Yesterday I hung out with Dave and his co-workers. It was one of the resident's birthdays and they all decided to go see a movie and hang out. So we went to go see Kill Bill: Vol 2, which was totally excellent. I'll review it later.

Afterward, we went to the resident's house. First, we had to find it. He lives out in Garden Grove, which isn't too far from us. Dave is the one who took down the directions, but he didn't write them all down, and he said, 'We turn left at the second cul de sac and this is the number of the house'. So i wasn't really paying attention when he turned into the cul de sac, but we found the number and got out. We went up to the house and rang the doorbell and an Asian man answered. Dave asked for his friend, and the man looked confused, then said, 'I think you have the wrong house.' We said sorry, and ran away. He must have been thinking, 'Crazy people coming to my house at midnight!'

I guess Dave turned into the FIRST cul de sac.

Once we reached his friends house in the SECOND cul de sac, we all sat around in the living room, checking out his awesome entertainment system. Then out came the Karaoke DVD's and microphones. I'm sure I could smell the horror of nervousness coming out of Dave. He doesn't like to be the center of attention (ahem that's my job) and HATES karaoke. But everyone was talking about how no one was going to leave the house until they sang. Of course, most people were hesitant, but people took turns singing, becoming more comfortable when they realized that not many of them were great singers, so they didn't have to be embarrassed. They kept on telling Dave that he was going to sing to which he replied that he couldn't find a song. I didn't really want to sing because I was in ultra-shy mode because I didn't know any of these people - but they were really friendly so I was at ease.

Finally Dave realized that he couldn't escape it (probably after they started chanting his name). I said we could do a duet so it would be both of us in the hot seat. He rejected my first choice of 'Ebony and Ivory' and the gang decided that 'A Whole New World' was what Dave was going to sing. So he took the mike and started tentatively to sing.

So he's not Frank Sinatra, but he did pretty good for his first verse. I was terrified when I started singing my part. Then one of the resident's said, 'Wow, she has a good voice!' (OMG! Are you talking about me!?!?!?) Then Dave remarked, 'Hey! No one said that when I sang! What about me?!?' Which caused everyone to laugh and lifted the tension from Dave, who proceeded to have a good time and ham up his part as Aladdin.

After a couple rounds of Karaoke, out came the DDR pads. What's DDR? It's Dance Dance Revolution. You watch the TV as arrows pointing left, right, up and down move across the screen, as you step on a pad with corresponding arrows in time with the music. It looks a LOT harder than it is. I've played a couple times, and had beat Rod's barely there ass playing it. Most of the people there hadn't played it before, so I didn't say anything. I just wanted to watch them play. Dave was hilarious when he was playing it, stomping on the pad and totally missing the arrows. When my turn came up Dave yelled, 'She's played before!' but the girl I was paired up against had played before, too.

Then the master came up, this guy had all the moves, and I think he would have done flips and stuff if he good. He was smooth, he hit all the right places and he made it look so effortless. While the rest of us looked like Frankenstein doing the hokey pokey, concentrating on hitting the arrows at the right time, he was so fluid, and his moves actually looked like he was dancing. He put us all to shame, even the guy who owned the game.

Then there was the ice cream cake, which was super yummy for my tummy.

All in all, it was a fun night. Never thought a room of doctors could be so much fun!

Posted by Yano at April 17, 2004 12:22 PM

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