Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)

I just needed a title that made good use of the word "sick" because I still am. Day 9!!! I'm experiencing complete deja vu of elementary school illnesses that kept me at home for weeks. I remember returning to a classroom full of blank stares and awkward hellos because kids tend to forget who you are if you disappear for that long. I'm able to walk more than a block without getting winded now, which is good, but the phlegm party in my throat is slightly unsexy and I suspect its frightening the neighbors. Don't worry, updates on my phlegm will be frequent and often, so stay tuned. 

With a complete lack of an appropriate, tasteful transition, I have to say a few words on Heath Ledger. I've already heard plenty of people mock the public's dramatic reaction to his death ("This generation's James Dean!" "This generation's River Phoenix!"), and the media frenzy surrounding his passing is sickening, but I have to admit, losing him really hurt. It was so shocking, so random, and so wrong. Whether you thought he was an Oscar-worthy actor or just a teen-heartthrob who lucked out, he was a father, a son, a brother, and a human. It's tragic any way you look at it, and the fact that some of us grew up watching him onscreen (I'll never be able to watch 10 Things I Hate About You again, and I'm not gonna lie - that SUCKS) just makes it all very surreal and upsetting. So, there's my two cents. 

It feels wrong to end on that kind of note, so instead, I give you: