magnolia day

twas 8 years ago today that kara & i had our first date: we went to see magnolia in downtown seattle. (though she probably wouldn't have paid me much mind in the first place if i hadn't mentioned a john sayles movie to her a week or two earlier. so the writers and directors paul thomas anderson and mr sayles ought to take a bit of responsibility here.) afterwards we went to the neighborhood of wallingford and had drinks in a bar called murphy's with alex & jeff and carla & nate. those couples are no longer together, though perhaps that's for the best.

we haven't seen magnolia all the way through in quite some time. we might try and make time to watch it this weekend, though, despite tom cruise.