They finally buried him

On Thursday, the Jacksons finally buried Michael. And selected members, especially those who will benefit from the reality show, milked this for all it was worth. Was it necessary to have fellow mourners wait for an hour and a half in 90 degree weather, near raging wildfires, just to stage a 30+ car convoy to the ceremony? Hell, no. Yes, Michael was big on theatrics, but dude was able to deliver; the Jacksons, with the exception of Janet, can't.

Selected members refuse to accept that if they want a viable future, they need to start from scratch. They want to build on the ruins of the Jackson 5/Jacksons; but they are grown-@ssed men, piggybacking on the ghosts of the children/young men who won over 1970s America. Tito and Janet have the right idea and I'm pretty sure that they are not as keen as, say, Joe and Jermaine, to regress back into the Jackson Family Hour where one or two of the Jacksons did the majority of the heavy-lifting while the rest merely got paid for doing very little.

So my advice to Janet and Tito - get back to your regular lives while the getting's good. But especially to Janet - word on the street is that Jermaine wants to move nearer to his 'sisters' (read: you); possibly for familiar togetherness-definitely for guilt-tripping, manipulation, and even mooching. I would advice you to move immediately. Normally, I would say stand your ground, but Jermaine's been working the more gullible/greedy areas of the press (read: Larry King), therefore, the pecker wouldn't be above using that in to guilt you into doing something you really don't want to.

So Janet... run. Run long. Run fast. Run deep.

Maybe you should head south. Chris Tucker's home base is in the South, I believe. He was Michael's friend and he just recently lost his father unexpectedly. Maybe he can help, if you really need it.

Sorry... but when I saw a solitary, somber Janet at the funeral, for some reason, Chris Tucker popped into my head. Somehow, a possible pairing between these two kinda makes sense.