December turned out to be all about me getting everyone I know to make
the ugliest face possible; so it's only fitting that on December
1st, I sang karaoke and asked people to make ugly faces.

So I'm sitting home, minding my business (aka - probably dorking out
on xBox) and I get a text from Gurj: "Karaoke! Me, Ellen and a buncha
girls. 2nd & 2nd! Come now!" I mean, how could I turn that down? I threw
on a coat, and in a matter of minutes I was there! Here's me with with
Ellen and Gurj who'd had a few drinks and were primed from some 'roke!

These were two of Gurj's friends who were in the middle of a song when
I showed up.

Afterwords, Gurj and Ellen were up for a duet! (Something by The Killers
if memory serves).

Here's me wearing Gurj's two-finger "SUPERFOX" ring while Gurj is giving
me the one-finger.

As soon as they were finished singing, Gurj immediately whipped out the book
to find another song to put in. She ended up going with Gwen Stefani's Holla
Back Girl because during the chorus we all get to shout "Because I ain't
no holla back....GURJ!" Hahahaha. After songs were selected,
there was nothing to do but listen to other people
sing, drink our drinks and, oh yeah...

...take PROM PHOTOS! Here's me with prom-date Ellen!

And here's Gurj and Ellen as those "alternative" girls who went to prom together!

Before getting full-on into the "show me the ugliest face you can make"
game, I figured we'd warm up with the "flare your nostrils and hold them
open as long as you can" game. While I'm good at making ugly faces, I'm
not so great at the whole nostril-flaring thing.

Ellen, however, was a natural! Check out that triangulation up top!

But, Gurj ended up taking the cake! Check out that form! Stellar!

With the warm-ups over, it was time to make some ugly faces. Here's Ellen
going for the classic "I smell dogshit" face! Nice!

Gurj went for a more modern interpretation of the "pushing a big dook"
face.

I busted out my best "float-eye"...

...and Ellen countered with a severe "I'm a Level 64 Night-Elf and I
also L.A.R.P. on
the weekends" elf-ear! That's some advanced shit!

Here's me trying to show Ellen my secret weapon: The Disappearing Chin.

I can't remember if this photo is an attempt of Gurj and Ellen's friend
to join in the game or whether she just really disapproved of how lame
we were being. Hahah.

Here's me showing the girls one of newer, experimental faces. I call
this one Dr. Dry Lip.

Then I showed off one of my old favorites. This is the stretch-face with
a floater-eye thrown in for good measure. Ok ladies, your turn!

I love how Gurj goes from looking like an Oompa Loompa when she does smoosh-face
to looking like...

....old school Missy Eliot when she does
stretch-face. Hahahahahaha. (Gurj, you even have the right earrings on!)

Hahahaha.

So we were so totally caught up in making faces that we pretty much forgot about
karaoke at least until a professional Frank Sinatara impersonator hit the stage
and busted out some Frank.

Not only did he sound spot-on, he even looked a WHOLE lot like him. It
was like being in the room with Ol' Blue Eyes himself (you know, except
with a whole lot less-women being beat-up).

Then Gurj finally got called up to do her "Holla Back Gurj!" It was awesome!

Then I sang a duet with one of Gurj's friends. (Probably either Total
Eclipse of the Heart or Meatloaf's Paradise By the Dashboard
Lights).

Check out our scary eyes: They're glowing like the metal on the edge
of a knife. (Too bad I just realized I made that same
joke about singing the same song almost 5 years ago. Jeez, maybe it's time I started picking
out some new karaoke jams).

But in my defense, check the crowd reaction. If it ain't broke, don't
fix it.

"Oh, hi there girl I just met! May I nuzzle your bubbies?" (PS
- Check out Frank in the background looking for a woman to womanize). We
ended up closing the place out and when we left around 3:30, we did the
usual.

You know, rode the horses outside of the Punjab Deli on the corner of
3rd and 2nd...

...then just kicked back and relaxed on some trash on the street. Hahah.
I love you, Gurj & Ellen!
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