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

[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.