wisdom of the elders

[johncomic]

I realize that LJ is considered “old-fashioned, outmoded, uncool media”, so it seems like the perfect place to record my old-fashioned, outmoded, and uncool [not to mention hackneyed and “old-man”] thoughts:

Since hearing about the death of Whitney Houston, my mind keeps coming back to this:

beautiful, talented, famous, and rich... and she still wasn't happy

Comments

[ginsu.livejournal.com]

I realize that LJ is considered “old-fashioned, outmoded, uncool media”

Imagine two things of the same class -- bands, restaurants, clothes, whatever.

One is older, retro, and enjoyed by fewer people (example: The Velvet Underground)

The other is super-current, super-hyped, and super-popular (example: Justin Bieber).

Which one is cooler?

beautiful, talented, famous, and rich... and she still wasn't happy

How do you know that?

[abbeyrd.livejournal.com]

How do you know that?

I'm not Curmudge, but I assume he's drawing a conclusion based on her drug use. I don't know many happy crack addicts.

BTW, I almost emailed you last week. AKC was asking after you on the Zone mailing list.

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

“he's drawing a conclusion based on her drug use”

Exactly, as an old guy would do!

[ginsu.livejournal.com]

I don't know many happy crack addicts.

I think she claimed she was too rich for crack -- that she was in fact a genteel cocaine addict who only snorted the very best.

But -- any way you slice it -- was she happy? That seems hard to assess without knowing her personally.

AKC was asking after you on the Zone mailing list.

Now where did I put that crack pipe?

[abbeyrd.livejournal.com]

I believe you mean she said "crack is whack". Still, very sad outcome.

[wickedambiguity.livejournal.com]

I'm related to at least one happy crack addict, so it can happen apparently. And I don't think LJ is outmoded.. I've been considering recording my ramblings here again. I think the reason I tend to not post to LJ is that when I have infinite space to post, I tend to whine a lot more. Hrm. On the other hand, it is nice to be able to actually communicate instead of just update.