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.