Almost!

Did you watch Episode #3??! My Team had food poisoning!!! ACK! I thought for sure they were gonners... but they pulled thru and even came in 5th (or was it 7th?). Either way i'm proud. Can you imagine trying to compete like that when you're exhausted and dehydrated? Way to go MOdelS! You're good looking and tough! My favorite combo.

PS.. Your Cowboys are unstoppable. I think you might have picked the winning team this season. Nice work.

Ready and Watching

Truth be told, i wasn't able to watch the 1st episode.. something about "World's Most Expensive Rides" being more important for Mr, Dvr to record. Whatever. Just finished watching #2 on hulu. (thank goodness for the internet). Funny parts? I loved when the model girl , Caite, hawked a lugee while some other team was standing right next to her. Awesome. hahaha
The Gay brothers not being able to drive stick and having to push their car down the hill. Perfect.
Gramma getting kicked in the head by the cow - sad, but at the same time hilarious.
OH! And the lesbian girl's cow pooping when she was trying to milk it... doesn't get better than that.
Loved how the Detective team got lost.
OH! And Jeff and Jordan thinking they were looking for a statue instead of a church.

I could go on and on.

I can't seem to decide which team to pick. I like the model team alot, but they're too laid back to be real winners. Then again, i feel like EVERYONE in this race is really laid back. The cowboys do make for some good TV. I can tell you the teams i DON'T want to pick: Black, lady attorneys (too out of shape), the gay brothers (whiners never win), the daddy daughter team (where's the drive?!), the detectives (too stuck on their on wit to look around and actually find something), and the lesbians (since when have an all girl team ever won A.R.?). So who does that leave me?

Let's just say i picked the models, Brent and Caite.

THanks for doing the first post!

We're Back!

Meesa I'm so glad you mentioned blogging about The Race again!
Have you been watching? Hope so. Who's your team (translation who's going to win)?? My team is going to be the Cowboys. At first I was going to choose Team Daddy/Daughter but they aren't getting very much face time so that's kind of boring. The Cowboys are different and so they should be fun to cheer for.

I always love to talk about the things that made me laugh in an episodes. Wish we could still watch together (sigh).

The funny moment of episode one...when the Cowboys (yes my team) exchanged their American $ for Brazil $ before heading to CHILE. Then when they were interviewed about it they said "well they didn't have Chile $ when we were exchanging our $ so we thought Brazil $ was the closest". Um ok that makes total sense.

In episode two....dude I watched it last night and I can't think...I know there were laughing moments...help me out!

Oh btw you've gotta love the clip of the model chick when she was in that pagent.

Finale

After several weeks of absent post, i thought i'd go out with a bang.

It was a tight race clear to the end. WOW! In all my years of watching the Amazing Race i've never seen 3 teams so closely matched! It was incredible. One leg you were sure that Luke and Margie were gonna get it. Then the Cheerleaders pulled ahead! (Secretly, i think they could have made it to the very end if it wasn't for their rotten luck with taxi drivers.) Then Tammy and Victor were at the end of the of line only to pull ahead with the Memory Surfboard game. Unbelieveable. To win the race this episode really was a test of the Most Amazing. Congratulations Tammy and Victor!

YEAH MY TEAM!

Stunt men again?

Ok. Before i go any further, i'd just like to say i think the stunt men are a really strong team. They work well together, they're athletic, they don't get down on themselves, etc. You get the point. But honestly! How many more stupid mistakes are they gonna make?! Two penalties? Has that ever happened before in the history of AR? In the same LEG! For sabotaging!! AGGH! I'm glad Phill didn't let them get away with it. But trev and i couldn't believe how far ahead they were of the other teams - a whole HOUR. Unbelievable. Ok. That's all i have to say.

What were they thinking?!

Why on earth did these goofs choose move it over shake it. Shake it was by far the better choice. That bad call almost got them eliminated! For a couple minutes I seriously thought they were going to come in last even though the Flight Attendants had a speed bump. By the way that looked like a fun speed bump....painting an elephant, how cool!

The other What Were They Thinking part was when several teams misunderstood the directions for transporting the camel feed.

I couldn't find a picture of the girl (from the sister team) who carried the feed in her shirt but that was hilarious!

"Blind" U-Turn

I can't believe how everyone flip-flopped in position this episode! Those who came in last came in first, those who came in first came in last and all the way down the line. It was amazing. I guess that's why they call it the "amazing race", eh? hahah

I was proud of my team for pulling thru to the end and getting a third place finish. It was a tear jerkin' moment. I was bummed about Mike/Mel going from very first place to 2nd to last. I was sad- they tried really hard. Who knew stacking wood could be so complicated?! The biggest surprise was to see the BLONDES come in for a first place finish! WHAT? And they won motorcycles! What's a surgerically put together blonde going to do with a motorcycle? You know she'd never risk messing up all her procedures. At least her partner looked excited about it.

So Holly, did you anticipate your team being so diabolical? They were the only ones to apply the U-turn. And for what purpose you ask? Oh, so Lukie-poo's favorite redheads could stay in the race. Bah. BOOO. I saw next weeks episode how they outted themselves. Hopefully the other teams make them pay for it. Sorry, but honestly, the redheads need to learn to fend for themselves. The team that got U-turned had a chance i thought. It could have been close. But you just can't come back from a U-turn like that. Especially when both challenges were so complicated in their own right. Very frustrating. They were a strong team, but i guess that's why Margie and Luke decided to do them in. Couldn't handle the competition.

My favorite part of the entire episode was when Victor was on "tattlecam" commenting about the bobsled challenge. The Russian word they had to unscramble. He says, "Oh i just looked at the letters and instantly thought Chochev, i mean, Who doesn't know Chochev?!" Apparently he was the only one he even had a clue. Awesome. Gotta love the Asian intellect. Good job team!