Newfound respect for Michael Jackson

[DollyDarling]

Hello all,
I'm just sitting here at the computer and lov'n google of course, and I decided to really start looking around for content on Michael Jackson. My search is for the good of his life, his accomplishments, the respect others showed him. I'm not interested in the gossip, rumours, or any negative information about him. There are enough people in the world focusing on that, and since I'm not a negative person anyway, I prefer to look at the good in things. I am finding so many impressive things on him, and its bringing me way back to my childhood memories also. I remember a day when I was so very young and I was on my friends front porch, and we were doing cartwheels down the steps, and I hit my head very hard and cut it. I cried and went home, but my friend felt very bad for me, and she gave me a cassette as I was leaving and said "This is my favorite music right now, you can borrow it and give it back when u come over again". Well she didnt say it in such a grown up way lol, but u know like little girls say. I went home and listened to the cassette and I loved it! I begged my mother to get me one. And I was from a poor family, so I was so delighted when my mother did get it for me. She was always encouraging me to be musical, so she made an exception in this case. Next time I went over to my friend's house, she said she would show me the moonwalk. Wow I felt so proud of myself when I did it. And I went home to show it off to my brother who begged me to show him how also. So there was my brother and I moonwalking across the house, and our parents just wondering what and how the fuck...

So I created this thread to only talk of Michael Jackson in a positive way. There are other threads if anyone wants to trash him, then go to those threads and keep it off this one. I hope we can share some stories, like I did, on how he influenced you in a positive way, things you were impressed with, ect.

Found this today. A beautiful memorial:

Sand sculptures of Michael Jackson, a guitar and his fedora ... - Yahoo! News Photos