in other news, i had my audition for the newest revision of the game show Pyramid. with d o n n y o s m o n d. oooh. sadly, donny had already left by the time my audition time had arrived. boo hoo.

i went in, saw a tape of the new show, took a written test, passed it, and then came back for the personality test…as in, do i have any personality? (the correct answer is: yes. demented, perhaps, but i have one.) here's the wacky hilarity that ensued.

Pyramid is also under the same umbrella as Wheel of Torture and my old fave, Jeopardy!. apparently, all owned by sony. anyway, the executive producer of the show sits and starts in on us, saying that she is glad this is pyramid and not jeopardy because none of the jeopardy contestants have personality. without minding my manners, and in front of everyone else there, i immediately interjected “i beg to differ.” she said, “why would you say that? were you on jeopardy?” i responded,” yes.” “well, YOU have personality, but every other contestant i ever saw didn't.”

so already, i am starting off on the good foot 😉

anyway, after the first two people are selected to both give and receive clues, she looks at me and says, “you – what's your name?” i tell her, and she looks for my test paper. she doesn't see it at first. “look for the nastiest handwriting and you'll find it,” i helpfully add. (gee – do i have a little self-deprecation issue here?) she finds it. i go up there with the guy i am assigned to try out with. she asks me my name, my occupation, whether i am married and have any kids (“yes, she is 4 going on 40” – yes, that really did slip out of my big fat piehole.) “how much did you win on jeopardy!?” “well, i was on 4 shows but i only won about $12k because i blew final jeopardy every time — everyone ese did, though, too :-)” (it's true, btw – ask , who called me up to inform me that i was showing up on reruns on the game show network. aaaaaeeeeiiii.

anyway, i am sure i totally impressed the exec producer 😉 we begin the game. i think i do really well giving and receiving clues. she said good job; my partner and i get our picture took, and we are done.

so now, i get to wait and wonder whether my next 15 minutes of fame will ever arrive. you can only win $25k total on the show. if you win that, then one day, you will come back for a tournament of champs for $100k.

shit. it would still increase my annual income substantially 😉