Home on the Range

For the past four or so years, Jane and I along with some close friends, have been making a winter weekend cottage trip.

It started as a cottage weekend for Jane's birthday, but now it's really based around one thing: the Talent Show. Some number of years ago while away, we had an impromptu talent show after some drinks one night. The talents were on the spot and not well-developed, but impressive nonetheless. I think Jane did karate, our friend Crystal did a pirouette, her boyfriend Rob may have chugged a beer.

When the next year rolled around, we thought it would be fun to put a little more effort into it. Like, actually prepare talents beforehand. The results were hilarious. Jane and I performed "Who's On First", our friends Laura and Carl played guitar and keyboard and sang the title theme from "Once", Mike juggled while singing, and so on.

This weekend will be the fourth annual cottage talent show getaway. It's actually been more stressful this year than in the past, because I sincerely feel like I'm running low on talents. There are only so many things I can perform in front of a group of people. And the competition has only gotten more fierce. As you can see, last year involved tap dancing and balloon animals. I think I'm going to be in trouble.

So, happy weekend everyone! We'll be enjoying the great white north.