say it ain't so, weezer

   i did some karaoke at two different venues tonight. the second one was a new one to me, in Maplewood. i found out about the venue from one of two facebook karaoke groups i am in. i did 'say it ain't so' by weezer there, it had been on my list for a while. somehow it just speaks to me, ever since i first heard it many years ago. i think what helped was the line about 'like father, stepfather' since i have both. i am familiar with how it is about drinking, and that explains another line- 'drowning in the flood'. i like the video to this one, cramped quarters near the laundry equipment. and seeing the frontman drinking from a juice box as the song was ending. i had heard it at karaoke venues before, one of those was at a pizza place in suburban Chicago back in February while i was doing my annual visit to the area. both venues have a monitor that list the upcoming performers, not every venue does this. a man liked hearing it and we spoke for a while after i was done with this song. he ended up doing leonard Cohen's 'hallelujah'. i said i was more familiar with the versions that were in the first 'shrek' movie.
   the first venue i went to has the children's entertainer as MC, and we hugged much like before. she had what looked like a Disney princess dress, likely since it was an all-ages event and there were some under-18 people singing. i did 'walking on sunshine' by katrina and the waves. i recall it being in the movie 'look who's talking', the bruce willis baby movie.
   it took a while for my computer to re-boot after updates this afternoon. another contact at a temp agency asked for a copy of my resume by email. and another appointment was scheduled, for early next week.