Good & Bad (Nov. 13-20)

This is a new effort to establish some sort of regular update of the blog. So, if all goes as planned, I'll be posting a short once-a-week recap of the highlights and lowlights from the preceding week. I'll still make an effort to write the longer, more focused articles, but those come and go with my inspiration, which has obviously been pretty low the past month.

(Note, posted 1/4/06: Yeah, I did a pretty crappy job keeping up with this.)

Good:
Hot Hot Heat at Starr Hill -
I recently got into this band by picking up their cool new album, "Elevator," as a premium item for my contribution to WNRN's fall fund drive and much to my surprise soon discovered that they were playing an upcoming show in Charlottesville. Though I dismissed my original idea to attend incognito in some sort of punk rock persona, I still had a great time. The band could have played longer, but I wasn't complaining when I managed to get home before 1:00am on a worknight.

Dave Leitao wins debut -
The Pete Gillen years are over, and the new UVA basketball coach wants fans to know it. While Pete was oft criticized for being soft on his players, Leitao wasted no time in showing that he will verbally chew out his players on the sidelines for playing soft defense or not rebounding. Not even the refs are safe, as DL's protest over the non-call for JR Reynolds' on-court assualt earned him his first career UVA technical. I'm sure this team will earn its fair share of weeks in the "bad" section of this blog, but freshman Mamadi Diane's team-leading 17 points gives some hope for the future.

Bad:
Hokies Eat Wahoos for Breakfast -
52-14 feels more like 106-4 when it comes in Scott Stadium at the hands of those poop-eating retards from Virginia Tech. This, the worst football game I've ever attended, gives UVA a 1-6 record against Tech since 1999, an 0-3 record against the Mexico brothers, and completes the season sweep of losses against our 3 biggest rivals, Maryland, UNC, and VT.

Arrested Development Cancelled by FOX -
The funniest show since Seinfeld has its order of episodes for the season trimmed down to 13, which shall mark its final, unlucky number. So far, no other networks seem likely to rescue the show from the jaws of defeat, although if HBO picks it up I'm switching to premium cable.