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Wow, I expected a lot more from Salon than that. What a whiny, ridiculous diatribe. Did your animated short not get nominated or something?
Eh, so exactly what does it say about me if I like to go down on my wife?
I'm an ex-Jeopardy champ - granted, I only won one game - but what impresses me the most about multiple winners is their ability to handle the stress. Once you win, you're rushed down into the green room and you have 10-15 minutes to change clothes and get right back out there for another taping. The first game I did very well. In the second game, however, the most common answers eluded me (I forgot the word for "an elephant's nose" after buzzing in) and while I was able to dredge up some fairly obscure answers (weirdly enough, I also had an "Olaf Palme" question), logic completely failed me in Final Jeopardy. I can't even mention the Final Jeopardy question I lost on, but suffice to say I will never drink Kentucky bourbon again...
Bayard's mention of the weird empty feeling you get after you lose is right on. I'm not a game show fan, and I honestly hadn't seen Jeopardy for years before I was on the show - didn't even know the set had changed until I got on stage - but after I lost I felt like a dream had ended. I rode back to the hotel with another contestant, virtually beating my head against the window for being so stupid, until he finally (and much more graciously than I would have) pointed out that I had actually beaten him. At which point I really felt like an idiot.
