Day 200: October 11

From the newsdesk...

"Our Quarterback"

That was officially the single most emotionally draining episode of a tv show I have ever seen. And I have watched A LOT of television.

Sue [Sylvester] got me. I cried when she spoke. She was so rude to him when he was alive and now - now that he's gone - she will never have the chance to tell him how many she actually like him. That really got me. How she could NEVER turn around and say 'sorry'. It made death sound so final and obsolete. 

And it wasn't even just Cory that died. It was Finn too. Finn, the first 'cool' kid to ever talk to, let alone join, the Glee club. Or Finn, who went out with Rachel or Finn, the man who never had a mean word to say about anyone. I can't say, as I never had the pleasure of meeting him, but it seems like Cory's personality seemed to come through in the later stages of Finn. 

But the thing about this episode is that is this episode, they weren't acting. The we're replying real life with a few changes names here and some changed locations there. The tears, the grief, the heartache - all real. The actors had to take their grief and show it to the world. They had everything twice - the funeral, tears, heartache, heartbreak. They had to replay possibly the worst moment in their lives. 

But I'm glad for the tribute and when Mr. Schue said "I'm glad to see that so many of you could make it", it seemed like he was talking about the actors and how many of them had come to not only mourn and celebrate Cory as a person, but as an actor as well. 

Santana (Naya Rivera) was fucking amazing. You could actually see the emotion in her face and her rendition of If I Die Young (The Band Perry) was especially heart wrenching and absolutely devstating when she ran off halfway through because she couldn't deal with it. 

R.I.P. Cory Monteith (1982-2013) 

"The show must go on... all over the place... or something"

Romy Rosemont (Carol - Finn's mom) was jaw-droppingly incredible. 

Day 190: July 15

From the newsdesk...

Existence 

Our existence is so fragile and - quite literally - could be ended with something as simple as a gunshot. Or a bomb. Or a fall. You can even be killed by drinking too much water - your organs will drown in the excess liquid 

Our existence is a tiny little fly waiting to be swat at. We move around, avoiding obstacles, but one day our end will come and we'll face that fly swat head on. 

People are people and whether they're young or old or fat or skinny or average or have brown hair or blue hair or green eyes or run or paint or watch lots of TV or like reality cooking shows or want to be a police officer when they're older, their hearts will one day stop beating. No-one can know the exact second that will happen. 

It's taken for granted that most people will live a long and joyous life and be taken away by old age - with the exception of those with cancer, a disease or something that will inevitably end their life sooner than expected. But while cancer and diseases are public, as such, drugs and alcohol are not. 

You can be drinking yourself into oblivion and no-one would know, save for the people close to you. Same goes with drugs. One day you have them and you're fine and the next day you have one too many and you're no longer. 

Which is why it was such a shock to me to hear about Cory Monteith. For those who didn't know who he was, he was an actor, most widely known for his role in Glee as Finn Hudson. He was found dead two days ago in his apartment in Vancouver. No foul play was seen, a drug overdose was suspected. 

I found this on Tumblr and it really rang true. 

It's like an equation. 

Young + healthy = not going to die 

Young + sick = still not going to die, due to young age 

Old + sick = will die. People are already preparing themselves 

Old + sick = mmmh, will die soon. 

It's like a habitual 'draw a line between the two that match'. I mean, young people don't die, do they? That's just totally not a thing. Ludicrous!  We immortalize them, take it for granted that they'll live forever and if they're in a certain TV show/movie/picture book they're be typecast as that character (but, different discussion for a different day). 

R.I.P Cory Monteith 

Ps. 

Kyle Massey (Cory in the House) has cancer 

Zimmerman went free. (quite angry about this)