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Posts: 12883 (05/23/08 10:44 AM) I Must Be Psychic |
Echoing the need for good buzzing skills. One of the guys I played against had it timed so well that me and the other girl playing against him never had a
chance.
You have to assume that the people you are playing against are just as clever as you are, or else they wouldn't be there, so timing is everything. |
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Posts: 1054 (05/23/08 2:59 PM) |
Thanks for the inside info, Ruth! You did a great job.
Regarding Larissa, she might be pleasant looking, but her lack of personality and facial expression is truly frightening. I can't believe she's married; although, it doesn't surprise me that he's a major nerd. She strikes me as someone who is severely socially retarded ... a sociopath who merely mimics the emotions she has seen others display because she hasn't had a true emotion in her life. Her expressions are very calculated. You can actually see the wheels turning as she figures out what her reaction should be. At the end of yesterday's show, when they zoomed in on her as the winner, she steadily seesawed between awkwardly smiling and then having a blank look. It was as if she had to keep reminding herself to smile because that is what is socially expected. Mr. Bula and I have been laughing at her all week. VEWY, VEWY CWEEPY! |
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Ralph Wiggum for President |
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Posts: 1528 (05/23/08 5:15 PM) |
This is my first chance to see Larissa in action...I totally echo the socially maladjusted comments, and she's so damn quiet I can barely hear her above
the roar of "Cars" from the other room (which the girls are watching for the 100th time).
I kinda like Sara...a witty Egyptologist. I'm just glad Larissa took out Mary Kay at the beginning of the week. That was a bitch I couldn't have stomached night after night. Ruth, I'm sorry I missed seeing you! Congrats on even being on the show..that's an accomplishment in itself! |
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Ralph Wiggum for President |
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Posts: 1529 (05/23/08 5:19 PM) |
And now I'm gonna echo the hate on Trebek's hard on for Larissa and her retarded over-betting on Double Jeopardy clues.
That Faulkner clue was ridiculously easy...and Macbeth/Sound and the Fury was actually my grad school thesis, FWIW. |
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Posts: 6523 (05/23/08 5:27 PM) Registered User |
Ooooh, she came close to going down tonight.
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Ralph Wiggum for President |
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Posts: 1530 (05/23/08 5:46 PM) |
I know! I liked Sara, and I was actually surprised that she missed that final clue.
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Posts: 3597 (05/23/08 5:54 PM) OMEDETO, CATHY!! |
It says something about Larissa that she can still win twice on off days against two formidable opponents.
I looked back at the archives and Ken Jennings in the beginning actually was surmountable going into FJ in a lot of his early games. |
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Posts: 6 (05/23/08 6:05 PM) |
Only 71 more wins to go, Larissa.
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Posts: 10662 (05/23/08 6:07 PM) Registered User |
Was this FJ incredibly easy, or was it just me?
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Posts: 137 (05/23/08 6:52 PM) Registered User |
Larissa owns your soul.
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Posts: 8 (05/23/08 7:32 PM) |
Thanks RW, sorry you missed my show, but have fun at the audition. Maggie is awesome and puts you totally at ease. She's also a big fan of smarky remarks
- and they will ask you how you'd spend your winnings. Everyone in my group said stuff about paying school loans, donating to church, yadda yadda. I said
shoes!
Larissa just squeaked by tonight. I think that final was almost too easy. I'm sure Sara rejected Amish as being too obvious. That's what I was thinking, though I couldn't come up with anything else. |
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Posts: 1329 (05/23/08 7:38 PM) |
Is it me, or does Larissa look like she's about to cry after she wins? She has this look of terror like "don'tmakemetalk
pleasedon'tmakemetalk" is going on in her head. It's scary and kind of sad.
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Ralph Wiggum for President |
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Posts: 1531 (05/23/08 8:02 PM) |
reversecurves wrote: At my first audtion in Philly two years ago, there was a really funny older guy who had hair to his ass and wore jeans...he said he'd spend his money on
"booze and whores."
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Merely |
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Posts: 4061 (05/23/08 8:30 PM) Registered User |
reversecurves, what do Alex and the contestants chat about after
the game? The body language is always so interesting.
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Posts: 1339 (05/23/08 9:01 PM) |
Ralph Wiggum for President wrote: I think they need to shake it up and let you on and NOW! |
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Jitensha |
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Posts: 12884 (05/23/08 9:49 PM) I Must Be Psychic |
Merely wrote: I think we talked about college football scores.
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Posts: 3439 (05/23/08 9:59 PM) Registered user |
I wants to be on Jeepoardy. I'm the most smartest blonde I know.
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Posts: 2220 (05/23/08 11:35 PM) Registered user |
Wow...I thought she was going to lose tonight. I'm glad she pulled through.
Is it me, or does Larissa look like she's about to cry after she wins? She has this look of terror like "don'tmakemetalk pleasedon'tmakemetalk" is going on in her head. And yes, Larissa looks terrified most of the time. She must have social anxiety disorder. Well then I must have one too because when I'm at parties that's how I feel most of the time. But then again, my boyfriend drags me to parties where I hate most everyone. I'm talking about typical *$* parties where the conversation is so competitive in that "we have this" and "we have that" way. It repulses me and all I want to do is leave. And it's not because we can't compete, cuz we'd top all their nelly asses!  Oh, that and because I don't drink. When I used to drink I could fit in much more easily but now I just feel like I'm wasting my time,
standing around while people I hate are getting drunk and stupid.
So anyway, I bet if she's socially inept that she'd do well here.
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Posts: 3441 (05/23/08 11:38 PM) Registered user |
carboysdesire wrote: I like getting drunk it makes my nose tickle. Plus you don't have to remember the guy you slept with, if they walk up to you at the mall you can just
shake your head and say you don't remember them without lying. I hate it when I remember a guy that I slept with for one night comes up to me. Like for
real.
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Posts: 9 (05/24/08 8:21 AM) |
Merely wrote: The night I was on, he wasn't even talking to us. He asked Larissa a question, I think about her husband, then he was talking to the production people. It was a little awkward, but they told us - no matter what Alex says, smile and act like he's talking to you - so apparently he does that a lot. |
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