That Figment - The Dream, the Cobwebs, the Submarine with Anthrax Torpedoes.
I had the most wonderful dream ever. Then, 10 minutes later, my father called me and told me that Michael Jackson has passed away.
Just like Christopher Reeve, like Steve Austin, like Bernie Mack and Heath Ledger, my first response was, “serious shit?”. Afterwards, it was pretty much facing the facts and letting the truth sink in, and then realising that they weren’t anyone important to me.
They were, however, important people to the world.
I paid my tributes. I did a small R.I.P in the featured YouTube videos with the words, “Forever the Thriller.” Along with the several millions that came after it, it got swallowed and vanished, leaving a ghost of a tribute that may or may not matter.
And then, at a whim, I modded my Left 4 Dead main menu so that - instead of the lighthouse and the wonderfully eerie music playing - it would feature a part of the Thriller MTV.
It looks something like this:
I had a smile every time I turned on the game today.
Rest in Peace, venerable King of Pop.
*****
I don’t remember the last time I dreamt something that made me groan when I woke up.
It’s just as much as disappointing in finding out that it’s both a dream and that it ended - like most good dreams - too damn soon.
It bugged me for the rest of the day. Like words, told to you, that stayed in your head for hours on end telling you about things that are and aren’t and may be, and you know yourself that you can’t do jack about it.
I think I’m letting it bother myself too much.
Reading this? Being bothered by a wonderful dream? Irony?
It made me sing to my dogs as I bathed them. It made me stare outside the car windows at non-existent stars. It made me access my Facebook account for the first time in half a year.
Dear god, it made me look for Korean jazz. (Jin Bora, however, is one fantastic pianist. And she’s just about my age.)
What’s in a dream?
True desire, or a fragment of fantasy?
(Are submarines equipped with Anthrax torpedoes?)
Goodnight people.
Friday, June 26, 2009
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4 comments:
oh yeah Jin Bora or Bora Gene internationally. she's a Korean piano prodigy... they say. you know i'm not into these type of music... so idk.
it's been agaes since i visited your blog. all these while been reading through Google Reader :p change of blog name i see. more positive...? sounds like it. hmmm...
ok... ciaoz!
lol, hello =P. yeah, it's been awhile; i'd drop by your blog several times though, but i'm one of the unfortunate ones that aren't invited, haha.
Jin Bora is quite something; i just jumped into one of her videos unknowingly and whoa ho - she's something else. But yeah, i know your type of music ;).
Thanks for dropping by =). Hope to see you around summore ;)
it's locked for a loooooong time ever since i graduated. nobody's invited btw. i'm not sure whether i need a blog and i feel that i am not capable of maintaning a blog.
Anyband is the only time i've heard of her. and that's because of BoA and Junsu.
ah... that explains it. i thought it was up and running somehow, seeing that Pei Ling still have it in her links list.
Guess i'm going to have to wait around for you to drop by ;)
Apparently Jin Bora only appeared with AnyBand; i figure the very limited amount of Utube videos of her speaks for itself. Ah well, a little digging at underground sites and i might find something.
Haha, hope u're doing fine; i can't glimpse you around Uni anymore.
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