I'm weirdly upset about his death.
I was that way about Heath Ledger.
Addiction is so fucking brutal.
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2014 9:21:48 am PST #18827 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
-t - Feb 02, 2014 9:32:27 am PST #18828 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, no. That's awful.
I think I've gotten over thinking it's weird that these deaths of people I don't actually know upset me. This is a bad one.
Tom Scola - Feb 02, 2014 9:38:30 am PST #18829 of 30000
hwæt
X-post from movies: [link]
He had undergone treatment for drug addiction in the past, and spoke in interviews about “falling off the wagon” last year after remaining clean for 23 years.
23 years.
Liese S. - Feb 02, 2014 9:39:47 am PST #18830 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh that's awful.
aurelia - Feb 02, 2014 9:48:41 am PST #18831 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I actually did know him. He directed a play (largely about addiction) that I worked on. [link]
When we met I was asking him to please not stand directly under the very heavy lighting instruments the electricians were trying to lag bolt into the scenic beams and he asked me to call him Phil and started chatting about how naturally trusting he is.
-t - Feb 02, 2014 9:52:05 am PST #18832 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
23 years.
So he managed another 23 years of life and work than he might have. That's good.
Still sad, of course, but these kind of thoughts make me feel better.
Aims - Feb 02, 2014 9:54:29 am PST #18833 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
aurelia - you worked with Katy Sullivan in that production?
aurelia - Feb 02, 2014 9:55:04 am PST #18834 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Yes.
beekaytee - Feb 02, 2014 9:59:24 am PST #18835 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
So he managed another 23 years of life and work than he might have. That's good.
Still sad, of course, but these kind of thoughts make me feel better.
I'm with -t. Bless him for the well-fought battle.
It makes me sad to think that anything, or anyone could have toppled him after so long clean.
I sometimes wonder about a plumber in my neighborhood who has 30 years clean but EVERY day talks about how he's just one fuck up away from oblivion. He proudly states that he has never, ever taken a vacation that was not to an NA convention.
I tended to think he just has a flair for the dramatic. I will, from this point forward, take him more seriously.
Aims - Feb 02, 2014 10:00:01 am PST #18836 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ha! That's so funny. We're friends with her and her husband.