Time makes all bad memories into good ones.

[butterflydreaming]

This was said twice in the movie Wasabi. I believe it is a French saying, like "time heals all wounds", but not as annoying.

Is it true?

I was all over the place today, Queen Ann, the U district, Baltimore Wallingford. We had dinner at Wallingford Pizza House, and can I say YUM! Girls, we have to go there and all flirt with the Italian waiter; he hasn't been here long, he's going to the U, and it's our duty to make him feel welcome in Seattle. There was a mix-up, so we tried two kinds of pizza, one of which was in their signature "bowl". Individual sized, it is baked upside-down in a ceramic bowl and dis-embowled at the table. So cute.

There are places all over my life that have sad ghosts. Most of those places have been trod over afterward often enough to make the ghosts fade. I rarely go to the U District, so fresh blood was drawn a few times this afternoon when I met up with my own echo. We call this feeling bittersweet, but to me it has always tasted distincly of iron.

It's not important. They are not bad memories, they are good ones.

Going back to Wasabi... it's a very smart movie & I thought the action scenes kicked. It's a French movie about being in Japan, a very different perspective from Hollywood. (Can I just say that I HATED Lost in Translation?) The movie uses the country's scenery -- temples, an arcade, everything -- not as merely a pretty backdrop, but to move the plot forward.

One more thing before my battery sleeps: saw Matador today. You'll enjoy it if you liked Grosse Point Blank (which I did). Pierce Brosnan does sleazy very well.

Comments

[buhrger]

Is it true?
nope.

it is baked upside-down in a ceramic bowl and dis-embowled at the table
weird! tasty?

[butterflydrming.livejournal.com]

The bowl was quite tasty! (Or, rather, the pizza baked in the bowl was.) It's a deep-dish mutation. WPH makes a delicious dough and such a well-spiced sauce.

[varina8.livejournal.com]

Grosse Point Blank is one of my favorites. I shall add Matador to my list. See you when I get home.

[amheriksha.livejournal.com]

Individual sized, it is baked upside-down in a ceramic bowl and dis-embowled at the table. So cute.

*cracks up* Ya know, I read dis-embowled as disemboweled... Thus the "so cute" part of the sentence made me look twice.

We must go though! If only to help that poor waiter feel welcome!

[ironymaiden]

I rarely go to the U District, so fresh blood was drawn a few times this afternoon when I met up with my own echo.

yes. there are several places in the city i won't enter without coercion, for the same reasons.

[buhrger]

There are places all over my life that have sad ghosts. Most of those places have been trod over afterward often enough to make the ghosts fade. I rarely go to the U District, so fresh blood was drawn a few times this afternoon when I met up with my own echo. We call this feeling bittersweet, but to me it has always tasted distincly of iron.
the number of places like this for me varies greatly. there are days when avoiding any such places would require staying in my bedroom the whole day...

[butterflydrming.livejournal.com]

That is one reason why I couldn't live in the same city for the rest of my life. A question I have for you is: are these memories bad because of your current state (reflecting back feels bad) or because of what happened once (event associated with location)?

[buhrger]

a little bit from column A, a little bit from column B