I was going to hold off on this until my Saturday night diary, but two people have already congratulated me, so here goes….
Remember a few years back when I told people I’d auditioned to be on Jeopardy?
Remember a couple of months ago when I said I finally got the call to go out to Los Angeles to play?
Remember last Saturday, when I wrote a diary about my trip to California?
Well, my first episode aired tonight, and I can finally tell everyone the truth:
I WON!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s right, everyone...I won on Jeopardy tonight and will defend tomorrow night, same bat-time, same bat-channel. Even better, I won after an epic comeback that my friend Hot Toddy was openly comparing to Tom Brady winning the Super Bowl in OT, going from -$800 during the first game to a glittering $21,000 at the end, with a grand total of $34,000 after a Final Jeopardy question about, my hand to God, Mohandas Gandhi’s taste in sporting clubs during his youth.
My Saturday night diary will have many, many more details about what it’s like to compete, and the secret that took me from disaster to triumph, but at this point I thought I’d share with everyone. I’d also like to invite everyone with a TV to watch me tomorrow night to see if I can be more than one-game wonder. But either way, I did it.
Thank you to everyone here who cheered me on, all my friends in brickspace, and everyone who enjoyed tonight’s game. Tune in tomorrow, and keep watching!
XOXOX
Ellid
Thursday, Jun 22, 2017 · 9:25:23 AM +00:00
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Ellid
A blanket “thank you all for your kind wishes!” to everyone since I have to get to work early today — but seriously, I am grateful for all your thanks and congratulations. Tune in tonight for more!
XOXO
Ellid