It was the other night, after one of those days where everything is sort of a bummer. You know the type of days. Your credit card is slightly maxed and you just saw how much you really owe. You don't get "the call" you've been expecting all week. Ahem. You know, that kind of day.

Josh and I had met after our previous plans at a local bar and we're walking home when we saw they had turned an old sushi joint in to a Karaoke Bar.

"Let's go in! We'll swig one beer and do one song and take off." Josh slugs me excitedly to perk me up.

I tend to agree to things I wouldn't tend to agree to when I am slightly intoxicated. Plus, Josh and I have this thing. We like to try to do random things in the summer. We like to go to restaurants we both have never been or stores we've always walked by or new bars that use to be a sushi place.

There is no one in this bar. I'm telling you it was the bartenders and the waitresses and the DJ. They're leaning against the wood bar. You could hear the moans they made knowing they now have to stay open because two guys HAVE to sing. And it's already, like, one in the morning.

Josh goes up and says:"This is for Byron!" and begins to belt the Josh Eisenberg version of a Rolling Stones song. I would like to tell you which one, but... you know... I was drunk and can't remember.

Then it was my turn.

Here's the thing. I usually don't Karaoke. I think it's a mixture of knowing what I sound like when I sing songs off the radio or on my ipod in the car or in the shower or while getting dressed in my awesome walk-in closet that is big enough to get dressed in to. I also think it has to do with the fact that when I do end up making brash decisions while being intoxicated, such as singing Karaoke, I choose "those" songs. You know... the ones that you should only sing when you are in the car or in the shower or getting dressed in your super huge walk-in closet that you keep accentuating in this story because you're proud you finally cleaned it out.

But when you are with a good friend and they have a long list of Destiny Child songs to chose from... you do things... you do things that involve you singing in front of the wait staff of a sad Karaoke bar.

And so I sang. And Josh laughed and I laughed and I imagined the stools they were putting on top of the tables to let us know the staff wanted to go home because no one else was laughing laughed.

We of course did a second song because no one ever does just one song. And as Josh sang and I downed my beer and the wait staff rolled their eyes, I realized how lucky you can be when you have the right people around that make you feel lucky.

Because sometimes after one of those bummer days... you need that. Yes, a really big clean closet. But also a random stop in to a random Karaoke bar with a friend that has been there for you through your most random shake ups or just for the random days that are bummers.

And sometimes you need "Material Girl" to remind you there are better things in life than being bummed... like diamonds and a really big clean closet.

Did I mention the closet?