i wanna credit card that's got no limit

so i've always been secretly down-deep ashamed that i've never had the chance to sing karaoke in a public space. but the REAL CRIME here would be the fact that the world has never had the chance to hear me.

whilst getting my mexican on at el torito in san diego, we noticed a karaoke contest brewing in the bar area. i mentioned that i should SO be entering and jared & neal basically called me on my b.s.--it was like a triple dog dare. it HAD to be done.

i'm sure that when the young man in charge of the karaoke festivities saw me coming he thought that there wasn't gonna be enough alcohol in the world to make me go through with it. ESPECIALLY when i picked 'rockstar' by nickelback. (always a crowd pleaser when sung by a middle-aged woman, fyi.)

well, i showed him--i did it sober AND with all the lights on!

i'd say it was a tough crowd, though--it was only 7:30 p.m. and they hadn't had a chance to warm up yet. i even threw out a "THANK YOU SAN DIEGO!" at the end. but, really, all i heard were crickets chirping.

thank goodness for jared who had the cajones to join me--he even got his harmony on with me at the same time--i think we were destined for greatness:

if we would have stayed i am almost positive we would have been signed to a record deal.

plus, did you SEE me working that mic? you're welcome, internet.


i dare say that we might have even been comparable to the greatness of william hung: