AMY

Saw the movie, "Amy" yesterday. Amy Winehouse, unbelievably talented. Wonderful voice: blues, jazz, sounded like an African American ( Ella Fitzgerald). The movie was shot with all these home videos. She was young; doing dope, also booze.  

Eventually got her. Oh, also bulimic. So sad. Here is an observation. Many of these talented people often go this route. Usually marries someone who gets them into this destructive lifestyle; think, Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston. She gets involved with him doping. Brown shapes himself up but she continues to  spiral down, sad. Winehouse had unbelievable culpable parents. Get this: at one point, Amy says to her Mom something like she has found great system for staying thin. She eats what she wants and then throws up. The mother is like twilight zone. Yes dear. WTF. The father is a money grubbing MFer. 

Lesson for us: let's stay on top of the people we meet and jump in if we see them destroying themselves. Pretty naive. Of course, like we could do something. 

Who knows. Here is a question that always bothers me. Why the f..k do all these who are not going to use this great talent, often go this route. An aside. As a person "of faith," one more example of why God is not involved with us down here. If He is, why the f..k would he give this great talent to people who were going to destroy themselves. GdA