Ryan speech over

Ryan’s speech over the phone blew me away. The way he fought for me – the way he chewed Derek out –

I have to admit, it stirred something inside me.

And his actions afterward – walking away from me rather than giving in and being all aw, shucks – caused me to stand up and take notice, too.

Of course, all this was kind of percolating in the background. I wouldn’t actually recognize it for what it was until several days later – partly because there was more drama in Derekland.

On Monday morning, TMZ reported the words that should have filled me with gladness. Instead it just made me sad that it had taken almost losing his life before he stopped his destructive downward spiral:

DEREK KANE ENTERS REHAB

Derek Kane, lead singer of Bigger, is reported to be entering rehab at the insistence of his band’s manager.

After an epic two weeks of partying, Kane was in a car wreck last Saturday morning. He walked away from it without a scratch, but was charged with DUI. He reportedly had a blood al