I’m sure someone thinks I’m going to hell for this, and I hate to say it, but if there’s any better poster child for “burning out” instead of “fading away”, it was Michael Jackson. Being the internets trend whore that I am, I was sifting through my Facebook and Twitter updates from last night and I couldn’t help but notice all the “too soon” messages. While I would never wish death on someone, I have to say I have a problem with the “too soon” sentiment. By all means, Michael Jackson was “The Man” back in the day, so much so that his history somewhat overshadows “The Crazy” that he became.

I don’t know if he touched kids the way the prosecution alleged, but I’m pretty sure he’s been 9 different kinds of nuts for at least the past 10-years. Nobody ever wants to see kids lose their parents, but part of me thinks Jackson’s passing might be the single greatest assurance of anything resembling a normal life for his children. Anyone else remember how he used to dress them? The baby-dangling incident? I’m not saying he was a bad father, how would I know? I just think parents’ ways tend to rub off on their kids, and his “ways” looked like they pretty much guaranteed an abnormal life for his kids.

Without seeming too callous, I think these two twits best sum up my feeling on M.J.’s death:

From Michael Ian Black: Upset about Michael Jackson. The 13 yr. old in me still loved him. The 37 yr. old me wanted to see him complete his transformation.

From Rob Corddry: I wish it had been Michael Jackson that broke the story of TMZ dying. I can almost hear the high-fives.

Finally, I saw a little bit of CNN before going to bed last night. Right as the van with Jackson’s body was backing up to the helicopter. While I didn’t want to see whether they actually showed the “money shot” of Jackson’s body being moved from the van to the chopper, I was told later they had. Apparently that was “BREAKING NEWS”. You people should be ashamed of yourselves. But then again, why am I surprised? The major media outlets (there are few NEWS outlets remaining) would have a camera over the slab for the autopsy if they were allowed.