Michael was my friend. He took me dancing, played pranks on me, but his biggest gift of all to ME... was the courage to BE ME in the face of criticism.
I am one of Michael's biggest fans. I own all his Music and Videos, the pepsi commercials, Oprah interview, the above Speed Demon video is from my archives and can not be purchased legitimately anywhere, it's playing on a domain I own.
I can even still do a semi moonwalk at 45 years old but can't really nail it anymore like in my younger days. The below picture is the hallway outside my home office door.
I sat 10th row, front and center to the opening night of his Bad tour. I have the t-shirt, ticket stub and program...
After he died, I changed my ringtone to Thriller and did Zombie moves when it rang for all my friends, once while in the grocery store that made everyone laugh and a woman asked for my number because she wanted to see me do that again.
and tonight I will light my pool with torches and blast his videos on my outdoor theater... and raise my glass to toast the heavens.
Thanks for all the great times Michael, nobody did it better, not in my "day".
I'm starting to worry about you, buddy...
I'm a hobbyist. Not a professional. Don't be hatin'!