The rather earnest man in the mirror

After reading my recent blog Beggars can't be choosers a friend of mine pointed out that my tone was something akin to Michael Jackson's in his Bad track Man in the Mirror.

Now, let me stress that I'm not saying that Man in the Mirror is bad - quite the contrary, in fact, and you know it. After hearing it unexpectedly piped from a tinny speaker in a hotel roof garden restaurant in Trivandrum at the beginning of the year, it enjoyed something of a renaissance on my iPod. Maybe I was feeling overly emotional on that particular evening because I recall my eyes brimmed with fresh, salty tears as I listened to Wacko Jacko sing about the kids in the street who follow each other on the wind.

I'm sure it had a lot to do with the nostalgia I experienced, hearing that song for the first time in years in such unusual circumstances. Indeed, it must have effected me quite profoundly for me to come home and write a blog in such a similarly earnest style, and this is my concern you see, that a few people might have got the wrong end of the stick about me.

I'm not very good at censoring myself. In truth, I don't care to. Re-reading my recent blogs, I couldn't help but think that maybe my tone could be construed as being a bit worthy, a bit self-righteous, a bit "Who the hell does he think he is anyway? Don't lecture me you sanctimonious hippy!" Do you know what I mean?

Well, I hope I didn't offend anyone and I accept - yay, welcome - any criticism you want to level at me. This is possibly the function of the blog in 21st Century society - a platform for an individual's freedom of thought and expression. If you think I'm offensive/judgmental then you should check out Nigga Knows Technology - it's some funny ass mutherfuckin' shit too, let me tell you.

Anyway, my point is that I don't think I take myself too seriously and if it's all the same to you I'd rather I wasn't perceived that way. Now, some of you might be wondering, who give's a shit? Well, you have a valid point - maybe you should get a blog and express it to the world.


Ramblin' Ollie's Final Thought

Is it uncool to enjoy Michael Jackson music these days? Granted, he is a really big weirdo and possibly a danger to children, but he has written some of the best pop songs ever, so I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Make that change!


Wait a minute - how cool is this?! Check out the site I got my Michael Jackson image from...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/wallpaper/

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