Brokeback Mountain was a lot of hype to me. But A Knight's Tale made me laugh and stomp (to Queen's immortal "We Will Rock You") . . . even if, when the jousting was all said and won, I did think Lady Jocelyn was a poor match for William Thatcher - compared to his saucy sidekick Kate (who made the armour and belched with the boys).
At the end of a busy day, hearing of Heath Ledger's death (and watching the media vultures circle and speculate) was more-than-a-little unsettling to me.
Perhaps because Ledger bears an uncanny physical resemblance to a William I loved and lost long ago - at approximately the same age. My beautiful & much-beloved cousin fought like a knight. But he could not hold on.
Heath had a baby girl. I love her name. Matilda.
So much talent. So much to live for. Such a waste.
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Never saw Brokeback Mountain but I sang all they way through A Knight's Tale loving every second of it.
Isn't it strange the memories current events so often bring to the surface?
Isn't it?
Peas in a pod. Heavy sigh.
just heard that actor Heath Ledger has died. The thought is his death has to do with prescription sleeping pills he was given. He was only 28.
Any death is sad but it is also a part of life. My favorite movie he made was First Knight. I keep wondering if he was witnessed to, if he knew Jesus or had in the last moments of his life the ability to cry out for God to save him.
It made me sick to read of the 300 or so people waiting like vultures outside his NY apartment wanting to snap pictures of the Coroner bringing out his body in a black body bag. The report says certain individuals were yelling 'Here he comes'.
We live in a mixed up crazy world. I'm glad that I have focus and guidance through the Lord. The gift in death is the circumstances allows everyone the opportunity to look at their own lives and examine the priorities.
I'm thankful for my husband, my children and grandchild. I'm thankful for my friends, my relatives that are not crazy, and all God's love. I feel very melancholy thinking of the life of this young man. I feel sadness not knowing where his spirit is and where he will spend eternity.
I hope thinking of this sad story will help everyone to look at thier priorities and choices.
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