What could possibly be cooler than me?

It’s funny that a 4 year old measures coolness based off of their mother. I guess at that age, what do you consider cool? I mean besides Barbie houses, playgrounds and string cheese, what do kids think about? I know one thing I thought about as a child was music. Ah, when MTV first started I was in awe. All the New Wave videos, The Go-Go’s, Video-Killed-The-RadioSTAR, and don’t let me forget, Michael Jackson.

I was so scared of Thriller! I know, I’m a wuss , right? I love scary movies. Sat thru The Shining, Amityville Horror, Exorcist,Poltergeist when it first came out, but for some reason Thriller scared me to shit.

I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because whenever I pictured Michael Jackson, I always thought about his sincere smile, and soft voice and then I watch this and his eyes pop out his head and shit and the broad is like, “You wanna hit dis Michael …come back to my place” and then Michael is like “You tease..” and gets all demon on her ass- kinda freaks me out.

Imagine, walking down the street and having these people after you and shit, blood coming out their neck* got you feeling like you hanging out in Harborview and shit..”

Yea, fuck that.

My favorite MJ song though I must say, besides the album Off The Wall, is Scream and You Are Not Alone………………………………

Well when I first heard of his death, I was on my way to an appointment, had a million things on my mind, booking up this hill, checking my cell phone for the time, and this complete stranger walks up to me and is like, “Michael Jackson died.”

Me, being caught in my own little world for about 3 years now, didn’t completely hear what this lady was saying. Michael Jackson, the famous guy, the guy who you rock out to, make jokes about, imitate his dance moves, cringe when you hear about some of the rumors, but all and all, this icon that you love- is gone.

Wow….

And whats more sad is that Farrah Fawcett passed away the same day but her death will be overshadowed by Michael Jackson. And the media won’t let Michael pass in peace, will they…*sigh*….

Sunday rolled around and it was time for the BET Awards.

I love watching awards shows, especially BET/MTV because I love music.

I was excited to see what kind of Tribute they would have for Michael Jackson.

So as Gabby and I were watching, she was asking me about who’s who, and judging the singers look and style. Beyonce has just won an award I believe for best female R&B singer or something and she’s escorted off the stage by Jamie Foxx. “I love Beyonce, Mama-she sings all the beautiful songs..”

“Yes Gabby, she does, Mommy likes her too…”

*Jay-Z has just been brought to the stage, Beyonce has the camera on her for a second, she’s admiring her man up there…*

“Mama, who’s that guy?”

“Jay-Z.”

“Jay-Z, mama…”

“Yes”

“I love him Mama….“

“I love him too Gabby”

He’s so cool…Jay-Z is cooler than you Mama…”

HA!

I won’t try and argue this one.