DONE! So many women... So little time.

[Frogman]

Originally Posted by BriarRose

The best way to land yourself in Brian's report is to run into him in the food court before he's eaten his one meal of the trip!

Don't forget that you and Cheri kissed me! That didn't hurt.

[BriarRose]

Oh yeah! How could I have already forgotten that because after one kangoloosh! I was ready for almost anything

[SueV]

If I wanna make Brian's Marathon report I should walk right up to him and kiss him Good thing Joe's not the jealous type

[Frogman]

Originally Posted by SueV

If I wanna make Brian's Marathon report I should walk right up to him and kiss him Good thing Joe's not the jealous type

That would make you a shoe in!

P.S. I am editing my first part of Karaoke right now. It should be live soon. Sadly I couldn't get it all done tonight. I didn't even have time to get to the drinking.

[Frogman]

We walked into Karaoke and saw that several other taginators were already there including the hosts Debi and Geri. Also there were several key characters in tonight’s trip report. They include the rude manager, the clueless waitress, and the Karaoke lady with really cool red shoes which didn’t match her outfit in the slightest but they were still nice so I think I will give her props and assume she is colorblind for her own benefit.

When we got there the place was pretty busy. There weren’t enough tables in fact. The large party taking up all of the center tables hadn’t even been served dessert yet. What is dessert in a sushi place? Raw cake? Raw cake wrapped in seaweed? Raw cake wrapped in seaweed with rice stuck all over it? Yeah probably that last one. A few of the Taginators sat down on the couches in the back near the bar. There wasn’t enough room so I sat down on one of the armrests. This put me in a prime location to not only see the singers but hear the show. By show I mean the rude manager and Debi. She mentioned the lack of tables and the fact she called MONTHS ago with an approximate number of people and the date. He looked at her like she was speaking Martian and informed her disgustedly that that was MONTHS ago. Apparently the man has the memory of gnat or the kindness of a Nazi. I think it was a combination. He said that he had to seat people who wanted food first because they were customers. What were we? Let me just do the math for a moment. 60 people x 2 drinks each @ 10.00 = $1200. TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. Just how much fish was that party of 3 that just walked in eating? Did they order an entire Beluga? I think that makes me a customer but what do I know, I’m not the Nazi gnat running the show. Debi agrees to wait patiently. I have no idea why because she could have taken him, he looked wimpy. Next year we just hijack the bar I say. We can tie the staff up in the corner and stuff their mouths full of raw fish. For side entertainment we can throw cooked food at them. I think that just might be the highlight of the night for anyone who had to deal with this man. It is also a good use of leftovers from France.

Anyhow back to the story. The waitress came over and asked everyone what they wanted to drink. She did it in a manner that made me think that these drinks were her life source and by us consuming a few she would be dieing an early death. She was willing to serve us but clearly not overjoyed by the thought. A few of us standing around ordered our drinks and waited. During this time Debi gave me several parts to my marathon costume. Maybe that is why the manager was worried about all of us. Imagine the impromptu staff meeting, “Sir Debi’s party has arrived and they want to sing. They brought their own Spandex!” His reply… “Ok well here is the deal. We must defeat the spandex wearing Disney fans! You act rude when serving them! You overcharge anyone connected with Debi! I will pretend them calling me in advance didn’t matter and I will do it in my ill-fitting suit that I got at Bob’s Bargain Basement after applying 6 pounds of hair gel to the haircut my mother gave me! You have your orders now MOVE!”

First up to sing was the hostess Ddoll singing “Cabaret”. This was a terrible, terrible, terrible idea. She is actually a GOOD singer. She entertained all those people who were sitting there eating their rice covered cake, even earning a healthy round of applause. How were we ever going to get rid of them THAT way? We needed to send up someone terrible. No one bad would sing without being drunk though. Speaking of which, where ARE those drinks we ordered? Maybe this was why she was so sour looking as we ordered. She had to walk to Epcot to get them. Now for a little side note. I liked this song, I ended up buying the Liza version. It was ok. I am just waiting for Debi to send me hers. I will wait patiently- or until Saturday when I will flood her email box with requests.

Now some stranger sang “Mustand Sally”. I actually recorded a few strangers and what they sang before I realized that not only do I not care, you probably don’t either. What fun is talking about those you don’t know. If I say stranger 1 and stranger 2 yelled at each other that means nothing. If I say Margaret, my wife, and Lisa, my fiancé, fought each other for my affection then that’s a fun story! Let’s just pretend for the rest of the recap that strangers were not there.

Next up was Geri doing a rendtion of “Harden My Heart”. During Geri’s number Debi was telling us fun facts about Geri. Things like “She used to sing in a rock band when we found her!” These were nice but I wish she gave me true dirt for my report. Wouldn’t it be fun to hear she was the runner-up for Miss Rhode Island and her talent was chicken juggling. And no I don’t mean eggs I mean chickens. Now THAT would have been a story. I will settle for learning about her being saved from the Rock Band. In my mind Debi and her Cabaret act, driving a hippie Volkswagen van, chased the rockers and their Harley’s off the side of the road and then hit the brakes. As their van slide sideways on the road they open the side door and scream “HURRY WE HAVE BROADWAY TUNES!”. Geri comes running up and dives into the van. Before they speed off they all lean out and do the ending number to the Producers with Jazz hands. Hey I guess Ddoll DID give me the scoop. I just had to fill in the gaps.

Next up is MikeS who sang a lovely tribute to DebWills in the form of the song “Venus”. It was a pretty nice number. The only problem I had was that it was very early in the night and I believe it was the only number we got out of MikeS. Where were the pips? Were they not feeling pippy? Next year we need the Pips. Please send out the memo to them.

Ok the next song I have written down is “Half a Dress”. I thought who sang that? Then I realized its literally half a dress, not a song. There was a wedding party there. They either came in drunk or drank quickly because it was early in the night and they were already nearing their limit. They danced about and made complete fools of themselves. This would have been ok if the maid of honor had remembered the rest of her dress. That little tube contraption could either cover up the North or the South but not quite both. It was like the civil war except there is nothing civil about showing off your lady parts and no matter who wins that war we all want a confederate flag- so we can offer it as a skirt.

The next note in my report notebook is “boring”. Isn’t it funny how disgusted I was with a drunken wedding party flashing everyone their party favors and then as soon as its gone I sorta missed them. That was short lived boredom however because next up was Amy, with all her parts covered! She sang the “Reflection” song from Mulan. You can always count on Amy to spread a little Disney magic at Karaoke. What a voice she has! If she could learn some hand motions and buy one of those dresses with tons of shiny fringe she could take this show on the road. I am not sure what kind of market there is for Disney songs come to think of it. Maybe she could order that dress two sizes too small and throw in a Britney Spears song. She could rest her voice during those numbers- not like they are real. “Oops I did it again. I played with your heart got lost in the game. Oh baby baby You think I’m in love”.

After a few non Tagrel singers we had bigbrian sing “The Christmas Song”. It was nice to have a Christmas song in the mix that close to the holidays. I thought he looked familiar. Turns out he was the guy who took a picture of us at the Mega Meet. It turns out small world isn’t just a ride, its true! I have to say he looks nothing like those little dolls though.

Next up was our own JohnnyBlack doing “Mack the Knife”. I only know the Ella Fitzgerald version, but originally it was a man’s song. He did a great job! I wouldn’t have guessed him to have such a voice. Next year he has to do a few more. I wasn’t even told it was a Tagrel member until his number was half over. They had snuck over to eat at the sushi bar, presumably because he heard anyone ordering fish was treated like a human. I heard the Beluga is good!

Next up was the wedding party doing “Love Shack“. Ok the girl has on HALF a dress and you want to put her on a platform? Is that really a good idea? This song got two frown faces in my notebook. It also started my ratings system of smiles and frowns, a very scientific approach. Just be happy I drew faces, with that girl on stage it could have been a much different anatomy based rating system.

PART TWO COMING!

[Frogman]

PART TWO!

Debi was our first repeat singer with “I’m the only one”. What can you say about a singer who not only has those pipes but rescues people from biker rock bands? She did wonderfully. It should also be noted she has the most easily heard and understood voice of all the singers there. Some of them you want to yell out “PUT THE MIKE NEAR YOUR FACE!” while others leave you wanting to remove it from their mouth and give it a good cleaning. She is a master at her craft. During this number the Wild Women arrived. They managed to snag tables right up front. This will be important later. In case you have forgotten I am still on the arm of the couch and have been for all of these numbers. One drink has arrived but no bill. The drink was weak and the waitress just sorta threw it at us like the place is a mile wide and she had been looking EVERYWHERE for us. I noticed that the record of this number in my notebook is not in my handwriting. I thought to myself “who wrote that?”. I thought it was SusanL. Turns out I was right. I took notes about who took notes two lines after she took notes. And you all thought I would forget or miss something when in the restroom.

Next up was Moley. Ha! As much as I write you were probably expecting a short summary of the bathroom. I will spare you. THIS TIME. She decided to sing “Yellow Submarine”. She had even brought along a Mickey-eared Sea Captain’s hat. I will admit it, I had never heard this song before. It is quite the crowd sing-along-song. During the chorus the whole room seemed to go along. The only thing that was better than the vocals were the dance moves. She told me later they weren’t really dance moves but rather her getting her Richard Simmons workout in. When on vacation you have to work in the healthy stuff wherever you can! This did explain the shiny short shorts which matched her hat.

Another repeat singer was next up. Geri gave us “Hush, Hush”. Apparently you can take the girl out of the rock band but you can’t take the rock band out of the girl! The only thing that could help this number was a good chicken juggle, sadly it was not to be.

This is the part of the night where things get ugly. I didn’t want it to be this way but he started it….

TUNE IN FOR PART TWO WITH PHOTOS (Which I haven’t even started yet) TOMORROW!

BTW: This report is now 22,000 words. I passed my goal!

[MissBianca]

I would like to throw the first "where's the rest?" tantrum:



(not that that will make a difference--another great job!!!)

[MargaretJ]

How could you just end there!!!! Come on we have been waiting for days & you give us this big build up & then you peter out......

[Jellyrolls]

Originally Posted by Frogman

You JUST missed the cut-off. Only events lasting 11 seconds made it in.

Next year you WILL make the report. I am accepting applications for all of the women January 1st. That way it won't be so many women, so little time. It will be so many women, perfectly scheduled.

Wow. one second short? Story of my life.

I'll be looking for that application. Since you already have a wife and a fiance, maybe I can apply for mistress, or maybe I can just be a Frogman Diva or something.

[BriarRose]

I think Brian may be going for a Middle Eastern Harem kind of thing because he does collect woman! MJ just happens to be the wife in charge = Like the KING AND I