We seem to have turned this around to our advantage here dear friends... and it's wonderful to see. We have suggestions for theme songs - Michael has SO MANY great ones, and Daryll's BLISS tips, and other messages for positive action to combat the current negativity we are all drowning under.
I DID wear my MJ t-shirt to the football today - and it was great because when people respond to it (and my little world-travelling 'MJ' doll who I took with me for comfort) it was out of recognition of Michael's life and reputation as the King of Pop, NOT because of the current drama. This was so wonderfully refreshing, and I realized that these people can share a smile and cheerful word with me about Michael Jackson because they are not following the trial, they are not as close to all this as we are.
And after I met up with my 'footy family' ('footy' is Aussie slang for Australian Rules Football) and they asked how I was, and I burst into tears, well, I knew it was time to call a halt to the daily reading of the tweets and summaries from the trial. All I have been doing is making myself terribly ill. Given that one of our group is in hospital recovering from a stroke (my cousin's husband) and things at my workplace of 23 years are currently almost unbearable for most of the people in my work group - why am I further torturing myself by actively seeking out news that will thoroughly depress me?
I agree with everyone else who is sick of Michael being made to look bad by the stories coming out of the courtroom - whether or not that is the intention of the various witnesses. I know they are looking to place responsibility on AEG Live, but we are being spared no details, not from past tours or behind the scenes on TII. The magic of Michael's artistry is being stripped bare.
My way of convincing myself I don't need to read this stuff is to tell myself that Michael would hate for us to know all this. And don't forget we are only getting the negative stuff, his sheer joy of owning and working every stage he stood on is being totally eclipsed by stories of the pain he had to mask, the measures he had to resort to, so that the show could go on, and the price he subsequently paid.
It makes me love him all the more for his total dedication to his craft. And my way of honoring that love will be to stop following the trial on a daily basis, so as to preserve the opportunity for me to enjoy his music and films of his performances without reservation - because I think that's what he would want. That belief will help me, I hope, stick to my resolve. I need to do this as much for my own well being as anything else, but I need to convince myself that by not hanging on every tweet that emerges from the trial, I am not abandoning him. I am, instead, making him happy (at least I hope and pray that is the case).
Will just come here and care and share with everyone so that we survive this terrible time and emerge with our love, admiration and appreciation of MJ not only intact, but strengthened.
My positive action for the day helped me survive a humiliating defeat of my football team still with a satisfied smile - Foodbank SA is a state charity that aims to 'End Hunger' for the homeless and underprivileged of our city and state. They are one of the charities supported by my club, and they were collecting outside the stadium today. They were also signing up collectors, so yours truly put her name down and picked up a collection tin to take into the office on Monday.
The photo here is of the pretty young lady to whom we gave our donation. (I made the donation - MJ got the sticker on his chest! That's usually the way it goes, folks, the ladies love him even in miniature!)
Have a lovely weekend, everyone. And happy Mother's Day to all the Mum's out there! :music:
I only get the stuff through FB or Twitter and so my mum yesterday 'carefully' told me that she had read a report in the local newspaper about that they didn't find any drugs in Michael's system and that they confirmed Michael had Vitiligo... She too was appalled about the 'autopsy' piccie printed full size on the website of 'Het Laatste Nieuws' (one of the local newspapers here :doh: ) 
