R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson died unexpectedly, as the entire world knows, on the 25th of this month. It feels like the beginning of the end of an era. Some people argue that he died when he started to get "weird" some people simply accept the fact that he's died, and some will never really believe he is dead. He won't really be...his music, his style, everything about his is so legendary that it has been passed through to every aspect of the entertainment industry, and further. Even if you don't know it, that dance move you just learned in you dance class was Michael Jackson inspired. Those notes Justin Timberlake is so fond of...Michael Jackson. The glove, the pants, everything. So as we struggle to let go of one of the biggest icons of all time...do a little moonwalk, don a fedora, or listen to a classic - He'll always be around. It's just that now, some of us won't get to see him live in concert...Here is a link to his website, they are doing a special "remembering Michael Jackson" thing right now. http://www.michaeljackson.com/

Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

August: Spread the Love

I have been so uninspired lately, it's not even healthy. I think. Although I am fairly certain that your inspiration levels can not have any effect on your physical health...if they could...I would most definitely be in critical condition right now. Inspiration is kind of like air for me.
Anyways the point of this sudden little burst of writing activity:

Being born in August, I always got to be the kid in class who was not in the same month as a holiday, therefore I did not get twice the presents that month...I also didn't get an in-class birthday in which we were allowed to neglect learning for a minute or two to eat cake and be more than a little embarrassed by guest appearances by parents.

Yes August was always the random month for me. People would say "Your birthday IS the holiday!" But I didn't buy that. That had about the effect that "You can do anything you set your mind to" did.

Today - as I was off of work and laying in relatively hot weather that rose into this particular room creating a sauna - I became too delirious to really DO anything. So somehow I came about reading all the little text in the calendar days. Things like, "Mother's day (US)", "Write a friend month" Little things like that which, in some cases, I did not know about. And I'm pretty sure most other people don't know about either. Which was why I felt the need to BROADCAST THIS BECAUSE IT IS SO COOL AND SHOULD BE OBLIGATORY TO CELEBRATE.

Ready?


August: Romance Awareness Month.
August 25: Kiss and Make Up Day
August 27: Global Forgiveness Day

These are real official holidays. I looked them up.
Kiss and Make Up Day is pretty self explanitory. It is a day in which you can set aside all quarrels, put away your pride, and Kiss. And make up.
Apparently some people start fights just so they can kiss and make up the next day (August 25)
Global Forgiveness Day is celebrated by sincerely apologizing to someone. Publicly. And if someone apologizes to you, set aside your grudge and forgive them. Let goooo of ze baggage.

My life feels so much more happy now. Just because of those simple simple days.

Now if everyone would know about them suddenly...that would be great.

Tell someone you love them in August.
Forgive someone.
Kiss and Make up.

All very good things. Should happen everyday, but as Mother's day, Father's day, and pretty much every other holiday have taught us, sometimes we need a day off work and a calendar date to push us in the right direction. (Although since when do we get time off for things like that?)