I wanna rock and roll all night - and party every day!

All of the sudden I have been really into singing and rocking! (OK, more than normal with the singing) I guess tis the season!

Some of you know that I recently became obsessed with Guitar Hero which is awesome! I am pretty good at the three key levels but pandemonium ensues when I attempt anything harder.

And this past Friday night, a group of us got together to do some Karaoke! For those of you who didn't know - I am huge Karaoke fan! Since I knew I would never be a professional singer - this is really the next best thing. A Korean restaurant nearby offers private Karaoke rooms with what is quite possibly the largest foreign language remote control that I have ever seen (among a competition of one of course).

Our group (which included Kyle, Margot, DJ, Kat, Karyn and I) rocked to some favorites including: Midnight Train to Georgia, BYE BYE BYE, Part-Time Lover, Build me Up Buttercup, 9 to 5, Wanted Dead or Alive, Gettin' Jiggy Wit it and many other song gems!

The first video is of Kyle and I singing Thank God I'm a Country Boy by John Denver. We have been obsessed with this song for awhile since they play it during the 7th inning stretch at Baltimore Orioles game (which of course is super ironic since Baltimore is not really that "country"). The second video is the finale - Build Me Up Buttercup.

Enjoy the Video and Pics below and remember - "Sing out Louise!"

Video 1: Thank God I'm a Country Boy

Video 1: Build Me Up Buttercup

Pictures
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No need for the gym....I'll just play the Wii

Last week, Karyn and I had dinner with our friends Sara and Michelle and then headed back to their apt (which conveniently is 3 doors down from ours - notice the casual dress). They have the Wii and I was so excited to play guitar hero. We ended up playing Bungee Buddies (part of the game Smooth Moves). Who needs to go to the gym when you have Wii so close?

Sara is on the left - that freakish kid on the right is yours truly!

Can drinking cold coffee be passed on through genetics?

Poppa Picture from San Diego Starbucks, February 2008
Howard Picture from Pittsburgh, April 2006
(I call my pic the 45 year old khaki businessman photo...)

Happy Sunday night everyone! Recently I went on a business trip to San Diego and was able to take some extra days beforehand to see my family there. Whenever I see my grandparents in San Diego, I always enjoy taking walks, going to events and just having some great conversations. However, this trip, I confirmed that the genetic links are strong in the Mann family.

Karyn always is noticing that I drink my coffee over a very, very long time. She zips through her vanilla skim latte and I drink mine over about an hour period. Sometimes even longer. Perhaps Karyn has a higher threshold for the hot coffee (she even orders her drinks extra hot)but I like to take it a little slower. I also take about 1/10 of the milk in my coffee than Karyn does - she is not a fan of the black coffee....

So when I arrived in San Diego at 9:00pm, I drove my rental car over to College Area, where my grandparents live-and sure enough Poppa greeted me as he was drinking his Starbucks from earlier that morning. I got such a chuckle because I guess genetics really have passed this preference down from grandfather to grandson.

Anyone who knows my grandfather knows that he loves to talk to anyone (perhaps, yet another genetic trait that links us...hmmm)... We woke up the next morning and we walked to Starbucks near San Diego State and both ordered black coffee and put a very little amount of milk in. It was pretty cute. We sat down and had a great talk about what goes on in our 86 and 29 year old lives.

So I guess my Grandmother and Karyn's wishes that cold coffee disappears from their lives are not about to change...

Gotta love genetics!