…Is a really bad idea.
But one that I can’t get out of my head. I had a dream where I went to a restraunt/tattoo parlor and had the feast of a lifetime and then got a tattoo to remember it by. The idea just keeps sticking to me.
I’ve had a couple amazing feasts that would be worth commemorating in such a way. Once with friends at a local greek restraunt we ordered practically the whole menu and feasted for hours. I’d call it one of the peak experiences of my life. It was pure unadultured joy in the sensual pleasures of taste and texture mixed with the commraderie of good friends. I always thought I was a freak for putting so much emotional weight in a single meal, but then one of the people I went with mentioned that he regarded it the same way…
And then there was my recent sushi experience,http://bb.bbboy.net/straightdope-viewthread?forum=7&thread=271 which was amazing. It was pure sensuality and pure intamacy and damn good food to boot. It was a meal that I will never ever forget.
I think I’ve got some sort of eating disorder. I love food soooo much. It’s not like I eat a ton or anything, but I certainly put a lot of emotional stock in a good dinner. I think it stems back from my childhood when it seemed like the cabinets were always empty and dinner was rarely more than mac and cheese. The idea of not eating a good dinner now seems tragic- like a wasted day. I get edgey if I havn’t been to the store for a while and end up running out of food. It’s a little wierd.
But back to the tattoos. I won’t do it, but it still seems like a really good idea. Would I get what I ordered written in really cool script? Or something purely symbolic of the time, place, people and of course food. I think it is something I’d have to do immediately after the meal- not something that I could do years after. How would I ever explain it to anyone else?!?!?!
Enough rambling for tonight…
