Failure!

I tried my hand in fame and brilliance last Thursday and failed. As most of you know, I went to try out for Jeopardy! last Thursday. I’ve been wanting to do this for years, but just recently got the motivation to sign up. Actually I was on the phone with Madd several months ago, and she told me to get off of my ass and just do it. So as we were talking I went online and filled out the application. It took 5 minutes. Easy, schmeasy. I’m not one for high hopes, and this case wasn’t any different. I figured what I don’t know won’t hurt me too much, so my attitude was fuck-it. At worst it would give me an excuse to take the day off. I go to Sony Picture Studios in Culver City (right by where urbanemonkey and my_bootay used to live) and get herded in the Visitor Center in the parking lot. There were about 30 well-dressed people sitting and standing staring out into space. I tried to talk to several of them but quickly found they were really boring. Although this one boy (27) who drove out from Chicago to try out was pretty cute and interesting. I did invite him to my party, but he didn’t show up. Le sigh. Finally the show’s casting director came and escorted us to the sound stage where they actually film the show. We sit in the audience and take the test, a 50-question written test. The question is projected onto a screen and read to us. We had eight seconds to write down the answer. They asked everything from pop culture to literature to geography. Everything! They collected the tests, graded them and told us which of us made the cut. I didn’t make it. As we were being escorted out, I asked the producer what score I got. He showed me my test with a big “43” written on it. The cut is at 45. So no Jeopardy! for me. For now at least. It was a fun experience, and I’ll probably try out for it again next year. What do I have to lose, right? Anyhow, my party Saturday night was a blast. I will post some pictures either tonight or tomorrow. And right now I’m really hyper for some reason. Monday morning and I’m energetic. How weird.