Who's that girl?

My friend Katie and I have an inside joke about the gay pride parade. A couple of years ago, we accidentally went to the parade on our quest for Magnolia's cupcakes (see http://rtweb.blogspot.com/2008/06/posting-from-rtw-archives.html). So last year we went again to relive our adventure. When I posted photos from our day (see http://rtweb.blogspot.com/2008/06/dont-rain-on-my-parade.html), Katie qualified that we are not lesbians, we're just really enthusiastic about parades! I suppose I never thought there was any confusion surrounding that matter, but apparently I was mistaken. Just so we all know for future reference, just because we're single, doesn't mean we're all lesbians... (not that there's anything wrong with that)

When I was at dinner the other night, my friend told me the greatest story. Her roommate was out to dinner with her mother and brother at the Cheesecake Factory and all of a sudden her brother asked her if she was a lesbian. Obviously completely shocked, her roommate asked him what would lead to this assumption. He said he hadn't heard her talk about any guys lately, and last year at her birthday at the karaoke place, some girl he didn't recognize dedicated a song to her. The song went a little something like "how do I get you aloneeee...", that girl singing was me... And I dedicated the actual act of me singing, not the song lyrics, to her because it was her birthday.

First off, "Alone" is my staple karaoke song, not that I need to explain that to anyone or their brothers. That is the reason I sang it, not because I was secretly pining away for the birthday girl. I'll probably now avoid dedicating that to anyone ever again, and clearly shouldn't even consider ever performing the "I kissed a girl" song. Secondly, if her roommate was going to come out of the closet, I doubt she'd want to remember that very liberating moment taking place at the local Cheesecake Factory. What's that old saying? When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me? Hopefully I can find a way to be left out of future lesbian karaoke conspiracies...