Well, this is my opinion BASED on facts regarding fanaticism.
Fanaticism can be dangerous to Michael Jackson and I'll tell you why . . . I'll try to make it short.
In October 1990 I was on my way to Las Vegas to meet relatives who were there for a Cosmetology Convention, but I stopped in Los Angeles to visit my Uncle first. The next morning in the LA newspaper was an article about MJ being honored at the Century Hotel and my uncle out of the blue ask if I wanted to go, I declined. So instead he took me to various places around the Hollywood area. When I decided to leave that same day to Vegas, it was unfortunately bumper to bumper traffic. I tuned into the traffic station on the radio and heard that there was an accident on the freeway and traffic was backed up to Highway 15, where I needed to get to, to travel to Vegas. So, I decided I would go back to my Uncle's and get a fresh start in the morning. Well, surprisingly the next exit to get off the freeway was the Century exit, so I thought okay I'll check it out. I called my Uncle and told him about the traffic and by the way, I'm going to check the MJ thing out.
I had never been to anything like this so I had no idea what to expect.
Well, I pulled into the Hotel's inside parking structure and walked in the first door available. The first person I saw was this baldheaded man that turned out to be a t.v. actor. I can't remember his name, but he always had a lollipop in his mouth on the show. Anyway, I realized I may have gone into a private area and was on my way out, but first I decided to go to the ladies room to freshen up. Well as I was washing my hands, these two ladies walked in with beautiful dresses on and I complimented them. One of the ladies had put a book on the counter with a young MJ on the cover and I said that's cute and she replied that she had met MJ and written the book to give to him. I really thought that was sweet. Then she said she was selling the books for $5 bucks and I told her I would buy one. I was really curious about what was in it considering I had met MJ years earlier.
I spent time in the reception/cocktail area but I didn't want to go inside the actual event because I wasn't sure if MJ would be wearing his shades or not. (Don’t speculate but that's the reason)
Okay, this is longer than I thought so although interesting, I'm skipping a lot of good stuff to get to the fanatical part.
So after the event, I bought the book and she told me that she also made a video about MJ (oh by the way I know her name but I'm not trying to embarrass her). At some point in time she mailed the video to me.
After, I got home from Vegas, I had totally forgotten about the book, so when she called to inquire what I thought about it, I told her I would read it later and to call me back or I called her back. Well after reading the book I found it to be a really sweet groupie story with a twist at the end. When we talked about the book, she asked what I thought of the ending and I said it was sweet, and then she revealed to me that part was a fantasy. I was like, okay, but I was wondering to myself, why throw that into the mix. But, I never said anything disrespectful toward her book, nor did I call her and tell her what I thought of her video.(I still have both by the way)
Okay. This is what I'm driving at. I had never told ANYONE that I had met MJ, not my family or friends, and in one second I blurted out to her while on the phone with her that I too had met MJ and that hey, I'm gonna write a book too. But before I could say another word, this nice person went from nice and understanding to someone acting like the wicked witch of the east, north, south and west combined. Without even hearing a word I had to say about how, where and when I met MJ, she behaved like a two year old and called me a liar and she (apparently) was going to make it her mission to ask Michael if he actually knew me. Of course she called me back with (her) definitive words as to what MJ had to say. It really wasn't what she said he said, that sparked me, it was HOW she said it.
Until that point in time, I had not one disparaging remark or bad thought about MJ regarding what happen between us, but she put so much anger in my heart and mind so deep, that that's all I wanted to hear him say is what she said with my own ears. Now, I was on a mission, and my heart and mind just couldn't seem to rest until I had that closure. If she had just given me a few moments to explain about my book idea, she would have realized what I was going to write about and what I had planned. My plans didn't involve selling MJ out to the World or even selling it to the world. My book was going to be about explaining to MJ how I got to Los Angeles County when I met him, why I left, how he found me, and why I left again. That sort of stuff. [my editorial... it's getting weird -- he might have been in disguise, but seems he had all that background better than you, if what you say is true -- you'd need to explain it to him? i doubt it - more like trying to catch up to someone and saying "here i am?" maybe the "disappearing act" you mentioned in the burton magick show thread shoulda given you a clue about whether or not he gave a ding] But, because of her hateful mentality, my book plans took a dark turn, and later I made serious allegations against Michael, which I do regret making because I didn't think or feel that way during the time I met him, nor the time when I realized that I did meet him. [editorial: wah!!!! you would need a third party to explain the obvious to you, and it takes you like 10 years to get mad about it :smilerolleyes:]
So, the moral to my story is . . . People, stay out of other people's business, especially if you have NO IDEA what a person does or has done in their life. [so stop circulating your cokamamy story that invites people into your business and no one will have reason to get into it now will they?] Being a fan is all sweet but when you become fanatical and try to intervene because of hate, jealousy or whatever, think about the person you are admiring first, because you can do him or her more harm than good, and this is definitely the best case scenario that illustrates that.
Peace
@ this thread! LOL!
