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December 20, 2004

Dude. I am TELLING YOU. There is SO MUCH FUN to be had in the Midwest. No. Seriously.

This weekend, my mom and dad and I travelled to Ann Arbor to be present for my sister's graduation ceremony. She completed her PhD this summer, but this was the first graduation ceremony since her completion. We were all dern proud!

But I digress.

The whole time that Kira and Aaron lived in Ann Arbor, they kept telling me about the hip-hop karaoke place outside Detroit. Saturday night, I got to experience it first hand. And oh, what an experience it was.

a. It is at a Ramada Inn.
b. It is called The Stockyard.
c. There's a club across the hall from The Stockyard, though the name excapes me at this moment, I'm sure it's equally as amazing.
d. There was a suit shop in the Ramada in as well. When we arrived at 11pm, it was open. When we left at 2am, it was still open. They were having a sale, as advertised here:

e. They had every R&B song known to man.
f. They had the characters to sing all of the aforementioned songs.

I'm realizing as I type this, that I really can't explain it to you. I will tell you, however, that I took advantage of this opportunity where I was a. compeltely out of my league by definition and b. never going to see any of these people ever again. I tried a Luther song ("So Amazing") that I'd always wanted to sing that in the end was WAY too low for me. Then I tried "Sweet Thing" which is a song not to be messed with. At all. It kicked my ass. Kira decided it would be a good idea to sing the Whitney /Mariah duet "If You Believe." Luckily the CD was busted and we only got halfway through. Then I decided that I wanted to close out the evening on a song a knew and knew well. Oh yes, you knew it was coming. I did it. I sang "Me and Bobby McGee" at an r&b karaoke bar. 95% of the people in the bar had never heard this song in their entire life. I'm not even going to try to explain the reaction. I'll leave it to your imaginations :).

I also must note that we got the GPS gadget with our rental car. My dad and I are now both on board with the GPS.

Posted by nikl at December 20, 2004 03:22 PM

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Posted by: Joel Johnson at December 28, 2004 03:18 PM

"Sweet Thing" by Mary J? Man, that is old school. And a great song.

My favorite part of this blog?

"a. It is at a Ramada Inn."

I laughed and laughed and am not sure why.

Posted by: Beth at December 29, 2004 01:59 PM

"Sweet Thing" by Chaka Kahn - tho, MJB may have re-recorded it?

The 24 hour suit shop killed me a little more than it being at a Ramada, but honestly, not much. Not much at all.

Posted by: nikl at December 29, 2004 10:25 PM

Also, I have a new karaoke song for you to attempt because Lord knows I couldn't do it if my life depended it.

"Uninvited" by Alanis Morisette. Haunting. Spooky. Needs impressive pipes. Big finish. Think about it.

As for "Sweet Thing," the one line that stands out so much to me is "Hold me now, or I'll go crazy, woh-oh-oh-oh, sweet thing," etc. etc.

Posted by: Beth at December 31, 2004 01:02 PM

It's a small world! Kira and Aaron are regulars at my karaoke show...at the Ramada here in Bloomington! Kira's such a pop diva! :-) Aaron's hardcore with his rappin' skillz.

Posted by: Joel Johnson at February 16, 2005 10:35 AM

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