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Shocking News

it's funny the amount of information you can receive from a large but muted plasma tv hanging on the wall in front of the treadmills. for several days last week, Britney hogged the US news. one, she held her boys hostage while threatening to kill herself. After which, she turned up at the courthouse hours late for her custody battle. Then she decided she's not only called "Brit"-ney, she IS a Brit and started putting on a Brit accent. Following that, she denied she ever dated her ex-boyfriend. Boy, this girl is in a whole lot of trouble. At the rate she's spiraling out of control, i think the she'll either spin her way onto the moon or end up in an institution.

Today's shocking headline: Heath Ledger has died.
While huffing and puffing away with my knees half buckling, i realised a half of the famed brokeback couple has passed away. he was found dead in mary-kate olsen's apartment in soho with sleeping pills by his side. suspected suicide attempt through drug overdose. another young life has gone to waste.

incidentally, both protagonists are my age.
has fame and fortune come to them too fast?
when the world looks on in envy at their success, were they secretly wishing they hadn't been so successful?
what eventually broke them, their lives and their sanity?

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Anonymous said…
yeah was equally as shocked. what a waste of life! - SO
Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:07:00 AM
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