Good news first: my old dog Su, is fine. Got all her tests back, and she is healthy. Vet thinks that she is either traumatized by Elise or doesn't like her food. Maybe a bit of both. So that makes me happy.
Bad news: I am having a very strange reaction to the news of Michael Jackson's death. I LOVED him as a child. He became kind of a joke, unfortunately, as his adult life unraveled and was fraught with strange and childlike obsessions and scandal. Let us not forget what a remarkable talent he was, and how much joy he brought to the 80s with his amazing dance songs and dancing. I personally do not believe he actually molested those boys; I believe he didn't know the boundaries between adults and children because he was childlike himself. To that end, I was just remarking to my carpool buddy today that if you were robbed of your childhood, and similarly,your development arrested, and you were also fabulously wealthy, it would be very easy to fall into an existence such as Michael Jackson's, where the lines and limits of "normal" blurred. If money is no object, you don't find yourself accepting the limits that those of us non-fabulously wealthy people are subject to. His plastic surgery is an obvious outward example of this; as is his ranch, complete with circus animals and amusement park rides. The "normal" luxury seeker just doesn't put those things in their mansion. So, he is labeled eccentric and becomes tabloid fodder.
Anyway, I want to remember him for Thriller and Bad and Billie Jean and for the Jackson 5. I want to remember Wendy and I trying to learn the Beat It dance in our college apartment. I want to remember playing "don't stop till you get enough" with mirror balls blazing when I worked at the skating rink.
RIP, Michael.
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I've been thinking about you and Su since I read your blog post a couple of days ago. Glad to hear she is going to be alright. I feel bad for our dog as well b/c life hasn't been the same for her since Clara came along. I think it's just part of it, and hopefully our dogs can enjoy the babies more once they are bigger and mobile.
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