I have weird episodes where I obsess over a particular television show or movie, and can't stop watching. Seriously, I once watched, "The Goonies," every day for three weeks. (Who needs a life now? ME!) Anyway, once I get into these obsessions, I have to know everything. Where was it filmed? What are the actors names? What were their lives like? What are they doing now? Etc, etc. Usually the obsessions only last until I find a new show or movie to obsess over. (Therapy maybe?)
Lately, it has been the movie, "Now and Then." You know, the cheesy coming-of-age chick flick with Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Demi Moore, blah blah blah. So, I started wondering about this one actress, Ashleigh Aston Moore, because it was like she did the movie and then dropped off the face of the earth.
Turns out she's dead! She died of a heroin overdose last year. She was only 26 years old! It was shocking, and a damn shame. So, of course, I had to look up everything about her, and I found her myspace. It's so sad and the song she has on there is so unbelievably prefigurative it almost made me cry.
But it left me with one burning question. (And this is something I've pondered way before I saw her picture on myspace.)
Why do heroin addicts feel the need to bleach their hair?
I've known three heroin addicts (and no, I'm not counting the poor woman...and one of them is my cousin, unfortunately) and all of them have bleached their hair.
What is the deal?