The Amazing Race 9

Ok, so i am a reality TV junkie. My favorite by far is the Amazing Race. I've watched every episode religiously from the beginning, enjoying every single one. I love to travel and that is most likely why i adore this show. It takes me to places that i may never have a chance to see, as well it gives me ideas for future trips.

The Amazing Race #9 began last night. Of course they had teams of two made up of...the old couple, the African American couple, the young hot girls, the young hot guys, the token gay couple...you get my drift. So without further ado let me introduce you to the teams:

Lake and Michelle are from the South. He thinks he's the shit but fucks up majorly in the first leg of the race which made me giggle. He needs to learn to read clues better, though i hope he doesn't as i'm not a fan.

Ray and Yolanda are the African American couple from Chicago. They are quite athletic and apparently the Brazilian men were really into Yolanda, cat calling and such. For some reason Lake who i introduced above only refers to this couple as "the black couple." Eg. he tells his wife to run faster or the black lady will catch up, type of thing. Ugh.

Danielle and Dani are childhood friends from New York with nice tans and big boobs. The other teams refer to them as "the pinks" as they like to wear matching pink
outfits.

Eric and Jeremy are the young pretty boys, who will surely hit on Danielle and Dani at some point. They both love to live leisurely lives, doing the least amount of work possible. One is a bartender and they enjoy playing volleyball and hanging out at the beach.

John and Scott are the token gay team who have been friends for over 25 years. They don't seem to really get anywhere in the first leg of the race, John takes control as Scott sort of wanders around trying to suggest things, but nothing every really comes of it.

Lisa and Joni are sisters. The gay team refers to them as "the frosties" though they refer to themselves as "the glamazons." When they thought there were in last place and then found out they were not while completing a task, one yelled out "i peed my pants" and they became extremely loud and boisterous.

David and Lori are self proclaimed nerds from Kansas. She often tells him to "give me a kiss" and they giggle and have their own secret handshake. (Lori reminds me of Jennifer)

Fran and Barry are the older couple from Colorado. In the first leg of the race they embarassed themselves by walking past the clue box about 30 times, eventually finding it "right in front" of them. They are quite athletic and were one of the only teams to attempt putting together a motorcycle.

Joseph and Monica are dating and are known as either "Mojo" or "Ken and Barbie" by the other teams. There's a funny moment in the airport where she looks like she's about to cry because they didn't on the first flight and he says with a disgusted look "you're not going to cry are you?" She says no and somehow surpresses the tears.

Wanda and Desiree are the mother-daughter team. Wanda is fluent in Spanish which helped out on the first leg of the race. She also seems to be a bit high strung and Deriree seems to be the one calming her down.

Last but not least, my favorite of this season....BJ and Tyler. They hail from San Fran and are these hippy guys with cool shades and funky orange pants. They look like they know how to have fun, and seem quite laid back. They both speak several languages including Spanish and Japanese. I am going for these guys!!!!

Now in season's past, there have been some memorable contenders in the show. Do you remember....

Mirna and Charla from Season #5. They were cousins. Charla was a little person and Mirna loved to hug Phil at the pitstop mat. The other teams that disliked them called them Mirna and Shmirna. I remember one episode where Mirna was carrying an animal carcus but it was too heavy for her so Charla took over. Charla as i mentioned is a little person (ie a midget) and she hauled that carcas over her shoulder for miles.

Jonathan and Victoria...enough said, they were on Dr. Phil cause he was such an asshole.

From Season #8, who could forget "team Florida" as they were referred to. The team was made up of a widow and her 3 annoying children. They yapped about the bible and God and being great Christians...and then were rude to and lied to other teams and wondered why noone liked them. The one daughter always wore spandex short shorts and cried a lot. Ughh.

Lastly, the two friends from a season i do not recall (Drew and Kevin i think). They were big guys and the most hilarious duo i have ever had the pleasure of watching. They referred to one another in ways one would not normally talk to a friend. I recall an episode while one was repelling the other was trying to motivate him by yelling "swing you fat bastard, swing." As well one had to ride a camel in the desert while the other one led the way, needless to say the camel would not get up which lead to more name calling.(this is where Jennifer and I get our relentless name calling from, we too now call one another such names)