A Sad Day

So both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died today. It doesn't really have much to do with the rest of this blog, but somehow it would feel weird to talk about anything else. And to be fair, it is a Pretty Big Deal.

I don't know if I can say that either of them had a huge impact on my life, other than I liked a lot of Michael Jackson's songs (at least the earlier ones) and he was probably the most influential musician/performer of our time. I feel sad that he never got to live anything close to a "normal" life. I guess it's just another example that having all the money in the world can't necessarily buy you happiness. By all accounts there were very few adults around him that he could trust, and he would allegedly go for days with no one else to talk to but young children. I'm sure a lot of moms can relate to how that could definitely drive a person crazy.

As for Farrah Fawcett...I never watched the original Charlie's Angels and can't remember seeing her in anything else. She was more of a face to me than anything. Then my sister reminded me about the time, about 15 years ago, when we were on a family vacation in Vancouver. Farrah Fawcett was in town filming a movie with Chevy Chase and Jonathan Taylor Thomas called "Man of the House". Remember it? Didn't think so.

Anyway, we were in some park and noticed that there was some filming going on near the water. This was the closest any of us had been to anyone remotely famous so we walked around trying to get the best view. That was when we noticed that Farrah Fawcett was giving an interview to someone about 100 yards away. Dad immediately got out the video camera and started taping. We couldn't hear any of the conversation, but that didn't really matter. It didn't take too long for her people to notice what we were doing and one girl came down to try to block Dad's shot. I'm sure Mom and Dad still have that tape somewhere. It would be pretty cool to watch it again.