'jeopardy'

just finished watching jeopardy, you know, that final five with ken jennings and two other men? there's jerome vered from california, and brad rutter from pennsylvania

i had no idea until brad rutter showed up that he's got pages out there dedicated to him, some of which seem to be dedicated to his weight loss -- sure, he lost some weight, but so what? he was a nice looking boy before, he's a nice looking boy after ... my mother is convinced he's jewish (apparently to her single men in their twenties are jewish, whereas single women in their twenties are lesbians) ... my friends are convinced that ... ah, heck with them, he just seems like a really happy person

it puts me in an awkward position though -- do i root for ken, who i rooted for throughout all his appearances, or do i root for brad? two smart guys who prove to the world that sometimes that useless crap in all our minds isn't all that useless... although if anyone out there can explain to me why it's necessary for me to know how to work an eight-track player, i'm glad to hear it

on the plus side, maybe, i almost have the urge to see russell crowe in cinderella man ... haven't liked him in anything since virtuosity, unless you could mystery, alaska ... i don't ... then again, i have this mild urge to see the new jolie-pitt flick, that one about the smiths (or was it the joneses?), ya know, that one they were doing when the 'affair that rocked the world' supposedly started? ... not because i think it'll be that good, but because i have some friends with a jones for jolie, and everyone in the audience will be going 'yeah, i see real love there, yeah, you can see it there too'

reminder to self, though -- set vcr -- tomorrow is rob and amber's wedding ... don't get me wrong, i don't care about the wedding, but i need to set my vcr for stuff on other channels while i avoid the show ... all the best luck to boston rob and amber, but i hope the next tv special won't be all about the conception of their first child