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I'm Going Up The Country Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
Some things I learned from this weekend's theatre retreat:
- "First to arrive/last to leave" means maximum hot-tub usage
- Cooking breakfast for 18 people will result in your taking home lots of leftovers
- With no impending crises to deliberate, there will be a lot of time left over to talk about things like, "what kind of art do we want to make?"
- Watching people get accidentally sprayed by water jets because they've bailed too much water out of the hot-tub is pretty funny
- Spilling water all over the hot-tub controls will not necessarily kill you, but it will make the hot-tub stop working for a while
- As a corollary to the above, being the only one who seems to be able to get the hot-tub to work again will make you VERY popular
- Some people can't tell the difference between Sarah Palin and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
- When a tipsy much younger woman with self-image issues asks you if you think they're "cute", always answer, "yes", but with the understanding you must then try to delicately avoid stepping on as many of the inevitable emotional IED's that will be suddenly strewn in your path as possible
- Everybody loves bacon, absolutely everybody, including Jews and vegetarians. This does not mean they will necessarily EAT the bacon, but they WILL love it, nonetheless
- If you watch your friends playing a seemingly incomprehensible dice game long enough, eventually you will be able to explain the rules to someone else, without even really realizing you've learned them yourself
- Do not EVER engage in a hot-tub version of "Truth or Makeout" with four women EVER, under any circumstances. You WILL regret it (some lessons we learn on behalf of the less fortunate)
- A hot-tub is an essential ingredient for a successful retreat
- A shark-attack can happen ANYWHERE, even miles from the nearest body of salt water
- The stars are still much brighter in the country than in the city
- No one will complain about YOUR snoring if: A.) there's an even louder snorer in the party; and B.) you sleep in your bus
- Having a baby around will not necessarily add to the discussion, but it will occasionally provide a welcome distraction. And sometimes, the noises the baby makes will actually be a pretty good representation of what you yourself are thinking at that moment
- Contemplating eating nearly an entire half-gallon of left-over ice cream because you have no room in your freezer is not nearly as tempting as it soundsLabels: Annex, Lessons, Retreat
Posted byCOMTE
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