[GateandGarden]

I LOVE to sing. The last time I did it for lots of people was high school when I was in All-Parish Choir. (I didn't get to do All-State like Curtis ). I'm very fond of my singing voice, and I always get complimented on it when I use it, except for when I use it around people who are really close to me, 'cause they're really sick of it at this point. I used to really dislike my voice because it's really folk/opera-sounding, and when I was in high school, I wanted to sing like Christina Aguilera. I really wanted to ditch the operettic qualities and sing like the big pop singers. Earlier on in high school, I was hell bent on sounding just like my Britney Spears CDs (I was officially insane!), but I made "Baby One More Time" sound like a selection from The Phantom of the Opera. Thankfully, I got through that phase without hurting myself.

We had a karaoke thing at my university last year, and I had a blast. The DJ had "Say You Love Me" and "You Make Lovin' Fun." I performed both of them, and I don't think even one of my peers had ever heard either one of them.

Hillary