Friday, June 27, 2003

You may not have figured out that I absolutely love, love, love The Amazing Race. It took a while for me to get into this season (last night was the 5th episode), but I’m hooked.

Here are my thoughts: ***POTENTIAL SPOILERAGE, YOU’VE BEEN WARNED***

1. Last night’s Fast Forward is the coolest FF they’ve done yet, imho. Of course, I may need to be reminded of some of the past cool FFs, but riding the sails of a windmill has got to be something else.

2. Last night’s Detour had the potential for hilarity on the pile-o-poo side. To me that task was not nearly as funny as the wooden clogs-cheese carry thing. I was belly laughing at that one.

3. I love Team Clown. We don’t see enough of Team Clown.

4. I like Kelly-Jon, but I don’t like that they’re catty about The Virgins.

5. I also like the NFL Wives, although I didn’t expect to mainly because I thought they’d be these primadonnas who couldn’t do the simplest task. They’re pretty scrappy. Although they win the Idiot Driver Award for trying to turn their car around in an obviously saturated grassy area.

6.  Call me Captain Obvious, but Tian-Jeree are the most dysfunctional team of this season. They really remind me of FloZach, but they’re not as annoying. And based on the FloZach thing from last season, these chicks may end up winning the cash. *shudder*

7.  I’m sad to see Team Air-Traffic Controllers go, but they actually got a lot further than I think anyone expected. I’ll miss them - they were always positive and never bickered. They were a good team, just not fit enough for a physical race like this.

8.  Judging from the previews for next week’s episode, it’s going to be g-o-o-d. If I remember India from season 2, those folks are in for a treat.