I don't follow celebrity news, personally. I have my favorite personalities in the media, but never really paid much attention to the tabloids.. etc.

However, the following thoughts are my own. I know many people had different opinions of Michael Jackson, and I UNDERSTAND THAT. So long as my own opinion is respected as such, in turn. Not asking anyone to agree or disagree with me, on this topic. If this is something that you don't want to read, then DON'T READ IT! Any replies that serve only to blacken and insult this entry, I will remove them immediately.

Michael Jackson was a huge part of my childhood. Through the entirety of the 90's, I enjoyed his stuff; I danced and sang and adored the man's work. As a kid, I did not know about his ordeals, his allegations; I didn't even care about the rag-mags. I heard his music, instead, and respected his creative genius.

I know that the man did some things that were not conventional by any means. He had no traditional childhood, and I could see that he tried to relive it somehow, in his adult years. He lived vicariously through the company of children, whom I feel that he DID NOT harm. People can think what they want, but that is what I PERSONALLY feel. I feel that though he was a damaged man, but he was still lovably (eccentrically) human.

This post isn't meant to be a soapbox about Michael Jackson. It's just my thoughts about him, what he stood for in my childhood. If reincarnation does truly resist, then I pray that he returns as a healthy happy child, born into a stable and loving -- and average -- life.

RIP MJ.