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David In Indy:
Daily Journal. Yeah right! I'll bet this turns out like all these other threads I've started in here. A few days of posting and PHFFT!! Nothing.
*Confessions of a Gay Altar Boy - Splat!
*The Photo Club - Kaboom!
* The Indianapolis Colts - Fart and fizzle.
* Keeping Up With The Sims - Computer meltdown.
Lord, I could go on and on.
So, you get the point. Here we go again. But what the hell, right?
David In Indy:
Heath Ledger, Misunderstanding and Discrimination
I've been thinking a lot about poor Heath today. All this dreadful news, and the terrible rumors which are still flying. And the terrible comments made by people about Heath. He is so misunderstood, and I wonder why? What was so mysterious about Heath? Nothing really. He was a brilliant, talented, handsome man and a loving father. But for some reason people want to pin all this mystery on him. I started wondering if maybe Heath felt misunderstood while he was alive. I hope not, but I don't think all this misunderstanding suddenly happened once he was dead. It must have been there earlier, and I wonder if he was aware of it.
This got me to thinking about my youth. I felt very misunderstood as a child. When I was younger I didn't really understand it. Then when I become older (a teenager) I learned to fear it. You see, my mother was Native American, French and African American. This was a very misunderstood mixture here in the Midwest. My mother really couldn't hide it. She was called every name in the book, and often in my presence. It hurt her very badly, and she wanted to make sure I didn't suffer the same fate. So she told me secrets.
"Around here, even one teeny tiny drop of Black blood is too much" she would warn me. "Don't you NEVER tell nobody about it or I'll whoop the tan off your ass".
My Native American looks were enough to cover up my Black heritage - for the most part, although being a Native American in the 1960's wasn't a very good thing to be either. At least not around here. So my European roots helped cover up the Native American, and the Native American helped cover up the Black. The problem was, I didn't look White. I didn't look Black and I didn't look Native American. So people asked questions. And then there was my Roman Catholicism in a Protestant city and state. And we won't even go into my feminine qualities as a child.
So, people wondered, people talked, and sometimes people asked a question or two.
I wonder if Heath suffered from a feeling of misunderstanding and isolation. I sure hope not.
But they're talking aren't they? And they're asking questions. And they're wondering. I wonder if they realize how painful that can be to others?
Poor poor Heath! :'( :'(
David In Indy:
Nothing to talk about I guess. I had a shitty day. What else is there to say about it? :laugh:
ifyoucantfixit:
So ya had a bad day??
Aw David what happened to make your day shitty.? Did you have a fender bender?
Were you late to work and the boss gave you crap over it? Did you get splashed by
a passing car, and soaked to the skin, having to wear your wet clothes all day long. Did you lose your ATM card in a mean card eatng machine and you cant get a duplicate until they mail it to you.? Did your money in the bank inexplicably disappear.?
Did you have a pina colada and get caught in the snow. Did you miss the last courier and
not get to send out your nightly balance sheets. And lastly but most importantly you
missed the call from your dear one. And just as you finally got in contact. The battery on
your cell phone died.........
Huh huh tell me. What happened. I have been having a shitty week too.
Maybe we can hang out and throw wadded
up paper wads at the mice.
Hugs honey ;D
and by the way i was looking forward to keeping up with the Sims
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: David on February 07, 2008, 02:30:52 am ---Heath Ledger, Misunderstanding and Discrimination
Poor poor Heath! :'( :'(
--- End quote ---
{{{{{David}}}}}
Sweetie, are you OK? I was very touched by your post... It's exactly what I've been wondering about... makes me so sad...
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