i can't escape it!

the other night we went dancing in melville out of sheer restlessness. once again the best dancing/best music was to be found at candi bar. as we were just leaving i learned that no matter how far i run i cannot escape election bullshit. some white boy from cobble hill, brooklyn (small world!) who my friend was talking with at old folks bar ratz turned out to be conservative later in the night, which led to a bit of a yelling match in the street. what i can i say...i was a little sauced, and he was a little conservative, not a good mix.

he kept asking me why not mccain, to which i sputtered about twenty reasons, some issues and some not issues. he latched onto the "mccain can't use the internet" reason by replying "do you know how many CEOs can't use the internet?" yes but how many are likely to be the leader of the free world, einstein. in addition to how you just pulled that CEO comment out of your nether regions, man. i guess this kid is down with mccain's voting record of warmongering, and making rape victims pay for their own rape kits (yes, he and palin share this), and all those rich folks tax breaks...somehow i think a grad student renting in cobble hill wouldn't make enough hundreds of thousands to benefit from that tax plan, but maybe he just really wants to support all the millionaires at lehman brothers who lost their jobs over this weekend. how nice of him!

anyways, enough election stuff. i can't escape it.

ok, i do not know if this drink exists at home, but if you can find this you should order it. we were having $2 shooters called "supermen" which consist of a layer of aftershock (cinnamon liquor), a layer of blue curacao, a layer of cape velvet (south african cream liquor), and a touch of 140 proof stohr rum. they were delicious. i would like to eat a slice of cake flavored like this drink, if that is even possible. there are lots of tasty things with cape velvet and amarula, which i've yet to see easily available anywhere but here.

this week i've got to change my airline ticket, write a paper for anthropology (discursive analysis of something, we should get the assignment today), sell my used books, fax recommender forms to the US, interview someone for work...it's nice to have things to do.