Jon would never have admitted it to Karyn, but he thought Christina Aguilera was pretty hot, so his finger went toward the screen and jabbed at the listing for "Genie in a Bottle." He saw Karyn's whole body flash white for a split second, replaced by Christina Aguilera as she'd looked in the song's video, complete with midriff-baring outfit, albeit with the larger breasts and long hair that Karyn had previously given herself. Words started to scroll across the TV screen on the karaoke machine, and Karyn-as-Christina held onto the attached microphone and sang along with the background music.
I feel like I've been locked up tight
For a century of lonely nights...
The microphone cord was long enough that Karyn could dance around Jon's living room in her high heels, which she did -- since she had more or less transformed into Christina Aguilera, she didn't really need to read the lyrics off the screen, of course.
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way...
And then she tripped over the karaoke machine's power cord. The TV screen went dark as the music stopped. Karyn stood there holding the microphone...
