king of pop?

[fictional]

While I was napping, Michael Jackson died?

WTF?

Could the world stop changing just when I've closed my eyes, thanks! More to say later, after I've washed my face and am convinced I didn't port dimensions in my sleep.

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[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

I'd been having a debate over dinner with a friend about the differences between growing up in the '60s (her) and the '70s (me) and came home to discover the icons of my youth were dead.

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

I know, it is so deeply bizarre.

... I'm just kind of at a loss for words.

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

I've started to figure why I'm so affected, not in terms of sadness but in terms of my world shifting. I may post on it later this evening.

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

I look forward to your post!

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

It's up at http://fmanalyst.livejournal.com/75091.html.

[troygirl68.livejournal.com]

Hate to tell you but Farrah Fawcett died today, too. I think they both suffered long enough in their own ways. RIP. :(

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's flipping crazy's what it is.

I'm not sad for them... but more for the changing landscape. I'm having one of those STOP THE WORLD I WANT OFF days.

[jo02]

I grew up in the 70s also.
Today two of its biggest icons died and I'm feeling more than a little bereft. I first fell in love with Michael Jackson when I was 9 and he was 11, that makes me a fan of 40 years.
I'm allowing myself to be a complete woobie today.

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

I'd not describe myself as a fan of either per se, but they were the warp and weft of my childhood. it feels deeply bizarre.

*hugs*

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

yes, that's the phrase: "the warp and weft of my childhood." That's it exactly.

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

*g* Thanks.

...I kinda like it too.

Although is it a mixed metaphor? (No, maybe that would only be if the phrase itself was mixed. But what's the audio equivalent of a woven thing? Inquiring minds want to know.)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Dude! We were at dinner before the theater when I heard checking my email on my mobile. I thought it was a joke. If we're going to port universes, can we get one with less cancer?

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

I know, right??? Crazy.

What did you see?

I saw Swan Lake @ ABT the other day. My god, Gillian Murphy can do those fouetté turns like nothing on earth. Jesus.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

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Peace and love!