"She Loves To Hear The Music" (THE BOY FROM OZ)

Beyond the volleyball court, we've done activities such as bowling, ping pong, poker, but a few things I love to do are going to the theatre and, oddly enough, karaoke. Over the last year, I have done more karaoke than I really want to admit, but it is all done in fun.

As a life plan, I feel that you should do things that make you happy. And I feel happy when we do karaoke. And I heavily stress that I am a "karaok-er" (is that a word?), not a singer. There is a difference. Karaoke is all about fun, and you can be as carefree as you want to be. I used to worry what people thought about me when I did karaoke in the bars. I steadily got over that silliness when some volleyballers and I started hitting a few karaoke bars around the city. I must mention three volleyballers--Dee, Peter P., Tracy--and just about every week we did a little bit of karaoke. People may have been different and the locations varied, but those three really made it all the more fun. We had a regular spot in the midtown area, but in March of last year Tracy and I checked out another place we had heard about--Karaoke 17, which has remained my favorite place. It's a small place, but it has the best song selection in the city (I just wish it had a bigger bar area because it gets crowded with like 20 people). We would find any excuse to go to karaoke whether it be during happy hour on the weekends or after a league game or open play until the early hours of the morning. More than a few times I walked up as the sun was coming up, no lie. It's just a social outlet which may not be for everyone's taste, but DAMN I have a lot of FUN!