Michael Jackson died yesterday, June 26, 2009, he would have been 51 in August. According to the news he suffered a massive heart attack and they were not able to save him.
I know that he had really gone down hill over the past decade, but I used to love him as a kid…I even owned a single sparkly glove I used to wear around the house (Oh, yea, I was cool). I still really like his older music from the 70’s and 80’s and a few from the early 90’s. I guess it just seems so sad since his music was a big part of my childhood. So I’ll spend today remembering him from back in his glory days, when he looked and behaved like a normal person, and listen to some of my favorite songs of his. R.I.P.
To all of you making jokes about him and about his death (I know you are out there), let me leave you with this poem to think about as you are making those jokes…

Don’t ever laugh as the hearse goes by,
For you may be the next to die,
They put you in a big black box,
Then cover you up with dirt and rocks,
All goes well for about a week,
Then your coffin begins to leak,
The worms crawl in…the worms crawl out,
The worms play Pinochle on your snout,
They eat your ears…they eat your nose,
They eat the jelly between your toes,
Your eyes fall out and your teeth decay,
A rotten end to a lovely day.

After talking with a friend from work about weight today, I realized something about myself… I am like most mammals in regards to winter vs. summer weight. Is there something so different about these seasons that changes something internally or is it just being lazy. It seems, like clockwork, that every winter I gain about 10 lbs and then when summer comes back around it comes back off. I wonder if this happens to anyone else.

I don’t diet to extremes during the summer either, maybe I do back off the sweets more and we don’t have the standard “food” holidays to worry about, but in general, it seems easier to lose weight in the summer. Does my metabolism increase for some reason? Maybe it’s just a combination of things…nice weather, less holidays, lighter foods…hmmm, maybe it’s just that I have to care more what my body looks like since summer also brings smaller clothes (LOL).

Rick and I returned from a great weekend in Vegas. A friend of ours rented a mansion there to celebrate her birthday. Wow, that was a really cool place. It’s an old home so it wasn’t perfect, but so fancy. All the walls and ceilings were custom painted so it looked like something you’d see over in Europe.
We had nice weather too so we spent the day pool side and enjoyed the great views. We had a party that night too and then the following night we all went to the outside bar at Harrah’s, Carnival Court. We had a great time there.
We did a little bit of gambling, but ultimately didn’t win big (boo). We did enjoy ourselves while we played poker at the sportsbar at Harrah’s and slowly lost $80, but we got several free drinks out of it. I really like the sportsbar there. The bar tenders are always so nice.

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