07.02.10: Karaoke Junkie

So... I think this is my first blog post live from Skooners @ karaoke. haha... It was a long time coming...

Anyway, I'm up here just jammin' out with my water and a healthy dose of both wonderful and awful singing.

Just a quick little update of my thoughts. It's less than a week till I'm supposed to leave for my LA trip to VidCon, visiting friends, and San Fran, and I have yet to book my flights or hotels. Typical procrastination by me, but oh well. WAY different than my NY trip 2 years ago. But, I think that was mostly b/c I had never done a big trip before & I had two people with me that helped add to the excitement and planning motivation. Then again, it's not that I haven't been motivated or looking. It's just that, you know, after working 50-60 hrs a week, I get tired when I go home and I want to sleep! haha...

On that note, work has been NUTS as of late. Granted, I am very grateful for the extra $$$ for my trip! Hopefully I'll get to do a little shopping and I can also afford that new FlipCam for the trip, too! Although, a friend was recommending this new Kodak camera that basically is their version of the Flip, BUT the nice model of it has a jack for an external mic and I THINK it shoots in 1080i. Now, if it was 1080p I would be impressed, but honestly 720p is plenty nice for YT vids. So.... in summation after that ridiculously long rambling, I think I'll just stick with the Flip for now.

Oh, and in other news, I'm posing a question to my nonexistent readers: How do you feel about long distance relationships? Are they really too hard? Are they easy enough, but you're just too lazy to try them? I recently had a friend tell me about how there was a guy digging a girl, BUT he didn't want to start something because of the distance. My second question: Do you think guys are more reluctant than girls to do the long distance thing?

My personal experience, I did the "long distance" (thought it was only about 75 min. away) when I was in HS and it wasn't that bad (once we had our licenses to drive. haha!). I've vaguely tried the long-distance relationship in college once, but then again, I don't necessarily count that month long whatever it was as a "real" relationship. Anyway, as far as personal opinion now, I don't know if I would do a long-distance. I honestly would have to say that it would depend on the guy, how long we've known each other, and if we were dating before the distance became a factor.

On the job front, I wasn't even selected as a finalist in the museum education job I wanted. Really kinda stung. I wanted that position something bad, but then again, in the words of Journey, "You can't always get what you want." But, I've decided to look at this as motivation to start looking outside of Lubbock again. I really need to start becoming more diligent in my searching, but I've just been so ridiculously busy lately at work, as I said earlier, all I want to do when I get home is sleep. Thankfully, this weekend I'm admissions/giftshop and then I'm simply assistant teaching a half-day class. That means plenty of time to do laundry and sit at home writing cover letters. haha... Both of which need to be done.

OK, I guess I'll just end on this final thought. Why do I love karaoke so much? First off, I simply enjoy singing. Karaoke not only gives you the chance to sing, but you get to be the star, too. Especially in a place like Lubbock, we aren't exactly jumping with a million Barbara Streisands or Freddie Mercuries. So, even if you have a half-decent voice, you're a star to these people! I guess it goes back to that weird combination of WOO and Tinkerbell-syndrome. As a woo, I have a need to be liked. As Rachel Berry on Glee said, "I'm like Tinkerbell. I NEED APPLAUSE TO LIVE." Such is the curse of a true performer. Anyway, it's just plain fun. I've been coming up here so long, I know the waitstaff, they know to get me a coke and two ranches when I order Bacon-Cheese Waffle Fries. IT's a little "Cheers"-esque if you know what I mean. (If you're younger than me, you probably don't. haha...)

Goodnight and farewell my friends. I'm up soon. This one's dedicated to you.