Last night a bunch of us went out to dinner down at Station Square and then caught a few comedians at the Funny Bone. Dinner wasn’t that good but the comedians made up for it.

When you leave the Funny Bone they redirect you out through another bar area called the Green Room where they were having a karaoke night. I’ve never been to one of these before so we all decided to stick around and listen to some people sing. It’s an interesting mix because you have some people that really can’t sing at all and others that nail the songs like they did the original.

The peer pressure was heavy last night and I got volunteered to go up and sing. I’d never done that before but they had one of the only songs I still remember from beginning to end; Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road. The place wasn’t completely full when my name was put in but it was just my luck that a bachelorette party came in right as I was walking on stage. Great, more people for me to make a fool out of myself in front of.

So I got up there and sang. I was nervous at first but calmed down as the song went on. The crowd was nice and was making a bunch of noise, which helped me sing it. When it was over they were all cheering, which is a lot better than I thought it was going to turn out. I’m definitely not a singer but I can carry a tune.

What really caught me off guard was when we left the Green Room and saw that there were speakers setup outside of the building, which means anyone outside in the Station Square area had to listen to me sing. I’m not sure I would have gone up if I had known that ahead of time!

Bruce, if your out there, you have no fear at all – I won’t quit my day job.