The Future Miss __________

MTV has been a pretty consistent source of viewing entertainment for quite some time. One of my biggest admitable guilty pleasures. Last night MTV finally gave me a purpose in life.

While catching up on marathon-runs of "Sweet Sixteen", "The Real World--Key West" and "Punk'd", we stumbled on this little show called "Tiara Girls." A brief 30-minute episode shows one girl's preparation for a pageant; her walking, wardrobe, and talent coaches and the actual pageant itself.

MTV has never spurned me to any type of action beyond the usual watercooler gossip. But, "Tiara Girls" has given us the grandest of ideas.

Melissa, Michele and I decided that we're going to be in a pageant. We'll haul Krista, Heidi, and Nici along if we have to. This will be the biggest prank of our careers! The stereotype of a "Pageant Girl" is so well-defined; and we're on a personal mission to a) discover if that stigma is true and b) break that stereotype.

And mostly we'll embarrass the heck out of ourselves (or others in their dedication and seriousness to the cause?) and have one hell of a good time. My favorite conversation to date regarding the pageant has been regarding the talent portion.

Nat: Michele, what would you do for your talent?
Michele: I'm thinking I'll play the piano. And sing. That hit song, "If We Hold on Together" from The Land Before Time.

We're trying to convince Melissa to dust off the ballet shoes (it's been how many years Mel?). I'd like Krista to sing and guitar-play her self written song "One Million" (With hit lyrics such as "One, two. Three, four .... five.... six.....seveneightnineten. Eleven. Twelve..." etc).

My talent is still a toss up between lounge-style kareoke, a hip-hop dance routine, a "how-to" change rims on a car, a speech on Beanie Babies, or a stand-up comedy routine. Suffice it to say, my talents are numerous and up in the air.

Research for pageants yielded few results, but we're in luck! It's pageant season! If we can convince someone we live in South Salt Lake (we're only about 12 blocks off), we're hoping for a June 17th pageant date. Details and confirmations forthcoming...

What talent do you think I should do? Have I missed any obvious choices?