Not exactly an AMV, but they're cute and fun, it's the boys from Supernatural.
Also, Amazing Race has started again. Not only is it Tatiyana free, but it features a team of little people stuntmen. In the first episode they bungee jump off an enormous dam in Switzerland.
YEAH!!!!!!!
UPDATE: That cheese challenge was freaking hilarious. I feel bad for the old lady from Virginia though.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Monday, November 17, 2008
Amazing Race and other TV updates
Whiny man is gone!!!!!! WHINY MAN IS GONE!!!!
And all because is picky, overly-sensitive, vegetarian self couldn't wolf down Sheep Butt Fat stew.
It was exciting that both teams risked the fast forward, but Whiny-Man team should have left the minute they saw it was a food challenge.
Plus the Mom and Son team were rocking it this week! I loved that they had so much fun with their cow costume. I loved the Mongol warriors, and that Gold Eagle was beautiful.
So all and all a good week!
Now we just need to lose the Frat boys and all the annoying people will be gone.
Heroes:
Was basically a big long flashback to show us all how EEEeeeeeeeeevvvvil Pa Petrelli is.
Remember way back when was Heroes was actually good and Linderman the mob guy was the only ridiculous thing about the Petrellis?
Well Pa Petrelli placed a hit on Nate, (his son) because Nate, as a DA, was going after Linderman.
Ma Petrelli disagreed and with the help of the Haitian, poisoned Daddy-O, but was unable to kill him all the way dead.
And this little bit of family drama resulted in the convoluted mess we have today.
Seriously, that's all they explained.
Except that Pa was rewriting Ma's brain everytime she disagreed with him. Which makes her a little more sympathetic, but she's still pretty evil all on her own.
Oh wait! We did learn that Fire Mom is Blue Flamey Guy's sister, and that she worked for the company briefly, until she helped her brother escape and the resulting firefight (literally) between those two and the company agents caused the train fire where Claire first used her ability to save a firefighter.
That part was cool.
Let's see, at the very end Hiro woke up to find Future Seeing Guy dead, because apparently his powers conveniently stopped working. Pa Petrelli then proceeds to attack/kill Hiro.
Let's hope he fares a little better. Although if they had the bad guys win and ended the series, I'd have to give them props for an ending no one saw coming.
And all because is picky, overly-sensitive, vegetarian self couldn't wolf down Sheep Butt Fat stew.
It was exciting that both teams risked the fast forward, but Whiny-Man team should have left the minute they saw it was a food challenge.
Plus the Mom and Son team were rocking it this week! I loved that they had so much fun with their cow costume. I loved the Mongol warriors, and that Gold Eagle was beautiful.
So all and all a good week!
Now we just need to lose the Frat boys and all the annoying people will be gone.
Heroes:
Was basically a big long flashback to show us all how EEEeeeeeeeeevvvvil Pa Petrelli is.
Remember way back when was Heroes was actually good and Linderman the mob guy was the only ridiculous thing about the Petrellis?
Well Pa Petrelli placed a hit on Nate, (his son) because Nate, as a DA, was going after Linderman.
Ma Petrelli disagreed and with the help of the Haitian, poisoned Daddy-O, but was unable to kill him all the way dead.
And this little bit of family drama resulted in the convoluted mess we have today.
Seriously, that's all they explained.
Except that Pa was rewriting Ma's brain everytime she disagreed with him. Which makes her a little more sympathetic, but she's still pretty evil all on her own.
Oh wait! We did learn that Fire Mom is Blue Flamey Guy's sister, and that she worked for the company briefly, until she helped her brother escape and the resulting firefight (literally) between those two and the company agents caused the train fire where Claire first used her ability to save a firefighter.
That part was cool.
Let's see, at the very end Hiro woke up to find Future Seeing Guy dead, because apparently his powers conveniently stopped working. Pa Petrelli then proceeds to attack/kill Hiro.
Let's hope he fares a little better. Although if they had the bad guys win and ended the series, I'd have to give them props for an ending no one saw coming.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Tuesday TV
My arms are sore, so this may be a little short.
In the Amazing Race the racers went to Cambodia,which they are pretty sure is in Asia. This didn't stop them from trying to communicate in Spanish. I love our little dunderheads.
They got to go to a village built entirely on water, including an enormous floating basketball court. Then they went to Angur Wat, the largest religious complex in the world. It looked amazing.
Aja and Ty got eliminated, as we knew they would be. They're plane was so far behind, they never had a chance. Although the producers tried to use sneaky editing to make it look more suspenseful.
Heroes:
Future Painter wants Hiro to go back into the Past and fix everything. Hiro says no, because last time he did that he spent forever on some boring story in feudal Japan and the ratings tanked. So Painter dude drugs him and sends him on a "vision quest" so he'll finally wise up.
Elle (lightening girl) makes her way to Claire's house and we learn that, like the Witch of the West, Elle doesn't fare so well against a bucket of water. Turns out that something short-circuited during her battle with Sylar, and now Elle can't turn her powers off.
So Elle and Claire head to Bad Guys Inc, where they heard they can get help.
Mama Petrelli wakes Sylar up and sends him after Peter. Sylar saves Peter, in the best moment of the night, and then just as it was getting good, has yet ANOTHER 180 turn around, and is back to being a villain.
Seriously, I feel like Sylar's constant change of heart is a solid basis for either a drinking game, or tv bingo. It passed the point of ridiculousness ages ago.
Sylar throws Peter out a window, and Peter lands in front of Elle and Claire. Claire helps Peter escape, and Elle joins the bad guys anyway, because anything is better than being a walking static ball.
Not-Nicki and Nate decided to talk to Mohinder, even though this never works out. Mohinder-spider grabs Miya, and heads off to Bad Guys Inc. where Papa Petrelli takes all of weepy girl's powers, and sends her back to whatever South American country she originally came from. ( I forget) Papa P also kills off Parkman's evil psychic Dad, so that's two irritating characters down in one episode.
Speedster joins up with Boring Parkman, whose amazing psychic abilities can't seem to ferret out that she's actually acting on orders as a double agent. Even when she's having said evil phone call 5 FREAKING FEET AWAY from his stupid psychic brain.
I hate you Parkman. So. .. MUCH... even Jean Grey was never this naive.
So the teams as we fade to black:
Good Guys:
Powerless Peter
Claire
Nate
Not-Nicki
HRG
Flame Lady
Mama Petrelli
Bad Guys:
Papa Petrelli
Fear Man
Blue Flamey Guy
Sylar AGAIN
Mohinder
Speedster Girl
Doing who knows what:
Elle
Parkman
Hiro/Ando
Future Painter Guy
People who've mysteriously dropped off the face of the planet:
Nate's wife
Nate's kids
People who were left in the future and then never heard from again, thus leading us to assume that they're still in the future, causing a massive snarl in the space-time continuum that will eventually result in a paradox that will destroy the universe:
Peter's Irish girlfriend from last season
In the Amazing Race the racers went to Cambodia,which they are pretty sure is in Asia. This didn't stop them from trying to communicate in Spanish. I love our little dunderheads.
They got to go to a village built entirely on water, including an enormous floating basketball court. Then they went to Angur Wat, the largest religious complex in the world. It looked amazing.
Aja and Ty got eliminated, as we knew they would be. They're plane was so far behind, they never had a chance. Although the producers tried to use sneaky editing to make it look more suspenseful.
Heroes:
Future Painter wants Hiro to go back into the Past and fix everything. Hiro says no, because last time he did that he spent forever on some boring story in feudal Japan and the ratings tanked. So Painter dude drugs him and sends him on a "vision quest" so he'll finally wise up.
Elle (lightening girl) makes her way to Claire's house and we learn that, like the Witch of the West, Elle doesn't fare so well against a bucket of water. Turns out that something short-circuited during her battle with Sylar, and now Elle can't turn her powers off.
So Elle and Claire head to Bad Guys Inc, where they heard they can get help.
Mama Petrelli wakes Sylar up and sends him after Peter. Sylar saves Peter, in the best moment of the night, and then just as it was getting good, has yet ANOTHER 180 turn around, and is back to being a villain.
Seriously, I feel like Sylar's constant change of heart is a solid basis for either a drinking game, or tv bingo. It passed the point of ridiculousness ages ago.
Sylar throws Peter out a window, and Peter lands in front of Elle and Claire. Claire helps Peter escape, and Elle joins the bad guys anyway, because anything is better than being a walking static ball.
Not-Nicki and Nate decided to talk to Mohinder, even though this never works out. Mohinder-spider grabs Miya, and heads off to Bad Guys Inc. where Papa Petrelli takes all of weepy girl's powers, and sends her back to whatever South American country she originally came from. ( I forget) Papa P also kills off Parkman's evil psychic Dad, so that's two irritating characters down in one episode.
Speedster joins up with Boring Parkman, whose amazing psychic abilities can't seem to ferret out that she's actually acting on orders as a double agent. Even when she's having said evil phone call 5 FREAKING FEET AWAY from his stupid psychic brain.
I hate you Parkman. So. .. MUCH... even Jean Grey was never this naive.
So the teams as we fade to black:
Good Guys:
Powerless Peter
Claire
Nate
Not-Nicki
HRG
Flame Lady
Mama Petrelli
Bad Guys:
Papa Petrelli
Fear Man
Blue Flamey Guy
Sylar AGAIN
Mohinder
Speedster Girl
Doing who knows what:
Elle
Parkman
Hiro/Ando
Future Painter Guy
People who've mysteriously dropped off the face of the planet:
Nate's wife
Nate's kids
People who were left in the future and then never heard from again, thus leading us to assume that they're still in the future, causing a massive snarl in the space-time continuum that will eventually result in a paradox that will destroy the universe:
Peter's Irish girlfriend from last season
Monday, October 13, 2008
Amazing Race
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Geeks, who I was rooting for, got the boot because they failed to follow the instructions on their clue card!!
Grr, now who will I cheer for? The divorcees, who started a super deadly Southern type fued with the bro/sis team after discovering that one of their sports bras fell off a shelf?
Sigh.
Oh well. The teams were in Bolivia where one member of each team had to put on a superhero suit, learn a wrestling routine, and perform it in front of an audience. The dread adversaries in the ring? The Fighting Cholitas. Bolivian women fighters in traditional skirt/bowler costumes who own the wrestling ring.
This has made it to my vacation list.
Also, Fighting Cholitas would be an awesome name for a rock band.
The Geeks, who I was rooting for, got the boot because they failed to follow the instructions on their clue card!!
Grr, now who will I cheer for? The divorcees, who started a super deadly Southern type fued with the bro/sis team after discovering that one of their sports bras fell off a shelf?
Sigh.
Oh well. The teams were in Bolivia where one member of each team had to put on a superhero suit, learn a wrestling routine, and perform it in front of an audience. The dread adversaries in the ring? The Fighting Cholitas. Bolivian women fighters in traditional skirt/bowler costumes who own the wrestling ring.
This has made it to my vacation list.
Also, Fighting Cholitas would be an awesome name for a rock band.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Amazing Race
I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting the feeling that this season's contestants aren't the brightest bulbs on the tree.
This makes me think that the race will go to the smart teams, either the geeks (who I'm cheering for), the bro/sis team, or the bitter estranged couple that are trying to save their marriage.
The rampant stupidity does make for some good television.
This week, the teams were still in Brazil, and for the detour they had to choose between rolling a boat into the sea using the traditional rolling log method, or finding a specific cargo container in the city's enormous port.
This led to our first awesome duh moment of the night, where the Texas divorcees, after finally getting their boat to the water, started freaking out about "finding the container" despite the fact that other teams had already finished their boat rolling and were running for the taxis.
These two gals, on the other hand, ran around the beach looking for the non-existent container, going so far as to dig madly in the wet sand around the little Amazing Race flag.
After they finally caught on, they vowed to read the clues thoroughly, and then walked straight out to the next challenge without telling their cab to wait, even though the clue specifically told them to.
You gotta love a reality show where reading comprehension plays such a vital role.
This makes me think that the race will go to the smart teams, either the geeks (who I'm cheering for), the bro/sis team, or the bitter estranged couple that are trying to save their marriage.
The rampant stupidity does make for some good television.
This week, the teams were still in Brazil, and for the detour they had to choose between rolling a boat into the sea using the traditional rolling log method, or finding a specific cargo container in the city's enormous port.
This led to our first awesome duh moment of the night, where the Texas divorcees, after finally getting their boat to the water, started freaking out about "finding the container" despite the fact that other teams had already finished their boat rolling and were running for the taxis.
These two gals, on the other hand, ran around the beach looking for the non-existent container, going so far as to dig madly in the wet sand around the little Amazing Race flag.
After they finally caught on, they vowed to read the clues thoroughly, and then walked straight out to the next challenge without telling their cab to wait, even though the clue specifically told them to.
You gotta love a reality show where reading comprehension plays such a vital role.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Amazing Race
How excited are we that the Amazing Race is back!!???
I LOVE this show. I like watching them go to all those cool places to do crazy local customs that you'd never see as a random tourist.
This week, they flew to Brazil, and had to navigate these candy carts that looked like little semis through cobblestone streets. Then they slept overnight in the jungle, and the next day had to choose between climbing stone steps on there hands and knees (we totally guessed that the mystery question would be: How many steps did you just climb?) or riding to the top of an outdoor elevator, and then climbing back down on over 200 feet of cargo net.
Awesome.
It's still too early for me to have a favorite to cheer. Or even to know who anyone is. The most distinctive couple was the elderly hippie bee keepers, but they came in last and got eliminated.
Also, I'm not entirely sure which one he is, but I suspect the whiniest man ever to play the game is on this season.
Do you guys have a favorite?
I LOVE this show. I like watching them go to all those cool places to do crazy local customs that you'd never see as a random tourist.
This week, they flew to Brazil, and had to navigate these candy carts that looked like little semis through cobblestone streets. Then they slept overnight in the jungle, and the next day had to choose between climbing stone steps on there hands and knees (we totally guessed that the mystery question would be: How many steps did you just climb?) or riding to the top of an outdoor elevator, and then climbing back down on over 200 feet of cargo net.
Awesome.
It's still too early for me to have a favorite to cheer. Or even to know who anyone is. The most distinctive couple was the elderly hippie bee keepers, but they came in last and got eliminated.
Also, I'm not entirely sure which one he is, but I suspect the whiniest man ever to play the game is on this season.
Do you guys have a favorite?
Monday, April 16, 2007
Amazing Race-Ninja Edition
After watching this week's episode, I'm going to have to add a Hong Kong Action Movie Tour to my list of possible vacations.
It rocked.
We started off with airport shenanigans and fighting between the teams. The Schmirna's continued to violate the cubicle boundaries of ticket agents, while the Cubans upset me by conspiring with Team Crazy to help them pull ahead of Team Frat.
Sure Eric and Danielle are annoying, but they can't touch the sheer irritation factor of The Schmirnas.
The Cubans got on the first flight and the Fast Forward, which required them to strap in while a driving stuntman flipped their car. Fun!! What a cake walk fast forward. Last season, the FF at this point of the show forced contestants to eat a plate of cow lips. Many of which still feautred teeth and bits of leftover cow mustache. Gross.
But for those coming after, they got to scale 11 stories of bamboo scaffolding while avoiding pairs of fighting ninjas!!!
Yes!!!
What a great job. Here, we're going to rig safety lines, and all you have to do is spar on bamboo scaffolding. Sweet.
And bonus points to the BQs, since one of them managed to land a kick on a nearby ninja.
The awesomeness only continued when the racers went to an old building rigged with dramatic doors. One well placed kick and doors burst from hinges while racers searched for clues.
And when The Schmirnas took a taxi all the way to Hong Kong island, and then got on the ferry going the wrong way, and they asked that girl for directions, and you could tell she was totally trying not to laugh as she politely pointed out that the island they just left was the island that they were looking for... that was nice.
And then Frat Boy went and blew it by refusing to hire a cab to follow. When they were in last place. In Hong Kong.
If I may quote Napolean Dynamite here: "Idiots!"
It rocked.
We started off with airport shenanigans and fighting between the teams. The Schmirna's continued to violate the cubicle boundaries of ticket agents, while the Cubans upset me by conspiring with Team Crazy to help them pull ahead of Team Frat.
Sure Eric and Danielle are annoying, but they can't touch the sheer irritation factor of The Schmirnas.
The Cubans got on the first flight and the Fast Forward, which required them to strap in while a driving stuntman flipped their car. Fun!! What a cake walk fast forward. Last season, the FF at this point of the show forced contestants to eat a plate of cow lips. Many of which still feautred teeth and bits of leftover cow mustache. Gross.
But for those coming after, they got to scale 11 stories of bamboo scaffolding while avoiding pairs of fighting ninjas!!!
Yes!!!
What a great job. Here, we're going to rig safety lines, and all you have to do is spar on bamboo scaffolding. Sweet.
And bonus points to the BQs, since one of them managed to land a kick on a nearby ninja.
The awesomeness only continued when the racers went to an old building rigged with dramatic doors. One well placed kick and doors burst from hinges while racers searched for clues.
And when The Schmirnas took a taxi all the way to Hong Kong island, and then got on the ferry going the wrong way, and they asked that girl for directions, and you could tell she was totally trying not to laugh as she politely pointed out that the island they just left was the island that they were looking for... that was nice.
And then Frat Boy went and blew it by refusing to hire a cab to follow. When they were in last place. In Hong Kong.
If I may quote Napolean Dynamite here: "Idiots!"
Monday, April 09, 2007
Amazing Race--You Sure about that Flight?
So, at the very beginning of this leg, teams had to find a flight to Kuala Lampur. The Schmirna's lucked out, finding a mystery flight that got them in 3 hours before everyone else.
How do they get so lucky!? And why didn't any of the travel agents know about this flight?
Shmirna also refused to share their computers, but then got angry when Frat guy wouldn't let them cut in line. Man, I just really don't like that team, and I'm rather sad that they are in the top 4.
Uchenna and Joyce took a huge risk with a tight connection in an attempt to get a 40 min lead on the other teams. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Dude, even the Frat guy knew that was a dumb move.
So Uchenna and Joyce missed their connection, spent a day in the Frankfurt airport, and got eliminated.
The Beauty Queens managed to pull ahead by choosing to dye cloth when all of the other teams decided to go with the searching task of biting thousands of cookies to find one with a licorice center.
The BQs also showed a bit of their evil side by yielding Team Frat and laughing about. It was this sort of evilness that made them the team you loved to hate last season. Now I want them to harness their dark beauty pageant powers and take out Team Crazy Shmirna.
"Shall we crush the competition like the insignifigant bugs they are?"
"Yes. Let them taste our wrath through the power of the yield!"
Watching Mirna try to play role model by spouting various platitudes at Malaysian children in some indiscriminate accent was gag-inducing.
The Cubans, my favorite team still in the race, were also not at their best. There was lots of bickering and whining. Not to mention they blew an entire hour dithering between the two tasks, thus coming in behind Team Frat.
How do they get so lucky!? And why didn't any of the travel agents know about this flight?
Shmirna also refused to share their computers, but then got angry when Frat guy wouldn't let them cut in line. Man, I just really don't like that team, and I'm rather sad that they are in the top 4.
Uchenna and Joyce took a huge risk with a tight connection in an attempt to get a 40 min lead on the other teams. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Dude, even the Frat guy knew that was a dumb move.
So Uchenna and Joyce missed their connection, spent a day in the Frankfurt airport, and got eliminated.
The Beauty Queens managed to pull ahead by choosing to dye cloth when all of the other teams decided to go with the searching task of biting thousands of cookies to find one with a licorice center.
The BQs also showed a bit of their evil side by yielding Team Frat and laughing about. It was this sort of evilness that made them the team you loved to hate last season. Now I want them to harness their dark beauty pageant powers and take out Team Crazy Shmirna.
"Shall we crush the competition like the insignifigant bugs they are?"
"Yes. Let them taste our wrath through the power of the yield!"
Watching Mirna try to play role model by spouting various platitudes at Malaysian children in some indiscriminate accent was gag-inducing.
The Cubans, my favorite team still in the race, were also not at their best. There was lots of bickering and whining. Not to mention they blew an entire hour dithering between the two tasks, thus coming in behind Team Frat.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Amazing Race --Airport Shenanigans
Due to the amazing powers of Creepy Munchkin Luck--Team Crazy came in first.
In fact, due to some serious flight issues stranding everyone in Johannesburg, (who knew Dar Es-Salaam was such a hot ticket?) they had almost a whole day's lead, which prompted the producers to cancel their ferry due to "weather."
The fact that they showed some fluffy clouds zipping speedily across the camera to demonstrate the "bad weather" was really just icing on the cake.
Since Team Crazy were negotiating flights in South Africa, Mirna whined at the agent with an Italian accent, while Charla creepily slid under the counter and into her cubical. As an office ninja/cubical drone, my first reaction would be to defend my oh-so-limited turf. But they never do, Mirna keeps wandering into desk space and the agents keep taking it. I would pay good money to see an agent order her to stay behind the freaking counter.
I'm going to have to ask you to stay behind the counter ma'am.
So this episode had everyone scrambling for flights, with the poor suckers who actually waited in line coming in almost a full day behind the front running teams. Terri and Ian struggled with their fish puzzle and were eliminated. They didn't even seem that despondent, just really tired.
The Cubans are currently my favorite team running. With their happy go lucky attitudes and wise cracks (Yeah for Project Runway joke!) they're always fun to watch.
In fact, due to some serious flight issues stranding everyone in Johannesburg, (who knew Dar Es-Salaam was such a hot ticket?) they had almost a whole day's lead, which prompted the producers to cancel their ferry due to "weather."
The fact that they showed some fluffy clouds zipping speedily across the camera to demonstrate the "bad weather" was really just icing on the cake.
Since Team Crazy were negotiating flights in South Africa, Mirna whined at the agent with an Italian accent, while Charla creepily slid under the counter and into her cubical. As an office ninja/cubical drone, my first reaction would be to defend my oh-so-limited turf. But they never do, Mirna keeps wandering into desk space and the agents keep taking it. I would pay good money to see an agent order her to stay behind the freaking counter.
I'm going to have to ask you to stay behind the counter ma'am.
So this episode had everyone scrambling for flights, with the poor suckers who actually waited in line coming in almost a full day behind the front running teams. Terri and Ian struggled with their fish puzzle and were eliminated. They didn't even seem that despondent, just really tired.
The Cubans are currently my favorite team running. With their happy go lucky attitudes and wise cracks (Yeah for Project Runway joke!) they're always fun to watch.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Amazing Race: Team Crazy Pulls Ahead
ARGH!! Everytime I think Charla-Smirchna are going down, they get a lucky break and escape elimination.
Not only did they escape elimination, the managed to come in first! Now we're all doomed to listen to their self-righteous prattle as they pat themselves on the back.
They didn't even bring the crazy this week. Just more atrocious fake accents.
As for the race, the teams had to hike around a ski resort and find a clue marked with an avalache tracer.
Here the Beauty Queens once again failed to read their clue and had to go back for their tools. This is a rookie mistake and they've done it twice now. Fortunately for them, the Cubans couldn't figure out how to find their clue.
Then the racers flew to Mozambique, and used trained rats to find hidden land mines. How cool is that?! Those were some of the biggest rats I have ever seen.
As for the next challenge, I'm surprised so many of them decided to haul coal. Any task where you have to sell stuff in a market gets done really fast. I'm guessing it's easy to draw customers when you're walking around with a camera crew.
My favorite part was when the Cubans, covered in coal dust and sweat, made it to the pit stop, and one of them chased Phil around the fort, trying to give him a hug.
That made my week.
So, what do you think? Will Uchenna and Joyce make it in first? Will Team Crazy EVER go home? From the previews, it looks like frat boy and girl get kicked off a plane, so I'm guessing Team Crazy is here to stay.
Sigh.
Not only did they escape elimination, the managed to come in first! Now we're all doomed to listen to their self-righteous prattle as they pat themselves on the back.
They didn't even bring the crazy this week. Just more atrocious fake accents.
As for the race, the teams had to hike around a ski resort and find a clue marked with an avalache tracer.
Here the Beauty Queens once again failed to read their clue and had to go back for their tools. This is a rookie mistake and they've done it twice now. Fortunately for them, the Cubans couldn't figure out how to find their clue.
Then the racers flew to Mozambique, and used trained rats to find hidden land mines. How cool is that?! Those were some of the biggest rats I have ever seen.
As for the next challenge, I'm surprised so many of them decided to haul coal. Any task where you have to sell stuff in a market gets done really fast. I'm guessing it's easy to draw customers when you're walking around with a camera crew.
My favorite part was when the Cubans, covered in coal dust and sweat, made it to the pit stop, and one of them chased Phil around the fort, trying to give him a hug.
That made my week.
So, what do you think? Will Uchenna and Joyce make it in first? Will Team Crazy EVER go home? From the previews, it looks like frat boy and girl get kicked off a plane, so I'm guessing Team Crazy is here to stay.
Sigh.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Amazing Race: Upset!!
Wow.
I'm still in shock. In the biggest upset in Amazing Race history, Rob and Amber were beaten by Charla and Mirna I'm still in shock. In the biggest upset in Amazing Race history, Rob and Amber were beaten by Charla and Mirna (Team Crazy.)
Charla and Mirna of all people!!
Well, Charla, Mirna, and Rob's failure to spell Phillipines correctly, or follow map directions, or find his team's letter at the post office at the end of the world.
Rob was having a very bad day.
So, Rob and Amber were kinda evil, admit you giggled when they sent the Crazies on a wild goose chase. They were smart, tough, and played a decent strategy game.
They went from dominating the game to elimination. They will be missed.
Especially since this means that I will be subjected to Charla-Mirna freakouts for yet another week.
I'm still in shock. In the biggest upset in Amazing Race history, Rob and Amber were beaten by Charla and Mirna I'm still in shock. In the biggest upset in Amazing Race history, Rob and Amber were beaten by Charla and Mirna (Team Crazy.)
Charla and Mirna of all people!!
Well, Charla, Mirna, and Rob's failure to spell Phillipines correctly, or follow map directions, or find his team's letter at the post office at the end of the world.
Rob was having a very bad day.
So, Rob and Amber were kinda evil, admit you giggled when they sent the Crazies on a wild goose chase. They were smart, tough, and played a decent strategy game.
They went from dominating the game to elimination. They will be missed.
Especially since this means that I will be subjected to Charla-Mirna freakouts for yet another week.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Amazing Race: Now with Fishies
I didn't get to watch this Sunday, because I was over at my Uncle's playing Killer Bunnies where, in the highlight of the evening, I convinced a total stranger to unleash a black hole and wipe out every bunny on the board.
I didn't win the game, but is that really the point?
So I finally watched it last night, and what an exciting installment! I've now added white water rafting in Chile on my "Things to Do" list. What a gorgeous country.
So, Charla and Mirna continue in their insanity, including kidnapping some poor guy who was on his way to work, and basically held him hostage for the rest of the game. I HATE how Charla(?) talks to foreigners by affecting some horrible, unplacable accent. If they end up in Scandanavia, do you think she'll talk like the Swedish chef from the muppets?
Ve need directions, Bork! Bork!
Hopefully they won't last that long.
We also learned that apparently, many people are freaked out by flounder. I remember seeing them while snorkeling in Spain, and I thought they were cute. But then again, I have a stuffed rat named Skippy on my desk, that I also think is cute.
This is not the common office consensus. He tends to hunker down behind my far side calendar to preserve his self esteem, but I digress.
The other excitement came from the Beauty Queens, who skipped a clue, got lost, and went straight to the rafts. I thought they would be given a 30 minute wait penalty, but Phil made them go all the way back and find the missed clue.
Unfortunately, everyone else was so lost that they got the clue and made it back before anyone else found the pit stop.
What did you guys think? Are you sad that KY is gone? Did you notice David's creepy, yet brilliant smile when Mary said "If I fall out of the raft I could die!!" Given how she abuses the poor man, it's hard to blame him.
I didn't win the game, but is that really the point?
So I finally watched it last night, and what an exciting installment! I've now added white water rafting in Chile on my "Things to Do" list. What a gorgeous country.
So, Charla and Mirna continue in their insanity, including kidnapping some poor guy who was on his way to work, and basically held him hostage for the rest of the game. I HATE how Charla(?) talks to foreigners by affecting some horrible, unplacable accent. If they end up in Scandanavia, do you think she'll talk like the Swedish chef from the muppets?
Ve need directions, Bork! Bork!
Hopefully they won't last that long.
We also learned that apparently, many people are freaked out by flounder. I remember seeing them while snorkeling in Spain, and I thought they were cute. But then again, I have a stuffed rat named Skippy on my desk, that I also think is cute.
This is not the common office consensus. He tends to hunker down behind my far side calendar to preserve his self esteem, but I digress.
The other excitement came from the Beauty Queens, who skipped a clue, got lost, and went straight to the rafts. I thought they would be given a 30 minute wait penalty, but Phil made them go all the way back and find the missed clue.
Unfortunately, everyone else was so lost that they got the clue and made it back before anyone else found the pit stop.
What did you guys think? Are you sad that KY is gone? Did you notice David's creepy, yet brilliant smile when Mary said "If I fall out of the raft I could die!!" Given how she abuses the poor man, it's hard to blame him.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Sunday Night TV
The Oscars:
The sound effect orchestra was wicked awesome.
You'd think after four hours, I'd have more to say.
But I don't.
The Amazing Race:
The old guys got eliminated, which is good, because I think one of them would have died if they stayed on much longer.
The lady with the little person (Charla Schmirna?) had a full on attack of crazy, throwing her worldly possessions at some poor, befuddled cab driver.
Kentucky still haven't learned that alliances don't work, although I was pleasently surprised when Mary came up with a clever strategy for solving the boardroom puzzle. Of course, she pretty much blew it by announcing her answer in a loud, clear voice to the security guard.
She definitely needs some lessons in sneaky.
This episode was pretty good, with lots of jockeying for first as planes were delayed, the racers faced difficult puzzles and tasks, failed their clue reading comprehension, got lost, stuck, nearly run over and threw hissy fits.
The previews for next week promise much more drama and fun, as Danielle has a nervous breakdown over fish.
The sound effect orchestra was wicked awesome.
You'd think after four hours, I'd have more to say.
But I don't.
The Amazing Race:
The old guys got eliminated, which is good, because I think one of them would have died if they stayed on much longer.
The lady with the little person (Charla Schmirna?) had a full on attack of crazy, throwing her worldly possessions at some poor, befuddled cab driver.
Kentucky still haven't learned that alliances don't work, although I was pleasently surprised when Mary came up with a clever strategy for solving the boardroom puzzle. Of course, she pretty much blew it by announcing her answer in a loud, clear voice to the security guard.
She definitely needs some lessons in sneaky.
This episode was pretty good, with lots of jockeying for first as planes were delayed, the racers faced difficult puzzles and tasks, failed their clue reading comprehension, got lost, stuck, nearly run over and threw hissy fits.
The previews for next week promise much more drama and fun, as Danielle has a nervous breakdown over fish.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Amazing Race- All Stars!
Yeah! Everyone clap for the return of the Amazing Race in its umpteenth season. Where everyone should really know by now that you never pick the task that has you searching for something tiny, especially when the other task comes with helpful cowboys to make things easy.
Hmm, right now there are too many people involved for me to go through this bit by bit, so let me sum up:
Phil had a really ugly shirt on at the beginning of the show, but thankfully changed into something less painful after the race got started.
Speaking of painful, watching frat boy run with his pierced nipples was definitely an overshare. Fortunately, I have access to ninja mind bleaching techniques and am saved from traumatic mental scarring.
I pity the rest of you though.
I was kind of hoping the two bald guys would go home. I mean, the one looks like he's about to keel over at any moment and the race Just Started. Not only did he lose the footrace, but he injured himself getting out of a cab. Dude.
If you know you're about to compete in a rigourous physical competition on national tv you might want to invest in a little physical training. That's all I'm saying.
Fortunately for them, some guy/girl team got really, really lost. Even more lost than the people who went through the south entrance of the park, meandered around, and still managed to come out ahead of Kentucky.
If I was an Ecuadoran taxi driver, I'd be really irate at all these Americans yelling "Rapido!" at me. One female taxi driver looked like she was about to turn around and start smacking people, except for the camera there in the front seat. You could tell she was thinking about it though.
Rob and Amber started strong, and apparently are "Really Mean" according to BSA. This is important stuff to know since when Rob actually did something nice (he held up the airport shuttle waiting for the Miami guys) he loudly told everyone that he wanted it "noted."
I honestly expected a stronger showing from the Beauty Queens. I guess in a race full of tough competitors, they won't be able to sail through so effortlessly this time.
Good.
What about you guys? Did you watch it? Do you already have a favorite? Or are you waiting for some more teams to go?
Hmm, right now there are too many people involved for me to go through this bit by bit, so let me sum up:
Phil had a really ugly shirt on at the beginning of the show, but thankfully changed into something less painful after the race got started.
Speaking of painful, watching frat boy run with his pierced nipples was definitely an overshare. Fortunately, I have access to ninja mind bleaching techniques and am saved from traumatic mental scarring.
I pity the rest of you though.
I was kind of hoping the two bald guys would go home. I mean, the one looks like he's about to keel over at any moment and the race Just Started. Not only did he lose the footrace, but he injured himself getting out of a cab. Dude.
If you know you're about to compete in a rigourous physical competition on national tv you might want to invest in a little physical training. That's all I'm saying.
Fortunately for them, some guy/girl team got really, really lost. Even more lost than the people who went through the south entrance of the park, meandered around, and still managed to come out ahead of Kentucky.
If I was an Ecuadoran taxi driver, I'd be really irate at all these Americans yelling "Rapido!" at me. One female taxi driver looked like she was about to turn around and start smacking people, except for the camera there in the front seat. You could tell she was thinking about it though.
Rob and Amber started strong, and apparently are "Really Mean" according to BSA. This is important stuff to know since when Rob actually did something nice (he held up the airport shuttle waiting for the Miami guys) he loudly told everyone that he wanted it "noted."
I honestly expected a stronger showing from the Beauty Queens. I guess in a race full of tough competitors, they won't be able to sail through so effortlessly this time.
Good.
What about you guys? Did you watch it? Do you already have a favorite? Or are you waiting for some more teams to go?
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