Independence Ave

I don't leave the house very often. Even when the opportunity presents itself, like today for instance. I have the day off, and I may even start out with some pretty interesting plans. But what normally happens is, I find some way to pass the time. Usually in some sick, perverted manner. That hasn't been the full case today, so far exactly, but it's only 1 pm, so I've still got time.

I'm still on call 24/7, but being that in the line of work I am currently involved in (I'd rather keep it quiet for now) if nothing happened on Friday night, chances are nothing's going to happen Saturday. Saturday night, on the other hand, is a different story. I'll sleep light tonight. Especially after a full day of sitting around the house making excuses not to go outside.

The good news (or not-so-terrible news as it were) is that I caught Dazed and Confused on cable. It's a great film, a classic high school movie made in the 90's but up there with the best of the 80's HS flicks: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's also got some of that American Grafiti, I Vitelloni multiple story lines/coming of age thing to it. The bad news (there's always a flip side) was that it was on basic cable, so commercials every six or seven scenes really made it tough to maintain concentration. I got sidetracked and starting surfing the web a bit, but caught enough of the ending to be satisfied.

The thing that struck me this time around was the ages of the actors. They all seem older than the parts they were playing, especially the freshman - some of them anyway. I'll check into that and report back later on.