my weekend was low key and great. saturday i got my car back to looking sexy with a car wash and some shiny new hubcaps, and kicked back with the TV (cubs win final pre-season game, illini going to the NCAA championship — I-L represent), then went out and spent the whole night in a back booth in a hollywood bar with a girl drinking beers and talking. to me, that’s a pretty unbeatable evening. and it would have been even if there hadn’t been several people that showed up to this bar in full bunny costumes, which there were, and which we never managed to get to the bottom of. however, the mystique was probably more satisfying anyway.

sunday i didn’t leave the apartment once, just watched a few movies and listened to music and read, with the sun shining in the windows. has anyone seen the film or read the book jesus’ son? i caught this on IFC and it was pretty great, so i’m wondering if the book is even better. i loved the way billy crudup’s character worded some of his inner thoughts; he had this great poetic-but-not way of describing his feelings.

also really enjoyed some time lying on my bed staring at the ceiling with M83 playing loudly in the background. i haven’t picked up the full album yet but for a pay day song taste, check out one of the singles. i saw this song on mtv2 and instantly loved it, their site has the video too.

before you ask, no, i certainly wouldn’t forget to mention that i was there on opening night friday to catch SIN CITY — of course i was! i’ve had that poster image of bruce willis looking down the barrel of that massive revolver taunting me from my computer’s desktop for over a month. and i would write a review here if i hadn’t gone on long enough already, or been unable to form an intelligent opinion beyond, “holy crap, that was cool”, so i’ll get back to you on that tomorrow. besides, if you’re cool you’ve already seen it anyway.