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there is something about karaoke that brings everyone together... (albeit when everyone is either comfortable with each other or everyone is completely wasted)... so what better way to do it than to have four wireless mics and tens of hundreds of songs to sing?

too bad our family room is so small... we can maybe fit eight people

but seriously... four mics that are wireless

we totally have to have a karaoke party...

singing skills not required...

the only requirement is that you love music, and love [or even just like] the song the you are singing...

because really, none of us are so good that we could be pros...

it might be just me, but I think there's a bond that is made between people who put themselves out there with a song in their heart and on their voice...

...vocabulary's necessary when digging into my library...

so...

here's the thing...

I like to karaoke. no big deal, lots of people do.

the problem is, if I could - I can probably sing all night - because I like to sing (even though I know I'm not a great singer), because I like the songs, and its just damn fun - but it is different when it is in front of people, especially people you don't know all that well...

maybe it's shyness, maybe it's because you don't know what song to pick because nothing is worse than no one really getting into what you are singing when you are probably going to go all out to sing it, maybe it's because you know deep down that once you break that ice, you are diving straight down to the bottom and anchoring yourself there (and maybe you don't want to put people through that)

when it's at someone's house, the mic is like a joint you pass around... everyone gets a puff and then gives it to the next person... sometimes, some people don't want to toke as much, and others seems to want to smoke it all...

but it's different when people are forcing you... there is just more pressure, more expectation, more people paying closer attention...

that's not fun...

it's got to be organic...

it's got to be from within...

it's like someone saying "do something funny" there is no context, no target audience, nothing... it is the same reason why it is so hard for musicals to be good - because if someone starts singing and dancing in the middle of a conversation, it's got to seem natural...

imagine - being at work, in a meeting, and then spontaneously bursting in to song. (which is why "Once More with Feeling" was so funny, because it worked so well...)

of course... I bust out into song if I am comfortable with the crowd based on whatever words are said at any point...

that is also directly proportionaly to the amount of alcohol I've imbibed...

for while the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you...

after about 4 years... maybe 5... my pc has given up on me...

don't know what exactly is wrong with it... I'm guessing the motherboard is fried...

it was a PIII dual processor with two 1-Gig CPU's and about 1.2 GB of PC133 RAM...

when I bought it, it was pretty cool... the P4's were having problems because of RambusRAM at the time... and laptops weren't nearly as cheap...

in any case, I need a new box, motherboard, and RAM...

I'm reusing my video card, sound card, and all three hard drives, as well as my cd/dvd DL burner...

I figured all that should still be good...

anyone know where I can get that... I'm too lazy/busy to look when I'm home and I can't access shopping sites from work...

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as much as I love technology...

I loathe it as well...

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and that is a paradox of me.