i sing karaoke.

i sing karaoke because you did.
i remember sitting in our little 2 bedroom apartment.
you, me and heide listening to music.

we had this microphone that you could plug into the front of the stereo system and sing along with whatever was playing. all you had to do was hit the "karaoke" button and the vocal track would fade away enough to sing along to.

i just remember it all the time like this...

you're there with your buzz cut and you have the mic in your hand and you're singing along to that annoying song by Daft Punk. "around the world".

i see your face and the crazy head movements that accompany a song where the lyrics repeat over and over; trying to mimic the robot voices and dance at the same time.

i see heide laughing so hard that i'm sure everyone in the place could hear.



i stepped out of the shower right now and i stood in the middle of my room and cried for a bit with my head in my hands... i just missed you really bad right then.
but then i remembered this little moment.

life was always so crappy
but that never got in the way for us.



i sing karaoke because you did.