last night i went with mom and stella to see 'this is it.'  the movie was amazing.  i can only imagine what the actual show would have been like had he lived to perform it in london.  i never got the chance to see him in concert.  when he was touring during the thriller era i was still in nursery school.  i was well under ten while the touring was ( Read more... )

it's been a month.  hard to believe, but it's true.  i've been silent for most of the day, so instead of suggesting a moment of silence, how bad a badass thriller dance break with plenty of zombies?  oh yeah...


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smooth criminal dance break!!


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i've been thinking a lot about life and death lately. not just that, but mostly that. i'm thinking a lot about what i would have to leave behind if i dropped dead later today. there's surprisingly (and tragically, i suppose) little. i've lived nearly thirty years, gone to college, worked a few jobs, saved some money, spent some money, loved, ( Read more... )

just posting two things of interest.  that they are probably things of interest only to me is no matter, since this is my journal and i can post what i want to (and cry if i want to).

this first one is of interest because i adore books as well:

www.bookpatrol.net/2009/07/michael-jackson-extremely-well-read-had.html

this second one has me conflicted.  ( Read more... )

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still not over it. it seems so ridiculous to state this aloud (in a manner of speaking), but the sense of loss is very real. i'm listening to the same songs over and over (i have a handy, dandy playlist on the ipod). i'm counting myself lucky to be at home at my folks' house so as to facilitate pulling out the large amounts of mj paraphernalia ( Read more... )

dude, mj. we grew up loving him and whatever he did or became, i still love him. he was as inexplicable to us as van gogh or dali were to those around them. true genius is like that. i'm sorry to see him go. secretly, i was always hoping for his complete redemption, at least here in the states where his reputation suffered a severe blow. i ( Read more... )