Thank F*** It's Friday !!! ****Daily Chat Thread 18 Sep****

MiniLaura

confused now - beanie are you looking for advice for yoursel or someone in scotland or were you just enquiring how someone was getting on with arranging support?

Toto

pania wrote: »

he he! is it stuck in your head SS?!?!?! must resurrect my old diary it must be around here somewhere!

Thanks for the comment on the siggy. One of my best friends died a few weeks back on his 39th birthday and was such a go getter, a real inspiration, so is in memory of him really and how he lived his life.

Hope you are ok!!! xxx

aww sorry about your friend Pan

I've seen loads of friends die young, mostly their own doing through drugs to be honest. I did have one friend Den who died of a heart attack aged 39, he just dropped dead one morning in front of me. I've not ever got over that one, he had a genetic condition that he never knew about.

Of all of my friends who have died, Jason Rae is the one who I don't think I'll ever get over. He was my buddy and I loved him. The media never spoke about the sweet kind guy, just the smack head, and, yes, he was addicted to drugs and it killed him but he was a superstar, musically and as a person.

It does teach you to live life for now doesn't it.

Ellidee

Toto - how is Corinne doing ? Must be so hard for her.

Toto

yeah it was, she was and still is a mess over it. They were such a lovely couple they really loved each other. I don't think anyone will ever live up to Jason for her.

ZTD

Toto wrote: »

Of all of my friends who have died, Jason Rae is the one who I don't think I'll ever get over. He was my buddy and I loved him. The media never spoke about the sweet kind guy, just the smack head, and, yes, he was addicted to drugs and it killed him but he was a superstar, musically and as a person.

It does teach you to live life for now doesn't it.

Well no...living life "for now" is why people do drugs and other such dangerous things - living life "for later" is why people stop. Often (but not always) kids are the "for later"...

Can't see them grow up unless you start thinking long-term...

Burlesque_Babe

blimey, I've had a whole bottle of rose and only a salad and a really thin pork chop to eat............yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn.....

Ellidee

Aww poor lady - she is lovely - I remember seeing her being interviewed on Oprah a couple of years ago.

Ames

Have to agree with Z, an ex rock star who I kind of know (only to speak to), had a big drugs problem a few years ago, which got worse because he saw his friends getting married and being happy, now he's got a wife and kids he's really together and much happier. I think having a future to look forward to is important. Although I can also see what Toto means, about enjoying what you have now rather than saving up for things. It's taken me years to get dad to see that he should be enjoying life and having fun rather than paying a mortgage so we've got something when he's gone, what's the point in that? (for him I mean, obviously I can see a point for me and sis!)

Toto

ZTD wrote: »

Well no...living life "for now" is why people do drugs and other such dangerous things - living life "for later" is why people stop. Often (but not always) kids are the "for later"...

Can't see them grow up unless you start thinking long-term...

This is true but musicians are so prone to addictions. What they get addicted to is the adrenalin rush. You are bred to thrive on the high of performing but you can only get that high if you can put aside your normal and natural insecurities and fears. This is how the whole thing starts, you take drugs to help you perform then have to take drugs to reproduce the rush of performing. It becomes a cycle of blocking and then reproducing adrenalin just to function.

It isn't about being a party animal at all and it isn't always a choice. There is so much pressure to get the job done, to make money for the record label that they have to take drugs to work.

I probably haven't explained that too well, have I.

Burlesque_Babe

bollox. Anyone seen my free flybe flight voucher? :rolleyes: