Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004 | 2:06 PM

In preparation for this evening�s gazillionth viewing of ROTK, I watched The Two Towers yet again�the extended edition, of course. So good. So fucking good. I love it when Sam saves Frodo from the Nazgul. And I love the extra scenes involving Boromir, Faramir, and Denathor.

I�m meeting Matt at 5PM at Boston Beer Works and then it�s off to the movies.

In other news, I�m working all day today as I do once every two months which basically means it�s MUSIC DAY when I get to download shit from kazzaa and decide whether I want to buy it or not.

Stuff from the latest Shins record? Ummmmm� FUCKING AMAZING!!!!! Ditto Iron & Wine and The Rapture.

Right now I�m just listening to the Beatles:

Two of us riding nowhere spending someone�s hard earned pay
You and me Sunday driving not arriving on our way back home

I don�t why this song always makes me so terribly sad. Sad isn�t the word. Nostalgic and melancholy and wistful and such. Even though it�s written in the present tense, it seems evocative to me of something that has past, that grows hazier until eventually it blurs and fades altogether.

OK�now I�m crying. I�m incredibly lame.

Thanks, Beatles.