Running out, Artie

Artie has been missing from the Stern show for about a month.  When I saw the headline that he was hospitalized the other day I knew it couldn’t be good.  I figured he once again fell off the wagon and had a drug overdose.  Well it turns out it was even more disturbing than that.

Artie tried to kill himself but he didn’t do via a drug overdose he stabbed himself 9 times!  Wow. Obviously Artie will not be back on the show anytime soon, if ever.  Over the years I’ve found myself tiring of Artie’s antics, his repeated drug abuse while lying about it has worn thin for both the members and fans of the show.  However this ratchets things up to a whole new level.

From the outside Artie seems to have so much going for him yet he has continued to allow the tragedy that happened to his father (paralyzed after accident and died few years later) to ruin his life.  Artie almost  seems to wear the tragedy as a permanent badge that he can never remove.  The badge makes him unable to be truly happy, ever. 

In order to take a knife and stab yourself repeatedly you have to be in a very, very dark place and more than likely wasted on heroin, once again.  I can only hope he somehow escapes the demons that pushed him to the point.  I wouldn’t bet on it though sadly.

Man this cold snap is quickly exhausting my supply of long sleeve shirts for work.  My wardrobe is no longer equipped for week long cold streaks.

Mom came over yesterday.  She had dinner cooking for me when I got home which was very nice.  Last night I loaded up The Proposal for her to watch while I worked on stuff for the half marathon.  In total I spent a couple hours entering runners, marking chips, updating the web site and printing labels for the race.  It’s a part time job at times.