Virtual Assistants and Corey Haim

Oddity of Connections: Virtual Assistants & Corey Haim

I know how strange the juxtaposition of those 2 phrases are. Funny thing about life - it dies and it carries on independently.

I was just having a nosy peek at Google's hot trends and these 2 hotties at the moment caught my attention.

I don't know what sparked the current hotness of "Virtual Assistants" - people who are like personal assistants but via the virtual reality of the internet instead of the traditional face-to-face variety. Apparently these jobs have been around for a long while and thriving. I am quite attracted to it! As one member at the Virtual Assistant Forum said, "I happen to like typing (I'm a bit strange like that!)" ~ I say, "Me too. I am strange that way too."

But apart from finding this little tidbit out, I am still left a-wondering why "Virtual Assistant" was such a hot topic today.

Corey Haim

This being a hot topic I can sadly understand better. Like so many lost souls before him, (and don't most of us know what that feels like), Corey Haim, aged only 38, was found dead on Wednesday, 10 March 2011 from a suspected drug overdose. Despite his fame in the films like "Lost Boys" which he co-starred with Corey Feldman, he is said to have suffered for years with drug abuse and depression.

As a recovering depressive myself, it is always a reminder of how real and close that black hole is and how sad that so many people know it so intimately.

It was strange to find those 2 topics as being the hot items right now - no connection to each other apart from appearing on a Google Hot Trend list. We are connected in this life, this world ... even when it is through the most bizarre of connections, or in the consciousness of the person(s) you least anticipate.