Ever since we were in the Uber, Jackie has been saying that she wants to do something crazy tonight. At first I wasn’t sure what she meant, but then after we started drinking, she said that if she has a few more drinks, she’s totally down to do karaoke! Honestly I was really surprised. Normally Jackie hates going to Molly O’Flannegan’s on Fridays because everyone knows that’s karaoke night, but tonight she was super into it. I think that if we all pool our money together to buy her drinks, we’ll be able to get her on stage way faster than if she’s paying for them herself.
She’s almost done with her first vodka soda. If we all do shots when she’s like halfway through with her second, she’ll be up there in no time. As long as she doesn’t have to follow that girl from high school that sang the national anthem at football games then she’ll definitely feel confident enough to really give us a good performance. Hopefully we can get that started soon because that guy who sang “Hungry Like The Wolf” earlier looks like he’s gonna try to sign up again.
Jackie’s been so stressed with work lately, and I think that this will be really good for her. She seems like she has a lot of pent up anger. She’s been doing a good job at hiding it, but I know that it’s gonna bubble up, and I’d much rather her get that out in front of a bunch of strangers over a Demi Lovato instrumental instead of breaking my blender like she did that time she got cheated on. Which reminds me, I’ve been meaning to ask her if things are good between her and Chris so I think her song choice will be very telling. If she sings something by Paramore then things are fine. But if she sings that Dua Lipa song I’m gonna have to check to see if she’s okay. So yeah hopefully everything is good, we all get a little more lit, and she’ll be up there singing “Ain’t It Fun” in no time! Thanks for your support!
UPDATES:
Okay, first and foremost thank you all for your support on this campaign, but things went south really quickly…
1. Jackie matched with a guy on Tinder who she had planned to meet at the bar tonight without telling ANY OF US. So I guess that answers the whole “how are things with Chris?” question. That whole Tinder guy thing is sketch to begin with but gets worse when you learn that…
2. He had been buying her shots ALL NIGHT. Like he had one ready for her right when we got there. So with the funds that our incredible donors so generously helped us raise we actually got her even drunker than we had originally planned. Which honestly isn’t that big of a deal by itself, but leads us to the real ordeal of the night.
3. Jackie did eventually sign up for karaoke, and this is when things got hairy. We saw her go over to the signup book and write her name down, and then she came back over to us smiling. We were all like, “Oh my God, Jack, you’re gonna sing! That’s so fun, what song are you gonna do?” And she just kept saying “it’s a secret”, “it’s a surprise”, “you’ll see”. And so we’re like it’s fine she’s just being silly or quirky or whatever, but then a few minutes go by and the DJ calls her name. She screams, chugs her drink, and then runs onto the stage. The second that she’s at the microphone the life literally disappears from her eyes and she says “this song goes out to anyone who has ever been hurt by someone they loved. Chris, eat shit and die!” Then she turns to DJ and says “hit it, Bradley” (which by the way is not his name; his name is Mark, he was a senior when we were freshmen). So then the music starts and the song is freaking “Wake Me Up” by Evanescence. And here’s the thing: she killed it. Like she sounded beautiful. It would’ve been probably the greatest karaoke performance that bar had ever seen if she didn’t throw up all over the stage right after hitting the last note. Even with that it’s still probably top ten.
So, to summarize, thank you all SO much for your donations to this great cause. Jackie is asleep on my couch. I have her phone, and we’ll keep you guys posted on what we’re gonna do tonight!!