Drift Reality > Washington, DC > May 2003

May 22 - At Crush, I remember going into the bar, having a drink, and thinking to myself, "Boy, this place is a little trashy, but in a good way."

What I realized last night was that the reason I like places like Crush and Tom Tom is because they do not deny the fact that they are trashy bars. They are literally dirty, the patrons are generally drunk kids looking for someone to hook up with, and it smells bad inside. That being said, the service is friendly and they seem to have a humility about them that belies the trashiness of the venue in which they work.

If you want to go and have some cheap drinks and not care how you look and then hook up with someone who you probably will think is attractive mostly on account of your drunkenness, then please go to Crush.

May 15 - Matrix 2 (Matrix Reloaded) sucked. I'm not going to sugar-coat it. Zero character development, a ridiculously complex and stupid plot that made The Phantom Menace's plot look clever, completely erroneous dramatic sequences, token black-guy quotes (which annoy me), the only asians in the movie were a kung-fu artist and some old guy who made keys, some of the special effects were spectacular but some made me think I had just paid 8 bucks to watch a video game, and there was some very lame screenwriting which made me think that the Wachovia brothers (or whatever their names are) have been watching too many Bush speeches on television. The worst part about it was that the shit ended with a "To Be Continued." After all that god damn patience and effort I didn't even get to see a satisfying conclusion. My conclusion - wait until it comes out on video or DVD. Then wait some more. Then wait for Matrix 3 to come out on DVD. Then fast forward through the entire thing at 30X speed, only stopping to watch the fight scenes and occasional nipple shots of girls dancing and be over and done with it.

May 8 - The other night I went to the Aroma Company, located at 3417 Connecticut Avenue, NW. It's a narrowly structured little joint with a lounge in back and a stage up front, where a jazz/funk band plays on Friday nights.

It's a pretty chill place to start your evening with a few drinks before heading into Adams Morgan for a more chaotic level of revelry.

Drinks are moderately priced and the service (as with most non-college bars in DC) is pretty damn decent.