A Good Night's Sleep

[poliphilo]

I was so dog-tired I went to bed at nine. Nakisha next door was having a birthday party- and she and her friends were still playing on the street. It was like being a little kid again, going to bed with the sun still up.

Carl was here fixing things yesterday. One of the things he fixed was the hole in the woodwork that Trash the rat made burrowing out of the kitchen when I inadvertently locked him in.  I'd done such a good job blocking all his passages- gaps left in the brickwork when old pipeing was removed- that he had to dig himself a new one. I haven't seen him for a while now. I hope he's told all his cousins that this house is just one, enormous rat trap.

You don't want to hear my views on Michael Jackson.

Comments

[dadi.livejournal.com]

I have no doubts I'd agree on every single one of these views. I've always despised both his music and the person behind it, and everything it represented.

lunar

[seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com]

I thought well he did the moonwalk didnt
he that is something but I looked at
a youtube of a michael jackson dance including
moonwalk and it looked like a lot of fidgeting
with little bursts of a gliding motion which
is not much to look at either.

[mamadar.livejournal.com]

One of my online acquaintances divided Jackson's life into two periods: "amazing music" and "batshit insane". Nobody could write a hook for a pop song like Jackson. He *was* a creative person, he gave people pleasure with his music, and then that all disintegrated into self-destructive surgery, rumors, lawsuits. I'm not deeply grieved--in fact, I never considered myself a fan--but I'm sad.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I feel sort of safe posting this here, even though I wasn't going to say anything.

I totally dislike mentioning MJ and Elvis in the same sentence BUT - they were prisoners of their fame. They could barely go to the bathroom without there being a press release. This would make anyone who was even CLOSE to normal - and neither of them were close to normal - start closing themselves off.

He was an amazing dancer, I'd suggest seraphimsigrist check a little further into the YouTube videos. He seemed almost boneless. I was stuck at home when the Thriller Phenom hit, and although I do not own a single piece of Michael's recorded music, I loved that video.

BUT. I do not think news of his death should throw the REAL news of the world off the front page (speaking metaphorically here....) You know, news like what's happening in Afghanistan, or in Korea, or for that matter in Iraq and Iran?

I'm old enough to remember the cute - and he was VERY CUTE - child with the round head, the one who sang "Oh darlin' give me one more chance...". As with the Beach Boys, the person who pushed the Jackson 5 into the spotlight was their father. The father who said "Oh, I heard he wasn't doing so well." Interesting, isn't it, that Brian Wilson (a giant talent) ALSO has had problems with reality and fame?

okay, okay, I'll step down off my soapbox.

Tony, I do hope none of Trash's relative think of calling on you.

[(Anonymous)]

My thoughts are simple. 1) He was a musical phenomenon, truly gifted. 2) He had a life so far removed from normalcy at any stage that he was bound to go "weird", so I don't blame him for it. We see it with 99% of people exposed to this kind of fame - Britney Spears being a recent example of celebs who go off the rails. So I would say that he became unusual as opposed to being born that way.
Tom F

[happydog.livejournal.com]

I suspect your views on Michael Jackson are a lot like mine. I put my feelings on a blog that nobody else can read but me, but I will say this - some people need to get a grip. It's not like he was a John Lennon or a Bob Marley. His music was cheesy 80's pop and very symbolic of a very poor time for music.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

To me, John Lennon was the poet, musician, spokesperson of his time, who died senselessly at the hand of a loony. Sad it is to think that the recent death of a musician got a lot more print and a lot more airing than did that of John Lennon.
"What fools these mortals be..."