Deal or No Deal Casting Call

This morning I went to the NBC "Deal or No Deal" Open Casting Call at Hank Aaron Stadium. When I woke up at 5:00 AM, I swore I was going back to sleep and not going. That thought didn't last long. I got dressed, ate, etc, then hopped in the car (adorned with my "Bobby's World" sticker and happy face stickers on my shirt). I went with my Mom because she wants to be on the show too. We drove over to the stadium and arrived there at about 6:17 AM. The line wrapped all the way from outside the 3rd base line couterclockwise back in front of the main entrance, alllllll the way over around Gaslight Park and the rest of the 1st base side and around right field. We propped open our chairs outside of center field near the scoreboard. I estimate that when we got there, there were about 600-800 people in front of us. The news peeps said that people starting arriving at 11 AM Friday. It wasn't all that hot because we were in the shade and it was morning, but about an hour later when the sun came up directly in our faces, it started to get uncomfortable. Luckily at about 8:15 everyone packed up their chairs so the line would start moving. We walked about halfway closer to the entrance. We now stood in the humid sunny mess that is Mobile weather. This persisted for the next couple of hours as we just stood there, inching up bit by bit. Some girls started selling doughnuts and a guy sold sausage biscuits. Where's the water?! Some radio stations arrived with some free beverages which I took advantage of. They finally started letting people inside the stadium concourse at around 10. The line snaked from the end of the 3rd base side to the end of the 1st base side in an elongated "S" shape. It took a good hour to 90 minutes to advance to the next step. On our way, we saw a "Z-Man Casting Call" booth. The Zeigler meats people were looking for a new mascot because the old one is ... well I don't know what happened to the old one. The cool guy behind me decided to sign up for it. He told me that they would pay up to $3000 per gig and that he needed to fill out an application and try on the suit after his Deal or No Deal interview. Come to think of it, I really didn't stand next to any real "hicks," which I think I got really really lucky. There were a lot there. I saw one of the most disgusting women I think I have ever seen there. Enough of that. I finally got to the table with some NBC staff and they told me to write my full name and my daytime phone number (including area code!) on to the back of one of our application pages that we had to fill out before hand (they had questions such as "What is your most embarrasing moment" etc on it). We were then led in groups of three to a staging area outside the suites. Inside the suites was a camera, a camera lady, and some dude. The dude took the paper from us. While waiting to go into Interview Room D, I saw the casting director and tried to smile so he would notice me. I know what you're thinking but damn I wanna win some $$. I also saw Scott Walker, that morning newscaster guy whose voice I heard just about every day before I went to school. I waved and said "Heyyyyy Scott Walker" and he just looked at me as he walked by and replied,"Hey how's it goin." He thinks he's so slick. We finally got into the interview room and held up our name/phone number sheets like we were being filmed for a mugshot. The camera lady told us to say our name, our location, our occupation, and a little bit about us. I went second after this older guy who used to be in radio. He did really well and I started to get nervous. I can't remember exactly what I said, but I know that I got the first three parts right and that I told them my friends call me Grandpa, and they seemed to like that. My Mom did awesome. I really wouldn't be suprised if she gets a call-back. After all that, we left. There was nothing left to do. It was 12:30 and it was hot. I was all sweaty. I like air conditioning. I hope I get invited for more interviews but it's OK if I don't. Maybe they'll have a college student week and I can rep Auburn. They say it can be 2 weeks or 2 years after the audition when they call so you never know. Overall fun experience. I would definitely do it again. But not tomorrow because I am too tired.

Gum Graft

So I got the gum graft done on Monday. Wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I brought my mp3 player along and luckily they let me listen to it while they performed the operation. Yes, I listened to 311 the whole time. After I was all back in my chair they gave me a couple shots of novacane to the spot where the new gum went and the roof of my mouth. That was probably the worst part of it all. I sat there for a few minutes as the numbness spread across my mouth and part of my face. It caused my nose to go numb which was a bitch. I felt like I had a runny nose for hours. So the operation itself. I closed my eyes and felt some poking around inside my mouth. I only opened twice; the first time they were just looking into my mouth with the mirror thing and scraper. The second time I looked I saw a pair of scissors at the edge of my mouth getting ready to cut a piece of gum out from the roof of my mouth. Whoops. I quickly shut my eyes and proceeded to listening to more 311. I almost fell asleep during the operation (ironic?). It only took about 40 minutes and there was almost no bleeding after, although the spot where the new gums were was really bruised. You can still see where they cut and moved the original gums back and put them back down. Hard to explain. There was little soreness and I only needed to take two of the pain pills they presribed me. I could only eat Jell-O and pudding the day of but now I can eat semi-soft stuff as long as it stays on the good side of my mouth. Glad I had it done.

Freecreditreport.com

Is it weird that I have the "Free Credit Report .com" diddy stuck in my head?

Camp War Eagle

Camp War Eagle in a word? I don't think that's possible. But it was cheesey, informative, tiring, peppy, and...informative. Information overload. When I first got there and got up to the dorm room, I thought I was in for a long 3 days. Waiting outside in the sun with 400 strangers was quite awkward. Walking with them over to Haley and sitting in a 90 degree room made things worse. Add in more awkward small talk and hot rooms and you've got the first 3 hours of CWE. We went over to the Student Activities Center for the "War Eagle Welcome" after that, one of my least favorite moments (maybe because I was in a bad mood after the aforementioned events). Although there was a pretty funny John Basedow "impersonator," the skit they performed was pretty lame. Next, we divided into our groups. Oddly enough, there were a few people from around the Mobile area in my group. We did some scavenger hunt type thing with stuff we had in pockets/wallets etc with "the Nun," some women's basketball personality. Anyways, after sucking that up, our group made our way to Tiger Talk I where we introduced ourselves and got asked weird questions like "If you were something in Wal-Mart what would you be?" I said an Auburn shirt. Clutch when it counts, baby. Group #21 walked back to Foy to eat a sub-par dinner that included green bean casserole, chicken, and some stew that literally looked like puke but tasted nice. We then walked in the rain to the basement of Broun Hall to have TT #2. A pep rally was held in the soaked Jordan-Hare Stadium which was fun. We learned a bunch of cheers and saw Aubie. Guess what was next? Walking. And another Tiger Talk. A bunch of us went to Toomer's to get ice cream. After about an hour in line, I got a cone of banana pudding ice cream which was massive and only $2.11. I finally met my roomie Andrew when I came back. He's cool. Sleeping on the dorm bed was....hard? (pun intended) 6:30 finally rolled around and I woke up tired and sore. Breakfast in the Food Court was REALLY good. I couldn't eat it all. A few groups and us, group #21, saw some presentation about how not to screw up at Auburn. Also, a brief thing about diversity which was funny. We then had a pointless campus tour. At the next Tiger Talk, we named ourselves the Bumblebees. Needless to say we had a lot of "characters" in our group, which was a good way to kill time. Tiger Tables was next with a bunch of tables (get it?) of information about Auburn groups like Tiger Transit and ... other stuff. Lunch was next with a free meal ticket. I got a fajita wrap. It was good. I went to the Impact session with about only 8 other people. Hopefully I'll have time for community service like this. I had a little time off then I went to Dudley aka The Dud to meet with the academic advisor about scheduling. Stress city, yo. Lots of info. More on scheduling later. Next at about 4:00 was the business fair featuring lots of local merchants like apartments, bookstores, and this dope bbq place with really good grub. Hollatchaboi. Endless free stuff. A shirt and coupons for 2 more at J&M, Anders, Tiger Rags , and Big Blue. I signed up for the Spirit Club at Tiger Rags. I've now got a bunch of Auburn shirts. I digress. Dinner was disgusting--cold Domino's pizza in Foy. Next was yet another Tiger Talk. We had 90 minutes to make a schedule. It sounds easy but it's like putting together a giant puzzle--one of those 3D ones. After that confusing experience, we went back to foy where we watched some skit about real world issues. It's what you probably think of when you think of "The Real World Auburn: Social Issues Skit." Top-notch acting fosho. We then had a Tiger Talk where we were supposed to talk about the skit, but we ended up talking about how one of the counselors is cheating on a camper (his girlfriend) with another counselor. Scandalous. Finally we had the last event. A hypnotist came and "hypnotized" a bunch of kids, most of which simply acted like they were iunder the influence of some supernatural power. Lots of crazy stuff, like male booty dancing and Britney Spears floor humping. Good times. probably my favorite part of CWE. I laughed harder than I can remember. This morning we registered for classes. Luckily, I got in with the first group and got the classes I wanted. I've got Intro to Logic with Elfstrom who is supposedly nuts. Great. Overall I guess Camp War Eagle was a good experience. I learned a lot and met a ton of new people. However, the whole thing seemed a little drawn out. I sure as hell wouldn't go back.

Maybe Not

Something that sorta bothers me is when people say "I could care less if..." That doesn't make any sense. It should be "I couldn't care less." If you could care less, that means that you at least care somewhat, and can give up some caring. If you couln't care less, that means that you don't care at all. There isn't one bit of caring that you could give up--you couldn't care less, because there isn't any caring to being with. Do you care?