"Don't you people use the Internet?"

Logan took one for the team with me away for twelve days. He kept very busy, busy doing things like discovering pooled water in the basement by stepping in it in bare feet. (I'm glad we rent.) He didn't tell me about it until I was coming home because he knows how I get The Insane when things go wrong and I'm away. He also knows how I get The Insane when things go wrong and I'm here.

He also only let Max call me sobbing once at bedtime the night before I returned because he knew the sound of him crying would break my head into two very wet pieces.

He didn't tell me how he had one of those Sunday night episodes where you sit down and realize your career is all about selling shit to people they don't need. And you're not sure you want to be doing that.

I'm glad he waited to tell me all that because if he hadn't I might have been forced to take Heather up on her repeated strong requests to cuddle me.

Here are pictures of my friends Maggie, Alice, Heather, SarahBrown and Mrs Kennedy. Some are from Maggie and I's big adventure in Portland. Some are from our big night out back in San Francisco where everyone (except me) sang karaoke with a live band.

At the end of Heather's song the guitarist said to the crowd, who didn't seem to realize they were watching Dooce perform, "Don't you people use the Internet?"

I like to think karaoke is a leveler among people. Everyone is a superstar at karaoke.

Except me because I didn't do it.

Comments

[The Metamorph]

Ha! That guitarist is made of win, apparently.

It still never fails to shock me when I come across someone who does not even own a computer, let alone when I let slip with something Internet-related and no one understands what I'm talking about.

[ScholarLi]

Colour me envious! (Squee!) I know each of you is A Person, and each is totally down with the Having of Problems A Person Would Have...but what I wouldn't give to trade places. Wait...water in the basement? Nevermind. Maybe I could just come over and watch your teevee one day.

[The Casual Perfectionist]

Those are great photos!! It looks like you had a fabulous time, and how could you not with such awesome companions? So many of my favorite bloggers in one place? I think there are people who would have paid to watch all of you sing karaoke! :)

[The Domestic Goddess]

They didn't know who you guys were? WTF? Apparently, they don't use the internet. They are probably watching reality tv and texting on their iPhones.

[greta]

Those pictures make me jealous that I don't actually know you all, and that I wasn't invited!

[Kate]

Ooh, ooh (puts hand up), I'm going to have a baby soon, can I be you guys's friend too? Pleeease?? (is "guys's" even a word?) I love all of your blogs so much. It would have made my head explode if I'd walked into a bar and seen you all doing karaoke. (But it would have been a happy explosion.)

[bigpikchur.blogspot.com]

So happy you got a vacation that didn't include a marathon or tears! Looks like a blast!
Jules
House of Jules

[Becky]

It was fun looking at your pictures and reading the stories each of you have put up about your little "get-together". So jealous of the fun! Glad you had a good time.

Logan's feelings about his job...so many times my husband has done the same thing. I usually get a pit in my stomach whenever that happens!

[melbs]

i'm just jealous that people get to go on vacations without children...well, vacations at all, actually!! forget singing karaoke...which, i haven't done since my early twenties, after doing tons of shots of tequila and singing i want your sex by george michael...
anyway...just visiting...and, enjoyed myself!

[Calamity Jane]

Now if I had been with you, then you would have definitely found yourself karaoke-ing with me! I am one bad, bad singer with absolutely no style, and you would have proudly jumped up there to trump my sorry #$@! Well, there's always next time :)

[Jenn]

Sounds fantastic.

I could drink a fifth of Tequila and I would still not karaoke! And everyone in the bar would be grateful.