tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.comments2015-06-27T14:24:00.818-07:00AZDramaMamaAZDramaMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07323509296483561848noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-71494766535221005662013-08-07T17:06:09.945-07:002013-08-07T17:06:09.945-07:00Here, Here! I loved that!RobynHere, Here! I loved that!<br>RobynRobyn Ferracanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907008164301125658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-14563016007535140522012-08-29T18:45:27.860-07:002012-08-29T18:45:27.860-07:00Hopefully as the days pass you are able to start l...Hopefully as the days pass you are able to start looking back and laughing at your adventure. Glad to see you made it safe and I'm sure you have many new exciting things on the horizon. No one ever said chasing your dream was easy, but give yourself credit for having the balls to do it. Moving away from home is not easy and there are days I miss it, but then I look at the temp gauge and the beach and know it was the right choice! Looking forward to hearing more of your adventures! <br><br>Jenn GregerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-8674772602928428452014-04-01T09:10:53.651-07:002014-04-01T09:10:53.651-07:00AZDramaMama, Thank you for your honest post. I ha...AZDramaMama, Thank you for your honest post. I have had 3 deaths in my family by suicide and it IS one of the most selfish AND cowardly acts that anyone can commit. Did I love these individuals? Absolutely! Were they "strong" individuals? Absolutely! Were the cowards? No! But the act they committed was! <br />In each case, the person is in great pain and possibly dealing with "demons" and/or mental illness. There are numerous, less hurtful ways to get REAL help and deliverance-everywhere, especially for those who KNOW they are loved, but in the end the pain was just too great. <br />My problem with this is that when an individual chooses suicide, it is not just a choice that they are making for themselves to escape the pain, but they TAKE AWAY the choice of those they leave behind, by transferring their pain to us, which we then have to suffer with for the rest of our lives. In them escaping their pain, it doesn't remove it-it multiplies it many times over, forever changing the lives of those they leave behind!<br />As far as Noah's death being a homicide or suicide: the police and detectives are not stupid! If there was ANY doubt, there would have been an investigation, and quite possibly there was. Wake up, people! It may be hard for you to believe that he would have ever done such a thing, but you were not in his head, nor were you in his presence at the time of his death. Your "opinions" are based on gossip, not fact. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-65750965156206146472014-02-07T15:28:32.693-08:002014-02-07T15:28:32.693-08:00Hi,
Even though your article brings up valid point...Hi,<br />Even though your article brings up valid points and I can feel your sincerity and passion behind your words I have to totally disagree.<br /><br />I think a lot of what you are saying is obviously very subjective and your own past has a lot to do with the way you view suicide.<br />That said, I obviously do no condone suicide yet as a long time sufferer of depression I can tell you that there is nothing 'selfish' about suicide...<br /><br />Have you thought about what kind of lives people lead when they are severely depressed? How that life in itself causes a tremendous amount of suffering to said person's family and friends? <br />This is something I think you have forgotten to think about. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that suicide brought happiness to the friends and family of the victim but you may be surprised at the amount of times it at least brought closure to a CONSTANT battle.<br /><br />Argh.. I feel like I am not expressing myself properly.. All I am trying to say is calling suicide 'selfish' is insulting to me. It is not an easy way out, it simply feels like the ONLY way out. <br /><br />Things can obviously change and I hate it when I hear about a case which could have obviously been prevented if a proper support system was in place, I cannot imagine a lonelier moment than the second before the trigger is pulled (or whatever it may be).<br />It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about that decisive moment, that moment of clarity among the chaos where the person completely loses the will to go on, it truly does...<br /><br />But I personally will never call suicide selfish simply because that demeans not only your opinion of a particular victim but all victims of suicide.. It is not something people take lightly (again there are exceptions to the rule, mostly teenagers or young adults who are simply lost briefly) and to call it 'selfish' is an assumption (I feel) on your part, as if to say all these people have not thought about the consequence of their action and they are merely leaving the country on holiday to a secluded island no one is allowed to go to apart from them. <br /><br />I hope I am being coherent, and somehow getting a different perspective across, I am also sorry for your personal losses which I cannot understand like you can. <br /><br />Here is a decent analogy I just thought of which might help get my personal view across. The victim's life is like a life sentence in prison, now when you are a parent to the victim and you know you have lost the ability to touch and connect with your child(metaphorically speaking) and he/she has given up and wants to be free. would it not be selfish to keep them around for your own personal reasons (missing them / needing them) <br /><br />All I am trying to say is that calling suicide selfish is a completely one sided view and suicide is often much more complex. <br />Again, to reiterate I don't condone suicide I merely think it is too simply to dismiss it as 'selfish'.<br /><br />Anyways, great article I just happened onto it by chance while looking into Noah Todd's passing after finishing "the Prometheus project" where he was commemorated in the credits.<br /><br />ps: here is what seemed to be a great documentary about suicide ( I could not watch more than half as I found it gut wrenchingly depressing ) but it may help get some different views on suicide, it is called "The Bridge" released in 2006 by director Eric Steel.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678899677960588387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-18328837039681230892013-10-28T04:08:37.785-07:002013-10-28T04:08:37.785-07:00AZDramaMama, I'm truly sorry about your grandf...AZDramaMama, I'm truly sorry about your grandfather. But I think your comments were very well put. I can see how some people would be sensitive to what you said, but I, for one, think you did it with great dignity and honesty. I worked with Noah on his last film and feel no anger about his choice, only sadness. But again, I think your words were spot on. Kudos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-4795662698502942892013-03-26T13:19:04.496-07:002013-03-26T13:19:04.496-07:00the DOC of Team Andi just adores your most sage an...the DOC of Team Andi just adores your most sage and succulent triple-threat onions, Baby! Jim Coateshttp://www.actsup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-68197403753641923532013-02-08T17:05:16.595-08:002013-02-08T17:05:16.595-08:00Steve is that you?........This has to be a homicid...Steve is that you?........This has to be a homicide. Why aren't police investigating?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-10057614525984537072012-12-02T11:05:21.760-08:002012-12-02T11:05:21.760-08:00Suicide *is* selfish... but then again, every act ...Suicide *is* selfish... but then again, every act a person takes is selfish to some degree. Even the person who stops to help someone out of a bad situation reaps the benefits of feeling better from a small act of kindness.<br />Suicide is not an act of cowardice.<br />I just watched and enjoyed The Frankenstein Syndrome and was saddened to note the tribute to Noah at the credits end. Didn't know him personally and don't know what his gifts were, but obvious to me had a true talent for acting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-72724997182654567362012-09-26T15:39:59.687-07:002012-09-26T15:39:59.687-07:00It was ruled an accident, it was a gun shot to the...It was ruled an accident, it was a gun shot to the head...I rushed to his house as soon as I heard, and spoke to the detective assigned to the case...There was no evidence of a break in and there was a gun found on the scene. I grew up with Noah and he was faaaaaaaaaar from a coward. One of the toughest guys I've ever met...I knew him for 17 years...as well as his dad and mom...I miss him very much...but it wasn't a suicide...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-23984832546545981242012-08-08T09:24:01.615-07:002012-08-08T09:24:01.615-07:00Andi! I just now read this! What a wonderful thing...Andi! I just now read this! What a wonderful thing to say! I learned so much from you, too, when we were doing "...Night Music"<br /><br />You're awesome!<br />Love,<br />BAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-17081324694857936422012-07-25T08:21:45.022-07:002012-07-25T08:21:45.022-07:00So, why is no one talking? Demanding answers? Is t...So, why is no one talking? Demanding answers? Is there an active investigation? This post still gets a lot of hits - 2 years later - which leads me to believe there are still unanswered questions...AZDramaMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323509296483561848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-81330139143978634072012-07-20T07:50:36.379-07:002012-07-20T07:50:36.379-07:00by gunshot, and there was no gun found at the scen...by gunshot, and there was no gun found at the scene. You tell me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-65590235648050471702012-05-16T13:17:37.570-07:002012-05-16T13:17:37.570-07:00nobody knowsnobody knowsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-91065035881122967772012-03-23T18:46:00.164-07:002012-03-23T18:46:00.164-07:00Nice! :)Nice! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-44782846363312222782012-03-20T06:36:49.095-07:002012-03-20T06:36:49.095-07:00Yup! I remember that anxious little ticking clock ...Yup! I remember that anxious little ticking clock well. It marked my 'sixty minute' countdown to being asleep before the snooze button would me mandatory.AZDramaMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323509296483561848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-20985909339696572762012-03-19T17:37:28.744-07:002012-03-19T17:37:28.744-07:00When I was a teenager, (quite a few years ago) my ...When I was a teenager, (quite a few years ago) my mother and my grandfather would always watch 'Sixty Minutes'. When I would hear the 'sixty minutes' clock, I would get this sinking feeling that Monday would be arriving in a few hours. I'm not sure if it was the pure anxiety of living through high school, or if everyone experienced it. I suppose the fear would dictate the intensity of the feelings. I won't watch Sixty Minutes to this day because of that damn clock...Sunday night is the saddest and loneliest night of the week, this man's opinion. Enjoyed your post.Bohemian Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106578522099021236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-13453291195751411422012-03-14T11:49:34.262-07:002012-03-14T11:49:34.262-07:00I'm sure that the "Dudes" who are in...I'm sure that the "Dudes" who are in charge of passing the bill have wives who don't work and therefore don't need to worry about reporting to potential employers they're need for birth control. It sucks.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839209256332764550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-2607854878022144122011-12-09T17:46:04.860-08:002011-12-09T17:46:04.860-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.eshetchayilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671289701650121065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-20656627176140856722011-12-09T08:45:24.827-08:002011-12-09T08:45:24.827-08:00Thank the baby Jesus, Ms. Watson. Well said. Amen....Thank the baby Jesus, Ms. Watson. Well said. Amen. Thank you! I wonder what fundamentalist "Christian" sect stuffed his pockets to run this...and on what planet did a campaign manager this this message was a good idea?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081194966613072770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-44674796795060844822011-12-09T06:58:05.925-08:002011-12-09T06:58:05.925-08:00I'm not sure when I've read such an intell...I'm not sure when I've read such an intelligent, coherent response to this vile video that Rick Perry had the nerve to foist upon the American people. You've managed to deconstruct every abhorrent statement that Perry made and present a rational, reasoned counter that would be impossible for any person of intelligence to refute. Thank you for this!Kirbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00981001940825341399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-84043261704112984502011-12-08T19:48:36.002-08:002011-12-08T19:48:36.002-08:00BRILLIANT! You have succinctly and respectfully sa...BRILLIANT! You have succinctly and respectfully said what a lot of us want to and haven't been able to. This really does deserve to go just as viral as his awful video.a fresh POVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812939929000425346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-100300759432074072011-12-08T18:30:19.519-08:002011-12-08T18:30:19.519-08:00This is fantastically well rounded and well said. ...This is fantastically well rounded and well said. Amen.Becomingagardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205573427796804748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-74528792837816891832011-12-08T16:40:35.424-08:002011-12-08T16:40:35.424-08:00I am in awe of you, Ms. Watson. I would give anyth...I am in awe of you, Ms. Watson. I would give anything to be sure this was actually read by him. PERFECTLY stated. (maybe you should run for president?)Our Milk Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343076480167004230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-21321030070904099972011-08-24T06:37:50.725-07:002011-08-24T06:37:50.725-07:00Does anyone know the cause of death??
BTW, more p...Does anyone know the cause of death??<br /><br />BTW, more power to you dramamama, you stated it was just a rumor, you're not in the wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030089766231408406.post-58710485552585265572011-07-12T09:33:01.278-07:002011-07-12T09:33:01.278-07:00You're cracking me up! I love this: "Just...You're cracking me up! I love this: "Just when I think I can break the spell... they send an agent of psychological infiltration to flatter and cajole me. They are sneaky, underhanded bastards."<br /><br />It's diabolical in there! It's like the modern-day, middle-class, mostly-benign version of Sodom walking through that place. I am tempted to sin by buying terrible things at low prices around every damn corner. Booo. <br /><br />But yeah, I've been going there, too. Hey, when your really need to buy a mallet and some Gorilla Glue at 11:00pm on a Tuesday night, it's your huckleberry. <br /><br />I'm their bargain bitch, too. Siiiiiiigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com