What shall I wear!

Our washing machine has been out since last week. Our dirty laundry pile is growing. We finally managed to call a washer repair company yesterday, and now I'm sitting at home babysitting the repair man.

Doh! He reports that the motor and control board are bad. He reported that with parts and labor, it would cost over $500 to repair the washer.

I guess this means I'm not doing laundry at home this weekend.

Troubled?

I'm struggling with many of the Heath Ledger articles I've been reading since his death. Some of them write from the assumption that Ledger was "troubled, alone, and struggling with his demons."

There is no proof that Ledger intended to die, that he committed suicide. Recent articles have detailed that there were sleeping pills in his apartment, but they were not spilled out around him as described in some early press reports. There is no report of a goodbye note or any actions indicating he was intentionally checking out.

It's very possible that Ledger simply took the wrong combinations of medications and accidentally killed himself. That's pretty much what happened to Anna Nicole Smith a year ago, so why not Heath Ledger.

We don't need to increase the tragedy by depicting him as a troubled soul. He was a great and admired actor who took on some very memorable roles. I'm sad that after this summer I have no more Heath Ledger movies to look forward to.