Red Bridey

I took the online test in January 2013. I missed three questions, so believed I had no chance of being called. I had taken the test before in 2003 maybe, when Jeopardy! was on the road, and missed three questions and did not progress to the test game. So I promptly forgot about it and said, "Wait until next year!" However, I got an email in May 2013 inviting me to a contestant try-out in Toronto in July. I have friends all around that area, so used it as an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and see Niagara Falls. I was very very nervous, so my memory of the test is hazy, but they give you another 50 question test, an interview, and you participate in a mock game. They give you pointers, and I presume if you don't follow directions, you are off the list. For instance, these soft spoken girls were asked *twice* to speak up and didn't. Buh-bye. We were told that more than 100,000 people take the test, 2,000 people are asked to try out, and only 400 people make the list, and you are on the list for 18 months. Several people in my group had tried out two or three times already (I mean the contestant try-out, not just the online test). We were told the calls would start in late August or September. I was prepared to cross the tryout off my bucket list, but I got a call in early September to invite me to LA for the show. I went, came in second, and now figure I don't have to remember a damn thing for the rest of my life. Unless I get a second chance...with better categories and a worse champ...when Alex retires. Call me, Jeopardy!

I hate Carla. I hated her with Paul. I hated her with Liam. I hated her with Frank (?). And I hate her with Peter. I think that pregnancy is going to suck up all the energy of the show and I am going to hate it. She is a tedious, whiny, abhorrent person and if she thinks Peter is going to be a good father, she is smoking crack.

My DVR stopped recording at the one hour mark; I had not realized it ran about 15 minutes later, and it appears it will not be re-aired before Episode 2. Damn it! It appears that the last 15 minutes were pretty important. So who is dead? Lester's wife and the nice sheriff whose wife is pregnant?

Cobie has my undying love for wearing sensible boots instead of 6 inch high spike heels. Smart Canadian girl!