Happy Red Nose Day!
29 June 2007, 12:52
Permanent Link | Comments [2]Merri Creek stroll
9 June 2007, 10:57
Rueing the state of the Merri Creek Foreshore
Permanent Link | Comments [1]Quiz Star!
8 June 2007, 18:45
...well, not quite yet but I did pass the Temptation Auditions on Wednesday night.
I’d auditioned for Sale of the Century back in the Dark Ages (like… 2001?) and failed by a measly couple of questions and left with my tail firmly between my legs (which, ahem, felt rather nice) thinking my quiz champion halcyon days were over before they’d even started.
Then McG started nagging and pushing and whining and nagging some more that I should audition for Temptation as my ability to retain useless tidbits of crap could not be challenged. Plus I know he really just wanted to spar with Livinia off-camera and I was his best chance to do so. So I signed myself up.
Anyone can audition for Temptation. You can be the most trivia-backward person ever to grace the planet and you can take up your answer sheet at the door to the Channel 9 studios and get your chance. Some people audition dozens of times before they actually pass (one would think one would realise fairly swiftly that they probably weren’t cut out for quiz glory, but hell, everyone to their own).
Probably 120 people turned up? Of those, about 40 were women. Yes, me being one of them (how did you know?). They start off with a written test of 50 questions. The pass mark was 27. I got 32. The test was pretty difficult (just in case not enough self-gratifying sunshine was coming out of my butt) and about a quarter got through. The rest left. I was so bloody thankful I passed. In fact, if I never actually get on the show I wouldn’t care, but the thought of returning home to McG to tell him I’d failed (again) was too much to bear.
Next was a personal details sheet and the I.n.t.e.r.v.i.e.w. The Interview consisted of everyone getting up in front of everyone else, saying their name, their occupation, why they wanted to get on the show and why the producers should put them on the show.
You should put me on cos I have a nice smile and I like to talk. Terrific.
I want to go on to win the car cos my car just died.
I want to go on to meet Ed cos he’s hot! Shoot me now.
Not that my answer was any better, but I felt like I’d just sat through 10 hours of Big Brother auditions and my brain had atrophied.
Hi. I’m Kinki McG and I’m an HR Manager for one of the big banks (woohoo, that would have scored me a legion of fans…)
I want to go on Big Broth… ahem, Temptation cos my husband has nagged me for the last year and I want to shut him up. And my mum was on Great Temptation back when you were an itch in yo daddy’s pants and I want to uphold the family legacy. OK. I lied about yo daddy and the itch, but my mum was on Great Temptation. And that was a long time ago.
You should put me on because I have a reputation for trash-talking and I can wiggle my nose.
OK, I think I may have failed the interview bit. Been scarred with a big fat B for Boring next to my name.
So I may get the call next week, next month, next year, possibly never, but for now I can hold my head up with pride and confirm that I know that tartar is the build up on a person’s teeth to form decay, and not plaque.
