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I finally saw Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” movie. I am a fan of Michael Jackson’s music, more so than a fan of him. Maybe it wasn’t my era but I just didn’t get engrossed with knowing what was going on in Michael Jackson’s life. No question he produced some damn good music. He created new sounds, new beats, new flavor and it’s the type of music that is timeless. Billy Jean is still played in the nightclubs (not the 80’s clubs either).

The movie was the behind the scenes of the rehearsal for his “This Is It” tour. It was amazing to see the dancers come from all over the world to audition and to see how emotional they got. These were die hard fans. The movie was a documentary so there was no acting. They had video cameras at the rehearsal purposely to create a movie to be produced after the show was over. The difference was that Michael Jackson wasn’t expected to have died. And honestly, throughout the documentary, I felt like Michael Jackson knew he was leaving. Maybe he thought it was going to be after the tour but it definitely seemed like he knew.

If you’ve seen any of Michael Jackson’s videos or performances, you know he goes all out. This was suppose to be the ultimate show. The costumes, the dancing, the stage – it was amazing. He sang and dance, just like he did 20 years ago. It was crazy to know he was shy of 50 years.

My take from the entire movie was that Michael Jackson created music that made you reflect, that made you want to love someone, that made you move, that created a fire inside you – as if we were going to march for a cause.

Man in the Mirror sums it up for me. “If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change. I’m starting with the man in the mirror. I’m asking him to change his ways.”

Jason and I typically hang low for Halloween. We enjoy hanging out with my family and watching my nieces and nephews dress up in their cute outfits. This year, since it fell on a Saturday, I figured we’d go up to Austin and visit my brother and his wife. Their friends were having a costume party so we went ahead and did the costume thing. Star Trek it was. We made our own outfits and I didn’t even have to buy anything! Jason made the cool Star Trek logos out of foam paper and we just got him some ears and a gun. My brother did an excellent job as Billy Mays (video below) and Layla did the Jessica Simpson look. There were actually some pretty creative costumes at Sean and Sarah’s party, who were Kayne West and Rhianna. My favorite? YouTube!

See all photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/safun/sets/72157622714512654/

Sexting has become more and more common among our youth.  They think that sending a nude or semi nude photo of themselves to one person will stay with that one person and don’t realize the risk of it being sent out to others. The first time I realized the seriousness of sexting was when I saw a case being featured on the Today Show. An 18 year old girl sent a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend. Once they broke up, that photo was sent out to everyone at her school. She was humiliated and bullied for a year before she ended up committing suicide. Our legal system is really trying to crack down on this. If you are a minor (18 years or younger), creating, transmitting, and even possessing a nude, seminude, or sexually explicit image of yourself can be considered child pornography. It can be prosecuted as a state or federal felony and can even lead to having to register as a sex offender. While I do agree there should be legal consequences,  I’m unsure if it should be filed as child pornography. Our youth does need to understand that sexting is unacceptable behavior and there are laws in place to protect them.  In spite of all our work trying to stop sexting, we allow a song like “LOL, Smiley Face” on the radio for our youth to listen to. Here’s a snapshot of the lyrics (click here for all the lyrics):

I Love Fisher Price

See now my shorty text me, send your boy a smiley face.

Gucci-Mane X-Rated, we could make a sex tape

Pics on my iPhone, Gucci on her iPod

When she turn around, *** make you say, oh God

Am I the only one that seems something wrong with this?

Jason and I had a typical married couple Sunday. We had breakfast at the local Taco House, went out to buy a gift for our friends that just had a baby, bought a new mattress and went grocery shopping. While at Target, I went to see the wreaths on clearance. I couldn’t help from busting out laughing because I saw a particular wreath that screamed “Lady Gaga” instead of “I go on a front door.” I am a Lady Gaga fan and her outfits at the VMA’s this past year were way beyond interesting. As you can see below, you see how this made me laugh …. and freak Jason out a bit.

I went to lunch with 2 friends today and one wanted to get my advice on some things related to social media. I was happy to help of course. I was hoping I inspired or motivated him. Then I open this fortune cookie. Really made my day but it’s more important to me that I made someone else’s day!

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