The U. of Iew

You know, for the past few days, I’ve been thinking about Michael Jackson’s death. Love him or hate him, he was the King of Pop. His music and performance style influenced numerous other musicians in many different genres. I still have Thriller and Bad on my iPod. Who isn’t familiar with Thriller? Who’s never made an attempt to do the moonwalk?

Honestly, I can’t find any decent words for this… so I’ll leave you with a memory instead.

When I was little, my ma had this small exercise trampoline. She and I used to bounce on the trampoline while listening to Beat It and Billie Jean.

That, in a nutshell, is what the music meant to me. It’s also how I choose to remember his life.

Story of my life.

Well, minus the whole “winning the lottery” bit.

He sounds like he has a good head on his shoulders; hopefully he can put the money to work for him and live comfortably. It makes me happy when deserving folks get a break.

Sure wish I could have a break, especially right now. Much like a Jenga game gone awry, my life toppled down on Friday night. As with any puzzle, the pieces can be put back together. In a fit of impatience, or enthusiastic creativity, one can even force a piece to fit somewhere in the big scheme of things. But right now, I’m too tired to draw up a construction plan. I feel better after letting everything spill over, but I’m still as confused as ever.

Too bad the weekends aren’t longer; I could use some extra time right now.

Like clockwork, I hear the train. Time for a nap. Now that I’ve purged my mind, body, and soul (so to speak), I should be able to update this thing with more blathering later today. For the moment, I’d rather be laying in bed, under the warm covers, listening to that lonely train and wondering where it’s going.

Why do the weekends always pass so quickly?

…It’s been raining every day for about the past week. As much as I love the rain, I find it a little unsettling; this would be normal for Louisiana, but for Utah? I’m a little surprised.

The environment just seems to be getting weirder each year. Makes me wonder…

It also makes me want to enjoy what we have. We’ve done such a great job of messing things up for the planet; I really want to think that we can turn that around, somehow.

I still need to blog about button-fly jeans and why they are awesome… come to think of it, I should blog about my new “baby”, too. All in good time!

Two of my co-workers have been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus (swine flu).

Of course, everyone was up in arms about this.

Me, I just want it to be Friday. I have so many writing projects to work on.

Clearly, I have my priorities.

Next on my blogging agenda: the beauty of button-fly jeans. No, I’m serious. You’ll see.