It’s not every day that a new year rolls around, and we’re not quite sure why people decide to use the new year to make resolutions. Who cares? It gives us an opportunity to make promises that we really don’t have to keep about 2 to 3 months from now. Anyone notice how crowded the gym gets immediately following the new year? Where do all those people come from? By February you can find a free cardio machine once again. Funny how that works. Time for the resolutions (which we plan to keep)…
- Eat more at Little Johns after 2AM on weekend nights. While every restaurant seems to be dying, we’re wagering that Little John’s is here to stay. Attending the post-bar exodus is a wild experience, even for those sober. Drunk sororiety girls, fighting frat boys, late night watcher, etc., all come together in one dirty, grease filled experience of love. You can’t miss this scene and it’s been too long since we’ve attended.
- Bike to work and use the bus. Not all of us have the ability to commute with our own two feet, but really, we should take advantage of CTS and human powered forms of transportation. I know many of you are ballers in the green sense, but let’s try to get on the saddle more.
- Cover more local blogs. cVillain needs to do a better job of promoting all the other sweet blogs and websites in Charlottesville. We used to do it more. We need to get back into that trend.
- Explore local food. While we cover a lot of restaurants, we haven’t really explored community supported as much as we should.
- Dance in as many (non-dancing) bars as possible. Why is dancing limited to Cassis, X-Lounge, Club 216, Escafe and The Box? It’s time to bring the dance party to any bar, so long as the music is there. You hear that barkeeps? Turn up the dance tunes.
- Do more late night scene observations. We’ve neglected the analysis of the late night scene which was always a fun experience. So far our favorite scenes are Zo Ca Lo and Mono Loco. We also need to bring back the OXO before we had to break up with it.
You have any important New Year’s Resolutions for cVillain, Charlottesville or you care to share with us?
[pic from isabele bloadwater]
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Resolution: To do something that cannot be erased.
Whatever. You bitches don’t bring it even in the “dance” places like X, 216, etc. Y’all need to dance more.
My resolution is 1024×768.
Happy New Years, everyone!
@ street,
You can do better than that! It’s 2009, after all. Try 2560×1440.
@3,
Even though you all might think of me as a crotchity grammar-crazy homophobe (all three untrue) I love to dance, and agree that I should get out more. You bring the music, I’ll bring the sexy.
(and yes, I left out the commas intentionally)
My new years resolution is to learn karate by watching jackie chan movies In my pajamas
my new year’s resolution is to perform stand-up at an open mic.
(maybe i should have been more sober when i made that one).
i’m thinking it might be about drunk dialing, tm’ing, and posting.
if that is what it is, a reference to the decoder ring will be made.
and all ya better show up drinking.
/might pull a mitch hedberg and stand with my back facing you.
i resolve to buy less fresh veggies that rot in my fridge/on my counter thus doing my part to lessen the gasses that cause global warming…because i will NOT ride the bus to work. i will also show up ready to drink at scoriole’s stand-up debut.
/we’re all in it together
I have decided to be me all year, for a change.
That is what my horoscope suggested, it seemed doable.
I’ve decided to be Enid St John-McGruntington. It’ll be a challenge but I’m up for it.
I’ve upheld my resolution from decades ago… To never make another New Year Resolution.
I resolve to eat more junk food, smoke more, gain weight and drink more alcohol. Oh, and give up red meat.
@16 hear, hear! Seconded. Except for the meat thing. Already did that shizz.
@11: firefly. you made me giggle- that is a good thing and i have been so working on writing down the ridiculous thoughts i will try to put together, and hopefully make you laugh.
i suppose i owe it for all the redrunkulous posts to telll ya’ll when and where.
but mostly, i just want a lot of silly drunk people there, and i think i can count on the ‘villains.
dearest scoriole, I pledge, hear and now to do my part…, course it took me many backspaces to say this…..
I made a resolution about six years ago now which has been my one and only successful New Years resolution. The resolution? To never again make a New Years resolutions.
@20, meet @15.
I resolve to have more crotch this year.
i resolve to… never…. make another resolution! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL infinity.
gimme my prize.
Your prize awaits!
Is that the same guy as this one? Because if so, I WANT THAT PRIZE.
You don’t want a sloth. Send ‘em to the fridge to get you a beer and the fucking thing is warm by the time they get it back to you. You want one of these famous Irish Red Setter riding Loris’.
GAAAHHH! Did some Googlin’ and found the following…
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OK, hear me out here. Before you get a loris, think about the following.
A pet loris is a bad idea. They are a wild animal, illegal to own, and despite their cute appearance they have several characteristics which make them a terrible choice for a pet.
First of all, if you find a pet loris it will most likely have its canine teeth broken or pulled out by the seller so it can’t bite. Having these teeth removed also means the loris will not be able to properly eat the foods it normally eats in the wild, such as lizards and other live prey. It’s also just plain cruel!
Next, the loris’s bite is toxic! The loris secretes a foul smelling toxin from its elbows which it licks and then delivers with a bite. Having the canine teeth removed doesn’t prevent a toxic bite, because the venom is delivered by the smaller teeth which are specially curved for this purpose.
The loris also marks its territory with urine. Constantly. For the span of its entire life. This is not a habit that can be changed like house training a cat or dog – the loris is wild and doesn’t care that you don’t like your house smelling like pee.
I won’t even mention the cruelty of taking a wild animal out of the wild, often times killing the mother to get the baby so you can have a novelty pet.
Don’t get a loris unless you want your house to smell, yourself to be in danger of a toxic bite, and the guilt of forcing a wild animal to comply to your life style just because you think it’s cute. It doesn’t make sense. Don’t do it.
I’m going to come apart bit by bit and reinvent me, but in a manner in which I appear to have not changed at all.
then I’ll get drunk and trip over myself. progress.
I want to chase Lulu Fishpaw with a brick.
I want to chase Floozy with a Loris.
Oh shit. Now you guys know I post as Lulu Fishpaw sometimes. My bad.
foul smelling toxin from its elbows
That sounds like a handy bar trick.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… so much for your resolution…ahahhahahahahaha… PMPL
@33: I was joking. I’m not LFP.