saying a final farewell to the King of Pop

no need to wonder anymore Chris Tucker, Michael Jackson was a p-i-m-p.

did you see the way he rolled into his own funeral? did you see all of his pall-bearers wearing one of his signature gloves? did you see the, as Wallace put it, "bomb" casket he had? did you see that each of the four major news stations, CNN, MTV, BET and any other cable station worth a damn (including our local Spanish TV station, translator-induced voiceover included) televised his funeral? i mean, wow.

i'm going to get my sarcastic comments out of the way right now... comment 1: hmmm, i thought i was watching a funeral for Michael Jackson, not Mariah Carey's voice... comment 2: how much does Chris Brown regret the Rihanna incident now? he was blacklisted from the BET tribute and reduced to just being in the audience today. good job dude... comment 3: Kobe Bryant? really? was Tiger Woods busy?... comment 4: MLKIII apparently did not inherit his father's speaking skills... comment 5: makes sense for a Texas representative to be speaking at a California funeral for a pop superstar who was born in Indiana... comment 6: your sunglasses look ridiculous Usher... comment 7: Shaheen Who?

sarcasm aside, it was a very good service and well worth the five or so hours that i spent watching CNN today. i think that this thing was dragged out long enough that any tears that might have wanted to flow were dried out days ago so i was just able to watch and enjoy. i was able to watch and enjoy beautiful performances by Lionel, Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder and John Mayer, i was able to watch and enjoy great speeches by Smokey, Brooke Shields and Michael's brothers and daughter and i was able to watch and enjoy the numerous tributes and montages. it was great. it was beautiful. it was fitting for a King.

so before you go MJ, me and your music have something to say to you:

Dear Michael,

We really wished you could have beat it. We wished that you would have lived to celebrate with Dirty Diana, Ben and Billie Jean for one more day.

But God decided to take you home and since death isn't a black or white issue, we're left to ask if you were gone too soon. but you did leave us with your legacy and a ridiculous amount of memorable songs and hits so all I can say is thanks. do you remember the time when you were a thriller to the entire world? and although I'm sure you'll never know the way you make me feel, you never failed to rock my world. Thanks for reminding us to look at the man in the mirror and for trying to heal the world.

sorry about that P.Y.T. Mariah Carey's performance at your memorial but hopefully soon she's out of my life. sorry about some of the haters spewing things about you over the past week, trust me, whenever i heard the negative comments i wanted to scream and have the haters just leave me alone. but, guess what, i don't care if you were sometimes off the wall. i don't care if you were sometimes bad and i don't care if you were allegedly a smooth criminal. i just can't stop loving you MJ and i will continue to blast your music whenever i get the opportunity. maybe its simply human nature to feel a connection with someone who you've never met, but you were my homie Mike.

heaven can wait for me but hopefully, one day we'll all meet up. will you be there? you are not alone Michael because i am sure that there are a bunch of people up there wanting to rock with you. hey, but be sure to pace yourself a bit so when your earthly fans who wanna be startin' somethin' get to heaven, we can go tear up that big club in the sky so badly that we leave some blood on the dance floor.

that's all i've got to say Mike, once again, thanks for the memories.

sincerely,

danny