dear First, Second, and Third Years:I'm telling you now from recent experience. Yes, even in your last semester here, you are too low on the course registration food chain to get the classes you want. I will state it here for the last time: Athletes and folks who did well in high school will forever be more important than us.
Love,
Eric
Eric's column runs biweekly on Wednesdays. He can be reached at cunningham@cavalierdaily.com.
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