ateolf | stuff that rocks, i guess...

The Family Ghost practiced tonight...it was pretty short, but i think it went well...we only did two songs, but i think there was some good work done...especially considering how long it's been since a real practice...we first did "A Series of False Starts" and that's starting to come together (again)...then we did that song that Jacques hasn't come up w/ a title for that i play drums on...then it was to Neil's for karaoke yet again...it was a pretty rad night...first i did "Me and Bobby McGee"...as i'm told, it was one of the best karaoke moments ever...i was doing a pretty radical Janis Cocklin "impersonation" (i.e. butchering)...early on, i messed it up so that the bottom line on the lyric screen was scrambled so when i got to those parts i just sang stuff like "and some words"...and when it did the one line that starts "freedom is just another word for..." i knew the rest of the line ("nothing left to lose" or whatever...) but i opted to pretend i didn't and continue it as "freedom is just another word for another word(/some other word)"...i thought that was pretty cool of me...yea...but the best part was this one guy that got really pissed off by my performance...according to the others, he had been flipping me off from his table but i didn't see him so he got pissed and came up to the stage right in front of me and did it more INMYFACE! i just threw him the goat and maybe said something about him rockin' or something...Donna said that i desecrated Janis Joplin...i had what i thought was an amazingly unusual moment of wit w/ my retort that "Meat Loaf desecrated her first..." then later i did a song w/ Violette ("All That She Wants") and the guy got pissed again...he yelled something at me about being an asshole i think i said "rock on, dude" then, i guess in response to the "all that she wants is another baby" line, he said something along the lines that i should never have a baby or something...to which i replied on the mic "are you saying that i should not have sex w/ women? that i should continue to only have sex w/ men? 'cuz i really wanna have sex w/ you..." once again, i didn't get to do my second song (once again being "I Wanna Sex You Up" by the great Color Me Badd...) though Kerry was being a great, supportive fan yelling at Donna for me to sing...oh yea...and this Australian guy was talking to Philen and Kerry said the funniest thing ever: she asked him if he had ever heard of Da Psychotic MC...funnier if you acquaint yourself w/ this i guess...another kind've funny thing...there was this girl that i thought looked like a chimneysweep so i was referring to her as David Copperfield...but i was informed of an even funnier name for her: Oompa Loompa...defeated again...afterwards we went to IHOP as usual (myself, Paul, Kerry + Chris, Violette, and two friends of theirs...) it turned into a giant session of "man" jokes...featuring two of the new funniest words ever: "MANtasy" and "MANatee"...well, i guess manatee isn't a new word, but the CONTEXT, MAN! these were both the work of Paul...kudos to him...on my way home, i got pulled over yet again...going down Central right before Hollywood...the cop was going the other way but turned around to get me...he was kind've being a dick making me keep my hands on the steering wheel...he was back in his car for a good while w/ my license so i was sure i was being written a ticket...but he let me go...just letting me know that i needed to get my tail light fixed...i think he just wanted an excuse to look for drugs or something...he kept shining the light inside the car and all...this is all...if i'm forgetting anything, let me know, dudes and dudettes...