So...MJ. Yeah.

((Please note that this post was started yesterday))

Because I've only heard this SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TIMES TODAY...Michael Jackson died a year ago. And because I've heard this piece of information SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TIMES TODAY, I've decided to write something about it.

So. Michael Jackson. What makes him so freaking special?

This was my thought at nine in the morning, when I was driving my dog to the vet (he has a bruised tail. How does that happen? Wait. My mom's ex stepped on his tail. Asshole), and 103.5 (KTU! :D) was like, "We're Michael Jackson, all day today because he died a year ago and was taken from us too soon! Whoo hoo!"

And then they started playing 'Ben'. And I wasn't in the mood to listen to a song about a dead rat at nine in the morning when I was on my way to the vet. So I changed the radio station to Kansas' (which, at the time I was listening to it addressed it as Foreigner's, knowing that it was Kansas'...it was strange) "Carry On My Wayward Son". Sue me.

Anyway, I started thinking...what does make Michael Jackson so special? The answer to this question didn't come to me until about four in the afternoon, when I was driving on 287, windows down, blasting 'Alejandro'. Some hispanic dude (and I am not racially profiling, he was actually, legitimately hispanic) pulled up next to me and gave me a look that had...intentions behind it.

So I changed the station to KTU, wanting to get as fast away from Lady Gaga as I possibly could. And 'Thriller' came blasting out of my car. And there was this guy on the side of the highway...and he started to dance. And as I passed people, anyone with their windows open would look at me, smile, and start to twitch their shoulders to 'Thriller'.

And this wasn't just adults. There were senior citizens, college students...different people whose ages spanned at least four or five decades. Smiling and dancing along with my obnoxiously loud music. You don't get that with any other artist.

Like, you hear about fourty-year olds being madly in love with Tay Swift or Justin Bieber, and you think to yourself, "My God, that's just sad." Or, kids who scoff at their parents to listening to music from the 60s and 70s and whatnot saying it's, "Old people music"...that doesn't happen with Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson is simply Michael Jackson.

That's what makes Michael Jackson so freaking special. Unlike all these artists who claim to be individuals, Michael Jackson actually was an individual. There will never be an artist who can replace him, and no artist will ever be able to live up to him.

So. In other news, I got a 28 on my ACT. That's 91% tile in the country, biatches. It's also 86% tile in the state. Apparently NY is smart. Who knew?

ALSO. GHANA BEAT AMERICA. That's right, kids. America is out of the World Cup. I'm surprised we made it this far.