Thank God and the Academy...

Last night I drove back from Montreal at a furious pace to take part in the Mariposa Folk Foundation's "Sentimental Songs" revue, where I debuted a new original song in a nervy and rather precious performance on the ukulele, accompanied by a trumpet.

The priceless trophy shown here was presented to me for placing fourth out of approximately ten acts, one of which was a fifteen minute a capella song about strangling a falcon.

In case you can't believe your eyes, YES, it IS a crumpled box with a half-peeled away Zellers price sticker, containing not one, but two Lego Jar-Jar-Binks babies complete with emus of some sort to ride on.

Things I have won:

Fourth, Grade 6 boys 100-yard dash, Nobel Public, 1980
Grade 6 Proficiency Award, Nobel Public, 1980
3 track ribbons, Grade 8, Nobel Public, 1982
Consolation prize for Badminton, PSHS, Grade 9, 1983
Giant candy cane draw, PSHS, Grade 11, 1985
Honours Society, PSHS, Grade 9-11, 1983-86
Scholarship to Pearson College, 1986-88
Graduate Exhibit prize, Concordia University, 1994
Photographic Studies prize, Concordia University, 1994
BFA "With Distinction", Concordia University 1995
Shortlisted, Writer's Union Short Story Award, 1998
"Best Music," Waterwalker Film Festival, 2004
Gungan Patrol Lego Set, Mariposa Sentimental Songs, 2006

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