…and then I woke up covered in milk duds and pina colada mix in the scoop of a backhoe, with no pants!
Oh hey everyone, I didn’t see you there. I was just explaining to some friends about what I did last night. More like, what I didn’t do! Oh man, what a ridiculous assortment of things to be unproud of, and feel hungover about. Let’s recap:
After knocking out all the pedestrian shit that is the mortar in the bricks of my life, and using it to stave off the realization that there are actually NO BRICKS, I drank a beer. As is usually the case, this set me coasting smooth-and-easy towards the sharp end of the precipitous drop into boozetown… population: the Charlottesville Drinking Club.
I’ve never been to one of these events before, but like any good self-promoting media narcissist, have become curious (jealous) of their sudden rise to degenerate alcoholic fame, and I wanted to see what all the hullaballoo was about. I’ve always suspected that the “club” was actually just “everybody I see downtown all the time anyway” and it turns out I was right. The only difference is that I paid $1 less for each of the nine thousand Bitburgers I drank.
To be fair, the CDC has put together a pretty neat little marketing/party package: they bring 40 people to a bar, the bar gives a post-happy hour discount to everybody around, and… then you can look at pictures of your drunk self on Facebook (check out Karl Lancaster, btw) and the CDC website. Last night’s was at ZoCaLo, and I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen as many people in that bar at one time.
Now I’m not 100% sure on the laws, but I guess it’s safe for the bars because the “event” is kind of a moving target; it’s in a different place every week. Also, judging by what I saw, heard, was accused of, don’t remember, and had to answer for this morning, the CDC is a racy little island of ne’er-do-well hussies and hooligans! I guess the best part is that it stays fresh each week, probably because nobody wants to talk about what happened last time, plus they’re still trying to get rid of that fucking rash.
I’m just kidding baby, I found a cure for the rash a long time ago.
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this sounds like a free version of the kickball league, except on wednesday nights instead of sunday nights.
sign me up.
We had a drinking club in high school.
Nice parlie. Too bad the pics from last night aren’t up yet. But seriously, the CDC is like being at South Street back in the day when you’d go in on a Tuesday and beers were only $2 and EVERYBODY was there and you stood around drinking and checking out that guy/girl you had a wicked crush on.
@2: So did we. We divided it up into Team Beer and Team Liquor.
@2,4 your club was a drinking club with a high school problem!
i just rubbed 3 brain cells together and came up with that. you’re lucky i didn’t start a fire.
CDC pics should be up shortly.
Speaking of drinking clubs, the Charlottesville Hash House Harriers are doing a run tonight on the Mall. Here’s the email I got:
What: FREEDOMHASH ‘08
When: Thursday, July 3rd 8:00 pm
Where: Free Speech Wall near the pavilion on the Downtown Mall.
Why: Celebrate Independence day, Beer, the Hash, fireworks, Freedom Fries, and um…did I say beer yet? And…because if we don’t hash then the terrorists have won.
Hares: Green Nuts & Ham and Madam Flutterby
Special instructions: Wear your favorite red, white, and blue clothing. Bust out those cutoff jeans and bandanas (don’t even try to pretend like you didn’t just wear that shit to the Springsteen cocert at JPJ)!
Bring some cash and an ID, pretty sure the trail will lead to some of the bars.
my head is full of fog.
@8: My head hurts. Go peek at the pictures and check out my “I’m shitfaced” look.
@9: Any night you go out is a drinking event.
CDC pics are up! http://www.cvilledrinkingclub.com/pictures/zocalo/
@10: I guess I have a problem?
yeah, it is an unfortunate night for drinking… middle of the work week and all….
Did anyone make it to the cafeteria last night?
13 nailed it. i haven’t really been able to get away with drinking on weeknights (thursday is not a weeknight) since like 2005. today = case in point. you should have seen the looks i got at the gym this morning.
“why is the homeless wino bum doing squat cleans at 730? can you spray some lysol on him?”
10: you sent me an amazingly coherent text from five feet away from me. impressive. I could not get my thumbs together to reply.
15: squat cleans??? yikes.
Did anyone make it to the cafeteria last night?
I did! Hah! Was truly an off night, snatchateria-wise. Dunno what the deal was, just happens sometimes. We’ve had like six record breaking wednesdays in a row (400 drinks in 2.5 hours with one bartender? Lordy.) so I guess we were over due. Then again, when its less crowded I get a pass from playing the über-pop and can delve into stranger realms of obscurity, so I had fun.
/skin up for the acid man!
@7 With GW coming to town… I predict yet another hashing-arrows-mistaken-for-anthrax hystria… (something like http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20441775/ )
I am just not a big boozer =p
@7 Holy crap we have a Hash House Harriers here? Brilliant! I have been trying to kick this running habit of mine, but oh well. And I didn’t realize that last night was CDC until I asked why the hell there were so many people at ZoCaLo on a wednesday night and was only charged something like $9 for 5 beers. Brilliant x2!
THANKS hashers for coming out to play @ SS after the run!! you guys were an awesome sight & a pleasure to serve