I Heart MJ

I watched CNN before going to work and it said Michael Jackson was in cardiac arrest. It never occurred to me that he might die because, uhm, hmm, well, he is the MJ. At work I got an email from my husband with an article confirming his death. I was shocked and in denial.

I told my co-worker the news and the reaction I got: “buti naman, para mabawasan ang bakla sa mundo.”

That’s how some looked at it, but I bet they have at least one favorite MJ song and I bet they tap their foot happily and secretly every time they hear it.

I think everyone is an MJ fan, in the littlest or most fanatically absurd way, I think everyone must have loved at least one of his songs, or at least admired how he was as a performer, or how he had such an effect to millions of audiences in the world.

I was driving home from work and all the radio stations were playing his songs non-stop. Yes, non-stop. I am baffled myself but I got teary eyed while listening to his songs. Sorry na lang sa mga sa sasakyan sa likod ko kanina, but I was really just daze-driving home today, thinking of how much we have missed because his upcoming concert will never happen. MJ songs were such a big part of my generation's music. No more new songs from MJ.

My favorite MJ song is You Rock my World, or maybe it’s Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, or, hmm… maybe it’s The Way you Make me Feel, or Man in the Mirror, or Earth Song, or Rock with You…

Or maybe, just like elementary slumbook days…

it’s TMTM… TOO MANY TO MENTION.

No one will ever be able to hiccup in a song. The head-tone-hooooo-hoo’s and heeee-heee's will surely be missed.

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Another co-worker of mine, upon getting the news of MJ’s death, went to buy MJ DVDs in Amazon. He was clever enough to think ahead that these MJ stuff would probably get out of stock soon.