Thirty Day LA

I'm giving you a choice here you can either read this post or click on these pictures from the night and move on:
Karaoke Photos

Tattle Tale
5401 Sepulveda Blvd (Cross Street: Sawtelle Boulevard)
Culver City, CA 90230-5511
Price: Nothing (since i bought nothing)

Just like everyone else I have my guilty pleasures that I keep to myself; the things that I am a big fan that I’m hesitant to admit to everyone else. To start off with I'm a big fan of the song "I wanna dance with somebody" by Whitney Houston. Alright I admitted it, so now let’s move on.

Another thing I need to admit is that Im not big on singing in public. First of all I have no voice and im extremely self-conscious about it. I think I may even be more self-conscious about singing in front of people I know and hurting their ears.

For the next part of 30dayla I wanted to put those fears aside and take some time to share my guilty pleasures with the world. I had to sing "I wanna dance with somebody" in a public karaoke dive bar in front of a crowd of strangers and friends. To make this happen I invited out Tiny and DreidelGirl to join me at Tattle Tale a dive bar in Culver City.

To let you know Tattle Tale is a very divy, with dartboards, men with cowboy hats, and your average out of place in LA white trash crowd. I was definitely out of my element. The crowd sang your typical Creed to Nickelback song varieties, but actually had decent voices (which made me all the more nervous). I buyed time by playing darts (very shittily at that) until I had to go up.

The guy at the Karaoke booth initially offered to change the key of the song, wondering why I was singing Whitney. I was nervous but decided to confess my love for the song to the crowd and begin to sing

I offended the crowd there pretty quickly from my cracking voice to the pseudo homosexuality of the lyrics I was singing. At one point some guy pretended to be raising a gun to shoot me then put tissues in his ears. I stopped caring as the crowd sang along for the chorus. It kind of made me feel like a rockstar (although a horribly singing one). All and all it was a liberating experience. I confronted my fears and lived to tell the tale, and at the end of it all people applauded. It was good to know that whether or not I had any talent I could easily just jump out there, sing like a girl and be proud of it. Now I think its time for some Bel Biv Devoe (with the accompanying dance routine of course).