Were you one of MJ's special friends, the secret chamber and all that that features?


This is the "Chimp" that I mean: The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Program[sp] to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness ; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chimp-Paradox-Management-Programme-Confidence/dp/009193558X


Try to read this. It applies to all victims of co-dependency, needy personalities, and demanding NPD's.


Narcissists, Liberals, And False Reality – An Example


It's in the example where people that are interested will find out what a waste of time it is to try to communicate with people with these personality traits. It explains arguing with died-in-the-wool liberals.


http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/narcissists-liberals-false-reality-anonymous-conservative/

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There is a great article in the Wall St Journal that highlights a bizarre trait of Narcissists and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, as well as how it manifests in Liberalism. The story describes a flap between the President of Bowdoin and a Wall Street investor turned philanthropist named Thomas Klingenstein. They played a game of golf, and in the course of it, a dispute arose over Bowdoin's teaching of diversity. Much of the reality behind the article will go over people's heads, but if you understand Narcissists and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, you will see commonalities in your own experiences.

Are Narcissists obsessed with themselves, or obsessed with avoiding any anxiety regarding themselves? Anxiety is the motivator, not desire.Basically, Klingenstein told the President of Bowdoin that Bowdoin should spend more time teaching what commonalities in our history bring Americans together, rather than focusing so much of its efforts on racial, gender, and class differences which separate us. It is such a beautiful concept, it is hard to imagine why Bowdoin's President wouldn't warmly embrace it, let alone why he ended up castigating Klingenstein as some racist heathen when he recreated the discussion months later for a speech. In the Bowdoin President's version, he was endlessly assailed by a rabid racist, until he finally walked off in despair.

Since grassroots Conservative ideologues don't tend to think like Liberals or Narcissists, our first response is to view the President of Bowdoin as a lying jackass, who just makes things up. He knows what happened, because he was there, so he must be lying. But in my experience, this might not be so. Narcissists very often have a very tenuous grip on reality, and here, I think the President of Bowdoin may have very little idea of exactly what happened during that golf outing, even as he is completely sure that he was assailed by a radical racist.

As I explained in the fractured amygdala, both Liberals and Narcissists appear to have hyper-sensitive amygdalae. The amygdala is a brain structure which scans incoming stimuli, looks for stimuli which appear "bad," for lack of a better term, and then the amygdala gives us an unpleasant "brain pain," until the bad stimuli is addressed in a way which renders it less-noxious. Maybe the "bad" stimuli is a tiger about to eat us, in which case our amygdala gives us an unpleasant aversive stimuli, until we escape, and the tiger is no longer a threat. Maybe we have a deadline for a project, in which case the amygdala haunts us until we finish it, and then it turns off.

In my experiences with Narcissists, their amygdala is so sensitive to anxiety, that just telling them any information which bothers them sets it off like a nuclear bomb, forcing them into an immediate state of denial of the offending stimuli, to try and short-circuit the "brain pain." Tell a Narcissist something he doesn't want to hear, and it is like spraying pepper spray from a fire extinguisher into his face. He won't listen to the entire idea, consider it, and then reject it, like we would. Instead, the Narcissist will begin to get the faintest whiff of what you are saying, identify it as bad, and then he will close his eyes, hide his head, and wave his arms while screaming, until you are finished.

I have literally spent several minutes explaining some totally neutral technical topic to a Narcissist (a topic the Narcissist needed to understand in order to accomplish a task), only to finish, and then have the Narcissist proceed to explode in rage and attack me for criticizing him. As the conversation progressed, I discovered that the Narcissist thought that because I was telling him about something, I was implying he didn't understand it, and therefore, he was stupid. Just that hint of a possibility of criticism at the beginning caused him to ignore everything I told him, after the first sentence. He literally didn't hear a word, because he thought I was implying that he was ignorant of the topic. He was, however, certain that the rest of the conversation had consisted of me continuing to humiliate him for not knowing what I was describing. Even though he wasn't listening to the technical information I was dispensing, and could not recall anything I said, his brain filled in the informational void for him with me castigating him for being stupid.

Of course, in a typically comedic twist, he actually didn't understand the topic, and really needed to know what I was saying. However, as a Narcissist, he reflexively thought his ignorance was shameful. As a result, all he could see at the very beginning was my assumption he didn't know it, so he exploded, assuming I was shaming him (something he assumed because that was probably something he would have enjoyed doing in similar circumstances).

I got around all of this with him by explaining that I wasn't criticizing him, but was rather just telling him a "special" piece of knowledge I happened to learn by accident (and which he couldn't possibly have known). Using this ploy, his Narcissistic amygdala booby-trap bomb was disarmed, and I could then re-explain what he needed to know, with most of what I said being absorbed, since I had made it clear that I wasn't criticizing him, and indeed, he was beyond threat of criticism since he couldn't know what I was about to tell him.

What was amazing was how once the Narcissist thought I was being critical of him, due to that first sentence, he would not process a single piece of information after that. He literally could not hear or process a single word. Once their amygdala is triggered, they cannot listen, so you could tell such a Narcissist that aliens from space were invading, and point to an alien behind him, and later all they would recall was how mean you were to them.

The funny thing about all of it is, your idea doesn't have to actually be noxious to the Narcissist. The first sentence you say just has to have the faintest appearance of an idea he doesn't want to hear, at the very beginning, when you relate it. If you want to do this, imbue the line with some psuedo-criticism, like an assumption they don't know something, a mistake they made, some way someone else is better than them, or something funny about them. They will not listen from that point forward, and you will get an out-pouring of Narcissistic rage afterward.

Liberals, have a slightly more well-developed way to protect their amygdala. Liberals have developed several memes, which they will reflexively fall back on to shoehorn you and your statement into a patently negative light, thereby letting them intellectually justify ignoring everything you say. Each meme is almost like a programming subroutine, to allow them to ignore your argument and any cognitive dissonance it might produce, while still feeling intellectually superior, and correct in their reasoning. With Liberals, if the Liberal's amygdala thinks the idea might possibly, maybe, be noxious in some way, they will immediately classify it as racist/homophobic/stupid/Conservative/etc., and they will not hear a single word you say after that.

From that point forward, their amygdala will fire off, and the Liberal/Narcissist will not listen, to protect themselves from the agony of amygdala anxiety, just as they would shut their eyes as you begin to fire pepper spray at them.

Here, in this case, Klingenstein mentioned diversity, and sounded vaguely critical at the outset, and Bowdoin's President made the jump to classifying him as a racist who wanted to kick all the minorities out of the school. Once that happened, the President of Bowdoin did not hear a single word Klingenstein said after that, no matter what is was. In the President's head, everything was some racist remark, and he just patiently endured them until he finally walked off in despair, "because you can't reason with a racist." He genuinely believes all of that, because that is what he remembers, even if he doesn't remember a single phrase or idea Klingenstein said to him (which I am sure he doesn't).

(It should be noted, if attempting an amygdala hijack, and your opponent successfully meme-ifies you in their mind, your hijack will fail, because they will no longer be listening. In such a case, you must de-meme-ify yourself in their head, by identifying how they meme'd you, and then showing exactly how wrong they are using pure logic, in an argument made to the crowd of observers watching. Once you are no longer racist, etc. to the crowd, they look silly for thinking that, and they are back paying attention, continue to out-group and humiliate, in a calm and reasoned fashion.)

Of course, when asked, the professors of Bowdoin don't see themselves as partisan, at all. From the article:"A political imbalance [among faculty] was no more significant than having an imbalance between Red Sox and Yankee fans," sniffed Henry C.W. Laurence, a Bowdoin professor of government, in 2004. He added that the suggestion that liberal professors cannot fairly reflect conservative views in classroom discussions is "intellectually bankrupt, professionally insulting and, fortunately, wildly inaccurate."
Perhaps so. But he'd have a stronger case if, for example, his colleague Marc Hetherington hadn't written the same year in Bowdoin's newspaper that liberal professors outnumber conservatives because conservatives don't "place the same emphasis on the accumulation of knowledge that liberals do."</blockquote>To acknowledge they might be partisan would be to trip their amygdalae, with the prospect of being inferior. This is why all debate with Liberals comes down to childhood, "Yes you are!," "No I'm not!" debate. There is no reasoning, or ability to consider facts.

If Klingenstein wants to screw with Bowdoin, then he should challenge every professor there to take the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Test. It is a nice, non-partisan test which will reveal any personality disorders among the staff. Since nobody at Bowdoin could possibly have a personality disorder, nobody should object to taking this simple test.

I think Conservatives have to understand the difference between r and K-strategies in r/K Selection Theory, to fully grasp this. Conservatism is an ideology, which at its most polar extreme, is designed for a world where in order to feed our families, we have to kill other people, and take their food. That means that before acting, we need to very carefully take in every piece of information, scrutinize it, and then plan our attack in a detailed fashion. If we fail to accurately mold our behavior to reality, we will die. If we fail to consider a piece of evidence because we don't like it, we will die.

Liberals are designed for an r-selective world with resources everywhere, where when confronted with a potential threat, they immediately run as fast as they can to a new place, without looking back. If there is a threat, and you fail to run, you die. If you run, but there wasn't a threat, there is no penalty. As a result, you are best served by being overwhelmingly panicked at the mere possibility of threat. This is the difference between the psychologies of the wolf and the rabbit, and it was produced very carefully in our species, over eons of selection. In humans, it speaks to a wide gulf between our methods of cognition, and our behavioral instincts.

We cannot talk to Liberals, and reason with them, wolf to wolf. If ever we are going to communicate, we will need to learn how to slip information past their amygdala, and that will require a better understanding of this bizarre psychological state.

Why did you drag up this old thread?  If you want to know why you can't hear people around you, it might do you a great deal of good to try to listen to them. It's almost never personal, a personal attack, or a criticism. You are clearly an experienced player and deserve the respect of your years of experience. Like I said, I'm done giving gambling advice. I don't argue with liberals that only see me as a racist, homophobic, national disgrace.  It's just them protecting their fantasy. I'm much happier now that I don't have gamblers and liberals on my mind.


Sorry for the very long post.

Forget baccarat Mark.  Let's talk about something that actually matters like Almond Joy donuts with a honey creme raspberry drizzle or a Huckleberry with tripe chocolate mint orange creme filling???  Which one is better.  I need a couple dozen right now!!!!

Control freak. Talk to your mother about donuts!

I just want to know one thing Mark, when you do play baccarat (or did) when you really needed that face card or Pip 10 card to win a larger sized wager, did you scream "MONKEY"  Honestly, tell us. 

Quote from: alrelax on September 13, 2017, 05:53:25 PM
I just want to know one thing Mark, when you do play baccarat (or did) when you really needed that face card or Pip 10 card to win a larger sized wager, did you scream "MONKEY"   Honestly, tell us. 

There is no us. It's just you and your imaginary followers. Nobody cares. I don't play Baccarat. In all these years since GG I have never played Baccarat. Just so you know what's going on here. You need someone to talk to so bad that you dragged me up. It must be desperate for you when others here catch on to the attention that you are desperately seeking. This whole monkey stuff is you reaching out to a person that actually sees you. That's desperate. Try ignoring me and I will go back to ignoring you. I'm not going to get bothered by ignoring you.

I left the board, but I have to come back to check on Alrelax!  LOL!  That's attention, you are the best, I guess you were just picking up mail at mail drop, getting a donut or two at Joe's and thought about me when you saw the sign that says, 'free internet'.   

And, it is 'us' because I say so.  Otherwise, you would not have responded.  And if you truly did not care or were not concerned, you would never have came on today!

Quote from: alrelax on September 13, 2017, 07:23:26 PM
I left the board, but I have to come back to check on Alrelax!  LOL!  That's attention, you are the best, I guess you were just picking up mail at mail drop, getting a donut or two at Joe's and thought about me when you saw the sign that says, 'free internet'.   

And, it is 'us' because I say so.  Otherwise, you would not have responded.  And if you turly did not care or were not concerned, you would never have came on today!

Thread locked.

It's become vexatious and dysfunctional, where one member seems to have returned simply to attack another.

I've seen kindergarten children behave better.

I'm glad that only Admins and moderators can only reply. I was accused of just coming back to rag on Alrelax. I was quiet, not posting for a very long time, when he posted this in my Gizmotron section. (quoted below) To me, he is acting just like people that need attention, even the people that have criticism of them are better than nothing with people like this. He started this. I don't appreciate people that don't get the whole story before acting. So I'm at least asking for the record to be set strait why I came back to defend myself in the first place. It does not look like I returned just to start trouble as has been explained to me. It's funny how many people protect alrelax. NPD & NVD are funny aspects of life. It's funny to watch a real craftsman at work. Many of you probably don't agree with me. That's fine. It will be fun to see who is right. I don't have to do or say anything. People will figure it out on their own. That is what I'm counting on.

Quote from: alrelax on September 13, 2017, 04:08:12 PM
Just curious, this is the chimp you are referring to, no?

Bubbles (gambling and card playing chimpanzee)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bubbles Bubbles the chimpanzee.jpg
Bubbles being held in Michael Jackson's arm
Species    Common chimpanzee
Sex    Male
Born    April 30, 1983 (age 34)[1]
Austin, Texas, United States[1]
Notable role    Companion animal, occasional actor[1]
Known for    One-time companion animal of American recording artist Michael Jackson[1]
Owner    Michael Jackson
Centre for Great Apes 2005-present
Weight    160 lb (73 kg)[2] - 170 lb (77 kg)[1]

Bubbles (born April 30, 1983) is a common chimpanzee, known for being the one-time companion animal of American recording artist Michael Jackson, who bought the primate from a Texas research facility in the early 1980s. The animal was a frequent travel companion to the singer, whose attachment to the animal led to media mockery and, among other factors, a public perception of Jackson as eccentric. During the Bad world tour, for example, Jackson brought Bubbles with him to Japan, where they both drank tea with the mayor of Osaka.

Bubbles was initially kept at the Jackson family's home in Encino, Los Angeles, but was moved to Neverland Ranch in 1988. There, he slept in a crib in Jackson's bedroom, used the singer's toilet and ate candy in the Neverland movie theater. By 2003, like many captive chimpanzees, Bubbles had matured into a large and aggressive adult chimp unsuitable as a companion animal. He was sent to a California animal trainer. When the trainer closed his operation in 2004, Bubbles was moved to the Center for Great Apes, a sanctuary in Wauchula, Florida, where he has lived since 2005.


Acquisition

Bubbles was born in early 1983 in an Austin, Texas research facility that bred primates for animal testing.[1][3] There are conflicting reports as to how he came into Jackson's possession. Multiple reports state that Jackson had Bubbles bought for him when the chimpanzee was eight months old. The acquisition was said to have been supervised by Bob Dunn, then one of Hollywood's most famous suppliers and trainers of animals for films, photoshoots and advertisements.[1][4][5]
Life at Neverland Ranch

Bubbles was kept at the Jackson family's Encino home until 1988 when he was moved to Jackson's newly acquired Neverland Ranch.[6] There, Bubbles slept in a crib in the singer's bedroom,[7] ate candy in the Neverland movie theater,[8] was fed at the dining table,[7] wore a diaper, and relieved himself in Jackson's personal toilet.[8][9]

At Jackson's 2005 People v. Jackson trial, jurors learned from a videotaped interview with Jackson that his several chimpanzees would help him with housekeeping chores. "They run around, help me clean the room. They help me dust, clean the window," Jackson stated. At the same trial, Jackson's maids testified that they were not impressed with the behavior of the chimpanzees that the singer had kept over the years. One housekeeper told of how she had to clean up feces hurled at the bedroom wall. Another maid described a chimpanzee called Max tearing off his diaper before crawling into Jackson's bed.[9]
Media mockery
The public perception of what Michael is as a human being has been highly exaggerated. Those articles are hard for me to relate to. For instance, Bubbles is more fun than a lot of people I know. I saw Bubbles at a wedding in a tux. He has great table manners.
Quincy Jones.[10]

Jackson's attachment to Bubbles drew media mockery. For instance, the media reported that the chimpanzee would be the ringbearer at Elizabeth Taylor's October 6, 1991 Neverland Ranch wedding. The report was not true, but was, according to The New York Times, "an idea that some newspapers found too delightful not to report."[11] Bubbles' companionship was a source of comfort to Jackson and formed, writes journalist Steve Huey, a public perception of Jackson as a "bizarre eccentric, obsessed with recapturing his childhood."[12][13][14] "This is when the weirdness began to reach mythic proportions," wrote Robert Thompson, a professor of popular culture at Syracuse University.[15]

Jackson and Bubbles' bond, as well as Jackson's other alleged eccentricities, contributed to the media epithet "Wacko Jacko," a nickname Jackson came to despise.[13] The media often focused on Bubbles, rather than on Jackson's music, and published many false stories regarding the animal, such as the allegation that Bubbles was not a single ape, but one of several.[16][17] A later claim suggested that Bubbles had died; Jackson's press agent Lee Solters quipped to the media that "when Bubbles heard about his demise he went bananas ... Like Mark Twain, his death is grossly exaggerated and he's alive and doing well."[18][19] Another story, reported in The National Enquirer, claimed that Prince, Jackson's longtime rival, had used extrasensory perception to turn Bubbles crazy. "What kind of sicko would mess with a monkey?" Jackson was reported to have asked. "This is the final straw. Poor, poor Bubbles." Jackson found the story hilarious, and his staff reported that they had never seen the singer laugh so much.[20]
Late 1980s
A headshot of a man wearing a blue baseball cap and red shirt. He has long black hair and is smiling towards the camera.
Michael Jackson had Bubbles accompany him throughout the late 1980s.

The late 1980s were a busy period for Bubbles. Jackson took him on outings and would often talk to him. According to reports, he later showed him how to moonwalk.[21] Bubbles had an agent and was rumoured to have his own bodyguard.[7][22] He sat in for the recording of the Bad album— Jackson insisted that Bubbles and Jackson's pet snake attend as spectators—and accompanied Jackson for the filming of the "Bad" music video.[7][23][24] In the short film for "Liberian Girl", Bubbles made a cameo appearance.[25] When the Bad world tour began in September, 1987, he and Jackson shared a two-bedroom hotel suite in Tokyo.[7] During the tour, Bubbles and Jackson made a social visit to the Mayor of Osaka, Yasushi Oshima; there, Bubbles drank Japanese green tea while seated quietly next to Jackson. Oshima commented that he and his fellow officials were "surprised to see the chimpanzee, but we understand he is [Michael's] good friend ... This is the first time an animal ever entered City Hall."[26][27] Though allowed to travel to Japan, Bubbles was unable to enter Britain and Sweden due to strict quarantine laws.[28][29] Jackson also brought Bubbles for tea at Elizabeth Taylor's house. Taylor did not mind the fact that Jackson had brought a chimpanzee.[30] Later, at a party to celebrate and promote Bad, Bubbles reportedly "worked the room" and was "the life of the party".[7]

Around this time, Bubbles and Jackson were photographed by Kenny Rogers for his book, Your Friends and Mine. The photo shows Bubbles held on Jackson's hip, and has been cited as one of the best taken of Jackson.[by whom?] In the black and white photograph, Bubbles is dressed casually in a long sleeved shirt and overalls. Jackson is also dressed casually; he wears jeans and a simple shirt.[31] Rogers said: "Bubbles was so human it was almost frightening. He would take Christopher [Rogers' son] by the hand, walk over to the refrigerator, open it, take out a banana and hand it to him. Christopher was amazed... we all were."[31]
Relocations
An aerial shot of a large ranch. Trees surround several huts and buildings on the barren property.
Neverland Ranch served as the home of Bubbles, until he became too aggressive to live with the Jackson family.

In a 2003 documentary, Living with Michael Jackson, the singer revealed to journalist Martin Bashir that Bubbles had become overly pugnacious.[32] He was removed to an animal sanctuary over fears he might attack Jackson's newborn son, Prince Michael II.[nb 1][34] Jackson subsequently bought two more baby chimpanzees, Max and Action Jackson; the public believed these two chimpanzees were also Bubbles.[1] Bubbles' removal was a source of regret for the musician, who stated that the animals could live for up to 60 years. During the interview, Bashir was also told of how Jackson had planned to hold a "celebrity animal party" for Bubbles. Cheeta, the chimpanzee from Tarzan, Benji and Lassie were to be invited.[35] Bubbles was relocated to Bob Dunn's ranch in Sylmar, California.[4][36] "Bubbles is an adult chimp and a wild animal," Dunn stated at the time. "We don't let him out to play."[36] According to CNN, the chimpanzee would be visited by Jackson and his children, who also played with the other animals while at the Californian ranch.[36] "He still acts like a kid around them", Dunn added, referring to the musician.[36] The Washington Times, however, claimed Bubbles was not visited by Jackson, despite the singer's representative stating beforehand that the entertainer would like to meet with the animal again.[37] Shortly afterward, in December 2003, it was claimed that Bubbles had attempted suicide.[nb 2][42][43] The chimpanzee was supposedly taken to a hospital in time to be saved.[43]

Since the closure of Dunn's facility in 2004, Bubbles has been kept at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, where he is said to enjoy painting and listening to flute music.[4] The center for apes, where the annual care for each animal costs around $17,000 as of 2009, also houses 41 other chimpanzees and orangutans.[2][4] Patti Ragan, director for the Center for Great Apes, commented on the animals' daily routine at the sanctuary. "They relax. They take naps together. They might go up in the top of the cupola. They go out in the chutes and lie under a tree in the tunnel system. They groom each other and they fight and they have arguments, too."[4] According to animal keepers at the center, the 160 pound (73 kg) Bubbles—whose facial features have changed since his time with Jackson—is now "huge and ugly" but has a "sweet character".[2][3] The ape now spends most of his time sitting quietly in trees with his best friend Sam, a 40-year-old chimpanzee.[2]
Death of Michael Jackson

On June 25, 2009, Jackson died at the age of 50, after suffering a cardiac arrest.[44] News organizations reported that Bubbles was not brought to the singer's memorial service, but instead stayed at the Center for Great Apes.[2] It has not been revealed whether Jackson left money to support Bubbles, whose care, to date, has been paid for from public donations.[3] Animal trainer Dunn, speaking to the News of the World, stated that the chimpanzee would miss Jackson.[42] "Bubbles definitely missed him when they parted and will miss him now. Chimpanzees are intelligent. They remember people and stuff. Bubbles and Michael were close friends and playmates. The last time Michael visited, Bubbles definitely recognized and remembered him."[nb 3][42] He revealed that Bubbles was thought of by the singer as his first child, and added that he hoped Jackson's children would keep in touch with their "stepbrother" following their father's death.[42] In 2010, La Toya visited Bubbles at the Center for Great Apes in Florida.[46]
Legacy

Jackson launched Michael's Pets, a range of soft toys based upon the animals the singer owned, in November 1986. The toys consisted of a frog, dog, rabbit, snake, ostrich, giraffe, llama and Bubbles the chimp. Jackson also appeared, as a bear wearing sunglasses and a fedora.[47] "He [Jackson] was very instrumental in designing the toys", said Bob Michaelson, who was responsible for developing them.[47] "He was very instrumental in how it should be programmed... he's got tremendous intuition."[47] Jackson, in approving the toys, stipulated that the manufacturers donate $1 per sale to a children's charity.[48]
Porcelain sculpture by Jeff Koons

In 1988, Jeff Koons made the three identical porcelain sculptures Michael Jackson and Bubbles as part of his Banality exhibit.[49] At the time, each sculpture was said to be worth $250,000.[50] Koons once said of the pop star, "If I could be one other living person, it would probably be Michael Jackson."[49] The art piece became one of Koons' best known works.[51] The figure shows Jackson and the chimpanzee wearing gold military-style suits.[49] In 2001, one of the figures was put up for auction and was expected to fetch between $3 million and $4 million.[52] The figure sold to an anonymous telephone bidder for $5.6 million.[49][53] The sale was a record for a work by Koons.[54] Two of the sculptures are housed at The Broad Contemporary Art Museum in downtown Los Angeles and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

The Daily Telegraph reported in August 2009 that Bubbles was to publish a "tell-all memoir" about his time with Michael Jackson. The book—entitled Bubbles: My Secret Diary, From Swaziland to Neverland—is a spoof diary by journalist John Blake.[55] The book fictionally documents the "darker aspects" of Bubbles' life, including a "$2,000-a-day banana addiction, depression, romantic conquests, and [his] 'vicious rivalry' with Tarzan star Cheeta".[55] The "collection of very personal and honest entries from [Bubbles'] diary" fictitiously revealed how the chimpanzee coped with the death of Jackson. The publication was released in October 2009.[55] Speaking of Bubbles, Blake stated:

Behind his seemingly-perfect life of glamorous friends, gold-plated tyre swings, and personal chefs, there is a dark history of medical experiments, addiction and loss. But Bubbles has fought against his personal and professional problems and, with his help of man-pet Michael Jackson, he has grown to become bigger than King Kong—figuratively speaking.[55]