In the month of June the thing that I was supposed to do was sing Karaoke. I was all excited and got a friend, Nora, go with me. Here is the thing about me. I like to sing in my car, in my shower, even surrounded by people at church. I do not like singing by myself where everyone is watching just me. So that means no in public in any way, shape, form, or fashion. Not my thing at all. I am also the type of person who used to be able to sing in a higher range when I was younger and totally can not do that now.... but I think I can in that moment and sing off key...
The movie I watch to go along with singing karaoke was Pitch Perfect. I mean a bunch of girls singing out of key and with no idea what they are doing totally rock it by the end of the film. I thought that when I got the chance that I might end up rocking the song. I made plans with Nora to go to a karaoke bar that a lot of people love to go to here in Knoxville.
The WEEK before we were going to go there was a stabbing at the bar.
I am not kidding someone stabbed someone else to death in the bar. Nora and I "noped" out of that situation really fast and did not go. There are other bars and places in the area that do karaoke but they are not a karaoke bar. Its different. So, I am left trying to figure out how to do this.
Queue the inspiration at a movie...
Toward the end of the month my mom found out that West Side Story was coming back into theaters nationwide for two day only. My mom took me to go! I love that movie and she does to and it has some of the best songs that have ever graced the silver screen!
As I was watching the "Mambo" scene I realized that it made me so happy watching these songs and stuff. So, work has been really busy here in the last few weeks and everyone's sprits were starting go down. I wanted to fight any negativity so I decided to buy the album and then start singing if anyone complained. That is what I did.
Again, I do not like singing in front of people really at all, let along the people I am in charge of. However, I did it for the day. I thought there is no way that anyone can be mad or upset in a room where a short girl who can sing or dance in singing and dancing to West Side Story right in front of them. Now I didn't get that chance to do it all day but I was able to do it more toward the end of the day. That is when I really let go and sang 'I Feel Pretty' because I was able to leave and go home and relax. My co-worker Bri was in the room and she was laughing at me and started dancing a little bit and it made me feel good.
This came in at the nick of time because it was the very last day in June in which I was able to pull this off.
Then came July 1st....
I have said quite often in this blog that I love going to the theatre. Any excuse I can use to go I do. The Tennessee Theatre has done Summer Movie Magic for the last 20 years. They always choose classic films and show them on the big screen. The year one of the movies that they chose was Grease.
Mom and I went and we were so excited because we have never seen Grease in the big screen. Ok, well I have never screen mom did when it first came out.
We were sitting front row in the most beautiful place in the world! People are dressed up, and they are doing announcement and a costume contest. Then they announce to horror of my mom and I that...
It's the sing-a-long version of the film.....
Here's the thing mom doesn't sing either, she won't even sing Book of Mormon songs with me in the car on long drives.
We were both scared and filled with dread that this movie was going to be ruined.
So, I thought that maybe I would sing I order to get another chance to get karaoke of my list. I ended up not because...
1. Since we were in the front row the speakers were super close to us so we didn't hear any one else sing.
2. The lyrics were on the screen and mom and I were horrified to find that we have been singing this song wrong all of our lives.... I mean way wrong... like they were faaaaaaaaaar dirty lyrics than we thought they were.....
So, we kept keeping shocked every 5 minutes about a new lyric that was not what we thought it was and embarrassed because there was a 6 year old sitting near us with her father and she was being exposed to the correct lyrics!!!
Let's just say mom and I will never be able to watch Grease the same way ever again.
Anyways, so while I did not technically go out and sing karaoke in front of a bunch of strangers I did sing uncomfortably in front of people which is the same thing. The fear was to sing in a place I would not normally do it. Which it was I did.
Hopefully, July will go much better than June...
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