Knee Injuries and Karaoke
October 15th, 2008 . by ErinIt was like any other normal Sunday. I had gone to church, came home, went to break the fast, and finally ward prayer…More like ward stare in my ward’s case.
So there I was, going over to give my friend a hug when all of a sudden there was a huge *POP* *RIP* AHHHHHHHH! Oh, my knee! The good one! My only chance at getting through the winter relatively unscathed! It finally gave out on me! BAAAAAA!
Oh the searing pain! Was this karma for not being able to make it to Kristina’s ‘Meet and Greet?’ Was this payback for finding the last Argyle cardigan sweater in the entire store on Friday? I finally realized that it was merely from years and years of putting extra strain on my knee because my other knee bit the dust years ago… Oh well. At least it’s fixable right?! Right!
Count your many blessings name them one by one…..
Any-hoo… Did you know that Applebee’s has ‘Karaoke Night’ on Tuesday nights? Holy awesome! My friend and I went last night so see another mutual friend off (she’s leaving today). The funny thing is this. Karaoking, like many other things in Utah i.e. bowling, sporting events etc. are much much different.
In any other place in this great nation, there are certain things you expect; like walking into a bowling alley filled with cigarette smoke, drunken people while Karaoking. This is not really the case in Utah Valley. Not that I don’t appreciate this fact, but in a weird way it’s odd and un-natural.
Sometimes the best thing about karaoke is when highly inebriated people get up to sing ballads like ‘Total eclipse of the heart’ and ‘baby got back’ totally off key while stumbling around on the stage. This was not the case last night but it was still unbelievably fun… even if songs weren’t being massively butchered.
There was a remarkably ‘on key’ rendition of ‘Nothing but a good time’ by poison… Rocked my world! There was also a little ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ that had me rolling in the isle… Heaven Bless Karaoke!!!
I’m sure it is karma for not attending the meet and greet. And I wore an argyle cardigan yesterday!
And does this little Applebee’s karaoke only happy in Utah County? Sounds like a UC thing.
If you want some good drunk karaoke, try the Tavernacle in SLC. Excellent place to make fun of people.
i like my karaoke to be bad, bad, bad. and by bad i mean a spectacular drunken mess. one that i can point and laugh at!
sorry to hear about your knee. is the doctor working on it now? (as you blog)
and, where did you grow up? in the UC?
I don’t know if it’s a UC thing or not. But I’m thinking we need to have a karaoke night… That would be a riot!
Rychelle - I grew up in the great state of Oregon! The pretty Western half, not the ugly Eastern half
Sorry about the knee - yikes!! I’ve barely twisted my knee a little bit & that is pain enough. A pop - that’s way too graphic a thought. I can almost feel it a little.
I have never been to a Karaoke night anywhere. I think I’m missing out on some really fun stuff! I’d be mortified to do that & think I would need to put a few away to have the false courage to get up & sing in front of many. Yikes again!
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Look up Karaoke in any dictionary, and you get: Japanese for “tone deaf drunk with a microphone”