Karaoke with Ed Qwik?

So, last night I went to the Hammerhead Lounge to visit a friend of mine who does karaoke at various bars. I stopped by because he owed me some cash for web hosting I do for his DJ/karaoke site called Simply the Best Party. He calls himself Karaoke Karl and he puts on quite a show. He definetly is an entertainer and doesn't care how nutty he gets. While I was there, he talked to me again about helping him out by doing weddings, parties, and bar gigs again. He has been asking me for the last two years and I always pondered the possibilities. It's been 6 or 7 years since I picked up a microphone. I used to be a rock DJ in the late 90s for WZZO 95.1FM. It's definetly a different aspect of the entertaining field. I am so used to performing in a studio where I can't see my listeners. However, I did alot of bar promotions and other public events where I had crowds staring at me.

However, for me to pull of this job I would have to remove myself from my current job. Earlier this year I started driving a truck delivering uniforms. At first, it was a great job cause it got me off of third shift at an internet company I worked for. I got outside in the daytime, exercise, and lost 15 pounds. However, they finally built my own route instead of covering for other people. This is all well and good except the route is a ball buster but lacks the commision for the time I will spend doing it. Alot of the accounts I have are national accounts and they pay pennies for their uniforms and other products. I could be looking at 60+ hours a week. That sucks donkey sausage. This new route will tire my ass out and will restrict what days my wife can go to work. (We have two young kids that we take care of at home.)

So much to think about, so much risk. Being a grown up sucks. All of these tangents that you need to factor in to decisions makes my head hurt. If I stay with my current job, I will be too tired to perform on the weekends and some weekdays. Plus, my wife's work is thinking about making her an assistant manager, which she won't be able to do if I stick with the truck business.

Another thing I have to worry about is killing my cynical self which I have slowly created over the last decade. Especially after doing internet support to dumb old people for five years, destroying my bachelor hood with marriage and kids (which don't get me wrong I love my family), and so many other adult related issues. It's time to resurrect the old Eddie of the past of wild crazy ass attitude of fun and social being. No more recluse hobbit.

AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Stay tuned...