A pretty lame day, eh?
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ithikaIt's pretty tragic about Heath Ledger. He was always one of my favourite actors, actually, ever since I saw him in The Patriot. Also one of the very few (like 5) famous guys who was actually good looking (not that that is terribly important, but you know, it's not like I knew his personality and chose to mention his looks). The media never cease to amaze me with their insensitivity, though. So very sad, particularly for his daughter.* Rest In Peace.
The other sad news, certainly the main reason my day was lame (while Heath Ledger's death is tragic, it's not like I knew him at all, though I know people who did) is that my appeal was unsuccessful. So I guess I'm doing 2nd Sem 2nd year again, and losing Jan-Feb of next summer.
Oh well. Pretty upset, but whatcha gonna do? Kill monsters, read books and write horrible horrible Goth!ballads, probably. (Not so much the last part, but any chance to make fun of Goth!Poetry should really be taken up, no?)
*A thought: do you think it would be easier to lose a person pivotal to your life, like a parent, when you are very very young, and so would grow up largely without them, perhaps only a few original memories and the rest from home movies? This is the wrong way to word it though, since neither would be easier. The question - Would it be worse to lose a parent when you're so young as to never really know them, or worse to lose a parent when you're old enough to miss them, old enough to have gotten to know them, and to remember them?
Even though I have zero experience in this, I think to not have memories of your own of one of your parents would be pretty hard, but then losing someone is always hard... Maybe it would be better to have the memories? I don't know. It's pretty tragic whenever it happens, to anyone. I just thought about it because of this whole event.
The other sad news, certainly the main reason my day was lame (while Heath Ledger's death is tragic, it's not like I knew him at all, though I know people who did) is that my appeal was unsuccessful. So I guess I'm doing 2nd Sem 2nd year again, and losing Jan-Feb of next summer.
Oh well. Pretty upset, but whatcha gonna do? Kill monsters, read books and write horrible horrible Goth!ballads, probably. (Not so much the last part, but any chance to make fun of Goth!Poetry should really be taken up, no?)
*A thought: do you think it would be easier to lose a person pivotal to your life, like a parent, when you are very very young, and so would grow up largely without them, perhaps only a few original memories and the rest from home movies? This is the wrong way to word it though, since neither would be easier. The question - Would it be worse to lose a parent when you're so young as to never really know them, or worse to lose a parent when you're old enough to miss them, old enough to have gotten to know them, and to remember them?
Even though I have zero experience in this, I think to not have memories of your own of one of your parents would be pretty hard, but then losing someone is always hard... Maybe it would be better to have the memories? I don't know. It's pretty tragic whenever it happens, to anyone. I just thought about it because of this whole event.
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Date: 2008-01-23 01:24 pm (UTC)So sad about Heath.