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A HUGE Birthday Present.

April 14, 2002

A HUGE Birthday Present. As most of you know, yesterday I was a contestant in Wheel of Fortune and today is my birthday. Well, I got a big birthday present. I'm not going to go through the whole process of taping today, which was one of the best experiences in my life, but I'll give you the highlights. Oh, and I'm going to let you know how I did since you'll find out in a month anyway.

I was there at 10am and spent the majority of the day getting advice and rehearsing for the actual show. All of the people were really nice and the staff was twice as nice. I was on the 5th show so I got to sit and watch everyone else play. I didn't go on until about 8:30pm and I was a little nervous by then, but more excited than anything. I got on stage and played the game, but I won't tell you the puzzle rundown b/c I have to keep some suspense. When it was all said and done, I won $15,950. All I could think was "Holy f@*#ing s#!t!" It was nuts. The last thing to note is that Vanna is pretty boring and Pat is a little weird.

All in all, it was crazy. Happy birthday to me!

Comments (10 comments so far)

Comment #1:

will you buy me a present?

Posted by oliver twist on April 14, 2002 at 12:33PM

Comment #2:

Congratulations bro, that sounds fun and the financial windfall can't hurt either.

I bet a bunch of family members and their friends just rewrote your graduation checks for smaller amounts though. ;)

I want to see pictures from this ice cream and Cristal party if it goes down.

I thought about sending you a link to my wish list on Amazon as a joke, but then I figured you're gonna get way too much of that shit anyway and you might not find it funny. Have fun with your money.

Posted by Paul P on April 14, 2002 at 12:47PM

Comment #3:

sweet jesus in a birch-bark canoe! well done, my boy. happy birthday to you indeed!

Posted by timmyv on April 14, 2002 at 2:49PM

Comment #4:

It was better than your Bar Mitzvah or losing your virginity (assuming you have)? HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM THE HARDREWS!

Posted by Uncle Rick on April 14, 2002 at 7:26PM

Comment #5:

yee haw! you're in the money. and you earned it with your mind. felicitaciones. i am sad i missed your im last night :(

Posted by moria on April 14, 2002 at 8:42PM

Comment #6:

you should record an "album" of something really wack ... like you making animal noises or something. press 500 copies and send them to college radio and zines. describe it as something ridculous like "post-post art punk jazz." this will cost something like 800 dollars, and is probably (definitely) a waste of money BUT it could get your rap career started.

Posted by steve sleeve on April 14, 2002 at 9:06PM

Comment #7:

Matthew i know i experienced the whole game show thing last night and i made this comment about 4000 times while we were standing outside navy pier right after the show, but YOU ARE A WHEEL OF FORTUNE PIMP. love ~ your sister

Posted by jess your sis on April 15, 2002 at 2:48AM

Comment #8:

Nice. Congrats. And Happy Birthday man.

Posted by Soup on April 15, 2002 at 11:39AM

Comment #9:

Matty J! Happy day. I didn't know it was your birthday...but I don't feel bad now becuase you are loaded and can buy your damn self a present.

Posted by Lisa Lisa and the cult jam on April 15, 2002 at 5:49PM

Comment #10:

Yowza! Way to go, Matty! Happy birthday. Aries rule.

Posted by stevie on April 16, 2002 at 8:41AM

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