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Dazed and Confused! Not literally, but the title of today's movie selection. It was the film Linklater made right after Slacker. It portrayed a school's out for the summer night involving a horde of kids from a high school. The film used a lot of the techniques that Linklater used in Slacker. The action ricocheted from character to character during the crazy party night. The film used some people who went on to become stars (Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, for example). The film style was not the Dogme 95 treatment of Slacker, but still had Linklater's touch. He also did School of Rock, which was a "Rocky"-like movie about kids in a boarding school creating a band. It was an OK film, but not as gritty as Slacker.

Went to CW dance class today. Noticed the three week hiatus. The teacher went through five dances today. Most were new to me, so I was stumbling around some. But I came home and found the ones I didn't know on the web. There are YouTube videos for most of the CW line dances. Can let my fingers dance through the steps!

Had a great lunch with BH (salmon, assortment of veggies, pasta and fruit). I was really hungry--from the morning's dance class and a huge bowel movement I took in the morning--I was running on empty when I arrived for lunch.

Dreamed last night about a house being built on the property I once owned in downtown PA. A developer was razing my old house, an adjoining townhouse complex, and a few other surrounding homes. He was building a large house that would utilize all of the land where the razed buildings once stood. I was walking around the neighborhood with someone, looking at what was being done. We came up onto a bluff and nearly walked over a sheer drop that had been created by the removal of several buildings. I was upset that all the places were being destroyed. I wanted to do something to keep the development from happening. I awoke still feeling upset and annoyed.