Today was a weird day. 

I had called Rocky early in the day and said, “Today feels weird.”  He thinks I’m weird.

Then, I found out that Farrah Fawcett died.

Then, the shocking word was out that Michael Jackson died.

I wrote on Facebook, “Has anybody checked on Patrick Swayze?  I’m afraid to look…”

These icons who are gone were part of my youth. Farrah’s poster in her red bathingsuit was on my wall when I was entering into Jr. High..  I went to many salons with my mom begging for a Farrah Fawcett hairstyle but I had wavy hair of the “not cool” variety  and instead of sweeping, easy beauty, I looked deranged and like I was trying too hard.

Michael Jackson’s Thriller video on MTV was the reason that I turned OFF my winning game of MegaMania on Atari.  It was totally worth it. The video was completely captivating. MJ’s music was what I played on my first Sony Walkman cassette player as I walked all over Florida on my summer vacation after 8th grade.  His music was the soundtrack that made my life seem like a cool movie in 1982.

These bits of my past that I don’t notice are a part of me until something like this happens. 

I don’t have any great wrap-up…I’m still processing it.  Meanwhile, there’s some big voting on the environmental bill…I’m all for  being responsible with our planet but I hope this one gets shot down.  Yes, I want to drive more environmentally friendly cars and I think humanity needs to to take greater responsibility and not be  greedy to completely ravage the trees and all but geesh, my body is made out of carbon — what are we going to start doing?  Eliminating PEOPLE to save the planet?

Don’t get me started…