Are you there Karaoke? It's me, Ryan.

Here's to defeating stage fright. Long able (3 weeks) to be content as a mere spectator in the game of karaoke. (public karaoke anyway, I am not counting the karaoke done at my Halloween party in front of my closest friends and family.) I finally joined the halls of the greatest people who have ever walked the planet! That's right I sang karaoke in public. Whhaaaaat!!! This is kind of a big deal for me. If any of you have seen the painstakingly, slow motion, train wrecks that are my public speaking engagements, you would be right to assume that my public singing is even worse. In fact, even though I haven't checked recently, I think that it has actually been classified as a crime against humanity. Despite the threat of being hunted down by Interpol I persevered and answered my call to fame.

Let me set the picture. An unusually strong blizzard is raging outside of the local Applebee's (even though it's April) at 11:38 pm and the DJ calls out for Ryan..... A hush falls over the dozens of happy eaters, as I climb up the stage. I look out the crowd, wearing my Spiderman shirt that I stole from my brother, and they go nuts. I then tell them that my song is about the greatest year in the history of the world. I then begin to sing 1985 by bowling for soup. It actually changed lives. I was literally lifted off the stage by adoring fans as they demanded that I become their king. Karaoke was changed forever. Okay only like 1/4th of that happened. I was wearing my Spiderman shirt stolen from my bro, I did tell them that I was singing about the greatest year in the history of the world, and I did sing 1985. Other than that I mostly made it up. Oh, and there was a blizzard outside.

But it was still fun. My voice was terrible, but my dance moves more than made up for it. Anyway, here is the point if you are ever scared to do something just remember that the only people who remember my singing were the people who liked it, in alphabetical order; Mahoney, Danyell that is all. Everyone who knew that I had no right to sing in front of others, have already moved on with their lives and forgot about my offensively bad rendition of a song that isn't really that good to begin with. So there really isn't any reason to be scared of what people think. Besides you should do something that scares you everyday.

Take Care Fellow Adventurers!!!!

Your Guide for life,
-Ryan "The Ryan" Mahoney