So today was the WheelMobile event at the Solomon Pond Mall in Marlboro, MA.

I woke up at 9am, with plans to leve around 10:15. I showered, got dressed, and realized that there were probably going to be a shiteload of people there, so I left right then, around 9:30.

It took me about 1:15 to get to the mall, and I was right, apparently there'd been people camped there since 6:30 in the morning, so there was already a sizeable line when I got there. I made friends during the wait, as I am wont to do. Around 11:30 they came down the line with the little blue applications for the 12:30 show. We all filled them out and waited some more, and around noon they let us into what used to be the Linens 'n' Things where they'd set up the stage.

As you filed in you stuck your application into the yellow box at the front, and then you found your place. My new friends and I ended up against the left wall, and we danced and sang along with the music they were playing (mostly hits from the sixties, with a Beyonce tune thrown in for good measure) until it was time for the show to begin.

For anyone who doesn't know how one of these tryouts works, they call five people up on stage at a time by drawing applications from a big rotating drum. Those five people get a brief introductory interview, then Marty, the host, spins the wheel to find out what prize they've all won, be it a hat, shirt, fanny pack, whatever. Marty then announces the prize, usually with a leap between "Wheel of Fortune" and whatever item of clothing it is. "...but that's not all! You also get a Wheel of Fortune Keychain and a Wheel of Fortune Blinking Pin!"

He then introduces the puzzle, says "Here...We...Go!" and they play a speed round, like the Final Spin round from the show. Each player calls a letter and has three seconds to solve, they go around and around until someone solves, then Road Vanna (Courtney, I believe her name was) draws five more names and the process begins over again, until the show is over.

The idea, of course, is not that you make it on stage, you make it on the show, or you solve the puzzle you make it on the show, the idea is to show off your energy and enthusiasm and impress the producers enough so that they'll invite you back to the second audition in a couple month's time.

The first show went from 12:30-2, a half-hour longer than either of the other two shows. I didn't get called on stage.

Before we left the first show they let us know that the second show was already booked to capacity, so no need to try and get in line for that show.

It was at this point I decided to get food, cause I hadn't eaten yet. Hooray TGI Fridays.

After that I decided I'd get in line for the third show, at 4. I made more new friends, and continued contemplating how much I could use an iPod touch right about now...

Anyway, same procedure, cept yellow applications this time, file in, show til five, file out, didn't get called on stage again.

BUT! There is still hope!

So that everyone gets a fair shot they take all of the non-drawn applications from all three shows, both days, and take them back to LA and draw from those to fill the empty spots they leave for the second auditions. So I still have a chance to be selected for a second audition, even if I didn't have a first.

Fingers crossed!

Didn't make it on stage either time, but I do have two chances to be picked still.

Didn't get picked for the first show, but getting in line for the third show after food.

I'm standing in what used to be the Linens 'n' Things in the Solomon Pond Mall, waiting for the one o'clock Wheelmobile show to begin. Wish me luck!

Who's getting an iPod Touch for his birthday? This guy! If anyone else wants to get me a birthday present, some iTunes gift cards would sure be helpful! :)

I thought college degrees were supposed to get you somewhere...

Birthday in a couple weeks. Anyone want to buy me a bike or an iPod Touch?

New Hampshire Approves Same-Sex Marriage - NYTimes.com

Huzzah!

Just found out that Prison Break got buried. Damn you, Fox! Damn you!

Got the job at Old Navy. Hooray.

So this afternoon, after my second interview at Old Navy, I went to Super Cuts to get a haircut. After that it was about 4:15, 4:20, so I figured I had time to get a pizza and get to RKM before the shift starts at 5.

I drive to Joe's NY Pizza, just down the block from Super Cuts, and place my order. The guy takes my card, runs it through, and tells me to have a seat, that it'll take about ten minutes.

I sit down and start playing a game on my DS. I keep looking up during the game to see if there's any pizzas waiting for me, and then continue playing.

I finally look at my watch and it's 4:50. I walk back up to the counter and the girl there now asks if she can help me. I ask her if my pizza's ready and she gets this confused look on her face. She asks me what I ordered, and I tell her, then she asks who I ordered from. I tell her it was the big guy who was here earlier and she says, "Oh, jeez, yeah, that's our morning driver, he must not have put the order into the computer, he's done this before." She goes on to say that she and the other guy who were working thought it was really odd that I was just sitting there, and they were wondering if maybe I was waiting for someone.

So I ask if they deliver out where RKM is, and she says yes, so I ask them to put it as a delivery for 7 o'clock. I explain that I'd already paid for it, and show her the receipt, and we're all kosher.

Did I mention that I hadn't had anything to eat yet? Cause I hadn't...I hadn't eaten...at all. I got up at 10 this morning, and didn't have a scrap to eat until 7pm.

Yeahhhhhh...

In other news, the second interview at Old Navy seemed to go well and they'll give me a call tomorrow, apparently. Fingers crossed for that.

Now it's time for bed.