aaliyah -- one in a million
today, 8 years ago, the world lost oneof its shining stars; Aaliyah. it's hard to believe that it's been 8 years since she passed away. i can remember when i heard the news. i was 15 years old and on summer vacation in Santa Barbara and my dad yelled my name. i ran downstairs and he said, "Aaliyah died." i told him he had to be mistaken but he turned the tv to CNN and i saw the story. i was heartbroken. Aaliyah was one of the only singers, at the time, that i felt i could relate to. she was the tomboy, coming into her own as a woman. and that's how i was. i had learned the dances from try again, one in a million, are you that somebody. she made the choreography look good with little effort. she was a natural. thinking about it now, her untimely death hits home a little more simply because she was my age when she died. to think about dying now, so young, with so much left to do is absolutely crazy. Aaliyah was a rising star. enough of my thoughts. here's a video pulled from YouTube of her. a little montage if you will.