wilson and jeopardy

i have written quite frequently over the last year or so about how the world is a very small place. i hope you like these stories; you're getting another one now.

on monday nights, we trek to ugly's for drinks with anyone and everyone who wants to come out. generally, this means i hop off public transportation, race home, stuff our faces with dinner and then race to the bar. to get there by about 7.30. some mondays it works better than others. usually we scarf dinner in front of jeopardy. (jeopardy, which, for some reason, comes on at 7pm on the west coast, followed by wheel of fortune at 7.30. on the east coast, these shows are swapped. ive never known why this is and have never investigated further.)

last night, we flip on jeopardy.

and wilson rickerson is staring right back at me.

wilson and i went to college together. we were in the same frat. now, granted, i haven't seen him in years, but we are still only a degree or two away form each other. (in fact, i got email today from cs box (whose site seems to be mia at the moment) about all of this as well.)

i freak out and call petunia. i know she is on the east coast; it's too late for her to catch it. i should have called chris davis and adam. sorry guys, i hope you can forgive me. she and i talk as i watch wilson play.

wilson gets the last clue, which also turns out to be a daily double. he bets it all.

the answer, in case you can't read it is:
'this heroine details her own consumption of 5,277 cigarettes, her gain of 74 pounds & her loss of 72 pounds'

the question is: 'who is bridget jones?'

wilson misses it. (look at his expression in the photo. it says it all.) with it, he misses out on final jeopardy, bowing out of the game with $0.

but i look at it like this:
1. wilson would fairly easily be in my 'top 5 people i know i would expect to see on jeopardy', even if i cannot fully explain the surprise and delight i got from turning on the tv and seeing someone i knew, especially for longer than 10 seconds.
2. if wilson was going to lose, this might have been the perfect question to go out on. it's a pop culture question, devoid of anything he should have learned in college. and, let's face it, it's a girl question.
3. as i said several times last night, if there had been a 'frat foolery' column in last night's game, wilson would have cleaned up. i feel like i must have photos or video of him acting nutty. perhaps with a mohawk. he cleans up nicely it seems.
4. seriously, it was insanely cool to find him on my tv randomly.

right now, last night especially, i love the world.

and wilson — i was rooting for you, buddy.