Wednesday night some of the old gang got together for karaoke at a relatively new bar called Bamboo Betty's. My friend Brenda, who has one of the most beautiful voices, personalities, and faces in the known universe was the hostess. 
My friend Joe and I went to see HSM3 last night. 
Yes, two grown men went to see "Senior Year". The audience was primarily teen girls and gay men - not much difference really. We met up at The Saloon for a cocktail and a bite to eat. We played a couple of really stupid video games while waiting for our food, and then had another cocktail. Joe and I were determined to be buzzed for the movie. We walked to Block E theater and sat down amongst the teen girls and gay men. I am not sure the filmmakers thought that the entire theater would laugh throughout the movie, but we all did - the "camp" factor was turned up to "11". The acting was so bad that it appeared the songwriters wrote songs just to move the story along so the "actors" didn't have to memorize dialogue.
Here are some things I learned from High School Musical 3: Senior Year:
Sunday was a typical lazy morning. Kevin made some Caribou Obsidian coffee and I enjoyed that along with a crisp autumn morning.
Even though I hadn't planned on it, I drove over to Innuendo and sang karaoke for a couple of hours. I tried some different stuff I don't normally sing. The rotation was light, so I got to sing quite a few times. Some of the songs I tried for the first time were:I'd say out of the three the Frank Sinatra song was the best fit for me. I also did "Kentucky Rain" which I hadn't done in years! My friend Vince was there too, so it was nice to visit with him. He has such a nice voice for country.
until next time...
Since Matthew is new to the Twin Cities I played tour guide Saturday and we went to the Mall of America. I don't think Matthew realized how large it truly was until I showed him the Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park in the center. We walked around looking for somewhere "fun" to eat lunch and decided on Johnny Rockets. We both stimulated the economy a bit and left just as it seemed everyone was arriving. We then spent a lazy afternoon on the couch watching Finding Nemo and napping - tough day! I am giving karaoke a break Sunday and will be heading to the Bolt in Minneapolis for Beer Bust and Show-tunes! I have to sing on a Sunday in some capacity!
Had fun Wednesday as we had an off-site team building meeting with work. We all drove to Stillwater, MN for a ride on the Minnesota Zephyr. Good food, good music, and good times had by all!
After a couple of months of chatting online, I finally met Matthew, when he stopped by Rumours during karaoke Sunday night. If you can believe it, he's even more handsome in person!
This picture, taken by Matthew, represents "me". This is the space I was occupying at Rumours Sunday night. You have the Neil Diamond hat representing my core karaoke artist, change from Jesse's bar, my cellphone, some water, Vodka/Cran with a lime, and karaoke slips filled out and ready to be handed to Jeremy. It's me at karaoke without the person.
Last night was Part One of the Project Runway finale. A few folks came over to the condo to watch on the big TV. We love Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn!
Went to Rumours for karaoke last night. My friend Vince worked on my lymph nodes to get the circulation flowing. It worked very well, and I didn't have any pain while singing last night. The new space at Rumours & Innuendo is nice. The sand-blasted brick and bar reminded me of the old Boom bar in Minneapolis. Jesse looked good behind the new bar (he always looks good), but the new bar has no credit card machine nor beer taps. So it was kind of a pain for the folks who bought the beer bust to have to get the tap beer at the front of the bar (Innuendo). I just got some cash instead of running to the front bar to add to my tab. I wou
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Vince and I met a very nice guy, Mike G. He was kind of hesitant to sing because of some of the high level of talent that night, but we convinced him (I think) that it's all about having fun and no attitude. He sang three times, so I think he felt more comfortable by the end of the night.
After the big "40" in August I thought I would start doing some of those things I always meant to do. One of those was trying out blogging as self-expression. I am a horrible typist, and thought it might be a way to improve my typing skills, too. Never hurts to multi-task!
This morning I woke up to my roommate, Kevin, calling me. He wanted to go to Fat Nat's Eggs for breakfast and do some grocery shopping at Trader Joe's. He was driving back from his friends Paul's house after a night on the town. We are so different in that way: He loves to go out and I am content just staying in. Anyway, I got up and took a shower and promptly cut myself shaving and bled all over the damn shower. I guess I had a scrape or something under my left ear. Took about 10 minutes and several pieces of toilet paper before it stopped. Ugh, hate that! I got dressed and then Kevin arrived. We went to Fat Nat's Eggs, which was very good. I have to start bringing my camera a long for pictures of this stuff. Kevin had a Turkey/Avocado omelet with hash browns and I had a scramble with red potatoes, chorizo sausage with tomatoes and cheese. Very good! The owner was making the rounds and we discovered that his name isn't Nat, but Jeff Nat, and that his wife was there working that morning too. It was our first time there and we will be back. It's just down the street from the condo too. Kevin and I first knew of the restaurant from an ad in Lavender Magazine, and were pleasantly surprised to see copies available in a magazine stand in the front entry. We then drove to Lowe's as Kevin had to get some household stuff: Salt pellets, furnace filter, and some light bulbs. I took the opputunity to stay in the car and call my step mom, Margie, as it was her 66th birthday. I can't believe we are all getting up there in age! Crazy! Kevin came back to the car and unloaded his goods and spoke briefly to Margie and said we were "gathering up acorns for the winter" and made Margie laugh. I spoke again to Margie for a minute then to Dad and then we arrived at Trader Joe's. Kevin and I spent 20 min or so at TJ's and then drove on home.
