above: yes, we decided to sing nelly’s ‘ride with me.’ whatever.
so a few of the aberkids and i decided to go to a karaoke bar tonight. i gave my shift away just so i could make it, but it was alright since i had a good time. i was kind of tipsy through the whole thing so that helped to up my buzz factor.
i met up with soraya, ana and angelica before shehan and the rest of them arrived (shehan was driving). the first thing soraya told me to do was try her drink, which had been contained in a medium-sized mcdonalds cup. it looked harmless enough but i took one sip and almost gagged – it was filled with rum.
they claimed that it was actually a mixed drink, but no, i didn’t believe that for a second – even if it was true. in any case, the rum was so entirely dominant that soraya and i had to go and get a bottle of coke from a vending machine to use as chase. as we were walking over to the vending machine, we passed by this couple that had been making out in the middle of dundas square.
like, i guess i understand how that might be romantic in a movie, but in the real world – without the soundtrack and the perfect lighting and the dazzlingly good looks – it’s just kind of bizarre. we made sure to avoid them on our way back.
we eventually met up with shehan, jesse and marianne and then we all headed over to bar+ for a feel-good night of belting our hearts out.
the song list we created for the night was pretty good. here were a few i actually remember:
– i don’t wanna miss a thing
– the lazy song
– don’t stop believing
– your song
– lady marmalade
– total eclipse of the heart
– a bunch of rap songs that i can’t even remember
i didn’t even have to waste money on drinks since i was already a little bit tipsy. i remember stripping down at one point just because i’d realized we had the whole room to ourselves – and with that freedom in privacy, why not, right?
soraya, ana and i went to frans afterwards and got sweet potato fries and a poutine to go and then we parted ways.
but there were things that kept me indecisive on the way home. i hesitated and almost ended up doing something that i would most definitely have regretted immediately afterwards, and i know all of this sounds cryptic, but there still exists territory that i’m too ashamed to delve into.
the night can bring out the best and the worst in me, and there are still secrets that i have never told.
let it suffice to say that i ended up making the right decision and heading straight home, but i still ended up doing something that in the moment felt right, but was really so incredibly wrong.
and i still ended up making promises i don’t intend on keeping.