Day of Death
(6:10 P.M. – 6:18 P.M. US Central Time/Downtown library)
It seems that celebrities are dying right and left lately. First, Ray Charles, Gregory Hines, John Ritter. Just a few days ago, Rodney Dangerfield joined them. I had almost convinced myself that these men, especially Rodney, were as immortal as people come. I guess not.
Now, I have found out that not only did Christopher Reeve die over the weekend, Ken Caminiti has died as well. I am so overcome with sadness right now that tears are threatening to fall. I am attempting to look as composed as possible, as this is a Public library, but it’s hard.
Ken was a baseball player right here on my home team, the Houston Astros, before he was released from the team not too long ago due to his drug habit. He was only 41 years old. With a history like his, and a pretty youthful age, it took me all of two seconds to know drugs were to blame. I don’t know why people can’t leave the damned drugs alone. I guess they don’t care about themselves, and they figure that no one else does either.
~Danielle
I was shocked when I heard that news too. He seemed like a very nice man.
I was devastated to hear he’d passed. To see him fighting so hard and still not making it, it’s sad. Still, he had a loud voice and I think all the yelling he did for research will do a lot of good.. An online comic I read, PVP, has a beautiful and fitting tribute here..
http://www.pvponline.com/
It’s under the comic strip itself.
I think my favourite line out of the Rede is "Soft of eye and light of touch, Speak ye little, listen much." It’s one of those simple images of the ultimate Mother figure that makes me sniffle a little (Note: I’m a cancer too). It’s the sort of person I try to be.. Granted, I dye my hair red, but it might as well be natural with my temperament ::wry grin::
While I’m not a fully practicing Wiccan I do feel an atunement to certain parts of it. I guess I’m a quasi-Pagan. Can’t describe it any other way..
Yes, that scene was perfect. I loved every second. Wayne jokes that I glow afterward. I swear, I glow all week. Can’t help it. I hit that feeling faint, floating feeling and it affects the rest of the day and beyond. Sorry to make you jealous.. You should read my Literotica. ::shameless plug:: It’s far more intense.. Fantasies that we haven’t quite gotten to yet..
He was probably doing cocaine or crack which is so highly physically and psychologically addictive that it’s not as simple was wanting to quit and care about your self. The withdrawls just suck from that shit. It’s horrible. Even with other drugs it’s never as simple as just throwing it out the window and quitting. I went through various drug withdrawls and said I’d never use again when I finally kicked them but there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t want the drug.
Anyhow, I read the Christopher Reeves died too and was really sad because I donate money to his charity and I really wanted him to walk again and I think it really sucks that the pres is blocking stem cell research and standing in the way of him and others walking or living normally again.
yeah it’s a huge pity about christopher reeve isnt it. i was flabbergasted to hear of it myself 🙁
hope you’re doing ok, sis
much love
zara