We went last night to see Mirrormask at the Varsity Theater up in the University District with our friends Mike & Mike. The movie was fantastic across the board. Good acting, great direction, amazing visual design–it literally is Live Action Dave McKean. Toss in the Neil Gaiman screenplay, fantasy elements, and his usual wordplay gymnastics? Friggin sweet. Before we went up there we stopped downtown and went to the Pike Place Market. I finally got to see the fish guys toss fish (they sure do yell about it a lot). There was an older Asian man busking with some sort of upright violin thing. It sounded positively haunting. Then down to Golden Age Collectibles, to pick our supply of comics/heroin; has arranged ahead of time for them to start our account up there, so that we wouldn’t miss any comics.
After that, and a hit of caffeine from Seattles Best Coffee, it was up to the U-district. I got my first taste of what Andi calls “overfriendly bus passengers”, which she’d warned me about, but she was actually really nice. So, in a weird little bit of real world/internets confluence, we met . I guess I better used to random things like that. It reminds of me talking about bumping into people in real life that said they read his Flickrsteam, but he didn’t even know them. Life in the city. I can get used to this.
We had dinner at this place up by the corner of the Ave and 45th, Ruby. Really, really yummy seafood stew, overfilled with mussels, prawn, and noodles. I want more… and then over to Big Time Brewery. Typical college pub, but I liked their oatmeal stout a lot. Very sweet. Then, home.
I can definitely get used to this.
