Alex is an integral part of my life. He regularly comes by my house at night with a few other friends, and although he stays for only a short time, he usually makes me look stupid. Most odd of all, he always has a pretentious way of only stating sentences, and then looking around for answers. I have thought about kicking him out of my house before, but excitement always overrides the painful experiences.

Most surprisingly, Alex is simultaneously in millions of houses at the same time. The craziest thing is that it feels likes a conversation oozing with intimacy, albeit a one-way monologue that consists of me barking in agony at the TV screen. In a way, I am talking with and learning about myself. Alex has given me the opportunity to explore my knowledge, learning fun facts including my surprisingly large amount of familiarity with human anatomy. Jeopardy! is the only television program I regularly watch, but I rather think of it as a perpetual and grand adventure to conquer all the knowledge of the world, present and past. The crusade will never end, as there are only breaks each day.

Each Jeopardy! episode has roughly twenty minutes of solid content and seventeen if I skip over the interviews. On my computer, I could watch almost two episodes in the same 30 minutes of a televised show. But there is a feeling of wholeness and excitement that emanates from the television when I sit down on the couch and hear the announcer affirm my suspicions that I am, indeed, watching Jeopardy! I enter a world unlike reality because there are no limits on time, place, or person. Time itself does not feel like it passes, instead it is a constant stream of knowledge to which I so fortunate to have access.

I watch this quiz show primarily out of joy. This is my me time. I get to relax from grades, homework, and competition and instead take the time to explore the world. I do not find trivia to be simply glorified memorization. Instead it gives me the capacity to fully appreciate humanity by highlighting specific war generals and precisely envisioning how each individual has played a specific role within history. Ironically, by reciting facts I have grown to understand how simple tidbits of information are used in more complex trains of thought.

This love of exploration ultimately is driven because I find facts to be interesting and I appreciate learning. It may seem crazy to want to test my brain after a long day at school, but it is not work. Instead, it is a release of emotion and energy into complete stillness—my type of yoga.

I'm not sitting in a dark room with a TV, but in a sea of knowledge primed for understanding. A college education will be my personal Jeopardy! and I get to pick the categories. Some subjects I will like, others I will not. I will stumble on some, and sweep the board with others. Along the way, I will be exposed to totally different fields that have nothing to do with my currently unknown profession. But, hey, at least I have a few more answers. In the end, I will pick one category. In spirit, it will be a True Daily Double.