Mork Calling Orson

So early afternoon yesterday I was scanning the web and what popped in front of me? The tragic news on Facebook that Robin Williams had died by his own hand, found dead in his home. I guess he had always had a battle with severe depression and it was even worse when he was drinking. Well he started drinking again (assumptions based on what I have read) and this time I it was too much to handle so he decided it was time to end his life, move on to the next chapter of ?? and so he did.

It's unfortunate as he was an amazing actor that I grew up with as did many others. I was first introduced to him with Mork & Mindy. It was such a cool show that I loved watching. Heck I even had a pair of the rainbow suspenders that he wore in the show. From there I could not easily put my finger on just one show or voice that he did that I enjoyed, I think there were simply too many to call out just one. They were all amazing and the perfect fit for the project at-hand.

It's a shame that he went out this way and even though I will get shxt for it, I do lose a small amount of respect for home because of how he died. I don't believe that someone with his talent, money and connections has the option of suicide. He can afford the best treatment available, counseling and everything in-between and he chose the easy way out. For such a huge talent and hard worker that is a real shame. Now that said, I have to circle back and also say that most have no clue what depression is like and how it affects your mind, body and soul.

For me to say it was the easy way out is a bit short sighted and I fully admit that - in honesty it's probably my selfishness showing through as the only way I know how to deal with the loss of a great talent and someone I would have liked to have seen more of in the future. At only 63 years old I think he had a lot to offer us still and we will never know what could have been.

No matter, what is done is done and hopefully he is in the place he wanted to be after this one. If not, I guess all he can do is keep looking until he finds what he is looking for in each life if we truly come back as something or someone else and go from there forward. If we simply go to another dimension or are recycled back into this one we will never know, well until we don't want to know.

Thank you Robin for all of the great laughs and memories all these years, I only wish my daughter could have seen more of your work as she grows as I was fortunate enough to do. I have a hunch that you left a lot of unfinished greatness behind that no other will be able to fulfill the way you would have. Rest in piece and I hope you have now or will soon find what you were searching for in this life and not able to find.

Robin Williams

Born: July 21, 1951, Chicago, IL

Died: August 11, 2014, Tiburon, CA

 

Friday

In lighter news today is our Friday! We took the rest of the week off and are planning to go to the lake one of the 5 days and relax. If all goes well we want to also rent a stand-up paddle board and see how that goes. I have been wanting to try that for a year or two now and hopefully this will be our chance to do so this week. Not sure if it's something I would ever fully invest in but it sounded like a good way to spend a Thursday this week anyway.

More on that later this week though of course once we figure out the plan. Cicely has a dentist appointment tomorrow early in the morning and then a doctor appointment on Friday morning so that sorta throws a wrench into our plans those days. Looking as though Thursday may be the only option so I will have to see how it goes. The lakes should be fairly empty with school back in this week so we should be able to easily rent equipment, get parking and a spot on the beach.

Photo: Great memory of the show I loved to watch as a kid and imaging how cool it would be to have a spaceship to fly around in, yes even if said ship was an egg! Also the sadness I would feel when it was time for Mork to call Orson as I knew the episode was over and I had to wait, what seemed like forever, for the next one to air....