RIP, MJ

Today is MJ's funeral. Bad was the first album I ever bought. I was being selfish and wanted the cassette, which my mother couldn't dub (we had a single deck) so other people couldn't have a copy of it. But The Wiz sticks with me as amazingly, simply Michael. But you know my fondness for Broadway. He was the king of showmanship, afterall.


Don't try to read anything into my choices of music this morning. The videos suck, by the way. Just turn 'em on while you're doing something else. You'll be doing yourself a favor.

Go here for a live stream of MJ's funeral today, starting at 1pm.

STOP AIDS GALA

WAS AWESOME!

I freaking love the opportunity to listening to Diva's belting out broadway classics. It was amazing and wonderful and heartening. I got to go and sit at the front table with the PNC Bank folks. It was great fun. Unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries after the picture above was taken :-(. But there should be pictures of the event up on STOP AIDS website soon.

Oh, and maybe I'm late on this one, but this P. Ann Everson-Price lady... FABULOUS. I might start listening to the WIZ just to hear her...

Oh, and as for the rest of the night, I'm never going back to BlackFinn. I've been to a lot of gay bars in my life, this was the first straight bar I've ever been to that asked me to remove clothing.. hat, sunglasses, etc. 

Silliness. 

And the drinks were weak.

And I got threatened for fixing a guy's collar.

And a straight male friend of mine pushed me off... and I seriously just went up to hug him.

And the music sucked.

And the obsession with women at straight bars is annoying. I, too, would like a free shot. 

*sigh* I am unacceptable in the company of straight people.