first up… r.i.p to heath ledger. even though im not a fan of superstar and actor he is still too young to die (only age 28)
so anyway, news been showing all the films he’s in etc etc and one film i found that was really interesting was candy. although i havent watch it yet and only got a sneak preview i found that the plot was really interesting. search on site and it was based on a book by Luke Davies titled Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction. so read some of blurb and storyline provided on net and its about a guy who found love in heroin and Candy (a girl) And so here’s the blurb:
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Candy is a novel of love and addiction; a first person account of one man’s love for the two pillars of his existence, which both happen to be Candy. One is a beautiful young dancer of suburban pedigree, the other is heroin.
Luke Davies brings the reader through the lives of the countless individuals ensnared by contemporary heroin addiction.
Plot summary (found on wikipedi)
Candy came into his life when supply was bountiful; times were good and her arrival only made things better. Both looking for excitement they found more than they bargained for. He felt that he had found his kindred spirit, his twin: he wanted to share absolutely everything with her. He fell in love; she fell double time, for him and his addiction. Now she was a part of him, a part of his problem. In the early days of their mutual love they were on a wild ride that expanded their senses and heightened their passion for one another. Money runs out and reality kicks in. They know they have to stop before addiction sets in, no one told Candy the anguish associated with getting clean. No one told her that she was addicted after her first taste.
Things fall apart, hard. Feeding their addiction consumes their every waking hour. He runs second-rate scams while Candy hocks her arse. Dreams are put off or lost forever. The day to quit is around the corner but it never comes. Detox is a miserable failure a multitude of times. Life is hard, except when they’re stoned; then life is beautiful or at least bearable.
Love holds them together in a world of inescapable addiction. The only way to lose the demon is to lose one another. If you love someone let them go; they chose life over the one-way path they had been following for too long.
Candy is a love story. It is also a novel about addiction. From the heady narcissism of the narrator’s first days with his new lover, Candy, and the relative innocence of their shared habit, Candy charts their decline. Candy becomes a prostitute, the narrator becomes a scam artist, and smack becomes the total and only focus of their lives.
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I found this really interesting yet im not a fan of sad ending but it make me think that people do drugs because they want to escape from reality. its the same with me, of how i try to escape reality thru reading, and before you laugh and say this is ridiculous, it’s true. After readin thru many reviews on Amazon.com of what other people think, i found different interpretations of the life of the person in the story. told in first person it show the difficulties of two people trying to quit but would somehow succumb back to darkness. I guess i shouldnt judge people because of them using drugs. i mean why did they do it in the first place? maybe its the same as me as trying to escape from this world because reality can be too painful.
The book made me want to read and the movie i want to watch but im too afraid of knowing the truth of the other world and would rather live in ignorance. Im not too brave enough to read thru the ending (even tho i have a sneak preview) Right now im still shock by it. enough said!
today went livo meself. cant stand being home. i feel so sick and tired being stuck at home so at 11am went to livo. shop around, bought stuff etc etc. Then home by 240pm.
that is all..