MILES to GO || before I sleep

I can't believe Heath Ledger's dead. I suppose every now and again, you get the impression from some celebrity that they're going downhill, and if they don't commit suicide, they'll do something stupid (*koff*drugs*koff*) that'll result in their death accidentally.

Now, I'm no TMZ-fiend or anything, but still. Heath? He didn't exactly seem like he'd hit rock-bottom, to me. Compared to certain other celebrities, he didn't even seem to be one of the ones in the media all the time. Sure, he had his moments, but...

Geez. Wow.

And his poor daughter! Gosh, I just want to hug her right now.

...It makes his whole role as Joker in "The Dark Knight" that much creepier, you know? I bet since it's already in post-production, there's going to be a Memorial notice in the end credits.

(1) You know, I *liked* Mel Gibson. I liked "The Patriot" and the "Lethal Weapon" series, and tons of other movies. And then he had to suddenly decide he had enough power and influence to be a director and "send a message" --so he did "The Passion of the Christ" (okay, no biggie. It's been done before. But all in Aramaic?). After that though, he seems to have changed. He seems MORE gung-ho Catholic than he was before. And apparently it's not just about sending a one-time message and then going to practice your religion/faith (as Mel Gibson's is apparently an off-shoot of the Catholic church, except taken to a bigger extreme... this church was "founded" by Mel's father) in peace. But noooooo loony Mel's got to be Anti-Semetic. His dad's got to claim the Holocaust never happened.

...I believed Bill Clinton was innocent of his "crimes" too, and even when I wised up, I decided it wasn't such a bad thing. Okay, he's an ass for technically cheating on his wife, but seriously? It could have been worse. Getting head is hardly a reason to impeach a President. BC probably wasn't even the first President to do that: he was just the first one to get caught!

And at least he's doing something productive with his time and energy now. Mel Gibson's off getting drunk and spouting hateful things about Jews. Sure, I'm not a practicing Jew, but much of my family is, and I have a great respect for their beliefs. And HELLO, Jesus was a Jew, you big ninny! :P

(2) Baba thinks Lindsay Lohan should act her age and not her shoe size; apparently Lohan cried to "Mommy" that she wasn't feeling well, so her Mom had to take her to the hospital rather than of-legal-age-and-mindset Lohan doing it herself. My thoughts? I don't really care. I think Lohan's cute, a decent enough singer (I liked her songs from "Freaky Friday" and "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen"), and I bet her boobs are completely natural. :}

(3) I spent much of the weekend with Jill (my cousin)'s family-- mainly my second (and third, twice removed) cousins, Nikki, James, Nina, and Alexis. We had a scrapbooking party that was pretty successful, and we also saw "Superman Returns" yesterday afternoon at the Winnetka 21. It was surprisingly good, but as predicted, I didn't like Kate Bosworth's "Lois." Brandon Routh, on the other hand, was a surprisingly good Clark *AND* Superman.

( Stuff to like and dislike... spoilers, of course. )