Tonight we went to a karaoke place in Koreatown to belatedly celebrate my 28th birthday, which is really the cusp of solid adulthood -- no more pretense of young adulthood or quarterlife crises, now -- you are a grown-ass man, basically. Here are the great things:
1. It was an awesome time. Truly epic. There was a bat-phone in the room, where you picked it up and placed a drink order, and lo and behold, several minutes later the drinks appeared in your room. Miraculous.
2. Songs that were sung: many, many. "More than words," "I need you tonight," "Drop it like it's hot," "Not ready to make nice," "Before he cheats," "Tonight I wanna cry," "Ice box," "The way I are," "Shawty is a 10," "Stronger," "Good life," "Flashing lights," 'Sexyback," "Welcome to the jungle," "Oops I did it again," "Because of you," "I want it that way," "Inside out," "Can't get enough of your love babe," "Deja vu," "Separate worlds," "Faith," "Umbrella," and many more.
3. John and Anna and Ashesh were on fire the entire night. We were singing, we were dividing up the parts, we were doing rounds, we were doing falsetto, we were ordering drinks, we were passing the mic and sounding great.4. L was at her bold and unabashed best: belting out the country hits, being the Beyonce to my Jay-Z, being social and wonderful and reminding me why she is the best.
5. I did pretty good too, getting my rap on, singing out "Shawty is a 10," working the tambourine, and letting my sensitive side show with "When can I see you again," which earned me a "You were actually pretty good" from one of the people there who can really sing.
6. I felt a huge swell of happiness, perhaps facilitated by alcohol, having such a fun time with my friends -- rocking out to the music, laughing, making up stupid ad-libs and jokes to cover for the lyrics we didn't know and the songs we misjudged -- there's nothing like picking a song thinking it will be a hit and then realizing nobody knows it but you. That's when you press 'SKIP' on the huge remote control and keep pressing forward.
Ok, and here are the shitty things, and let's keep it real:
1. [Redacted, now that it's the next day and I'm mostly sober. No need to find things to complain about! Buck up! Be happy and thankful, not least of all for the fact that you're not as hung over as you could have been, and probably deserve to be]
All that plus a tambourine. It was a very good night. A very good night.
2 comments:
Jealous! I wish I could have been there rockin' out with you guys. You know how much I <3 the karaoke.
One day, my friend, we shall duet on "Faithfully" again.
Ha!!!! I was skimming your post early this morning while on the phone with my mom and was fully planning to come back and read it more in depth and explain our lack of appearance - I was once again asleep on the couch by 10 last night.. no Coke in the house..Blerg!!! Anyway, Stephen and I are SO sorry we missed it.. and let it be known that on my way waddling out of the office last night I stopped at Kirby's office to inquire about his and Malani's attendance..Kirby was very hopeful but they have a trial starting Monday and his tired sigh and exhausted eyes said he might not make it... anyway.. looks like you had a great time anyway :) Hope this doesn't dampen the chances of dinner in Brooklyn in the coming weeks..
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