SELF-PARAGRAPH: Footloose - Seth's Attempt at Karaoke
A few drinks had already been drunk down by Seth and he was ready to start having some fun after a rather stressful day at LA Times. He was forced to review a movie he honestly didn’t want to. Trainwreck was just that, a fucking train wreck of a fucking film. It was stereotypical. A woman doesn’t want to settle down and some guy comes along and kind of makes her change her mind. What kind of crap was that? Seth would’ve dated her but never want her to change her own ways. Unless it was harming her. The humor was ridiculous, and honestly, he wasn’t a fan of Amy Schumer in the first place.
Shaking his head and ordering another Jack in Coke on the rocks, he looked over at Jason with a nod before looking to that microphone. His friend told him that karaoke was going to be happening tonight. It just depended on how drunk he could get to actually do this. Seth’s drink was placed down and he drank from it rather quickly, knowing he was definitely going to do this. But, one questioned did remain, though. What song was he going to sing to? Something cliché or was he going to ruin the ears of people with something new? He didn’t know and he was sure Jason would have a suggestion since he was the one that told him about the karaoke night.
“Hey, Jason!” He called out to him, waving a hand for the man to come over to him. “What song should I sing? I know there’s a fuck ton of songs on that list but I want something that’ll blow their socks off. I mean, if they’re wearing socks.” Watching as Jason opened his mouth, he saw the person in charge of the karaoke machine come over since he heard Seth talking about it. He handed over the binder full of songs to him and he couldn’t help but give the man a high five. The critic flipped through the music, snickering a bit at the songs he’d seen and heard a million times whenever he’d go out with co-workers to karaoke bars in Korea Town.
That’s when Seth saw it: the perfect fucking song for his drunk ass to start singing to. He started to hum the tune, pointing to the person running the karaoke machine and showing him the song before handing over the binder. Winking at Jason to show he was going to surprise his friend, he laughed and finished off his drink before asking for another one. Oh, yeah, he’ll definitely need two more before he gets up there. He knew he was a terrible singer, but if he had a few drinks, he wouldn’t give two fucks if he was or not.
One drink after another, he heard his name and he got up from the stool slowly so his head wouldn’t spin and he started to make his way over to the small stage. Oh, fuck, yes. Picking up the microphone clearing his throat, he waved to Jason before snickering a bit since he was drunk. Turning around with his back to the crowd, he started to tap his left heel against the ground to the beat of the song. When it was his cue to sing, he jumped up and spun so he was facing the crowd and danced his way over to the front of the stage. Soon enough, he was singing.
“Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
Eight hours for what
Oh, tell me what I got
I've got this feeling
That times are holding me down
I'll hit the ceiling
Or else I'll tear up this town
Now I gotta cut loose, footloose
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Please, Louise, pull me off of my knees
Jack, get back, come on before we crack
Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose!”
His dancing was atrocious, worse than his singing, really, but he was having so much fun! Each of his limbs looked like a god damned tentacle flailing like an octopus out of water and in distress. His voice sounded as if he were a thirteen year old boy going through puberty. It was just so bad, but, that’s what made it that much more entertaining. He didn’t care about how bad it was since he was drunk and everyone seemed to be into the song, too. No one was talent scout, everyone was as drink as he was. Well, except the bar’s staff, of course, but still! It was a fun moment and Seth even walked off stage blowing kisses before moving back to his stool at the bar. Ordering another drink, he laughed and talked it over with another patron in the bar. Yep, that really did make his day but making a fool of himself without a care in the world.
I just took this on my only day off, which is today, and I’m finally done with my latest review. What suggestions do you guys have for me as to what I should review next?
