This is going to be very short as I'm very tired and I don't yet like the new layout of this site 
I couldn't let the day go by without announcing that today September 19th is David McCallum's birthday!!!! 
The role I love him for atm is Ducky the medical examiner on NCIS
It's also my niece and nephew's B'day I can't understand why they aren't as excited as me that they share their B'day with David 
It's also the day I got to see the first ep of S4 of Supernatural "Lazarus Rising" I hope I spelt that right, I'm too tired to check.
So all in all it's been a great day
Depression claimed yet another life 2 weeks ago Wednesday 27th of August when Aussie actor Mark Priestley took his own life 
Mark was working on the Aussie medical drama All Saints which is my fave Aussie show. It's right up there with Supernatural and NCIS for me – my all time fave shows. It was a big shock when I found out, I loved his character on AS. I still can't believe it, he apparently filmed 11 eps b4 his death. It's weird seeing him on screen in new eps but knowing he's no longer with us. 2 of those eps have already aired, the first a week ago ended with a tribute. Another actor from the show John Howard did a small tribute to Mark at the end of the first ep. It was a beautiful tribute but so sad – I don't think there was a dry eye from any fan who saw it. It didn't help that as John spoke, the pain and sorrow was so evident on his face and in his voice – it's so upsetting. Then they showed a few clips of Marks time on AS – it was supposed to be about his 4yrs with the show but it only seemed to be from eps that aired this year. There may have been one or two that were from other yrs.
Here's the link to the tribute if you want to see it…
All Saints remembers Mark Priestley
It's the 2nd death of a Perth-born actor (Heath Ledger being the first) this year. Not that that means anything, I just can't help but notice it Also the day of Marks funeral September 4th was the anniversary of Steve Irwins death.
Since Marks death there's all these comments and posts of all these ppl mentioning their own fight with depression. Is everyone utterly miserable?! It sure feels that way. Some of the depth of Marks depression was revealed in the following article…
"It emerged Priestley suffered deep depression for months but was unable to beat the personal demons which led him to end his own life this week. The 32-year-old was unable to work on some days and production was re-scheduled around his illness to accommodate him in the hope he would recuperate. Family, friends, colleagues and his Seven network employer were aware and supportive of him during the bleak periods, a colleague said yesterday."
He was apparently getting treatment but obviously it wasn't working or wasn't enough. This apparently wasn't his first suicide attempt. A friend of mine is suffering from a deep depression and is getting treatment for it but I still worry.
A close family friend committed suicide and the anniversary of their death is this month. I would have been thinking about the person anyway but Marks death is bringing it all back. It's also making me think of Michael Gilden a US actor who had a guest role on NCIS around the time he committed suicide. 2 out of my 3 fave shows has had someone take their own life…this is going to sound silly but is anyone keeping an eye on those that work on Supernatural? 
Closer to home for me, last Friday night I found out a family friend had committed suicide ...It's only sort of hitting me now.
This is my 100th blog – it's taken me long enough to get here
My thoughts are still with Mark's family, friends, cast and crew of All Saints and his fans. RIP Mark Goodbye Mark, may you have found the peace you were after.
Here are some tribute fan vids of mark…
A little clip from the show...
A clip from Mark's funeral of his former girlfriends speech...
The episode that aired this week was a little weird at first. They had a lady come into the ED - suspected suicide attempt. They were talking about how depressed ppl can't always talk about it or something. straight after that it jumps to Mark's character Dan. I know that ep was filmed weeks ago but it was kinda strange...
It's Mark Harmon's B'day today 2nd September so...
MARK HARMON!!!!
Atm he's on NCIS but I read in one of the Supernatural mags that I think Kim Manners has worked with Mark b4 and would love to have him on the show for a few eps or something. Give Mark a break so he can go on Supernatural please!! I'd love to see someone from NCIS go on SPN or vice versa He also wants Bruce Campell (sp) from Burn Notice but again, too busy on another show Kim needs to get in quicker with the actors
Is finally here!!!! I have never been so happy to see the end of winter, one of the coldest for over 60yrs apparently. We broke records on the low temps in various places but at least it meant a really good snow season I guess. Not that it matters to me coz I didn't get to see the snow!! It snowed on the mountain near here which I don't think it's EVER done. I was all ready to go and see it but apparently there wasn't much, not enough to warrant a drive in the horrible conditions. I hope I get to see snow one day (other than on TV) That's right, I've NEVER seen snow Oh well, I hate the cold so it doesn't matter. Spring isn't that good coz although we've had 2 nice warm days, it's going to go back to freezing tomorrow apparently. I'll be happy when the overnight temps stay in the double digits
I'm counting down to summer unless spring wants to give me a few 25-30c degree days Spring smells good though with all the flowers in bloom Also baby animals My birds are laying eggs but I'm not sure if too many will hatch
Yesterday 1st September was apparently national Wattle day here in Aus...I had no idea but I do love the smell of Wattle
A shorter blog than I would like to have done but I'm house/pet sitting all this week with no internet access at the house 
I'm grabbing some net time while I'm at home taking care of my own pets. So I may not be on here much this week (not that I've been on here much lately anway )
16 days until S4 of Supernatural!!!!
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