I was sitting in the doctor's office waiting for my doctor to stop behind so behind in seeing his patients and the Heath Ledger thing was on CNN for like an HOUR straight. At least.

Then, I went in to see the doctor and he chastized me for not taking the sleeping pills he'd prescribed and I said "Well, it seems like every time you open the paper some young Hollywood star has overdosed on sleeping pills. I'm a little scared to take them. Also, it's because I like to drink on the weekends. I know. I'm stupid." And then I agreed to take them.

I'm still scared. But they're the kind that make you see Abe Lincoln and beavers and shit, so maybe it won't be sooooo bad.

How am I supposed to rock the Wii if I can't drink on weekends???

Tue, 01/22/2008 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

recalcitrant

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I Mean

Yeah, Heath Ledger's dead. That sucks. This thread is not about me.

I actually was very very shocked when I read the headline.

Tue, 01/22/2008 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

r.john

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**** **** ****

i just can't believe that he would kill himself over mary-kate!

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Tue, 01/22/2008 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

messagereceived

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I'm thinking

At least for me that this celebrity death seems more grim possibly because he was actually younger than me. I just don't like being reminded of mortality, ok?

Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

jen thomas

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It's unbelievably sad that Heath died and all

but I think I'm way more freaked out at the fact that Sondra has a family, must now be prescribed sleeping pills, and can't drink during the week OR on weekends. What's happened to you girl!?!

I'd love to see Abe Lincoln and beavers and shit.

Instead I'll just drink 2 martinis and contemplate the insane courseload of young minds that I must warp this week while coming off of a 12-hour workday. Again, nothing in my life has changed except the fact that I can now grade people. I could maybe self-diagnose some Lexapro though. You can't OD on that stuff, can you?

Also, this post was not intended to take away from the tragedy of Heath's death. I mean, Brad Renfro was kind of a given, but this came out of nowhere. You know it's news if I heard it on NPR first.

Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

Ben

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Ben Sez:

You should try this antidepressant I'm on. Shit gives you WACKY dreams!

Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

r.john

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* * * *** * * *

People! PEOPLE!
A great talent has died and you are grousing
about your DREAMS?!!!

Tom Cruise was a giant in the industry and will
be missed by billions of the humans of earth.

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Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

recalcitrant

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I Know, Right???

Jen, it would shock me that my life has changed so much as well, except that it's mostly happened subtly (minus the time when I got knocked up..that was not subtle).

And it's not like I can't drink on weekends forever. Just a couple, because that's when I have to try out the stupid beaver lincoln pills to make sure they don't make me super loopy the next day.

I got crazy insomnia last year and missed a month of work and was hospitalized for exhaustion and stuff and the beaver lincoln pillz are one of the last stepping stones in transitioning me off all medzzzz because I don't want to be on them for life. So, it's actually good news and stuff I guess. I took a nap all by myself last week.

I didn't have any problems sleeping when I was younger because I was always totally exhausted physically from going to shows and dancing my ass off and having a couple of beers a lot of nights. Once I cleaned up my act I found I had trouble sleeping.

I wonder if that's what happened to poor Heath.

At least he wasn't really in Mary-Kate Olsen's apartment. That would have been a really shitty way to go.

Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

Costacide

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A friend of mine was yelling at me over the phone that she saw the ambulance...this was about 2 hours before I actually heard so it was a bit of a weird conversation.

FFATAH

Wed, 01/23/2008 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

steph

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haven't posted here in

haven't posted here in years, but came back to see if the "[INSERT CELEBRITY] NOOOOOOOOOOOOO" threads still happened.

and they do.

hello to anyone that remembers me.

Wed, 01/23/2008 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

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