OK, after the rant I just had about The Freak Next Door I decided that I needed a little levity and a reason to smile. And one thing that always makes me smile is a good Michael Jackson Macro! So even though I tend to post the MJ Macros on Mondays, I’m going full on crazy and posting this on Friday! {I know, nothing taking a walk on the wild side, eh?}
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Now can I get a Hee Hee, MJ style?
Have a Tinaliciously good weekend, y’all.
June 25th marks the one year anniversary of the death of Michael Jackson. So this blog post is dedicated to the memory of the legend, and to the man behind the legend. Because legends never really die, as long as we remember.
Thanks for Thriller, the first album I ever owned that I actually wore out and had to replace. (And yes, it was an actual album…I am that old.)
Thank you for wearing highwaters and white socks, which looked silly on anyone else, but made absolute sense when you wore them (to enable us to focus on your feet when you danced).
Thanks for the Moonwalk, which I could never, ever do, though I repeatedly tried to learn, despite looking like nothing more than a dorky chick walking backwards. And nice touch, borrowing your mom’s sparkly jacket the night you Moonwalked into history wearing it. 
Thank you for the trademark Fedora. You rocked it. And if I could own one thing in the world that you had ever owned, it would be one of your fedoras.
Thanks for the Jam video you made with Michael Jordan. After showing it to my six-year-old grandson, Dylan, I became cool for a day…and Dylan wanted to learn to Moonwalk!
Thanks for the Blood on the Dance Floor video too. Three words sum it up for me quite nicely: Red. Leather. Pants.
Thanks for the curls. Seriously. No one does curls like you did.
Thank you for that Smile. You know…
the one that only lit up the whole world?!
Thanks for making glitter accessories cool (even to those–who shall remain nameless–who still deny that they Bedazzled a white glove and wore it to school every day for a week in high school back in the 80′s).
Um, thanks for stealing Elvis’s signature move–the up on the toes pose. Yeah, Elvis did indeed do it first…but YOU did it best. And with sparkles!
Thanks for having a sense of humor about yourself. It’s just too bad that much of the world never got to see it.
Thank you for This is It. We’ll never forget all that you sacrificed trying to bring it to us.
To the man and the legend, thank you for the music, the magic, and the memories that I will cherish forever.
Michael Jacskon
1958 – 2009
This is the story of Michael Jackson’s Gold Pants. If you’re a Michael Jackson fan, the Gold Pants need no explanation, but for those of you that are necessarily a “fan,” here’s the scoop on an essential part of Michael Jackson’s lasting legacy.
During MJ’s History era, one of his standard costumes while on stage included a gold outfit, which included a helmet, a gold shirt, and some quite spectacular shiny Gold Pants. He’d appear on stage covered head to toe in gold–almost like a living statue, and it was quite the visual extravaganza.
As the music started, MJ would remove his helmet–revealing his requisite curls (who doesn’t love MJ with curls?!), and then he’d get down to his magical, musical business, singing, dancing, and making girls faint right and left, as only Michael could.
But Michael wasn’t the only star of his shows. No, no. He shared the spotlight with those fabulously shiny Gold Pants. Now let it be said that I am not, in general, a fan of shiny gold pants. Truth be told, the average Joe could really never get away with wearing shiny gold pants. On anyone else, frankly, they’d just look silly. Case in point:
Clearly, that photo needs no explanation. It is what it is. (A guy trying–but failing miserably– to look cool in shiny gold pants). See what I mean? It just doesn’t work.
But Michael and his shiny Gold Pants are an all together different story. That man could wear shiny Gold Pants. No, scratch that. He ROCKED the shiny Gold Pants. And he is the standard by which all shiny Gold Pants-wearers should be measured.
And what has been the impact of MJ and his shiny Gold Pants? There are fans all over the world obsessed with Michael in his Gold Pants. There are online communities devoted to them. Do a Google image search for “Michael Jackson Gold Pants” and you will get over 760,000 results. Seriously.
As I said, if you’re a fan, you know. You understand. And you appreciate the magic, the mystery, and the wonder that is the Gold Pants.
And if you’re not a fan, at least now you’ll know why the shiny Gold Pants are a indeed a part of Michael’s legacy. And when hear “Gold Pants” in the future, or see some reference to them online, you’ll get it.
Can I get a Hee-Hee…and an Owwww! (MJ style, of course).
Now that I’ve explained the magic and the mystery of Michael Jackson and his Gold Pants, I thought it was only appropriate to post some Gold Pants Michael Jackson macros.
And this makes me wonder too, if I should make Mondays, Michael Jackson Mondays??? Hmm. Seems like a good idea to me. 
Have a great Monday!
A sparkly jacket.
A glitter glove.
A moonwalk.
And history is made.
Hope you enjoy today’s Michael Jackson macros that I made.
