As the world mourns

I'm figuring that I am one of the few people on planet Earth who really couldn't care less about Michael Jackson's death. (And by that I mean there is no possible way I could give less of a shit about it. Really.) He was a contemporary of mine, he and I grew up in the same times but vastly different worlds. For a time I actually felt sorry for the guy, what with his dysfunctional upbringing and the problems of dealing with great fame at such a young age. But then he got WEIRD, molested some boy children, turned white, then tried to convince us that those white children he bought were his bio kids - and I just sort of segued into disgust, then complete indifference. The thing is, I always kind of intuited that MJ was going to die early. His light burned too brightly to last very long.

Turned on CNN last evening to get some scoop on all the hoopla and I swear they are treating Michael's death just like Princess Diana's! Speculation, video footage of the coroner's office taking his body, retrospective montages, statements from friends, colleagues, family and fans. In my mind it officially became farce when I read the title of this post in yet-another-article about this event.

The only thing I want to know is what's going to happen to his children? I'm sure that question will be answered eventually. Just curious if the mother(s) are going to step up or what.



In case anyone noticed, Farrah Fawcett died yesterday too. Not that I'm going to shed tear one over her either, just sayin'.