Beyond Redemption

The bastard that killed Michael is going to jail. Finally, some justice for the king.

Now maybe his soul can have a bit of peace.
Rest well, Mike.

August 29, 1958 - June 25th, 2009

Long Live The King.

I watched the show in its entirety, and I’m completely excited to see the “This Is It” movie. If possible, I’m going on opening night with my tissues in hand (because there’s no way I won’t cry).

The opening of the show with all of the dancers was amazing. They seriously did him justice (except for that poor guy that fucked up his Smooth Criminal lean), and Janet? Wow. She looked gorgeous and so, so serious. I hope she was pleased with her performance because she did well. I started crying around “Bad”, and oddly, when I watched it again, I cried at the same point, lol. It was a really nice tribute. For once, Mtv didn’t suck ass.

Madonna. I like a lot of her music, but I’m not a die-hard fan. Tonight, though, I may have become one. I loved her speech about Michael, particularly when she shamed the entire industry, saying that they all turned their backs on him when he needed them. I’m absolutely proud of her, and her speech was one of the best I’ve ever heard about him. He is Legend, and he deserved more respect than he was ever given.

On a side note, Kanye West is a hot mess, and Beyonce did well in distancing herself from that fool.

The rest of the show was very “take it or leave it”. Half of these people, I’ve never heard of them. But admittedly, I’m not a big radio listener. I’m just glad Mike was given some of his due.

Eh, writing. Well, I’m working on a few chapters and I posted a new drabble collection called “Silence” for my girl, Liz, who celebrated a birthday yesterday. She likes Inu/Sess yaoi, so this is some of that. Canon, too -haha. It will be about 5 entries, or so, of 800 words or less. So, not deeply involved, but manageable while I try to update other works.

Those that have stopped by in recent days to show your Grrrl some review love -thank you. It was great to see that you do enjoy the stories and the wrist pain isn’t in vain! When I shut down Absolution to the general public, you guys will definitely be getting keys to the ivory tower! 😛

I’m still hooked on facebook games -haven’t played all day and I’m dying to- so I’m not writing a lot. However, I hope to change that with a few new updates in a row. We’ll see how it goes. Some of them are older, too, since I’m doing what I can to finish what I can. Or, at least finish the ones you guys show interest in and what I actually care about completing.

That’s it for now. See you at Absolution if you decide to pop in.

P.S. Saw the trailer for New Moon. I begrudgingly admit that… it looks pretty decent.

We miss you still…

Welp, it’s been a couple of days since I’ve updated with stuff other than strictly MJ news, so happy belated 4th of July. I hope y’all had fun and did the whole bbq thing.

Yesterday was Neo’s birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NEO!!) and I wanted to write something for her. She chose Inu-cest with a splash of angst, and I kinda shocked myself because I wrote it under 2 hours. Shit, it was almost a reminder of just how fast I can update when I really want to, lol. But seriously, it was nice to be able to do something for someone that has tirelessly done so many things for me. And she actually liked it, so that made me smile. —> 😀 See?

The story is called “Tempest” and it’s a 1700 word ficlet with a little angst and smut. If you like yaoi, you may enjoy it. I’m still new to boylove, and most of my lovelies don’t read that, so I don’t expect many to acknowledge it. But I had a great time writing it, which is always a treat. I like writing Loved, too, and it’s awesome because it’s been so long since I’ve actually liked writing…

Speaking of, the next chapter of “Loved” is in its final stages. (I’m sorry this took so long, Lily, though I know you’ll just laugh and tell me not to rush myself. lol.) I really wanted to have it finished last week, but I admit, the MJ thing hit me really hard and I lost all concentration for writing. I’m trying to have chapter 3 posted today because tomorrow I may not be any good. As the planet already knows, tomorrow is Michael’s memorial service, and essentially, our last chance to say goodbye. So there’s a good chance that I’ll be upset and not in the mood to do much besides mourn. Mhmm, I was a major fan even if I didn’t share that little obsession with y’all. I have all of his albums, dvds, videos -you name it.

*pictures myself dancing around in my drawers to Smooth Criminal* 😛

Saying farewell for good will be hard on us fans, but God called him home and all we can do is wait to see him again someday. The service will be at the Staples Center and televised on most major networks if you want to see it. I wish I could have gone, but 1.6 million people tried to get 11,000 tickets; there was just no way, lol. Shows the power of a true king. I just hope the service does him justice and they don’t let it turn into something unsavory -which is easy to accomplish with Joe Jackson, the douche, around.

Then there’s the battle over his estate. I know some people have issues with the Jacksons and think they were all just horrible to Mike and that’s why they were cut from the will. I don’t personally believe that. I think there may have been a little strife with his brothers, but it’s pretty plain that he loved his sisters and mother (Though LaToya is a waste of skin). Now, a court has ruled that his estate be handled by two guys who are not family (and Mike is to blame for that) and it’s pretty clear that they have designs to get their hands on his assets, money, and the vault of unreleased songs he made to generate profit for themselves. I mean, why else would they balk at being asked to keep Katherine, his mother, in the loop on all decisions regarding his things? It’s a farce that his earnings may end up in the hands of two men that did nothing to help him acquire them when they should go to his mother and children, whom he loved dearly. What bullshit.

And you know the fight for the kids is coming. I’m sure that glorified surrogate already sees dollar signs, but I’m sure Katherine is ready to fight a war on that. Michael said in his will that he wanted his mother to raise them and if that’s not a tooth and nail battle cry, then nothing is.

On to other stuff. The FA awards just ended, so congrats to all of the winners. I’ll be updating the website today and preparing the awards to be handed out (You know, labeling and such) and then I’m done, for the most part. I’ll be announcing what that means on the FA site after the term officially closes.

Challenge Destiny is doing well. The first prompt brought more entries than I expected, so that was nice. If you’re not a member and would like to be, go ahead. I didn’t restrict it to ED authors. I’ll also be figuring out what the prize is for FOTM since that’s only 3 weeks away. There’s a good chance that it may be something online; I’m busy this month and don’t really want to spend time holed up in the post office.

Eternal Destiny is doing well, too. I’m already planning what the Sept. skin will look like, and of course, on Sept. 1st the Destined Awards start. There will also be a little treat to go with that and I hope everyone enjoys it, but that’s all I’m going to say for now. Official announcements will go up when I open nominations.

Allrighty, it’s time to get started on this FA stuff. Oh,a nd there are tiebreaker polls going on. So if you’re a member, please go vote so we can close this term! 😛

Kau just sent this to me and it’s entirely too cute not to share. This is the video, Thriller, done shot by shot, and all with legos. Amazing, and definitely time consuming!

I got a great surprise tonight: I heard an awesome MJ Tribute song. Apparently, The Game, Puffy, Chris Brown, and Boyz II Men got together and made a song for the king. “Better on the Other Side“. I love it; they did an awesome job. Here is the video from Youtube and if anyone wants a copy of the song, hit me up.

All weekend I kept the TV jumping from Vh1 to Mtv, as they were showing MJ videos everyday and it was such a great way to remember him. I watched his “short films” and listened to his music regularly, but they showed some that I didn’t have in my possession (and I have many!), so it was a lot of fun. Of course, it was really depressing, too.

I still can’t believe he’s gone, and a lot of the feeling of devastation is because I’ve never had one of my idols pass away before. Those that know me know Janet is my favorite, but MJ was actually first, so this hits hard (Now I understand Beatles and Elvis fans). I still have more CDs, DVDs, and other stuff of his than hers, but I’ve seen her in concert a bunch of times while I never got to see him. That really fucking sucks because now I’ll never have that chance. *sigh*

Anyway, I watched the BET awards last night, and while they can stand to put it together a bit better every year, I liked that in a matter of 3 days they transformed it into a memorial for him. It was just this massive celebration and it was wonderful to see how he was loved. I particularly loved Jamie Foxx’s opening statement:

“No need to be sad. We are going to celebrate this black man – this black man. He belongs to us, and we shared him with everybody else.”

It also seemed that everyone was adding little MJ touches to their performances, and the show opener was New Edition (with Bobby Brown O.O), who did a medley of Jackson 5 songs, including my two faves: “I Want You Back” and “The Love You Save“. However, someone has to tell Ricky that the days of hitting high notes are over. >.>

Ne-Yo did a lovely rendition of “The Lady in My Life” (You can hear that one on Absolution), which is one of the most romantic songs EVER and a long time fave off the Thriller CD. Jamie kept us laughing because he kept coming on stage in different MJ outfits (Beat it, Billie Jean, Thriller) and at the end, he and Ne-Yo sang “I’ll Be There” (Jackson 5) as they showed a montage of photos on the big screen.

But what brought tears to my eyes (besides the finale) was when Janet took the stage. She looked beautiful in her white outfit, but there was so much pain on her face. She came to thank everyone and said all of the family wanted to come, but it was too painful for them (Joe Jackson did show, but he never took the stage). Her voice was breaking and I just knew she was going to cry. It was pretty emotional.

But all in all, it was a nice tribute, and I know other music awards will follow suit when they come around. Some of the performances, though… (and this isn’t about Mike-oriented stuff) were brow-raising. Like Beyonce’s. WTF was she actually attempting up there? Opera? It was awful, as was that terrible “fairy” outfit she was wearing. Once and for all (because someone has to say it) stop letting your mother design your clothes. Seriously. Her talent is NOT in that area, and it’s painfully obvious EVERY time you take the stage.

Another girl that made me get up and take a soda break was someone called Keri Hilson, or something (Never even heard of her before last night). She looked like this tore up version of Rhianna and whatever that was she was singing was really bad. Case and point? When you’re commanding an audience to sing with you and you get stone silence? Yeah, it’s not good. I later heard that she likes to dis other artists and talk trash. I sort of had that feeling, though, because on the read carpet they asked her what performance she was looking forward to and she said her own. (I had this real o.O “Who is YOU?” moment there.) Disaster from start to finish. Elvis on crack. So, all I can say is if you plan to talk shit, you better be able to back it up. That mess she produced last night was not her A game (I hope).

It was fun to see Keith Sweat, Guy, and BBD again, though. It brought back so many memories of when my mom was alive and she introduced me to all of these R&B groups/singers. So we sang and danced around in here last night! It’s like Jamie said, it was a celebration and I, for one, had a good time. 😀

The MJ thing has had me a mess all weekend, so I didn’t finish Chapter 3 of Loved yet. I’ll be working on it today after work, though, so I’m crossing my fingers that I can finally deliver something tonight.

Also, did you hear that Billy Mays, the OxyClean guy passed away of a heart attack? That sucks so much. He, too, was just 50. Such a shame. I used to call him “Home Improvement” (after the old TV show) and it was so sad to hear that he was gone. So much death in the last few days; it makes me appreciate life a lot more.

I now leave you with an image of Janet Jackson from last night.