Do I wake or sleep?

I've been sleeping on the living room floor since last week, and just leaving the blankets on the floor folded up. I got home Friday night and just curled into bed, as it were, and watched one of the two DVDs I'd rented, Legally Blonde. As I'm sure everyone here already knows, a thoroughly delightful movie. I loved it. DVDs are so wonderful; I really enjoy the audio commentary tracks. The LB DVD is packed with extras, including tracks with commentary by the director and Reese Witherspoon, and another track with commentary by the screenwriters. I didn't get to watch the latter, sadly, but I did watch the RW track. One comment I loved was when she said a theme of the movie was female camaraderie. Yes! Love that! Thank you for not playing into the tired stereotype that all women hate each other and our default settings are "catty." I love the scene when Vivian comes into Elle's room and Elle introduces her to Bruiser. The changing relationship between those two was fascinating to watch. I also liked how they didn't focus on her romance with Emmet (played by the always-appealing Luke Wilson--ever since his X Files episode, I've been hot for him), and was interested to see that's one thing a couple of reviewers criticized. The trivia track was fascinating as well--apparently more women end relationships than men. Hee hee.

Saturday was a beauty day. I got my hair cut, got my legs and bikini area waxed, got a pedicure and a fill-in. I managed to fit in a nap somewhere there, around 3:30, when the storm hit. Saturday night I watched the other DVD, The Princess Diaries. Umm...sort of meh. Mildly enjoyable, not as engaging as I'd hoped. Saved by some great performances by Anne Hathaway, Heather Matarazzo and the mother, but the corn factor was a bit much. Very Disney, and not really in a good way. But again, Anne Hathaway was just a delight to watch. My favorite thing she did was at the end when she's all dolled up at the ball looking soigne in this beautiful gown with her hair up, and she's dancing the robot dance all serious, reverting for a second to the geek she is underneath. I loved that bit. Truly hilarious, and in character as well.

And--after my motorcycle class on Sunday, after I passed the test and was leaving, Dan, one of my teachers, asked me out. I was completely caught off guard and reflexively blew him off. I thought about it and decided to send him a note, thanking him for the class and giving him my phone number. We ended up going out last night. I enjoyed myself...not sure about the chemistry but I had a good time. But--the guy is 50. What is it about the 50 year old men that are drawn to me? Because I know I don't look 35 and the whole thing is just...odd.

Anyway, yesterday during the day, I finally got off my ass and went downtown to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. I've been meaning to go for awhile now and finally did it. Y'all, this museum kicks. Butt. It's so interesting. They recreate how immigrant families lived in these tiny railroad apartments. When you walk in there's so little light, and the stairs are so tiny. I just love it that these buildings still exist here so we can explore them--NYC is full of such history, every building is so old, and has so many stories. I went on the "Getting By" tour, that showed an apartment from the 1870s that housed a German Jewish family, and one from the 1920s that housed a Sicilian-Roman Catholic family. So, so interesting. I want to go back and see some of the other tours now.