Wow so the memorial service was so sad, but it was a celebration of the life of Michael Jackson. All the performances and speeches were beautiful.
Today I found out something that I never knew before. This guy I know told me that he was never a big fan of MJ. I was so shocked b/c I never thought I would have met anyone in my lifetime that wasn't a huge fan of his. Well you learn something new everyday.
It is kind of weird to hear about people becoming "new" fans of MJ or saying that they were never really impacted by him and his music until after he died. Like did you live in a box all your life. Seriously? lol. But hey its actually a good thing too. I know MJ is happy that he was able to touch everyone. The old and the new.
Take this as my sort of final thoughts on my memories of Michael Jackson and his impact on my life.
1.) We actually have a video tape of me and my cousin dancing to Michael Jackson's Do You Remember the time. My dad always taped us dancing in the living room and all this stuff we did when we were little. That was the 1st time that I can remember being so greatly impacted by Michael. After I saw that video I knew that was what I wanted to do. Entertain, become a singer.
2.)I remember just last year when my mom bought me the Thriller 25 cd. I had been begging for it ever since I heard they were coming out with it. Our old Thriller cd had got scratched and so I needed this new one lol. Then me and her went out shopping and she gave me the money to buy the cd. I was so excited, I mean that cd was on repeat ALL DAY!! lol. I loved it.
3.) It's a family tradition of ours to play the Jackson 5's christmas cd every year around Christmas time of course. Every year as we decorate the tree and wrap gifts we listen to that cd. Its funny b/c a couple of the songs on the cd I had no idea were remakes. I thought they were original Jackson 5 songs but I was mistaken. it's also crazy that they made a Christmas cd when they were Jahova's witness'. But I guess they knew it was a good buisness move.
4.) My uncle had a Thriller jacket back in the 80's lol. And he still has it. So one day for holloween when I was in the 5th grade I asked him if I could borrow his jacket b/c I was gonna be Michael Jackson for holloween. At school we had a little Holloween party. I came into that party and everyone started laughing at me. At 1st I thought it was b/c the jacket was too big on me. But then I realized that they were laughing b/c they would always talk about MJ's plastic surgery's and how weird he was. None of that really mattered to me. I was in love with the person he was. I was in love with his music and performance. That's all the mattered to me then and now.
5.) Me and Bianca were in the car with my mom like in March and we were listening to the Thriller 25 cd and we were talking about what songs would be played at our weddings. She chose She's Out Of My Life and I chose For All Time lol. I'm still holding up to that.
Reading all these negative comments about MJ upset me so much. Esp now that he's gone its like let him rest in peace. He did not do the things he was accused of doing which ultimately led to more sorrow for him. I always knew he was innocent. Some of those comments were disturbing and stupid as well. But I'm not going to dwell on them.
I'm gonna post this last vid as a closing. i remember one day when I came home from school. I had had the worst day, I mean middle school sucked for me a lot of times, and my whole outlook on myself and life had changed and was tainted. So I got home and I cried and cried. Then I turned on You Are Not Alone by MJ. You see music has always been like my medicine. It heals me in times of despair and that song was just what I needed. It made me feel like Michael was there for me. Even though i didn't know him personally and he didn't write that song for me, it just felt like he did. I felt so much better.
