Karaoke Update

Yes, another Thursday has come (our penultimate in Dublin) and we spent it at the Wicked Wolf singing our hearts out. As always, I need to document the happenings.

• We have successfully infiltrated the local crowd. Brock bought us a round of drinks and Allister came and hugged us. The owner, Eugene, said goodbye to us as we left and encouraged us to come early next week.
• Once seated at our usual table right in the front Brock called us up to the stage to sing. We had planned on singing the classic "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (at this point I have watched the Glee version an embarrassing amount of times) but some guy stole it from us so instead we sang the karaoke standard "Don't Stop Believin'". The crowd didn't get that into it but we sounded very good. Laura and I even added some intentional harmony, unlike the unintentional harmony that usually comes from us being off key. 
• We also sang "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," a suggestion from the barkeep who has befriended us. We did not know his name until tonight. He refused to tell us it so I had to ask Eugene. Its Stefan.
• Mark, the Canadian smoker, sang his usual "Gangster's Paradise" and "Streets of Philadelphia" but added a new twist. He got up on stage, appeared to forget something, went back to his stuff and brought up a pair of sunglasses that he wore for the song. Yes, he wore sunglasses onstage while singing. I think he might have gotten embarrassed though because he took them off after about two verses.*
• Mark starting flirting with this German woman that was there and they both attempted to sing "I Got You Babe" together. It must have been the reggae version and the two of them could not get a hold of it, but that didn't stop Mark from trying to make his move onstage with everyone watching. It was extremely awkward to say the least. 
• More awkward fun came when the German woman left stage after singing with Mark and started dancing with another man.
• Even more awkwardness followed when Allister went up to sing and serenaded the German woman, who was over-served. There has been much discussion between Laura, Brittany, Stacy, and I about what happened to Allister's girlfriend, Sam, because she was here tonight but he was also blatantly flirting with another woman and we think that Sam may have cheated on Allister. This is all speculation of course.
• The girls from BU came and joined us. They also came to Supermac's with us afterwards.
• Supermac's was Supermac's. Laura remarked on how we got four chicken strips this time instead of the usual three.

Next week is our last one. We hope to monopolize the stage and have all our favorites sung by Allister and Brock. Tears will be shed.

*I read this entry aloud to Laura and she hypothesizes that he could not see the lyrics on the prompter and that is why he took his glasses off. I would not be surprised if that is the case. Considering he sings this song every week and no doubt practices throughout the week, he should really start to memorize those lyrics and it is bizarre that they are not memorized already. He just must not be cut out for the fast paced nature of show business.