I officially creep myself out.
Michael Jackson died today.
The subject of my Star column today: Michael Jackson. Turned it in Tuesday. I started thinking about him a couple of weeks ago. The trigger was a report on his planned series of London shows. Also I’m editing the Pupil tour diary, and the band dances to ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ in airports.
From Idol to Freakshow in Emotional Weather Report, today in the Star.
Couldn’t the cosmos just send me the winning lottery numbers instead of early obituaries? On the other hand we’ve inadvertently scooped everyone. Yes, this has happened before; no, I don’t take requests.
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Woke up to a ton of text messages. Here are my answers.
– You mean literally or metaphorically?
– No, I didn’t do it. If I had the power why are Akiva Goldsman and Michael Bay still alive.
– Alright! Alright! I killed Michael Jackson! No, I will not kill Kobe.
– Sige bwisitin mo pa ‘ko, isusulat din kita.
– One senses a disturbance in The Force.
– Yeah well I bought my first Beatles album on December 7, 1981.
– Why can’t my powers be used for good and not evil?!
– Of course Madonna is safe, hindi yun tinatablan.
– It is against Bene Gesserit rules to show off.
– Ironically this is a great career move. He will be fabulously wealthy all over again.
Enough of the “Poor Farrah Fawcett, relegated to a sidebar” laments. As The Count put it, maybe she preferred to go quietly, without fuss. We will always remember her with fondness: a sex symbol who came across as a human being. She was the woman all my gay friends wanted to be when playing Charlie’s Angels (‘I’m Farrah!’ ‘No, I’m Farrah!’ ‘Hindi ikaw si Farrah!’). No matter what she was or wasn’t wearing, she always seemed like the wholesome girl who could be your friend.
I learned from reading Farrah Fawcett’s NYT obit that Bea Arthur died in April this year. Bea, Michael, Farrah—there goes my childhood.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
June 26th, 2009 at 12:03
That just made me cry again
June 26th, 2009 at 14:19
Spooky.
June 26th, 2009 at 14:21
Funny you mentioned that because early this morning I was out in our backyard cleaning while dancing and singing to my cassette copy of his Dangerous Album. I am still in denial.
June 26th, 2009 at 15:37
didn’t know you have that psychic shitnitz, miss zafra. sends the chill down my spine.
June 26th, 2009 at 15:53
early edition starring j. zafra.
yep, the column freaked me out, like you knew this was coming… (twilight zone?!?!)
June 26th, 2009 at 16:12
I read your column this morning Jessica and I was half wondering if you had got the news early and hammered out the article in time for the presses. It was very prescient. It actually made me feel very sorry for him. The Chaser (in Australia) also had a comedy skit involving the King on Wednesday night. Maybe they lampooned him to death.
There was a South Park episode featuring him a while back and it suggested that he was outlandish because he was trying to make up for not having a real childhood. There’s probably a lot more pathos to his story than many people think.
Cheers.
June 26th, 2009 at 18:35
‘Guess you can really see the future.
Read your Philstar article Eastern Standard Time, so knew right away (when news re Jackson was flashed) that you “foresaw” what’s coming.
June 26th, 2009 at 19:23
I read your article early this morning (around 4 o’clock) in the Philstar’s website. a few hours later, I heard the news that he died. You were the first person I thought of.
Do you have a Death Note or something? Try writing about GMA or Sec. Gonzales. Let’s see what happens.
June 26th, 2009 at 19:42
Hi, Jessica!
Could you do us all a favor and write about Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in next week’s column? Thanks in advance.
June 26th, 2009 at 23:47
GoodNight Sweet Prince
R.I.P.
June 27th, 2009 at 00:00
Pop Trinity Unrivalled? I think the 60s trinity of Elvis, Beatles, and Rolling Stones still reigns supreme.
June 27th, 2009 at 05:02
More creepy coincidences… Michael Jackson passed away during Wimbledon, the Air France flight 447 crashed during the last Roland Garros, the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred a week after the US Open 2001, and Princess Diana died in a car accident during the US Open 1997.
June 27th, 2009 at 05:08
Correction to previous post… 9/11 occurred two days after the US Open in 2001