Thursday #42 – this Thursday I enjoyed a bizarre sleep in, waking up just after 10, alone in DTM’s house. He’d had to head off to work early and since I had the day off I was under strict instructions to go back to sleep and stay as long as I liked. When I was half-asleep at 7am this sounded reasonable; at 10.30 as I showered and locked up it suddenly seemed very weird to be home alone in someone else’s home – not even Macaulay Culkin had to deal with that one!
When I finally got back to my own home, I made myself some brunch and headed up to bed to watch my favourite 90’s rom com While You Were Sleeping. For some bizarre reason I was utterly obsessed with this movie as child and had what can only be described as an unhealthy crush on Bill Pullman, who is 34 years my senior. At one of our many free movies recently, Peter Eyebrows had featured in a trailor and I began to explain to an uninterested DTM how Peter Eyebrows had played the title sleeping role in my fav childhood movie. He couldn’t have cared less and I can’t be sure I even finished my story but what I do know is this: it made me wanna watch that movie again and it is still just as magical as it was all those years ago. Bill Pullman’s luscious hair no longer does it for me. Sandra Bullock’s 90’s fashion suddenly looks ridiculous. Peter Eyebrows’ eyebrows don’t even seem that bushy anymore. But when Sandra Bullock’s voice over comes on at the end and tells us “Peter once asked me when I fell in love with Jack. And I told him, "It was while you were sleeping”” – all is forgiven!
When M-Dizzle got home and found me in bed eating chocolate and watching Ringer, I explained my hectic day to her and we both decided she needed to watch While You Were Sleeping. I was initially worried that my 30 minute synopsis may have spoiled the movie for her but then realised how much I had enjoyed it despite several viewings and am confident that even with my sometimes word-for-word run down, M-Dizzle will still be moved when Bill gives Sandra that snow dome!
I wrapped up my day with Hamish and Andy’s Euro Gap Year and a non-season finale episode of Grey's Anatomy (despite some very misleading previews) and once again returned to bed. When I wasn’t sleeping, I was in bed watching other people sleep on my TV – it was a super energetic Thursday by all accounts! No free movies but I did rewatch a classic so that has to count for something!
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