As you may or may not know, I’m totally taking the online test in January to try and get on Jeopardy!

I’ve been doing some studying here and there to help prepare for it by downloading free apps on the iphone… Turns out I was not as solid as I thought on the state capitols, but I’m back where I should be on that now. (As long as they don’t ask a question related to North Carolina’s state capitol, which for some reason refuses to stick.)

Another important thing to prepare for, aside from the acedemia, is interesting talking points. I want to have all the best tidbits to talk about during the “Getting to Know the Contestants” portion of the show if I make it on there; there’s nothing worse than Alex Trebek going from person to person, with each boring brainiac having nothing more to say than “I saw a movie once and ate some popcorn. With rear ender!” “I bet you’ll have lots more movie and popcorn nights in the future,” Alex will say with a I-can’t-believe-you-have-nothing-better-than-that air.

I can’t leave the guy hanging.

I’m aiming to bring some entertainment value to my “Getting to Know the Contestant” bit.

Here’s a list of interesting things I can talk about for 30 seconds with Alex Trebek. If you’ve known me for any length of time and have something interesting I could add to this list, PLEASE leave a comment! I’m really going for the comedy gold, people.

1) Trying to sled on a cardboard box in Wisconsin

2) We have pet chickens with rad names (Big Momma, Old Yeller, Lady Cluckington, Judy Plume, Eggatha Christie)

3) Josh built the chickens a wigwam to lay their eggs in.

4) My 15 month old son can make himself invisible

5) My favorite karaoke songs (Randy Newman’s “Short People”, The Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian”, Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary”) and what happens when you sing something like the Ghostbusters theme song at the resort on your honeymoon.

6) I’ve been in 36 of the 50 states, and only have to make it to Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, and the northeastern chunk of states to have been in them all for at least 20 minutes.

7) I have a mild obsession with making bad impersonations of Ron Perlman on voicemail messages. (If I get to talk to Alex Trebek about this, I will for sure give him an example.)

8) I studied classic hand-drawn animation in college, and won an MTV cartoon contest my senior year with a cartoon about teddy bears getting their arms ripped off.

9) …

Uh oh kids, I’m drawing a blank. I’m going to add more in the comments as I think of things! What else awesomely interesting do I have to talk about?