Embarrassing, why yes I think so...

It's funny. As it is stated in the great American film What a Girl Wants, Amanda Bynes' characters grandmother states, "No hugging, dear. I'm British. We only show affection to dogs and horses."


Well stated. The people on this island are insanely private. I will show my case and point: Karaoke night. Now let me say, that the Optom's I went with were more or less tone deaf. Granted, some did have a good voice here and there, but either they were too embarrassed to sing, or they could not be heard overtop of the 15 other people in the room singing with them. Now, as we all know in the US, it usually involves copious amounts of alcohol, a DJ and a stage with many lights. Who doesn't love karaoke night? Lets grab 15 close gal pals and we'll split the 3 microphones when DJ Tim calls our name to come to the stage to sing Spice Girls "Wannabe." This way, american girls can only slightly embarrass themselves while looking brave and sexy up on the stage. It's a win for all! It is how we show our wild side, rebel a bit, and put ourselves out there for love and fame. It is how we express our inner, slightly inebriated, beautiful selves... how else am I to do that? Painting? Poetry? Photoshop because of my lack of a seriously awesome camera? NAH!


Oh the Britons, leave it to them to make sure that you can only embarrass yourself in front of those whom you care about and probably whose good opinion of you needs to stay standing... Well they found it, private karaoke booths. Not like we don't have them in the US, it's just that here in Cardiff, it's the only way to do it! Gotta go to Tiger Tiger on Monday nights and drink cheap drinks and  book a karaoke booth! We got a 15 room one and we sang some amazing songs, of which I only knew 5 because I didn't grow up here.... Luckily Ashley was there to back me up and get some Billie Jean on the machine!

Oh yes, red booth... did I forget to say

Now there will be some similarities... We do have some man love that happens, as it usually does in the platonic sense. Now the entertainer of the night was definitely Scott. You couldn't steal the mic from him if he was blindfolded and handcuffed! I'm sure Greg just loved all of it!

To give you an idea, they are singing "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" you know that song in Top Gun?

I must say that my case has been proven. As soon as we left the sound proof room, everyone was fine and no singing was done the rest of the night. But yet, they do fancy dress... Maybe I should change my argument: They will only embarrass themselves in groups of people or privately. It's alright, these islanders have class, demur, sophistication, and an accent that will automatically make them sound about 50 IQ points above me. (Even the 5 year olds sound smarter than me... maybe I just sound dumb, but as this is my blog, it will not be a presented argument here)

There was so much power in those off pitch, amazingly wonderful, loving, laughing voices that it convinced us to do some Journey. As any night should end... Thanks to the peeps at 1910 JPA who convinced me that before this song was popular again, it was the only good way to end a night involved dancing, air guitar, and amazing 80's music. Now I will leave you with this short clip, as my camera battery was running low and so was the memory space.