Things

Last night I couldn't sleep. I watched TV till 2AM and then didn't "sleep" till 430, and even then I only dosed till 7am. What a nightmare. What started it all, I think, was an episode of Intervention I watched. It was so disturbing. It was about this young gal who was addicted to inhalants. Dust Off, in particular. This chick basically huffed 10 to 12 cans PER DAY. The entire time the camera was on her she had this thing in her hand and just kept sucking on it. Most of the time she was completely out of it, her eyes totally crazed, and OMG, just so so sad. The intervention in the beginning did not go well. She was such a total arrogant thing too. When the intervention didn't work her family had her cats taken away and then the cops showed up. She had this way of dismissing people, "Excuse me, you must leave now." With this little wave of her hand. The cops put up with it for about 10 minutes and then arrested her. They took her in to the hospital where she finally agreed to go to treatment. 2 months later she is still sober and doing much better. After it was over I went down stairs to tell Regan about it, and make sure that in the next few years he keeps his dozens of cans of dust off hidden well (he needs them for work to clean camera gear). Not that Ellie or Ayana would, but who knows? Who the hell knows. Shows like this are good, in a way, for sure, they help people. But it always paralyzes (sp?) me with fear. These junkies are someones daughters and sons. Granted 9 times out of 10 there is a history of some kind and a catalyst that is so obvious why the addiction started in the first place. The way the show lays it out, it's like, "Oh I get it." You totally can see how it can happen. Still scary none the less. And you can hide stuff around your house all you want, but if kids want to do it they'll find a way. You can only do the best you can, and that's all anyone can do. So with all of this racing in my brain I then watched "Kitchen Nightmares" with Gordon Ramsey. It was awesome. Just what I needed to flip the switch in my brain. I just love him.

Today Regan officially starts work. They are prepping and start shooting on Monday. I am so excited to see some friends of mine I made while working on it. They are all coming in from all over and will be living here for 4 months. Yay!

I have to say I am really really liking "Twilight"! It is extremely riveting, albiet not the best written book in the world by far. But I can see why everyone is hooked. The premise is extremely intriguing. The only thing that is confusing is Edwards mood descriptions. At one point last night he was amused and irritated. And he is smoldering in one sentence, and then in the very next sentence he is full of rage, and then back to passive. I get that he is a vampire and like an animal he is fighting his urges at ever turn, but his moods are not really believable, again, that is just the writing I think. But that's JUST MY OPINION. I can't put it down so the writing can't be that bad. There is a movie coming out with the guy who played Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire. I think he is PERFECT for it.

Anyway, have a great day everyone.