what a beautiful d.c. day, eh?

tommy and i are going out on this rainy evening to have dinner at galileo to celebrate our four-year anniversary. our anniversary is technically october 31st, but since i was running a marathon and all on that day, the anniversary stuff got pushed to the background. i'm pretty excited. even though the group behind galileo and roberto donna's other d.c. restaurants is apparently dead broke, the food is supposed to be amazing. i haven't had great italian food in a while. i haven't had great food at all in a while, actually. my dinner for the past two weeks has basically consisted of microwavable spinach tandoori bowls from trader joe's. anyway, i'll be sure to write a full review later on.

any other crazy weekend plans? full minute of mercury, a band i've never heard of before yesterday, is getting all sorts of crazy buzz, and they're playing the velvet lounge tonight. matthew sweet is playing an early show at the 9:30 club tomorrow. artomatic is going on. the delgados play the black cat on sunday night. actually, i keep hearing great things about the delgados, so perhaps i'll make my way out to that.

so, who saw the o.c. last night? is it just me, or is marissa's latin lover the CREEPIEST NASTIEST ICKIEST guy ever? and how good was the soundtrack? keane, elefant, the new year, sufjan stevens. not too shabby. this season so far hasn't blown me away, but i feel like it's settled down and is maturing a little bit. whatever that means.

alright, i'll shut up now. but first, in the spirit of liberal superiority, check out this ass hat.

letter to the editor i read today in the latest issue of the wasington city paper:

God Damn Us, Every One

With this recent election ("Kerry vs. Bush," 10/29), citizens of the District of Columbia made apparent their disdain for America by casting 90 percent of their votes for Kerry. Frankly, people who love God, and love America, voted to re-elect George Bush. Those who cast their ballots for John Kerry did so because they hate America. One hopes their hatred will be returned ten times by those Americans they despise.

I pray to God that during his second term George Bush enacts policies that mercilessly punish Washington, D.C. Let this be an example to the many traitors among us. America is not going to tolerate your insolence and depravity any longer. You are not welcome here.

Austin Porter
Eckington

this has GOT TO BE a parody. right? some whacked-out d.c. liberal set out to paint the true hatred of bush-loving evangelicals? and the city paper fell for it?