SOTD Sixteen Candles Movie song - If You Were Here

The director of one of my favorite films of all time, Sixteen Candles, has died. John Hughes died at just 54 years old of a heart attack last night, in this God forsaken city, NY, as I was on the train consumed with my own meek problems and thoughts. This goddamn city.
He is also responsible for one of my all time favorite movie endings. I was going to post this for a birthday last weekend and I thought it too heartbreaking, so I decided against it. But now I must.

And lest we not always be so shallow and draw only attention to the death of media stars, we must not forget of the deaths that happen everyday on this planet. Deaths of dignity. Deaths over religious conflict. Just look at these statistics from the New York Times of OUR soldiers that have died in Iraq. Dying for our country!!


U.S. Troop Casualties - 4,325 US troops; 98% male. 91% non-officers; 82% active duty, 11% National Guard; 74% Caucasian, 9% African-American, 11% Latino. 19% killed by non-hostile causes. 54% of US casualties were under 25 years old. 72% were from the US Army

Take it in. Have some gratitude for these deaths. Think about it. Do something for your community, your neighbor. Do not waste your gifts, and what you have to give. People all over the world are suffering and it makes me sick how consumed so many friends and acquaintances of mine are with their small world and their 'supposed' problems. Consumed over boyfriends, girlfriends, the right car, the right clothes. Noone reads the paper. Noone seems to know. Read, listen, care. It is your duty. And to think, just yesterday, I posted a blog about a summer dress sale. Man.
RIP John Hughes and to all those who have died for our country and those who die senselessly everyday.