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2016 is not starting well, is it? And I mean, most of you guys aren't French - we also lost one singer, one actor and one composer/conductor in 2016, which is remarkable considering that we've had only two weeks of it.
I am realizing as this year is starting that I no longer believe things happen for a reason. I don't believe life comes with an Ineffable plan that we shouldn't question. At this point, I think life is one big mess in which we get thrown occasional stars and random piles of shit, and good luck with that, have a fun ride, make the most of it because it's the only one you get. So all we can do is hold on to the good bits: there is love and friendship, and there is mercy, and there is forgiveness, and sometimes we find our ways in the dark in the most unexpected ways. Human beings are silly and kind and stupid and sentimental and sometimes downright awesome, and it might not all be all right in the end but I do love my life and the people in it. So there: consider yourselves loved, okay? <3
About Alan Rickman, though: I vividly remember first seeing him on a small TV, on a rented VHS tape (shut up, I know I am old, these things existed back then) of the only "Christmas movie" allowed at my house before the beginning of December: Die Hard. Yes, Die Hard IS a Christmas movie: it happens at Christmas, so there :D (and yes, I like Christmas movies, but not in November, thank you very much).
ANYWAYS. I liked that movie first and foremost because of Hans Gruber. I mean, John McLane is okay, he's adorably infuriating and all, but Hans Gruber is an AWESOME villain.
So when the first Harry Potter came out, I was all, "OMG, look, Hans Gruber is Snape! How cool! He's got the perfect voice for that!" And he was, of course, a perfect Snape.
This November the girls watched Die Hard with me for the first time. I hadn't seen the movie for a while and I'd almost forgotten how young Rickman was - so I turned to the girls and I asked "Do you recognize him?" They looked at me with puzzled faces - what, this dude? Why on earth should we know who he is... And then Hans Gruber opened his mouth and "OMG SNAPE!!!!"
RIP Alan Rickman.
Everyone else, stop dying, okay?
I am realizing as this year is starting that I no longer believe things happen for a reason. I don't believe life comes with an Ineffable plan that we shouldn't question. At this point, I think life is one big mess in which we get thrown occasional stars and random piles of shit, and good luck with that, have a fun ride, make the most of it because it's the only one you get. So all we can do is hold on to the good bits: there is love and friendship, and there is mercy, and there is forgiveness, and sometimes we find our ways in the dark in the most unexpected ways. Human beings are silly and kind and stupid and sentimental and sometimes downright awesome, and it might not all be all right in the end but I do love my life and the people in it. So there: consider yourselves loved, okay? <3
About Alan Rickman, though: I vividly remember first seeing him on a small TV, on a rented VHS tape (shut up, I know I am old, these things existed back then) of the only "Christmas movie" allowed at my house before the beginning of December: Die Hard. Yes, Die Hard IS a Christmas movie: it happens at Christmas, so there :D (and yes, I like Christmas movies, but not in November, thank you very much).
ANYWAYS. I liked that movie first and foremost because of Hans Gruber. I mean, John McLane is okay, he's adorably infuriating and all, but Hans Gruber is an AWESOME villain.
So when the first Harry Potter came out, I was all, "OMG, look, Hans Gruber is Snape! How cool! He's got the perfect voice for that!" And he was, of course, a perfect Snape.
This November the girls watched Die Hard with me for the first time. I hadn't seen the movie for a while and I'd almost forgotten how young Rickman was - so I turned to the girls and I asked "Do you recognize him?" They looked at me with puzzled faces - what, this dude? Why on earth should we know who he is... And then Hans Gruber opened his mouth and "OMG SNAPE!!!!"
RIP Alan Rickman.
Everyone else, stop dying, okay?