SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2006

Hey guys. I'd love to see as many of you as possible before I leave the country on January 12. This Saturday, X thought we should all meet at Laura's bar in NE Minneapolis for karaoke - it starts at 9pm. We can hang out and you can sing a song for me (Yes, X, that includes you). Let me know who all is in for Saturday! Chad will be bringing his special friends from the group home:


Oh, wait. Jean won't be there because she's ditching me for Phoenix! - By the way, Jean, thanks for the invaluable suit shopping assistance - you rock! (I can give you Brandon's number so you two can hook up once you get back). I'm going to miss you.

Karaoke

Just trying to get an idea of who all would be interested in going to Laura's this Saturday night for karaoke. It starts at 9pm and is in North Minneapolis. If this weekend doesn't work, we'll plan another. Just respond as a comment and we'll go from there.

Sexsmith, I'll let you contact Sarge and Princess for this event (tho' you may have to fight Angry Vegan to get Sarge's telephone number out of her).

Great Jorb!

Well, Kelly Law called me yesterday and said that Thompson-West liked my writing sample and I was approved to work there (pending the successful passage of a drug test). What they don't know yet is when I begin. It will either be around August 21st or sometime in September. Obviously I'm hoping for the earlier date as I want to be earning more money and working better hours.

Tonight Rick and Eric and I went to the Nordeast Palace for karaoke. We were again accosted by a toothless, drunken hag, only this time she was an angry toothless, drunken hag. One particularly annoying member of the crowd kept ruining songs, and after being touched and jostled one too many times, we left.

But ah, what a great night.

Laura's 1029 Bar

4:30
Both Chad and Christina call me to tell me they will soon be on their way up to the cities. They believe they will be on the road by 6:30.

8:00
Christina calls to say they are just leaving - they had to do laundry.

9:00
They are hungry and must eat - at Subway:


10:15
We arrive at Laura's. Christina and Pete become immediately immersed in a deep conversation regarding being banned from racetracks:


They had a special raffle in honor of Bevin and Christina:


Christina won!


Bevin met the Sarge:


While Eric broke into Bevin's purse:


No comment:




Christina got tattooed and was happy on her birthday. Oh yeah, and drunk.

The Nord-East Palace

First off, here's the best Kitschmas picture of the season:


Okay, now that I got that out of my system (and into your nightmares), I'm going to write about my enjoyable/scary/humorous/disturbing evening with Rick and Eric at the N.E. Palace in Minneapolis. First, the good stuff:
1. Eric, Rick, and I being the best singers in the place.
2. The over-abundance of women
3. Getting two condoms thrown to me by a woman named Mary Claire who thought my "Blue Christmas" was awesome (Note: I'm not the sucky three-time singer of this song that Rick is referring to in his blog - at least I hope not).
4. Rick and Eric singing "Careless Whisper"
5. Rick and I singing "Mrs. Robinson"
6. Free beer - Thanks, Bloody-P!
7. The Napper's overly excited voice, announcing us.
8. Rick's "Cuando, Cuando, Cuando" a la Englebert Humperdink.

Disturbing stuff:
1. The young, semi-pretty girl getting drunk off her ass.
2. The middle-aged drunken mom-type who kissed us all.
3. The bald guy who could sing heavy metal with the best of them, but seemed too interested in our table.
4. The toothless drunk woman in the old coat buying cigarettes from Eric for a quarter, and wouldn't stop talking to us.
5. My rendition of "My Life"
6. Being made to sing "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx.

It was a great evening, my fellow ween dogs; the only thing that would have made it better would have been to have had the rest of you there. Let's go again soon.