25 October 2011

Watching "Dear Jack" on Hulu.


       I have been in love with Andrew McMahon from Something Corporate & Jack's Mannequin since I was 14 years old.  Now, I know what you're probably thinking, but this isn't a love of the creepy stalker kind, considering how there are many different facets of love.  My love for him grew from the music the band released- being one of the very few bands to have the music focus mainly on the piano-, because he wasn't that much older than I was and he was out there, or up on stage, living his dreams, creating this incredible music.  In my fourteen year old mind, "it was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard". He was an inspiration and to this day still is.

       In 2005, I had just graduated high school when Andrew McMahon was diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leukemia (ALL) and I remember hearing the news. I was in shock over the diagnosis, like knock the wind from my lungs shock.  I remember telling my friends and my mom, the people who knew how much I cherished his music, the news and even though I had never met him it didn't matter and I supported him 100%.  I thought about how hard it must be fighting something as momentous as cancer and praying that he would pull through.  I think back on that time now, maybe it was out of selfishness that I didn't want to lose what he brought into my life, because his music really helped me through all the hard times growing up, or maybe I just didn't want to see someone who was so full of life and energy- remembering the times I'd seen him live and in full performance mode on stage- lose the fight against the cancer that was raging through his body.  In the film, Andrew is so optimistic it's infectious, his blunt honesty is completely raw, letting us get a glimpse into his soul.  Now here it is, near the end of 2011, ten years after I initially discovered the music of Something Corporate, and the love I have for the music and for Andrew McMahon himself hasn't wavered.  I'm thinking it never will, which is all I am hoping for.

       **My only wish is that I could have gotten my hands on this film earlier than now, maybe, just maybe my grandmother could have gathered enough strength to come out victorious in her battle with cancer, which she lost October 7, 2010.**

Cheers to you, Andrew, for everything you have accomplished and continue to do so.

-xoxo Evie


Check out here what Andrew & the Dear Jack Foundation has been up to: 
Dear Jack Foundation

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