When I grow up....

Ok, so I admit, I am a big fan of Jeopardy! If you were to peek inside our living room on most weeknights at 7:30pm you will find Todd and I on the couch watching our boy Alex T (thats what we call him for short). And no, this is not because we now have an infant child and we are home alot. We've actually almost always made it a point to watch since we've been married. And some Saturday nights we'll even tune in (even though the Saturday show is always a rerun, and we know that because we've seen it before and therefore remember half of the answers). But I digress.

If you've ever watched Jeopardy you know that there is this small select group of fairly good looking people that travel around and read clues. This group is called the "Clue Crew"... it's catchy, I know. Anyway, I have officially decided that this is what I want to do when I grow up. I mean, how hard is it to get to travel around the world to read clues for the show? I can see it now. The boss calls, "Hey Kim, we're going to send you to Hawaii so that you can stand in front of a volcano and read this clue of the cue card in front of you: Volcano's like these behind me spit out a hot molten liquid also known as this." That's it... a hard day at work.

Do you think there are tryouts for this kind of job? Should I start taping myself in different locations around Columbia reading random jeopardy-like questions?

Other random observations about Jeopardy:
- I think I've blogged about this before, but the commercials shown during the show are completely tailored to the 65+ population. They go from Cialis (the one with the old people in the bathtub...yuck)... to Polident (bye bye paste)... to commercials about visiting Florida.
- After the first commercial break, Alex always interviews the contestants. This consists of introducing them and what they do and where they are from. Then most of the time he brings up some random story or fact about this person. This is when you realize that there are many huge dorks on the show. When you have the opportunity to have one fact about yourself told on national television and all you can think of is that you have a cat that is potty trained, you are not cool.
- Speaking of contestants, there is always one guy who holds his controller/buzzer in front of him and presses it feverishly like 10 times everytime they know an answer. It always amuses me to see the look of frustration when they do not get called on to answer as if they haven't figured out that you get called on when you buzz in first, not the most times.

Ok, I am realizing that this blog is getting long and the fact that I can write this much about jeopardy proves that I really need a new hobby.

PS. I just typed this entire thing with one hand because I'm holding Hannah with the other. It took like 45 minutes... further proof that I need another hobby. Preferably one that doesn't generally need 2 hands.