Afternoon Delight

I got a new iphone! Here's an adorable picture of me trying to "download apps" on my first day. One of my favorite apps is called Dragon Dictation. As a person who has spent hundreds of tedious, eyeball-bleeding hours transcribing audio interviews, I appreciate the app's ability to convert my speech into text, and then allow me to email, text, facebook, or tweet the message to a person of my pleasing.

Here's the thing though. Dragon Dictation isn't exactly...accurate. Especially when you sing to it, which of course you would. You're familiar with the 1976 lovable hit "Afternoon Delight" by the Starlight Vocal Band, yes? Or maybe Will Ferrel's a cappella version in Anchorman? Well I serenaded Grape (my iphone) last night and I will provide you with the original lyrics, and then the app's version of what I sang.

Original lyrics:

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight

gonna grab some afternoon delight

My motto's always been when it's right it's right

Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night

When everything's a little clearer in the light of day

And you know the night is always gonna be there anyway

Dragon Dictation's version of what I sang:

Can you send them baby killers old phone tag

planning grants the master noon be mad

I started doing family that sad it's sad

When I went and seen the man has a cool tag match

Where everything is A-OK in a matter of JE

Thanks Grape! I love you.

Two more songs!

I'm so excited that I could just pee. Right here.

Preview!

Last night we learned one of my songs! Here's our first run through.

Troy teaches us how to walk like zombies.

What did you get on your ZAT's?

I haven't had much of a life lately, and that's because I have rehearsal five nights a week for three to four hours a night. For what, you say? Great question. My a cappella group wrote a musical. An a cappella musical. About zombies. For the Fringe Festival in August. It's pretty much going to bring the house down.

So here's the sitch. It's called Zombie High School. In the play, the Zombie Apocalypse has come and gone, and now the undead and humans are trying desperately to coexist. A young human student, Maggie Mulligan, decides to brave all obstacles and become an exchange student at a high school for zombies in order to learn more about their culture. However, in the folly of youth, Maggie ends up biting off more than she can chew. RIGHT? Right.

All I can tell you is, I'm Maggie, and you're going to love it. It will literally make you die with joy.

"Zombie High School"
@ Mixed Blood Theater

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