Follow Up to the "How Michael Jackson Gave Poor Deby Her Balance Back" Post (Oct. 5, 2010)

Several posts ago, Poor Deby talked about how learning to dance the Michael Jackson     "Thriller" routine gave her a renewed sense of purpose.  Here is a link to Poor Deby dancing "Thriller" with the Redmond Zombies last October (Poor Deby can be seen on the very right hand side of the group, about 5 rows back.  She is stylishly dressed in a black dress and wearing pearls.  She may have been channeling Coco Chanel herself!):

http://youtu.be/sC-0LScwkfE

And, as if that wasn't a great enough experience for Poor Deby, she and the Redmond Zombies were asked to join the Seattle Thrillers to perform the "Thiller" routine on Halloween day at Quest Field in Seattle for a crowd of thousands at the opening game of the Seattle Sounders!  Complete with fog machines and everything!!  Here's a link to that performance (and, once again, Poor Deby is wearing her stylish black dress and pearls, and can be seen towards the right of the group.  She is to the right of the Zombie with the long, fluorescent pink hair, and behind the Zombies with the purple hair and cape and the one wearing a cowgirl suit with fringe): 

http://youtu.be/wrkXkrnot7w

Here's a picture of Poor Deby at Matt's Oyster House restaurant with her good friend, Robin:

(Can you tell who is who?)








And here's a photo of Poor Deby visiting her stepson, Sean, while he is working at R.E.I...












(Look how proud and happy Sean is to see Poor Deby!)







Poor Deby looks forward to participating in the 2011 performance of "Thriller" this coming October.  She will start rehearsing with the Redmond Zombies in September, but on the day of the actual "Thrill the World" event, she will be away on vacation.  But, since this is a world-wide event, she will be able to dance with her fellow Zombies wherever she is.... which will just happen to be in Hawaii.  Poor Deby!


***Click on photos to view them in larger "Zombie vision" size!

The Redmond Zombies waiting to perform "Thriller"               Oct 23, 2010





Family Photo at Quest Field, Seattle                                      Oct 31, 2010

Cocktail of the Day: 

 

ZOMBIE: 

1/2 oz Bacardi® 151 rum

1 oz pineapple juice

1 oz orange juice

1/2 oz apricot brandy

1 tsp sugar

2 oz light rum

1 oz dark rum

1 oz lime juice

Blend all ingredients with ice except Bacardi 151 proof rum. Pour into a collins glass. Float Bacardi 151 proof rum on top. Garnish with a fruit slice, sprig of mint and a cherry.

Read more: Zombie drink recipes http://www.drinksmixer.com/cat/3236/#ixzz1MMLgR6yk



"How Michael Jackson Gave Poor Deby Her Balance Back"

Poor Deby! She’s been out-of-balance for the past too-many months, and we’re not talking checkbooks here! The current economic downturn and subsequent housing slump has turned rental properties that she owns into casualties and she’s been dealing with real estate agents and mortgage companies and real estate attorneys and real estate tax advisers, and yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah. After a great long while, there are finally “offers” on both properties, however both are ridiculously lower than the asking price and it is certain that if-and-when-they-sell, they will both be “short sales.” So now it’s just a Waiting Game, letting the buyers and the banks decide on the final selling price.
This is where Michael Jackson comes in, which I’ll get to in a minute. Poor Deby has been living in the Land of the Lost through all these months. Lost property, lost ambition, lost self-esteem, lost peace-of-mind, lost interest, lost mind, you get the picture. Last week, Poor Deby came across an announcement regarding an upcoming event on October 23rd called “Thrill the World.” This is an event attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the most people simultaneously dancing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance at the same time. Worldwide. This struck something in Poor Deby, who has always been a fan of Michael Jackson and has always wanted to learn the “Thriller” dance. Several of Poor Deby's coworkers expressed interest in joining her, but when the day for the instructional workshop came, they all had something-else-to-do. Not really wanting to go by herself, Poor Deby sighed and resigned herself to add yet another lost thing to her list. But then, on the Saturday morning of the workshop, Poor Deby heard a little voice say “Zombie On!” and so she did. For over 2-hours she Zombied-it-up with about 50 other people learning the “Thriller” moves just like Mr. M.J. himself! She felt alive again, which is kind of weird for a Zombie, don’t you think? Nevertheless, Poor Deby was back! Awakened from the dead (now THAT’s more like it!) She now has a purpose, a goal, something to work towards, something that won her interest back and restored her sense of balance. For the past 3 days Poor Deby has faithfully been rehearsing her Zombie moves and will continue for the next 18 days to work on perfecting those moves. Then comes the Big Event. For those not familiar, “Thrill the World” was started in 2006 by a woman named Ines Markeljevic in Canada who wanted to “unite the world in dance.” That first event had 62 people dancing “Thriller” together. In 2007 the event spread and had 1,722 zombie dancers and it grew again in 2008 to 4,179. In 2009 it really exploded with 22,923 participants, worldwide, in 278 events in 32 countries. The 2009 event raised $85,000.00 which was distributed to 80 charities. Worldwide. Michael Jackson would be proud. Poor Deby can’t wait to see the numbers this year. The local event she’s dancing in has 280 Zombie members (so far) that are going to be dancing in the center court area of the local town square shopping area. The event requires every Zombie to register so they can be included in the Official Worldwide Zombie Count. There will be a countdown to the Official Zombie Start Time so that everyone is performing the dance at the exact same time. What a great idea this woman had back in 2006. Her idea of uniting the world in dance seems to be catching on. Poor Deby just loves the idea of being a part of this. Something that brings so many people together to do something fun, and creative, and joyous, that reaches across the entire world. And while these people are dancing and the spectators are smiling and clapping and spectating, no one is thinking about war, or the economy, or any of the other things that people tend to worry about. It’s all good and it’s all in balance. Zombie ON!

 

 

To learn more about "Thrill the World" click on the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_the_World