The Mike is on!

What does it take for a straight male to be convinced to go Karaoke-ing?


Well, apparently the offer of some good Korean BBQ and tonnes of Soju. Have booze, will sing!



So last weekend, I indulged in the past time of many an asian, and accepted an invite to a Karaoke event.. (yes, the past time I referred to was accepting invites, not Karaoke-ing.. what do you think this is.. the Racist Engineer?)



By the barbeque good ness was wrapped up, I was lubricated enough to try my hand at singing. now this is something I hadn't done in 7 years.. (I sing every day, just not in public.....although I feel my roommate would disagree).

So I stepped up to share my splendid baritone with all those near and dear to "November Rain". I was pretty concerned about how I sounded in my best rendition of GnR... but instead what i should have been worried about were the thoughts going through my head.

Y'see, my roommate Spades moved out last month into his swanky new pad. I wonder if I was bummed cuz he was leaving after 5 leases... or because with him went the awesome Hi Def Plasma and Wii....

Not sure really, but clearly I was pondering these thoughts as I was singing the lyrics...

'Cause nothin' lasts forever And we both know hearts can
change..

SCREECH!! I gotta halt this before it gets any wierder... Next Song PLEASE, yelled I, in my deepest voice trying to best compensate for the past few minutes..

I need to redeem my masculinity... so bring on the next song.... the tv screen changed.. and the song title came up... in korean of course.. a nd then the lyrics stared me in the face..

"Just a small town girl..."

sigh..
Some battles are just not winnable!