Recently I watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I like that movie, good actors. Hunter S. Thompson shot himself yesterday. Another writer who, I'm assuming suffered from depression.
I was always a William S. Burroughs girl myself speaking in terms of drug induced literature. I remember Burroughs reciting poems on the original SNL when I was a kid.
When will people learn that booze is a depressant? I don't know if thats what did Hunter in, I'm just guessing. If you are prone to depression, booze is the last thing you need. When I read that Hunter shied away from people I thought to myself, "oh no an isolator." Another symptom of depression, how sad.
Posted by Liz at February 21, 2005 08:48 PM| Posted by: Joao Paglione | February 22, 2005 03:50 PM |
Liz--> You are simplifying I think somewhat alcohol and depression. I have many friends in Brazil who "self-medicate" with beers or cachaca (strong sugar-cane brandy which makes caipirinha; things gringos go nuts for), and they are constantly happy getting drunk, BBQs, and loose women. Maybe, when the flow runs out, the ebb comes. But if you keep biting the hair that bit you, it's party time and Carnaval everyday! |