Who's bad?

When is this poor man going to be allowed to rest in peace already? Micheal Jackson has been dead for more than 2 months and he is still not buried.
Here I was feeling guilty for forgetting to bury a few cremated pets that had passed on through the years, now I'm not feeling so bad about myself...

As riddled with controversy as his life has been, the way his death is being handled by his family and the media is mind boggling. This poor man never really did have a chance.

As a young girl, I grew up listening to his music, watching his cartoon show, absolutely captivated by his incredible talent, his magical dancing, his fabulous music videos. He was the soundtrack to the first part of my life. I remember watching the Motown 25 special and the next day swapping screeches at the lockers with my girlfriends. I remember Thriller, and Sports nite at school where we Juniors beat the Seniors with our rendition of Thriller over their rendition of Beat It....And being heartbroken as I watched this eccentric, reclusive, intensely shy man retreat further and further into what seemed to be a twisted fantasy world. I suppose if you are greatly abused there can only be a disconnect somewhere along the line. When no one around you respects the boundaries of your privacy, or your right to it, would you begin to blur them as well? Would you be able to see a boundary?

I'm not going to pretend to know what went on in Michael's head, but what is evident is that this man was in pain, it was as clear as the non existent nose on his face (punchline drumbeat please). This man in the most public of ways changed everything he saw in that mirror. It was written about, ridiculed and criticized in such a manner, it was hard to see who was taking advantage of who, though Michael seemed to always walk away somehow exploited.

This is what drives me crazy these days......people are losing their jobs, their homes, their health insurance, their hope.... People are having to go bankrupt because they try to keep up with hospital bills, or treatments to help their children with Autism...We are at war......we are in a recession.....Global warming is real.....we have lobbyists dictating what happens in the Congress and the Senate.....our educational system is lacking......learning disabilities, auto immune disorders, and neurological disorders and diseases are on a rise in epidemic proportions ......there are real issues around the world that needs to be addressed......and sometimes it feels like we've all collectively mentally retreated to a twisted fantasy land where we are lulled into thinking everything will fall into place....or this can't happen to me......until it does......everything is blurred...........

Talent alone doesn't save you. Neither does principles, especially when they are so paradoxical.
You really can't bury yourself either...there always are contributing factors........
We need to focus on the things we can fix, we need to ban together to help each other out, we need to stop trying to live vicariously through others, we need to stop setting standards for them that not only are impossible to meet, but not in our place to set to begin with. We need to get involved, ask questions, reach out, and find ways to make those that we elect to serve us accountable to the office they hold and the oath they took. Save the cheerleader save the world? Think for yourself, research, take care of the planet and the things in it, save the world..."Make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race."(Michael Jackson) ....... We need to go beyond the superficial, and we need to stop calling the superficial "news" because it gives it credibility.....

What Michael did, what he didn't do, what was alleged, what was dismissed, what was paid, what wasn't, who he loved, who he hurt, whose life he made better, what he shared, what he didn't, what he gave of himself, what he couldn't, what he left behind....he was ultimately human, forgiven or not, loved or not, he was human.

And he is still refrigerated like some piece of meat, which by the way if he was, he would only have about 4 more months before you'd have to throw it away.....or serve it with some fava beans and Chianti and call it a day.....

Enough with his death, his secrets, his doctors, his family, his last days, his last hours, his last will.......Bury Michael Jackson. Let this man rest in peace. As for his legacy, his music will continue to live on.......