FFA – XXXVII: Rage Against The Dying Of The Light

Posted by Ian on November 10th, 2009 106 Comments

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106 Responses to “FFA – XXXVII: Rage Against The Dying Of The Light”

  1. 10 Nov 2009 at 12:55 pm
    1 Floozy said:

    THAT’S A FUCKING STUPID TITLE, WRITTEN BY A WELSH.

    Reply
    1. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:02 pm
      2 Doc said:

      Nah… it was written by every wannabe emo band in history.

      Reply
  2. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:06 pm
    3 belmont yo said:

    Really? This title?

    At least put the title in caps if your going to trot out that old motivational… see because, well.. oh, nevermind.

    I gave it my best shot.

    Reply
  3. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:07 pm
    4 Ian said:

    I’m using it in the context of:

    THE DAYS ARE GETTING SHORTER, WTF I LIKE THE SUN, OH SHIT XMAS IS ALMOST HERE, BAH HUMBUG.

    Bad holiday. Bad.

    Reply
    1. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:14 pm
      5 rhymes with orange said:

      sounds like someone needs to check out CrossFit and work it out

      Reply
    2. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:22 pm
      6 belmont yo said:

      Oh. Well that was certainly clear.

      /you got vernal all over my equinox.

      Reply
    3. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:26 pm
      7 Floozy said:

      Oh and if you are going to tag something, get the fucking grammar right. It should say ‘floozy’s a mom’ not ‘floozies a mom’ cos that means plural. Get it?

      Reply
      1. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:31 pm
        8 Ian said:

        NOT TODAY, TRY BACK TOMORROW.

        Reply
  4. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:34 pm
    9 Doc said:

    LOUD NOISES!

    Reply
    1. 10 Nov 2009 at 1:42 pm
      10 Ian said:

      NECK BEARD.

      Reply
      1. 10 Nov 2009 at 2:25 pm
        11 rhymes with orange said:

        EW!

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      2. 10 Nov 2009 at 3:27 pm
        12 belmont yo said:

        I see your ginger neckbeard, and raise you a nipple mustache.

        /C’mon. Click. You know you want to…

        Reply
        1. 10 Nov 2009 at 3:50 pm
          13 rhymes with orange said:

          WTF

          Reply
          1. 10 Nov 2009 at 4:11 pm
            14 belmont yo said:

            I think its kinda cool. I would do it, but I have absolutely no body hair. I’m smoof.

            Reply
        2. 10 Nov 2009 at 4:18 pm
          15 Floozy said:

          It’s actually a hair outline of a cock and balls…. heading right for his gob.

          Reply
  5. 11 Nov 2009 at 8:09 am
    16 belmont yo said:

    FWIW, today would be the day to post the weekend preview so that it it could ripen and mature. That way by the time the actual weekend got here, it would be more of a robust list than some sickly afterthought gleaned from the cville and hook.

    Just sayin.

    Reply
    1. 11 Nov 2009 at 8:17 am
      17 Floozy said:

      Like a ripe Roquefort instead of a box of Velveeta past it’s sell by date?

      Reply
    2. 11 Nov 2009 at 6:07 pm
      18 Ian said:

      WOW. Shaming my most pivotal piece of every week by saying I’ve stolen it from the Hook & C-Ville? Oh no good sir, I work directly with The Paramount, The Southern, and I glean the remainder directly from Live Arts & other sites. I’d say if you compare our weekend previews to ones of yesteryear, there is AMPLE info.

      However, I can certainly start running them earlier in the week.

      Reply
  6. 11 Nov 2009 at 4:18 pm
    19 Street said:

    Can I rage against idiot roommates who cause me to get evicted instead? That would be much more satisfying.

    Reply
    1. 11 Nov 2009 at 6:10 pm
      20 Ian said:

      Holy shiat. I’m sorry to hear. What happened exaclty-ish?

      Reply
    2. 11 Nov 2009 at 9:12 pm
      21 shenanigans said:

      WTF? Was it Doug?

      Reply
      1. 12 Nov 2009 at 9:29 am
        22 Street said:

        No, he hasn’t lived there in ages.

        Reply
  7. 11 Nov 2009 at 7:58 pm
    23 Ian said:

    2 hours, 4 beers, and 2,500+ ’spam’ comments later…

    I’ve discovered that Floozy (2) and Street (1) are the only two who accidentally trigger our filter.

    Congratulations.

    Reply
    1. 11 Nov 2009 at 9:15 pm
      24 Floozy said:

      What were you looking for that you trawled through that cesspit of online shite?

      Reply
    2. 12 Nov 2009 at 9:35 am
      25 Street said:

      Woohoo! I’m so proud to be part of such an exclusive club. It must have been the link I attempted to post about it being illegal to be in your birthday suit in your own home.

      Reply
      1. 12 Nov 2009 at 10:05 am
        26 Floozy said:

        What should we name ourselves Street? I’ve never been in a club of just two. What if people think we are a clique?

        Reply
        1. 12 Nov 2009 at 11:21 am
          27 Street said:

          hmm…”FloozyStreet” sounds like a childrens show gone horribly awry. As for the people, let them talk. They will anyways.

          Reply
    3. 12 Nov 2009 at 4:28 pm
      28 rhymes with orange said:

      shouldn’t they win a gift certificate or something?

      Reply
      1. 12 Nov 2009 at 5:12 pm
        29 Ian said:

        I think I should raffle them off AS the gift.

        Reply
        1. 12 Nov 2009 at 6:14 pm
          30 Floozy said:

          I think you should STFU

          Reply
  8. 12 Nov 2009 at 3:38 pm
    31 Street said:

    A little birdie told me that the Outback Lodge has found financing and will not be leaving us anytime soon.

    Reply
    1. 12 Nov 2009 at 3:39 pm
      32 Floozy said:

      Sponsorship by Jello™?

      Reply
      1. 13 Nov 2009 at 4:33 pm
        33 Loki said:

        I think the sponsorship was by coke.

        Reply
  9. 12 Nov 2009 at 8:50 pm
    34 belmont yo said:

    Where are you?

    I am not here.

    Reply
    1. 12 Nov 2009 at 11:08 pm
      35 backup.planet said:

      i am. say something.

      Reply
      1. 13 Nov 2009 at 12:33 pm
        36 Street said:

        something.

        Reply
    2. 13 Nov 2009 at 7:46 am
      37 rhymes with orange said:

      HELLO!

      Reply
    3. 11 Jan 2010 at 8:25 am
      38 IamNotme said:

      Somewhere else, where are you?

      Reply
  10. 13 Nov 2009 at 8:15 pm
    39 belmont yo said:

    In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal.
    Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eyes can see.
    When there was no ear to hear, you sang to me.

    I have spent my life seeking all that’s still unsung.
    Bent my ear to hear the tune, and closed my eyes to see.
    When there was no strings to play, you played to me.

    In the book of love’s own dream, where all the print is blood.
    Where all the pages are my days, and all the lights grow old.
    When I had no wings to fly, you flew to me, you flew to me.

    In the secret space of dreams, where I dreaming lay amazed.
    When the secrets all are told, and the petals all unfold.
    When there was no dream of mine, you dreamed of me

    /epic weekend > an hero > peace.

    Reply
  11. 14 Nov 2009 at 1:15 am
    40 Taliesin said:

    Tell me the cost
    I can pay, let me go, tell me love is not lost
    Sell everything
    Without love day to day, insanity’s king
    I will pay, day by day
    Anyway, lock, bolt and key
    Crippled but free
    I was blind all the time I was learning to see

    Reply
  12. 14 Nov 2009 at 11:25 am
    41 rhymes with orange said:

    Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
    How does your garden grow?
    With silver bells, and cockle shells,
    And pretty maids all in a row.

    Reply
  13. 15 Nov 2009 at 11:50 am
    42 Street said:

    Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.

    Reply
  14. 16 Nov 2009 at 12:49 am
    43 Taliesin said:

    The truth of love
    an unsung song must tell
    The course of love must follow blind
    without a look behind
    Rubin walked through the streets
    of New Orleans ’till dawn,
    Cerise so lightly in his arms
    and her hair hung gently down

    Reply
  15. 16 Nov 2009 at 12:59 am
    44 Taliesin said:

    I’m stealing this face as a Robert Hunter zone. The little magician. Free of snark and silly little people who like to rob magic from the dreamers w/ meanness and misguided wit….which ain’t that witty. It’s just pointed insecurity.. I’m surrounded by lyrical geniuses w/out substance.

    Reply
    1. 16 Nov 2009 at 11:08 am
      45 rhymes with orange said:

      Happy Monday!

      Reply
      1. 16 Nov 2009 at 11:41 am
        46 Doc said:

        Oh yeah, what’s so damn happy about it?

        Reply
        1. 16 Nov 2009 at 12:29 pm
          47 rhymes with orange said:

          oh I was just robbing some magic, Doc. Sorry.

          Reply
  16. 16 Nov 2009 at 7:48 pm
    48 Street said:

    I just spent a couple hours going through old photos that a friend posted on Facebook. Ye gawds! I was a hippy….dreadlocks and all. :shock:

    It may be time to re-embrace that light-hearted spirit, wearing dark colors all the time just doesn’t suit me.

    Reply
    1. 17 Nov 2009 at 4:31 pm
      49 orchid said:

      you don’t have dreads anymore?!

      Reply
      1. 17 Nov 2009 at 4:38 pm
        50 Street said:

        I haven’t had dreads in 16 years, darlin’.

        Reply
        1. 17 Nov 2009 at 10:23 pm
          51 orchid said:

          apparently i’m not very observant.

          Reply
  17. 17 Nov 2009 at 1:12 pm
    52 Doc said:

    It’s hard out there for a … well, everybody, apparantly. Bank robbery downtown (well, across from Martha Jefferson Hospital… you might not consider that “downtown”).

    http://www.nbc29.com/global/story.asp?s=11521685

    I once heard a rumor(?) that that was the most robbed bank in Cville. Anyone else here that?

    Reply
    1. 17 Nov 2009 at 1:32 pm
      53 Floozy said:

      I had not heard that Doc, but let’s perpetuate it anyways cos I’m bored as shite. Also the description sounds like Ian so let’s tell everyone he did it.

      Reply
      1. 17 Nov 2009 at 1:34 pm
        54 shenanigans said:

        What, was the bank robber beating his girlfriend?

        Reply
        1. 17 Nov 2009 at 1:50 pm
          55 Ian said:

          It’s not called BDSM for nothin.

          Also, my stylish long locks would have definitely made headlines, and I never take taxis. EVER.

          Reply
          1. 18 Nov 2009 at 2:04 am
            56 shenanigans said:

            It’s not called BDSM , it’s called GROSS

            Reply
            1. 18 Nov 2009 at 9:26 am
              57 Ian said:


              G.R.O.S.S. = Get Rid Of Smelly Girls

              Reply
              1. 18 Nov 2009 at 2:34 pm
                58 Loki said:

                That certainly is one way to get rid of them…

                Reply
                1. 18 Nov 2009 at 2:40 pm
                  59 belmont yo said:

                  Hey Loki, could you do that “read more” trick on my latest entry, pretty please?

      2. 17 Nov 2009 at 3:19 pm
        60 belmont yo said:

        Do banks even have public restrooms?

        Reply
        1. 17 Nov 2009 at 4:32 pm
          61 orchid said:

          my bank does. it’s really nice too.

          Reply
          1. 17 Nov 2009 at 4:40 pm
            62 Street said:

            Does it have an ATM in it?

            Reply
    2. 18 Nov 2009 at 9:16 am
      63 rhymes with orange said:

      that bank is the size of a shoe box.

      Reply
  18. 17 Nov 2009 at 1:37 pm
    64 Street said:

    I was carded for a six-pack last night!

    WIN.

    Reply
  19. 22 Nov 2009 at 1:27 pm
    65 Street said:

    Meet your new workout trainer.

    He’ll show you the exercises, give you motivational and encouraging pep talks and even play games with you. In reality, he flails his arms and randomly says creepy insincere sounding things like “I’m having fun. I could play this game all day long. I’m having too much fun.”

    yeesh.

    Reply
  20. 22 Nov 2009 at 11:10 pm
    66 belmont yo said:

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    alenrlknak lenrl kane krna; rvma emvae aerpojapoe

    Reply
  21. 23 Nov 2009 at 10:40 am
    67 echo said:

    b’yo, I just listened to your story from last night. Hilarious. I have read it online but to hear you tell it is priceless.

    Reply
  22. 23 Nov 2009 at 6:27 pm
    68 Street said:

    ahh….just installed a script that makes every web page black with light text. Very easy on the eyes. Though the cVillain header is a bit wonky, but I can live with that.

    Reply
    1. 23 Nov 2009 at 6:31 pm
      69 Ian said:

      This Script ?

      Reply
      1. 24 Nov 2009 at 6:58 pm
        70 Street said:

        No, but it uses the same plugin.

        Reply
  23. 25 Nov 2009 at 2:28 pm
    71 Street said:

    For your viewing pleasure. (warning: not safe for sanity)

    Reply
  24. 26 Nov 2009 at 3:06 pm
    72 Street said:

    Happy drunksgiving….erm….Thanksdrinking? Beer thirty? (insert random drunken, creative phrase here)

    anyhoo, have a good time wit yer family & friends. =)

    Reply
  25. 07 Dec 2009 at 12:58 pm
    73 Street said:

    Introducing the world’s first public Spacecraft, for all your extraterrestrial needs.

    Reply
    1. 07 Dec 2009 at 3:52 pm
      74 Ian said:

      There goes the neighborhood.

      Reply
  26. 07 Dec 2009 at 1:36 pm
    75 Doc said:

    There’s a new UVA football head coach in town (Mike London). I guess this is a good step for us UVA fans.

    Reply
  27. 09 Dec 2009 at 11:12 am
    76 Donk said:

    Hey! New Secretly Y’all event this Sunday! The last one was amazing!

    http://secretlyall.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/its-a-wonderful-life-or-is-it/

    Reply
    1. 09 Dec 2009 at 11:17 am
      77 belmont yo said:

      I cant believe they asked me back.

      Reply
      1. 09 Dec 2009 at 12:20 pm
        78 Floozy said:

        I think it was the baggy pants… looks like you have lots of slack to take up.

        Reply
        1. 09 Dec 2009 at 1:12 pm
          79 belmont yo said:

          Im down 55 lbs now, none of my clothes fit anymore. I had to punch new holes in my belts. Its very odd. Gonna have to wait til after I pay off wisdom teeth, MRI, and christmas before I can get some new duds. Until then, Im saggin.

          Reply
      2. 10 Dec 2009 at 12:25 am
        80 shenanigans said:

        maybe cuz YOU’RE AWESOME

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  28. 10 Dec 2009 at 11:22 am
    81 Doc said:

    I am sad that Michael Voltaggio won Top Chef. That is all.

    Reply
    1. 10 Dec 2009 at 1:59 pm
      82 Floozy said:

      So am I. Fucking ridiculous. Maybe he’s the one that knocked Padma up….

      Reply
  29. 10 Dec 2009 at 3:19 pm
    83 belmont yo said:

    If you eat cigarettes and smoke bacon fast enough you can travel backwards in time.

    I’m from later.

    Reply
  30. 16 Dec 2009 at 6:19 pm
    84 Street said:

    The government tracks everyone these days, eh?

    Reply
  31. 18 Dec 2009 at 10:51 am
    85 Doc said:

    So, we’re getting like 5 feet of snow or something this weekend???

    Reply
    1. 18 Dec 2009 at 1:24 pm
      86 Ian said:

      That’s what I’m hearing. Should be excellent Jeep weather.

      Reply
    2. 18 Dec 2009 at 2:19 pm
      87 Floozy said:

      It’s tough for girlies to estimate these things, since men are constantly trying to convince us that 3″=9″.

      Reply
      1. 18 Dec 2009 at 4:09 pm
        88 Ian said:

        But what does 9″ equal?

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        1. 18 Dec 2009 at 4:24 pm
          89 Floozy said:

          3″ of course.

          Reply
  32. 18 Dec 2009 at 3:58 pm
    90 Street said:

    We should drunkenly build snow forts and temporary art installations all over the mall.

    Reply
    1. 18 Dec 2009 at 4:16 pm
      91 Ian said:

      Hmmmm… Maybe a mini Landmark Hotel, but completed this time?

      Reply
      1. 18 Dec 2009 at 4:17 pm
        92 Street said:

        Brilliant.

        Reply
  33. 19 Dec 2009 at 1:48 pm
    93 Street said:

    Anyone who doesn’t go outside and play in the snow at least once today is a total wuss.

    Reply
  34. 19 Dec 2009 at 9:20 pm
    94 Street said:

    Why is this site such a ghost town? I sincerely hope you all are drunk, fucking, or fucking drunk.

    Reply
    1. 20 Dec 2009 at 5:35 pm
      95 Ian said:

      I’ve been out doing the good & drunk samaritan act, pushing cars out and playing chauffeur (obviously not while inebriated). Unfortunately I missed a great photo op. when CPD got one of their Jeeps stuck in Belmont. 5+ cops with shovels makes me laugh.

      Reply
  35. 21 Dec 2009 at 11:23 pm
    96 Ian said:

    And we say goodbye to the shortest day of the year once again. Back to the sunshine!

    Reply
  36. 22 Dec 2009 at 1:36 pm
    97 Street said:

    I say you haven’t truly experienced cVille until you’ve climbed atop the pavilion, pulled yourself to the top using a rope someone so lovingly provided (read: left) then slid down (and off) it into a huge pile of snow.

    What a rush.

    Reply
    1. 22 Dec 2009 at 2:01 pm
      98 Ian said:

      Pics or it didn’t happen!

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      1. 22 Dec 2009 at 2:53 pm
        99 Street said:

        Like I would post pics to incriminate my friends and I. I may be crazy but I’m not stupid, natch.

        Reply
        1. 22 Dec 2009 at 3:03 pm
          100 Ian said:

          I was actually wondering about the legality of the entire enterprise when you first posted. Since you can legally walk under the structure, could you be charged with trespassing if you climbed on top?

          If you shoot the pics to me I will replace the faces with something a little less recognizable.

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  37. 10 Jan 2010 at 8:01 pm
    101 Ian said:

    http://www.shoeboxblog.com/?p=14066

    Reply
    1. 18 Jan 2010 at 10:39 pm
      103 Street said:

      That’s farking crazy.

      Reply
  39. 19 Jan 2010 at 10:46 am
    104 Street said:

    Time for a new FFA?

    In other news, this.

    Reply
  40. 21 Jan 2010 at 2:14 pm
    105 rhymes with orange said:

    damnit Ian. Make a new FFA.

    Reply
    1. 21 Jan 2010 at 3:08 pm
      106 belmont yo said:

      seconded. so I can post things like this:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Hn0yM00Fo

      /kinda catchy.

      Reply

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