beautifulprayer

My goodness, what a bad day. I was beginning to wonder what was going on. I guess it started at noon when Lori came up and announced that Farrah Fawcett had passed. The office was abuzz about that. An hour later, I found out Irv Homer died and I was one of the few people who knew who he was. He was a local Philly radio talk show  host who would always be on after Jay Lamont's show "All About Real Estate" My dad used to listen to him all the time. So that was sad.

Then around 4:45, Lauren texts me with "Michael Jackson apparently suffers cardiac arrest" I went "OMG. What the hell is going on today?" So when I got home, after a bit, I turned on MSNBC. They had been reporting that he'd been in a coma. TMZ was saying he'd died but the LA Times had a different story. Finally after about 5 minutes, they broke in and said "He's dead" I just sat there in shock. Like everybody else. I decided to go up to Applebee's for dinner and in the car, every radio station was playing his music.

These are my thoughts I posted on another forum:

A huge icon of my childhood is gone. I was stunned yesterday when I heard. I turn 30 in August and I grew up in the 80's with his music, his videos, his talent. That's what I remember. There will be time to remember the bad and weird stuff, but right now, is not the time. I used to try to do the moonwalk with my brother on our kitchen floor. We had Thriller on VINYL and we used to have this record player with a tape player and a microphone and as kids, my brother and I would sing his songs into the mic. My mom's favorite MJ song was "Billie Jean" and we'd try to do the dances and watch the videos. I was in choir in 4th grade and we sang "Man in the Mirror". A lot of people also remember his Jackson 5 days and "I Want You Back". I think it depends what MJ you grew up with.  My brother and I used to watch the Smooth Criminal video all the time. I just loved watching him dance, just loved it. So yesterday and today, that's what I remember and the Michael Jackson I will always have with me.

His was a very tragic story, obviously, and troubled. He had such incredible talent, and he was such a cute kid, then handsome young man. And it is very sad.

And you know, we all know the allegations, but these people were out for money as well. Any parent that would allow their child to sleep at Neverland ranch should have been brought up on child abuse charges, especially knowing MJ's history. But they were out for money, not protecting their children. Sure, it wasn't right of Michael to be inappropriate with these children, but these kids' parents willingly put their children at risk and deserve some of the blame too, sorry.

Apparently, Lauren said FOX News spent much of the time talking about the bad stuff. I didn't see it, but it doesn't surprise me. This was also the station that had labeled Mark Sanford a (D) next to his name and did the same thing with Larry Craig and always says it was an "oversight" Riiiiiight. Remind me not to put on FOX News when my hero passes because they'll be busy covering the huge party Rush Limbaugh will be throwing and bringing .

In other news, this crazy week from hell is finally over and I'm going to the shore tomorrow. Woo!!