April 5, 2001

12:19 PM

Keanu Reeve's Girlfriend Killed In Car Crash- Jennifer Maria Syme, 29, died on Monday after her Cherokee hit several parked cars and turned over. A police report said two anti-depressant prescription drugs were found inside the vehicle along with two rolled up dollar notes with traces of a white substance inside them . . . Prescription cocaine? When can I see her doctor?
posted by radio_mookie (14 comments total)

enough obscurestore stories! if we want to read obscurestore, WE WILL.
posted by palegirl at 12:48 PM on April 5, 2001

Whoa palegirl - don't be so quick to judge. The obscure store link was to the NYPost.com, not the link radio_mookie gave.

Granted this is a general news story and I really don't think MetaFilter's the best place for regurgitated AP wire news, but speedily assuming you know where the poster found a link is bad form as well. They may think they just got a great scoop and wanted to share.
posted by kokogiak at 12:51 PM on April 5, 2001

Wow, Mookie, not only did you find this story interesting enough to post to the front page of Metafilter, which is a wonder in its own, you also managed to be disgusting and make a snide joke at the expense of a dead person.
posted by Doug at 12:53 PM on April 5, 2001

It's actually a pretty sad story. They conceived a child and lost it.
posted by Bootcut at 12:57 PM on April 5, 2001

I don't care where the link from, but I find your flip "Dr. Feelgood" comment to be a bit callous. Can't we wait two weeks before we make judgement? The DA probably doesn't have all the details at this point.
posted by machaus at 1:20 PM on April 5, 2001

(coughs politely)
posted by norm at 1:42 PM on April 5, 2001

A word from radio_mookie

1) I live in NY city so I read the story in the NY Post not on Obscure Store.
2) Yes it is general news.
3) Yes it is a tragedy.
4) Drugs & driving don't mix (at least not the kind she seemed to be prescribed to)
5) I'm not a callous flippant bastard, but I did stir up a few good reactions, didn't I?
6) I promise to read Obscure Store first before posting anything here.
7) I promise not to cut and paste from my blog anymore.
8) I am a metafilter newbie.
9) I'm allergic to feathers.
10) Please accept my appologies.
posted by radio_mookie at 2:09 PM on April 5, 2001

Sweet Merciful God in Heaven Above, all this AND you refer to yourself in the third person.
posted by Doug at 2:16 PM on April 5, 2001

[rubs salt on wound] Does anyone else get a totally black screen viewing the Radio Mookie site with Netscrape? [/rubs salt on wound]
posted by Karl at 2:33 PM on April 5, 2001

Really? Which version? I'll have to check into the problem.
posted by radio_mookie at 2:36 PM on April 5, 2001

Yep, sure do.
posted by shinybeast at 2:37 PM on April 5, 2001

I use Netscape version 4-point-something, sorry not sure which. I wasn't actually trying to give you a hard time, I just went to visit the site out of curiousity and it appeared there were some closing tags missing from your HTML.
posted by Karl at 2:42 PM on April 5, 2001

So what?

Not to be callous or anything, but why is anybody, other than Keanu & family, etc. supposed to care about this?

Sure, sadsadsad, but lots of other people died yesterday, too, and I don't see articles about them. She's not even a celebrity herself(not that it would be an excuse), but rather an adjunct to one.

I continually find myself unable to understand the weird fascination with the innermost details of celebrities' lives.

End pointless gripe.
posted by Su at 3:35 PM on April 5, 2001

*sarcasm*

Because they're IMPORTANT! They're CELEBRITY! I mean, like, isn't everyone in America supposed to live dangerous and expensive lives vicariously through their celebrities?

*/sarcasm*
posted by SpecialK at 8:51 PM on April 5, 2001