Seattle Overview

[thehefner]

Jet lag. Dostoevsky. Facial piercings. Honky dreadlocks. My brother. Shadow puppets. Excellent falafel. Comfy bed. Empty comfort.

Corn flakes. Twelve-dollar Italian honey. Salted gourmet chocolate. New jeans. Psycho hose beast. Good beer and whiskey. Drinking alone. One-Man-Show. Not my own. MONOPOLY! Awestruck. Inspired. A new hero. A new idol. Networking. Dubious cab ride. More networking. Cake. Unable to sleep. Too excited. Eventually sleep.

Baguette French toast. The Girl. Old times. Lemongrass soda. Pike Place Market. Amazing vinaigrettes. Warm donuts. Great root soup. Whiskey and beer. (Not as good.) Salmon dinner. Amazing salmon. Thanks, Edd. Private time. Thanks, Edd. THE FOUNTAIN with the Girl. Alone. Together. Discussion. Debate. Intense conversation. Honesty. Confession. Getting close. Getting nowhere. Not surprised. Curl up alone. Emo Hef. Eventually sleep.

Tea with Girl. Muffin striptease. Kindness. Farewell. Goddamnit. Edit DENT. Beer with Edd. Phoebe too. Brotherly advice. Sister-in-law-ly advice. Old advice. Old feelings. Frustration. Anger. Floodgates. Tiny breakdown. Wine. Hedgehog mushrooms. Prospective filmmaker. Mini-screening. Playboy Mansion story. Drunk in Bath. Positive reaction. Plotting and planning. TTYL.

Eight hours. Return flight. Little rest. Broken iPod. Back to work. Jet lag.

Seattle sure wasn't boring, I can tell you that.

Comments

[cisic.livejournal.com]

I love falafel.

Are you free Sunday? Cause I totally need more guys for my reading of Arcadia.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

It was my first-ever. I lost my falafel virginity.

I... think I just might be! Where and when on Sunday?

[cisic.livejournal.com]

In my mind, chickpeas can do no wrong.

It's going to be early due to conflicts later in the day. So the "doors" open at 10:30 am, and the reading will start at 11:30. We will eat brunch and drink British tea before we get started. It will be at my apartment in Silver Spring. If you can do it, send me your email address and I'll add you to the evite.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I'm not generally a fan. Plebeian, I know. But this has converted me.

Rock and roll! Addy is as follows: curse you richards (all one word) at gee male dot com. I'll let you know if I get dicked over and have to work. Whereabouts in Silver Spring? Any landmarks nearby?

[cisic.livejournal.com]

North of the Beltway, at the intersection of 650 and 29 (New Hampshire and Colesville). I live in the Enclave which are these three high rise apartment buildings. They are hard to miss.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

Wow.

Apparently, we need to talk.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow, when I'm better rested. We'll have emo boy tears and then make up for it with RAMBO.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

Ballston Mall has a 7:50 and a 9:50. Potomac yard has an 8 and a 9:50.

Thoughts?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Dunno where Ballston Mall is. 8 at Potomac Yard could work best, I think. It's near Hops, right? We can hang afterward and talk movie and stuff. And I can get there quicklyish from work at 7ish.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

It's a plan.

Just get to my place as quickly as you can, so we can get on our way to get good seats.

Word.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay, yeah, your place so I can drive. Totally, will do.

Hm. Maybe I should also consider the 9:50 show. That way we can talk and drink first, then I can sober up while watching movie. I doubt we'll be discussing the film in depth for the next hour or anything.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

I actually think we'll be quite dissecting the film.

I think we should do the 8, if that's ok. I don't want to start a movie at 10pm. Is that okay?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that'll be fine, just so long as you know I'd get to your place around 7:30-7:45ish, traffic depending.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

That's cool.. just give me the call as heads up.

It takes, what? 15 minutes to get there?

Hmmm.. it might be close.. be fast like a cheetah!!

[interdisciple.livejournal.com]

Perfect post. Loving it.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Hey, thankya, pally! :)

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

Falafel is amazing! But not as amazing as this enticing minimalist trip report. Feel like e-mailing the Full Story, or will it be here later?

Hedgehog mushrooms?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it! I was thinking about writing up the Full Story for LJ, but hesitate for fear of coming off as too emo and... I mean, John Hefner girl angst LJ posts are so 2004.

But if you are interested, then if nothing else, I shall happily send it along to you. I shall strive to make it was interesting as humanly possible.

Yes! http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-hedgehog-mushrooms.htm

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, most mushrooms are "considered edible primarily because they will not poison consumers."

Go ahead, vent away. Extra points for purple prose!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Give me a day or two to rest, and if I still feel the need, then I shall happily do so to you, and I greatly appreciate the offer either way.

[treyhawk.livejournal.com]

Getting close. Getting nowhere.

Damn. You are so showing up in Nowhere.

(I'll explain later...)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Please do, for now, I is curious...

[rosinslady.livejournal.com]

I'm THRILLED that you managed to see Mike Daisey in action, or so I would assume you did by the MONOPOLY reference (the very show of his I've seen myself!). I think he's astonishingly talented monologist, and though the two of you have such different styles, I can only see it as beneficial for each of you to have experienced the other. :-)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

It's the same dude! I totally did not realize that! I desperately want MONOPOLY! on DVD or book or something, so I can rewatch all the layers he worked in. He's a fucking master.

He's coming to DC around the time of the DC Fringe, and he promised to see my show if I'm performing then. And of course I'll see and pimp his too.

I really am just majorly comforted that we are so different in style, so I don't feel totally inadequate watching him. Even still, he's very much giving me something for which to reach.

[katenesswac.livejournal.com]

Salted gourmet chocolate!

*drool*

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

*roasted* salt over chocolate caramels. Dear sweet merciful Gandhi.

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

At first glance this reads like the "word soup" spam emails that sometimes invade my mailbox. Then I got it. Mostly. The true meaning of Muffin striptease eludes me, however. Sounds both kinky and tasty though!

(P.S. Just saw Sweeney Todd. My feelings are a little mixed. The cinematography and sets were very handsome, and Depp appropriately tortured-looking, but every time Helena Bonham-Carter opened her mouth I winced a little. Her singing voice did little for me. However, that was made up for by the presence of Timothy Spall, who both revolts and fascinates me when he's playing this type of character.)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Aye, the muffin striptease really was the crowning little moment of the weekend. It was sort of my version of Charlie Chaplin's "table ballet," if you know what I mean. I may have to incorporate it into a movie. If, when I write out the whole events, I feel the full story is good and not just sad bastard wankery, I shall post it here. And the mystery of the muffin striptease shall be revealed.

Aye, my feelings are still rather mixed too. But I do agree, wasn't Timothy Spall just so compellingly artistically grotesque? His every movement was like choreography!

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. A Chaplin food dance, of course.

I'd like to read the full story. And by the looks of the posts above, everyone seems very interested in your trip too. You'll need to post photos too, my knowledge of Seattle comes wholely from Frasier. And while I love US comedy TV, sometimes it has been known to lie to me.

Spall was fabulously Dickensian. A little bit Wackford Squeers, a little bit Quilp the Dwarf, and entirely horrid.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Seattle I've known from my few experiences is filled with far more hippies than that delightful TV show would lead one to believe. But then, I suppose Frasier and Niles run with a decidedly different crowd than my brother and his wife...

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

God damnit, TV.

Please don't break my illusions. I want to continue to believe that California is filled with shiny, wealthy teenagers who appear closer to 30 than 15, as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and The O.C. have told me. And that in New York, one can rent a flat that's bigger than my entire house on a waitresses salary, as Rachel did in Friends.

However, I hope and pray that what The Wire shows me about Baltimore is made up, because if not, that is just far too depressing.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Also, according to THE X-FILES, all of Washington DC and surrounding suburbs are really Vancouver. Just so you know.

As for Baltimore, combine THE WIRE with John Waters' films, and somewhere in the middle you should have a pretty good idea.

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

Smallville, Kansas is apparently Vancouver too. I never knew Kansas had so many trees and mountains in it...

Okay, thank you for informing me. Tme to update the "Places I Am Never Visiting" List: Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Afghanistan, Uganda, Wales, Baltimore.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I dunno, from what I understand, you may wish to add Detroit to that list:

[gnort.livejournal.com]

Trees yes...mountains...not a chance, you'd be hard pressed to find a hill out here let alone a mountain.

[adaptor.livejournal.com]

Yes, Vanna. I'd like to buy a verb, please.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Damn it, I gave you "tell" at the end, what more do you need of me?!