update...

Hey originally the airdate of the Price is Right episode that I will be on was on April 24th but it changed. Now it will be on May 1st. I still haven't gotten my watches yet. I think I will wear them both at the same time when I do.

A dragon.

“I wondered if people who grow up with great fathers don’t walk around with a subconscious sense they are wanted on this planet, that they belong, and the world needs them.”
-Donald Miller, To Own A Dragon


Pressure

It’s a pressure cooker. There is this room that sits two quiet people, myself and my father, and each of us are trying to figure out what went wrong… if the other really cares… if there is something that could change. What I am really wondering is when a good time to just stand up and leave would be in order that we might avoid one more second of the awkwardness. It’s kind of weird to feel awkward around the one who made you. The best part is that all of the feelings are barely leaked out as we try and make some sort of normal conversation.
“How have things been going?”
“It’s a really tough time at work right now you know? Very hard times,” he manages to mutter out in his thick Hebrew accent.
“Yeah.” It’s the same thing he answers every time to the same question I ask every time. Now it’s his turn.
“How is school?”
“Oh you know…it’s really hard but I’m sticking with it. Just had some big stuff due, but I got it done.”
“Good. Good. You know I am so proud of you.” Yeah right. “After this you go get a job that pays and then maybe after while, you go back and get your masters and become a doctor or a lawyer.”
What am I six? That’s just it. I want to scream in his face and explain to him that I am going to school for me, not for him. I am not a kid anymore. I am an adult now. Maybe I don’t want to be a doctor or a lawyer. Does he even know what a lawyer does? I just want to stand up and shake him and make him understand and have him realize all of this. This all the while hoping that when he says he’s proud he means it and I might actually be worth having a relationship with. But I simply answer, “Yeah…that would be cool dad.” And then silence. It’s a pressure cooker.

For me...The Price was wrong.

So most have probably heard by now...but I'll explain anyway. Last Wednesday and Thursday, I traveled down to L.A. with some people from The House and my sis and stuff to go check out The Price Is Right. We only had twelve and we could only be guaranteed admission if we had 15. But we went anyway in hopes of meeting some people. We got there on Wednesday afternoon and the show taped the next day so we decided to go hangout on sunset and check out the sights. We were by Mann's Chinese Theatre and we got offered to go see The Showbiz Show with David Spade that night. We went over to that studio and met four people in line who ended up joining us the next day to go on the show. We didn't end up actually seeing the Showbiz Show because we had 12 and they only had room for eight more by the time the line got to us. We just went and ate at Mel's diner and went back to the Motel. The next morning we woke up and went down to the studio around 9:30 and met up with the four we met the night before. We headed into the waiting area and hung out for a while and then one of the guys who was checking people in started giving us a hard time about the four who we met the night before. He thought we met them at the studio and had them join our group which was a big no no. I tried to explain the real situation but he just got mad and cussed and wouldn't listen. So we had to have the four people leave which was sort of a bummer but we still got in which was a relief.
Before we got into the actual studio we had to go through interviews. The Producers interviewed each person for about 30 seconds. When they got to me I pretty much acted like myself, excited to be there and all that. Then we got into the studio and my sister and I were freaking out because it looked like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory! We sat down and got all situated before the show began. Then they started calling the first four contestants down. Now what you have to understand here is that the whole time before we went on the trip I was telling people I was so sure that I was going to be on. I felt pretty good about my interview so now I just had to wait and see. SO they start calling people down and they call the first person down....not me......second name called.....not me.......Third person......wait......DAVID COHEN COME ON DOWN!!!!! I was freaking out and jumping up and down and stuff. It ruled. So then we get right into it and I was the third bidder and this old lady was the fourth. The first chance comes and I forgot what I bid. What I do remember is that old lady bid 1 dollar more. What a punk. We both lose. So they play a game and then the second bidding starts. Again she bid 1 dollar more than me and I was getting frustrated. We both lost again. Then they play the second game with this really dumb girl that Bob was making fun of and it was so funny. She won a car. Then the third bidding starts and I make my bid and sure enough she bids one dollar more....and she wins. I was so annoyed. Anyway she won a trip to Jamaica and then they did the spin to get into the showcase showdown. So then I was in a good spot! They filled the spot next to me which meant that they were the first to bid which rounded around to making me the last bidder. So these watches come down and it goes around and the lady to my right bids 1250....so I bid 1251!!!! I had to do it and I ended up winning but I felt sort of bad because I knew how annoying it was. Anyway I played a game called 2 for 1 and I lost. Had to guess the price of this silverware in order to win the silverware and this awesome Flat Screen TV. I was bummed I lost but I still had a shot at the showdown! Two more people come up and do their thing and then it was wheel time. I was the first to spin and got 90 cents but I almost fell over because the wheel is sooo heavy! The next dude spins and doesn't make it. Then the next girl spins and she is having trouble spinning it all the way around so she tried a few times, doesn't get more than 90 which meant I was in! I was laughing and jumping and loving it. So they start setting up for the showdown when the producers come on stage and everything pauses. I see them talking and got worried. Turns out they reviewed the tape and that girl didn't get it all the way around on her first spin so they had to reset and give her TWO MORE SPINS! I was nervous because I thought that my shot was drifting away! She spun and still didn't get 90 cents so now for sure I was in! So they set it all up and they set it up right where I couldn't see anyone from our group. Sucked. They let my sister come down right where I could see her though which was cool. So I was first to bid and had the option to pass if I wanted. They start showing the stuff...first were some old scary movies....next.....a hot tub.....and last.....a huge sail boat! I thought I scored and that the second showcase would be a living room set or something. So I decided to bid but I was scared because I had no clue how much a sailboat was. So I bid a cautious 19,500. The lady gets her showcase and it's a car and some other crap and I knew as soon as I saw the car that I had lost. She bids 24,000. They come back to me....actual retail price of my showcase....36,000!!!! I was way off. Her showcase....26,000. She won and I walked off stage and hung my head in shame! I didn't really care though because it was such a fun experience and I got those two watches out of it. And I got to hear Bob Barker say, "The Price is Right...Bitch." Priceless.