Neat!

B and I went last night to see "Rock Star"; it was great. It brought back lots of memories of the music I listened to as a teen, the rock star lifestyle, a bit of schmoopiness and the progression to alternative/grunge in the early 90's. Mark Walburg did a wonderful job with the music (he actually did sing it all). If you do make it to the movie be sure to hang around during the credits for the movie cuts and an amusing rock and-roll rendition accompanied by break dancing of Walberg's "Good Vibrations" from the 80's.

The best thing about last night though - they showed a preview for "Training Day" featuring Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog (see http://www.movie-list.com/t/trainingday.shtml ) for the trailer. THEY DRIVE MY MONTE CARLO IN THE MOVIE! Same color, year and everything. I saw a flash of it and thought it looked familiar. Then I saw the close-up of the hood ornament and said to B "Hey, they are driving an old Monte Carlo". And then they showed the car and I screamed into the dark theatre "THAT'S MY CAR!!!" as B frantically whispered at me to be quiet.

So I'm going to see that movie, just to see my car in action. Ethan Hawke (who directed this) has great taste in automobiles!

The shower

One of my very good friends that I've known since I was two years old had her wedding shower yesterday. We went to dancing together, went to High School together, ended up going to college together and then both signed up at the dance studio again after college. I am so happy for her and her fiance; they've been dating for a LONG time and are blissfully happy. She's been anxiously waiting for a long time for the start of their new life together (and I'm guessing, that children won't be far down the line for them).

It was cute, the organizers of her shower hung her first dance costume over the back of her chair - MY FIRST DANCE COSTUME TOO! It was a little orange satin leotard with white sequin trim and a little orange tulle tu-tu lined in white and silver sequins. I was 3 and she was 4 and we were lollipops that year. Man was I pissed when I found out that my Dad cleaned out the attic and threw out all of the old dance costumes - in particular THAT one!

It was weird seeing people that I spent so much time in high school with that I HAVEN'T been great about keeping in touch with. In particular, my friend Melissa or "Dissa" who I sat with for the brief period that I was at the shower before heading off to get B in Boston. We didn't spend a ton of time hanging out together while I was in HS outside of the group but did spend more time together while in college. D and I went to Hardcore shows together, talked about straight edge and vegetarianism/veganism, music and various other political issues. For some reason we just grew apart after my first year of college and I hadn't talked with her since then.

So we chatted a bit about work stuff; we've followed similar patterns only now she's a geek-in-training and I'm not. And she still talks every once in a while to our ex boyfriend (my first boyfriend when I was 14, her's a couple of years later). It was like time really didn't pass at all which was nice. We exchanged e-mail addresses and I'm going to get in touch with her later in the week. I think chatting over tea or coffee like in the good-ole-days would be nice - upstairs at Borders or walking around Harvard Square.

So lately I've been getting away from the club/gothy scene in exchange for more quiet home time (I made a halloween curtain and bought a stuffed bat for our front door), old friends and family time (pretty soon it will be time to start planning for the decoration of Gram's gazebo for Christmas). I may not be doing as much stuff as my normal schedule but somehow - I'm feeling more fulfilled.

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And today I'm back to the gym since I first got sick over a week ago. I'll be moving my cardio workout from the elliptical machine to the treadmill to get ready for the Tufts 10K. I think though I'll skip the weights for the next few days - I pulled something last Friday at our company party in all of the running around through obstacle courses and jumping in moonwalks.

PHEEAAAR ME!