Slog - Comments on Everyone Likes a Good Michael Jackson Story http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st Yesterday I went to talk to fourth- and fifth-graders about writing. During the Q&A, one of the kids asked if I'd ever had what I thought was a little story grow into a big story, and I told him how my obsession with the creation and dissolution of Michael Jackson spring-boarded into a national news-ish story when Jackson faced new criminal charges in 2005. After the class, one of the fourth-grade boys came up and told me he'd written a story about Michael Jackson, too. Even better, he gave me a copy. The full text of Booger Boy and... Copyright 2008 Fri, 30 May 2008 10:08:16 -0800 Fri, 30 May 2008 14:18:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by meggo That's the best writing I've read all week.

]]> meggo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035348 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 10:12:47 -0800 Comment by Dan Lovely

]]> Dan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035349 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035349 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 10:12:57 -0800 Comment by Marcel Duchump Yah, that was pretty amazing, I love reading kid-written stories. They're either completely unintelligible or pop-culture-amalgamation-candy-store-explosions like that.

]]> Marcel Duchump http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035352 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 10:15:55 -0800 Comment by heywhatsit I think that story got me high a little bit. Thanks kid.

]]> heywhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035436 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 10:28:25 -0800 Comment by blank12357 I saw that Koons statue at the SFMOMA. The picture doesn't do it justice. Its slightly larger than life size and the glowing translucent porcelain and the shiny gold are gorgeous. It looks like a Hindu statue of Krishna and it is a beautiful tender devotional work of art. Its also hilarious -I never though I would find a statue to be so funny.

]]> blank12357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035545 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035545 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 10:43:39 -0800 Comment by Jessica Kids are rad. A banana bomb? Awesome.

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035581 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035581 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 10:47:32 -0800 Comment by tsm This is the best Slog post in eons.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035594 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 10:50:02 -0800 Comment by M Hire this writer immediately.

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035705 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 11:10:09 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball I think a banana bomb made splat in my pants last night.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035792 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035792 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 11:29:14 -0800 Comment by Brian For a fifth grader, that's amazingly well written.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035822 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 11:39:03 -0800 Comment by DaiBando This story makes sense. Unlike most of Mudede's posts.

]]> DaiBando http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1035941 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 12:15:06 -0800 Comment by schnoodle "The table screamed, “I don’t know. I just feel like it.”"

Imagination is so underrated. If only all evil-doers could be stopped by boogers, snot and bananas.

]]> schnoodle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1036046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1036046 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 12:46:19 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Thank you, Schnoodle—that was my favorite line, too.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1036067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1036067 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 12:53:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf My favorite line is "Especially, why are you haunting me?"

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1036231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1036231 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 13:53:23 -0800 Comment by Diz It's got conflict, crisis and (a bit) resolution. More than I can say about a lot of stories. When do we lose that natural story-telling ability? Post-virginity?

]]> Diz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1036274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/everyone_likes_a_good_michael_jackson_st#c1036274 Life Fri, 30 May 2008 14:18:49 -0800