So, I haven’t really posted my thoughts on the whole Heath Ledger thing. Why? Well for several reasons… I didn’t have time, the energy, and emotionally, I wasn’t ready. I will admit that I have never been his greatest fan, but I love 75% of all his movies. I was ecstatic just a few weeks ago when classes started and that picture above was on the cover of one of my textbooks, for Digital Media Production. It made me watch “Brokeback Mountain” again. Then I bought “10 Things I Hate About You” because the movie is good, and I was started to become enthusied with him playing the Joker in Batman and then bam…

I see the news.

Heath Ledger is the real first celebrity that I was a fan of that died in my lifetime besides Chris Farley and Princess Diana and that hit me really hard at a really bad time. I’m older now and I understand how life and the industry works better. I understand what being a fan is more than I ever did when I was 17 (when Farley and Diana died). This has just caused me to look at so many things differently. I put a little memorial piece in the newspaper this week. Some laughed at me, but that’s my emphasis… entertainment and features… it’s my area.

Other than the tragic news, my week has just been odd.

As I posted yesterday, I recieved a call requesting an interview for a job with a company that I log to work for. The only problem is they needed someone now and well, I don’t graduate to August. I told him that when I called back and understood, telling me he would keep my resume on profile and when they get something they think I might be interested in, they would call me back and I could call them back when I graduate. That one job was a revolving door apparently with different time shifts.

Today I found out that my lifetime idol, Reba McEntire, is coming here, to MY TOWN, for a concert in April. I stared at the computer for a few minutes. Was this real? Was Reba REALLY coming here? Finally it hit me and I cried a little. I’m not going to lie. This is huge for me, especially with the contacts I have now, I… as unreal as it sounds… I could possible meet my idol.. the woman I have admired for the past 24 years of my life since, unfortunately, my mom or sperm donor bought me her “What Am I Going To Do About You” album. I forgot who it was, but we all went to a town nearby that night. We also got “Linoel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling” and “Alabama - The Touch”.

This weekend I start my radio show and next weekend I go to Macon for the newspaper awards all over the state. We’ve won four awards and I possibly won one.  The next weekend is the Daytona Shootout which I’m possibly going to and the next is the Dierks Bentley concert. I have a busy February ahead of me.

I just hope I can survive it all.