Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:00 PM – San Diego, CA
I usually don’t wake up this late anymore but work kicked my ass and then some the day before. I was supposed to be in Cerritos (2 hours away) by 2 PM but that didn’t happen. I took my time and watched the first episode of Nodame Cantabile. Miss Ayako, I don’t care that you look like a dude with a square face, I can listen to you talk for hours. That’s exactly what I would have done had I not made plans already.
Saturday, January 13, 2007 3:00 PM – Cerritos, CA
A few friends and I met at our old high school and we shot free throws. This is a semi-tradition that we have. A few times a year, we get together and shoot 10 sets of 10 free throws. My ball bounced into the trash can where Brian spit out his nicotine gum. It was fucking gross but I had this urge to lick the ball afterwards. As far as my shooting percentage goes, I usually hover at around 35% but I totally stunk it up and finished with a dismal 22%. It was cold, windy and the ball was flat. I’ll add more excuses later.
Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:00 PM – Cerritos, CA
We had to shoot free throws outside because there was a basketball game going on at the gym. We went into the gym to check out the action and we saw our old chemistry teacher sitting in the bleachers and we talked for a little bit. Apparently, some of the old traditions of our high school died out after my class graduated. There’s no more Senior Productions, the talent show isn’t at Knott’s Berry Farm anymore, there are no Homecoming floats. I forgot to ask about International Day but if that’s gone, too, then I’d have no choice but to drive off the side of the nearest freeway.
Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:00 PM – Cypress, CA
We had dinner at Curry House, one of my favorite restaurants. It’s well known that they make their curry from the blocks you buy at the supermarket but, damn it, that shit tastes good. After dinner, we went to Target because some people wanted to eat ice cream. Ken and Andrew bought me a beard and mustache trimmer because they’re horny for some wild chin hair action from me.
Saturday, January 13, 2007 8:00 PM – Cerritos, CA
We went to our favorite bar, which is the one in Cerritos Lanes. Anywhere you can get a Goose and tonic for $3.50 is a top tier bar in my eyes. If we ever go there, I’ll buy you one. Unfortunately, the bar was out of Goose… and also tonic, so I had to settle for an Absolut with sprite. While at the bar, I scratched the California Scratchers tickets that Brian got for me. Let me tell you, 40 tickets is a lot to scratch and my arms got tired, but the thrill of gambling with someone else’s money is even better than masturbating. I won $19, which is less than what I’d get for jacking off into a cup but it’s much more satisfying.
Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:00 PM – Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
Going to Koreatown after sunset can only mean one of 4 things – Underage drinking; clubbing; getting stabbed; or singing at the NRB (or karaoke to most of my readers). Since the first three things always happen together in the same place at the same time (and I don’t really like getting stabbed all that much), we went singing, instead.
My vocal range is very limited so I’m not a very good singer. However, my creativity allows me to have a better stage presence than most people. A little improvisation here, some freestylin’ there, a little choreography and I’m the life of the party. That’s a sharp contrast to how people usually perceive me in real life, which is fine because that makes my on-stage persona all the more mystifying. My specialty has always been mid-late 90’s Korean pop songs, but my proficiency in Japanese in the last 7 years has enabled me to explore a whole new variety of songs.
This particular place we went to had the usual phonebook sized listing of Korean songs, but they also had a fair amount of Japanese songs as well. Surprisingly, a lot of their new songs were anime songs. Of course, my friends didn’t know that they were anime songs so I sang them to my heart’s content without any embarrassment.
Here’s the list of songs that I performed that night along with some comments for each one.
- H.O.T. – Candy
This song is a classic for anyone who went to my high school during H.O.T’s prime. - 平野綾 – God Knows (Hirano Aya – God Knows; from Haruhi episode 12)
This song is FUCKING HARD. There’s a video of me singing this song on my digital camera. I had to delete that shit with the quickness because it was very, very ugly. - 魔法先生ネギま！OP – ハッピー☆マテリアル (Mahou Sensei Negima OP – Happy Material)
I never watched the show so I didn’t know this until now but there are like 10 versions of this song. The one I know is the medley one where everyone sings. The one in the karaoke machine was the April version. Utter confusion ensued. - H.O.T. – We Are The Future
It was requested by Scott. They also made me do the dance. I’m always happy to do the WATF dance. - SechsKies – 기사도
This one was for Ken. This song is a symbol of how stupid we were back in high school. - Jinusean – 이제더이상
It was requested by Ken. He filled in some of the English parts.
I kick start right from the heart, Teddy on the one Danny grab the second part
It goes one to the gut, two to the dome… - SechsKies – Couple
This is an easy song to sing and there’s a lot of room for improvisation. I got a standing ovation after this one. Definitely the biggest success of the night. - 堀江由衣 – 約束 (Horie Yui – Yakusoku; from Love Hina episode 24)
The easiest song to sing in the world. Hocchan has no talent. - Turbo – Goodbye Yesterday
This is the song I sang back in high school for Mr. WHS (sort of like a male beauty pageant). This song is also very hard to sing. I tried to get redemption for fucking it up many years ago but I failed miserably… again.
Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:00 AM – Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
Some ugly, drunk white chick came into our karaoke room and started dancing. She ate our fries and left. She didn’t even flash a titty in gratitude. Fucking skank…
Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:00 AM – Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
I saw a Korean prostitute on the street. How do I know she was a prostitute? You don’t wear a skirt that short and stand in the street corner in the middle of January at 2 AM!
Sunday, January 14, 2007 6:00 PM – Claremont, CA
I visited Pat at his apartment. We played Super Turbo and Marvel. I can play those two games all day long. He’s still better than me in SF games but I still dominate Marvel. I tried playing with his Japanese stick. TK grenades are harder to do but my Sentinel is much more precise. I think I’ll splurge and get myself a custom made Japanese stick. Pat needs to clean up his apartment. Toilets aren’t supposed to have a ring that dark and defined around the bowl.
Oh, and fuck the Chargers. I’m also going to have to burn my LT jersey now.
January 15, 2007 2:00 PM – San Diego, CA
I have a project deadline at work on Wednesday. It was supposed to be my day off today but I came into work anyways because I knew that I’d be sorry on Wednesday afternoon if I didn’t come in today. WORST BIRTHDAY EVER!
And there you have it. Now you may wish me a happy birthday.