so i went out karaoking (is this a verb?) last night and unfortunately it's the beginning of the year so our dive bar that is usually empty turned into the fun new ironic hang out for the business school kids. DAMNIT! So instead of being full of sad locals pouring their hearts out over karaoke it was a bunch of asshats. Case in point the 3 former sorority girls who were all dressed alike in typical, uninteresting outfits going on stage singing "like a virgin." they thought they were such hot shit, dancing around all cute and pretending to be sexy. And yes, i have done like a virgin before, but i really DID like a virgin. I didnt' go up there and vapidly sing the song. anyways there was also the mandatory "i like big butts" and when my friend sang "bad moon" a former frat boy came up to him and threw up his fists screaming "YEAH!!!!! FOGERTY!!!! WOOO!!!" A couple of people went up there to sing "friends in low places" but as seems to be the case when amateurs do karaoke they didnt' know all the words, just the chorus so it was like this

"blame it all on suuu.....ttaaaa ssuuuuuuu......IIIII GOT FRIENDS IN LOOOW PLACES!"

I was like...people, when you sing a song make sure you know it. why does karaoke ettiquette bother me so much? Anyways so this place has a new system where they have what i would definitely call the poor man's "live band karaoke." It is nowhere near the caliber of alix's bar, cathy. It's one guy on guitar, and another on bass who sometimes switches to a keyboard that sounds more like a synthesizer. And then there is this wretched woman running the karaoke machine who we call "karaoke nazi," which i know is a totally un-pc term but, really, sometimes there just isn't a better way to describe it. so yeah, they have the karaoke background music and then the band, basically adds to it with their own real music. It ends up being sounding a lot like guitar hero. Anyways, so this woman has all these rules if you want to sing and she yells them into the mic throughout the night when they are broken.

"NOOOOO drinks on stage! if you bring your drink on stage you will be kicked out of the bar"

"please keep a 2 foot distance from the stage!!! step back from the stage!!!!!"

And she yells this into the mic and if you are drunk it totally kills your buzz. But the best part about her is that during certain songs she will do the background vocals. Case in my point, my friend sang total eclipse of the heart and the woman did the "turn around" part. It was so great! and she got really into it closing her eyes "turn aroooouuund." and right at the end she even added the "turn around BRIGHT eyes" part. It was at that moment when i decided i officially loved her.

Oh my god i was about to end my post by saying "so in conclusion let me just go over the main points of this post. I hate b-school students and i love the karaoke nazi." Jesus, i've been writing way too many papers lately.