songs i sang at karaoke last night:

paramore - that's what you get
(this was not good. paramore is too high for me to sing with any power. i come out nasal and whiny and it's just bad.)

paula cole - where have all the cowboys gone
(this was better than the first song by far. i actually knew how this one went, it's in my range, and it's got some fun volume changes that don't require me to shout and lose vocal control. unfortunately, a large part of the song is simultaneously sung and spoken by two different voices, but the karaoke track didn't have either one, so i wasn't sure which part to do. i mostly did the spoken part.)

billie myers - kiss the rain
(my best of the night. well within my range which allowed me to be soft at times and loud at other times, without losing control. actually had to physically move the mic away at one point because the KJ had stepped away from the booth and i was getting too loud. definitely a keeper.)