And no message could have been any clearer
Yesterday I forgot to stretch before working out at the gym, which means my legs are caining like anything. I'm also beginning to develop a cold, which means my mouth tastes disgusting no matter how much mouthwash I use, my throat hurts and my nose is all gross. On top of that, Michael Jackson died last night, which makes my insides hurt like anything.
The way I actually found out was when I was getting ready to take my sister to school in the morning and I checked my phone before I turned the TV on. There were two messages, one from Ali and one from Britt, saying that Michael Jackson had died. I turned on the TV and sure enough, there it was. At first I was so shocked I didn't even react. It was only when I was listening to the radio on the drive home and they played "Ben" that I started sobbing. That song has always made me cry anyway. It's the one song by him that I've always had to skip on my CDs because I can't listen to it without feeling incredibly depressed. For those of you who don't know, he wrote that song when he was a child about a pet rat that he named "Ben". He never had a childhood, and Ben was his only friend in the world. The fact that he's dead just makes it a hundred times sadder.
I've had "Man in the Mirror" stuck in my head for most of the day, and it makes me so sad. And now I'm listening to it and just crying my eyes out. I can't turn on any channel without seeing tributes to Michael Jackson, I can't go anywhere without hearing his music. I watched Lost in Austen for a while and worked on this week's comic, but nothing makes it feel better.
The way I actually found out was when I was getting ready to take my sister to school in the morning and I checked my phone before I turned the TV on. There were two messages, one from Ali and one from Britt, saying that Michael Jackson had died. I turned on the TV and sure enough, there it was. At first I was so shocked I didn't even react. It was only when I was listening to the radio on the drive home and they played "Ben" that I started sobbing. That song has always made me cry anyway. It's the one song by him that I've always had to skip on my CDs because I can't listen to it without feeling incredibly depressed. For those of you who don't know, he wrote that song when he was a child about a pet rat that he named "Ben". He never had a childhood, and Ben was his only friend in the world. The fact that he's dead just makes it a hundred times sadder.
I've had "Man in the Mirror" stuck in my head for most of the day, and it makes me so sad. And now I'm listening to it and just crying my eyes out. I can't turn on any channel without seeing tributes to Michael Jackson, I can't go anywhere without hearing his music. I watched Lost in Austen for a while and worked on this week's comic, but nothing makes it feel better.