Step away from the computer

I'm at work but I'm waiting on more projects, so here I am. I'm too fast for my own good sometimes. Um, so...what's up? I found out first thing this morning that I am off work on Friday, and that I have a long (3 1/2 hour) company "lunch" thing on Thursday! We're getting picked up by a limo bus, and I don't know what that is, but at least it sounds fancier than a regular bus. I think it's an annual meeting kind of deal and they're taking us to a secret location 8 miles away. Is that like CWE territory? Forest Park? Soulard? The east side? I don't know. I vote for Fairmount Park (horse races). I mean, they have a "playing hooky" special on weekdays and everything. Ooh, I wonder what Talayna's (the tacky karaoke/dance place on Hampton) is like in the daytime. We should try it.

Speaking of karaoke, I did that on Saturday in front of friends that have never seen me do it (which is almost everyone outside of taiko) and they were surprised. I'm not terrible--like, I could be a good backup singer--but for some reason, everyone expects me to be! Why is that? I'm musically inclined, so it seems reasonable that I could carry a tune or at least be given the benefit of the doubt. Maybe bad until proven good is just the default expectation of karaoke? I didn't claim to be either, so it was open to interpretation. Which reminds me of something I've been thinking of lately: Can tone deaf people even tell when someone else is on key? I ask because I did karaoke with someone and she thought I was off key (when I'm pretty sure I was on, at least), and then she sang and...gave new meaning to the term. It was entertaining and I'm not telling the story to put her down or anything, but it got me wondering. Maybe it's like American Idol Reject Syndrome.

Facebook has been prompting me to reconnect with the same friend for at least a week. It even "refreshes" to the same person. Is that normal? Listen Facebook, if I'm going to ignore a suggestion to reconnect with someone, I want to ignore multiple suggestions. Stop making me feel bad about this particular one. Sometimes you are totally evil and manipulative. I think Facebook is morphing into Big Brother, or maybe the anti-Christ. The computers are making us their slaves! Well, I'm breaking free! For the next few hours, at least...