This is fantastic to see that victims of the disaster ridden area have not been forgotten.
Until next time, when we can chit-chat again!
Until next time, when we can chit-chat again!
~T.
CHIT-CHAT ABOUT THIS AND THAT. 'CAUSE I'VE GOT AN OPINION ABOUT EVERYTHING!
Showing posts with label Celebrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrity. Show all posts
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Think Before you speak -- Kids maybe listening!
I honestly had no plans of expressing anything more on the Michael Jackson matter. Even with the overwhelming emotions expressed by his daughter, Paris I was still hesitant. However, I'm mortified by all the negativity that has been spewing out. I was really annoyed with Peter King and the vicious remarks that he made about Mr. Jackson. As far as I know the first case against Mr. Jackson was settled & he was acquitted in the second case. As far as I know pedophilia is a criminal matter not a civil one. I'm not debating whether he was or wasn't guilty, I'm simply saying he wasn't convicted of anything. I find the maliciousness that Mr, King spouted offensive because he's seems to be claiming that he cares about the well being of children...What about the well being of Mr. Jackson's children? At a time when they are in need of so much love he is spewing hatred to get some TV time. However, that's not the worst of it. People on the Internet are posting comments that little Paris "faked" her tears for publicity! Anyone who lost a parent at a young age has their life changed forever.
Everyone who is born will die and perhaps the legacy that we leave is the morals we teach our children and the guidance we give them to grow & change the world. No matter what you think of my Jackson, his children are anything but strange or weird. It's most evident in the words uttered by his daughter at the close of his memorial service.
"I just wanted to say that ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much."
Mr. King and all those who are spewing negativity about the children, please take a close look at the faces of these children, study them well before you utter your unkindness. Take a look at your own children and see if they are good example of what you would like to leave behind as a representation of you. If not there is still time to teach them kindness and compassion, by example! Over forty years ago today my own mother lost her mother. She & her siblings, all children, were left parent-less. They are not strange or weird. In-fact I'm sure my grandmother, who I never met, left behind people who are good representatives of her. They have definitely made an impact on everyone and everything they have come in contact with.
T.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
It’s been well over a week and I still can’t believe that Michael Jackson is dead. I’m sure this is the way all the Elvis fans felt when he passed away. You know secretly wishing that this is just some bad PR stunt and we’ll see him dance again. However, there is a deeper more sinking feeling that the King of Pop will not rise again. As I write this I’m listening to some of his recordings, some of the later works that were not publicized much. As I watched the clip of him performing that last time I wonder if his ever present performance was given by God, knowing that just hours later he would call his son home.
What is Michael Jackson’s legacy? The dance, the music, the family, and the children he left behind. His obvious talent will in my opinion never be surpassed. In that last video he seems to have more energy & stamina that those half his age, dancing with him. I can’t imagine how his family feels right now particularly his mother & children. No matter what anyone is saying about biology a child is yours if you love them and take care of them!
If our world were a garden most of us would be on the outside looking in. There are a rare few, a handful that reside in the garden. We are created with open naivety that can get us into trouble. For those on the inside, love is a pure emotional connection and has no sexual or physical connotation. It is simply, “the comfort I feel when I'm around you”. I honestly believe that Michael Jackson was one of these rare flowers inside the garden. His love of fellow man, lead him down a blind road of constant humanity. Unfortunately in our society if you don’t assimilate, if you choose to be yourself onlookers will always assign judgment. Perhaps this is the greatest lesson that we can learn from his life is not to judge, accept people for who they are and understand that some of us want to love in purity. Through his music, he made it abundantly evident who he was and what he thought about life. I leave you with snippets of some of his lyrics that gave me insight:
BEN
Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me …
…I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben…
HAVE YOU SEEN MY CHILDHOOD
Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for the world that I come from…
No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities...
People say I'm not okay
'Cause I love such elementary things...
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the Childhood I've never known...
Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
The painful youth I've had
Have you seen my Childhood....
MAN IN THE MIRROR
I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place…
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change…
PRIVACYAin't the pictures enough, why do you go through so much
To get the story you need, so you can bury me
You've got the people confused, you tell the stories you choose
You try to get me to lose the man I really am …
You keep on stalking me, invading my privacy
Won't you just let me be ….
… Now there's a lesson to learn, respect's not given, it's earned…
I need my privacy, I need my privacy
So paparazzi, get away from me
GONE TOO SOON
Like a comet
Blazing 'cross the evening sky
Gone too soon
Like a rainbow
Fading in the twinkling of an eye
Gone too soon
Shiny and sparkly
And splendidly bright
Here one day
Gone one night
Like the loss of sunlight
On a cloudy afternoon
Gone too soon
Like a castle
Built upon a sandy beach
Gone too soon
Like a perfect flower
That is just beyond your reach
Gone too soon
Born to amuse
To inspire to delight
Here one day
Gone one night
Like a sunset
Dying with the rising of the moon
Gone too soon
Michael Jackson, may you find in the beyond what you couldn’t find on earth – R.I.P.
T.
© All Lyrics included are the expressed property of MJJ Productions.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Billy Mays the Oxiclean guy!!! (7/20/58 - 6/28/09)
Someone told me, "Billy Mays passed away". I had no idea who they were speaking about! Then they said, "The Oxiclean guy" and of course I knew who he was.
The passing of Natasha Richardson earlier this year and now Billy Mays reminds us not to ignore what may seem like a simple bump on the head. Keep in mind it may turn out to be a serious head injury.
T.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) - RIP
Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was a multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee. Fawcett appeared in multiple commercials but rose to international fame when she appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the TV series Charlie's Angels in 1976.
She went on to appear in a number of highly rated television movies in challenging roles, including The Burning Bed, Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story, Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story & Margaret Bourke-White.
T.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Edward Leo Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)
Most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, he also hosted Star Search and a variety of other shows.
McMahon died at age 86 on June 23, 2009, at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. No formal cause of death was given, but McMahon's publicist attributed his death to the many health problems he suffered over his final months, including a neck injury suffered a few years ago.
T.
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