As I read Marinka’s post this morning about how Michael Jackson’s Death is Tearing Our Family Apart, I considered how it affected our household.
I considered not watching it, but after babysitting all morning I needed something mindless and it was the ONLY thing on tv. Plus Usher was a performer. I couldn’t turn that down.
I knew that watching it on my own meant the following:
- I would be watching it again due to the marvels of DVR when Ismael got up.
- It would have the entirety of his attention the entire evening, even through dinner, unless I dumped a bowl of peas on his head. So, I didn’t prepare peas to cut down on that particular temptation.
- He would rewind key parts at least three times.
- He would continue to believe that MJ was framed by people who wanted money.
- He would probably shed a tear at some point, and that little Paris did it for him. And me.
- After the funeral, he would watch all the news coverage which would also replay key parts.
What I couldn’t have possibly predicted was that he would randomly yell, “We are the world!” the rest of the evening. It was his shower song. It was his reply to most of what I said. It was what he exclaimed when the baby did something good.
It was amusingly annoying. Apparently he didn’t know any other verses of the song. Some fan.
At the point in television coverage when I heard the words, “I’m Wolf Blitzer and in the Situation Room we’ll have full coverage of the funeral for the next three hours,” I thought I might break down and weep.
I insisted, “That’s it! NO MORE. No more Michael Jackson.”
He turned to Fox News. Sean Hannity was blindly extolling the virtues of Sarah Palin. It should be noted that Ismael watches Fox News in the same way that others watch situation comedies. It is absolutely hilarious to him.
“Ismael, no Fox News. ”
“It’s not Michael Jackson, you said no Michael Jackson.”
I uttered words that I never really thought would make up a coherent sentence:
“My ears are bleeding. Would you please go to work?”
“We are the world!”
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i like brooke shields’ speech and i thought MJ’s daughter was heartbreaking.
We are the children!
What? I’m trying to teach one lyric at a time.
I watched the last 15 minutes of the memorial and totally came undone when Paris spoke. What a beautiful beautiful child and so completely heartbroken.
Having said that, I am OVER, totally and COMPLETELY over any and everything related to MJ. And if I hear one more newsperson say anything about his brain, or it’s tissue or anything like that, I am going to scream!