i never knew that aaliyah had ties with janet jackson. aaliyah seemingly had ties with many celebs it seems, all this coming out after her death. and there's the virginia fam, "coming from the heart" as missy says, lacking janet's professional polish and all the better for it.

let it be said once and for all: what a fucking shame that she and eight other people died because a plane was overloaded. there'll always be other planes. yeah, the pilot had done coke and could've been on it when they were flying, who knows, but they hardly got far enough for that to matter. hopefully, folks will learn to slow down and enjoy life and not be in such a rush. "haste makes waste" never seemed so true.