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[apocalypsos]

When Victoria said she hoped the race would take her and Jonathan to a better place, I couldn't decide whether that better place was divorce court or the fiery depths of Hell. Ugh. How I wished someone would have shoved him off the ski jump or cut his wire or something.

Don and MJ? Still awesome. And MJ's apology? AWWWWWWW. Please, God, don't let them get cut next week. *crosses fingers*

drewbeartx was right ... Meredith and Maria did deserve to lose. Because as much as I might have liked them -- because I did -- they were still inept and ill-prepared. Gus might not want to be there, but as the accuracy thing proved, at least he's got skills.

Meanwhile, Kris and Jon deserve to be first, not only because they're doing a good job, but because they're having a blast just going along for the ride.

Just when I thought I couldn't love them more for borrowing a poor horny Norwegian boy, the looks that Lena and Kristy gave Jonathan at the Viking camp when he was ranting were fucking priceless. Especially because if that were high school, they would have convinced one of the popular guys to hang him from the flagpole in his underwear or something. I'm sure Freddy and Bolo would have been jumping up and down to be at the head of THAT line.

Freddy and Kendra: In glasses, he's adorable. In a doo-rag, she's not. Even though they both are admittedly very pretty anyways.

Hayden and Aaron: I love them, but her constant sweeties and honeys during the roller-skating thing were driving me nuts.

You know, Adam might be cute if he were, you know, a mature adult. I'm forming a hypothesis that he's really an overmuscled toddler based on his unusually high voice, his calling for Mommy during the zip line, and his crappy ability to apologize. Not to mention the stunting of his emotional growth and the fact that he wears his hair like my brother would have as a toddler if my mother had let him use anything but child-safe scissors.

Any more touchy-feely Roadblocks and Phil's going to have to put himself in Plexiglass to avoid germs.

In summation ... is it next week yet?!

EDIT: I need a Lena & Kristy icon that says, "Can we borrow a cup of horny Norwegian boy?" Because, hee. :)

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[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Oh! I had *completely* forgotten to put in the bit about Horny Norwegian Boy.

First, I love the fact that his parents (his parents!!) offered to let the girls "borrow" him. It's like "Hi! I know that you're complete strangers, but would like to have our son for a few hours? We kinda need him out of the way so we can get some 'quality time' together, if you know what I mean."

Second, I love that when one of them (I haven't figured out which is which yet) asked if he would've gone along if they were big, hairy men, he paused then admitted that he wouldn't have. As a big, hairy (gay) man myself, I just found that bit highly amusing.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Lena's got the bad bleach job. Kristy is the uptight one who had the Pippi braids. Although I only kid about the hair, because Horny Norwegian Boy forgives all sins. :)

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

That, plus El Hornio is pretty much absorbed all the available hair-hate. Why in the world does he think that's a good look?

Horny Norwegian Boy forgives all sins
Isn't that in the Bible? IIRC, the passage went something like:
"And lo, in the land of burning earth and falling sky shall be born the younger son of YHVH. And he shall grow up in His older brother's shadow. And high school shall be miserable, as all his teachers ask him whyfor he dost not perform as grandly as his elder brother. And in rebellion he shall start a garage band named "Daddy's Bastard". And the name shall be truth, as YHVH was not married to the mothers of his children. Amen." - Lucius 9:14-19 (The Lost Books of the Bible)

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

I believe the Arrogant Worms had a song about that - Jesus's Brother Bob. :D

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

*nods* I agree with pretty much everything you said.

Oh my GOD, where do they find some of these men??! I swear, I want to kick Jonathan in the teeth. Like, a lot. In my pointy shoes. And when Adam stepped onto the tracks, I couldn't help sekritly wishing it was an electrified track, just so he could get a little zap. Ass.

I'm really surprised how much I like Kris and Jon. They're both just gorgeous, obviously like each other and get along, they're calm and thoughtful, physically adept, and as you say, seem to be having a great time. They're basically the perfect team, so far.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

The thing that I like this year is that for the most part (Jonathan and Victoria being an obvious exception), the couples are having the usual amount of bickering you'd expect from any couple, with the rest of the time being just two people enjoying each other's company like it should be. (Don and MJ and Kris and Jon being prime examples of that.)

I wanted to smack Adam for his sniping about the sunglasses. Because they're just frigging sunglasses, for crying out loud, and he kept acting like he'd lost a wooden limb or something he was actually going to need in Norway during what looked like a stormy couple of days.

What I don't get about Jonathan is the same thing I didn't get about the carpenters who acted like assholes on Monster House. People are watching this -- lots of people, considering that TAR's a quality, popular reality show. Why the hell, if you were an "enterprenuer," would you act like a ranting, psychotic fucktard? Who wants to do business with someone like that? And he can't even blame it all on editing, because there's so many things he's done, like shoving Victoria last night and yelling at Meredith, that are singularly repulsive. As a whole, they're repellent on record levels. (I'm pretty sure with only two episodes down, Jonathan is my least favorite contestant on any reality show ever. Ugh.)

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

I wanted to smack Adam for his sniping about the sunglasses.

Oh, man. If that had been me? I totally would have told his ass to suck it up and get the fuck over it. I mean, she's not his mother, for Pete's sake, and he's sort of a grown up... if he can't keep his damn glasses in his pockets, that's hardly her fault.

I'm pretty sure with only two episodes down, Jonathan is my least favorite contestant on any reality show ever. Ugh.

Oh, absolutely. I'd be shocked if even he could look back on this and see his behavior as anything but utterly repugnant. And in the preview for next week? He looked so incredibly close to striking his wife, I felt a little ill. I really and truly hope the producers or someone steps in at some point, because obviously Victoria isn't sticking up for herself, and it truly looks to me like it could easily descend from verbal into physical abuse. *shudder*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I mean, she's not his mother, for Pete's sake, and he's sort of a grown up... if he can't keep his damn glasses in his pockets, that's hardly her fault.

Exactly. And his attachment to his mom? Ew. I mean, seriously, there's being a mama's boy, then there's being a mama's boy. That man was sliding down a zip line towards the girl he wants to date and was screaming his mother's name.

it truly looks to me like it could easily descend from verbal into physical abuse.

I know. I really wonder how stupid you have to be to hit your wife with a TV camera on you, but this is the same man who konked her on the head with the car trunk this week.

I figured out this week that most of the reasons I don't like Victoria go straight back to the way she behaves in reaction to Jonathan, but I don't think any sane person would have a commendable reaction to Jonathan anywhere above not shoving their foot up his ass.

[tinylegacies.livejournal.com]

When Victoria said she hoped the race would take her and Jonathan to a better place, I couldn't decide whether that better place was divorce court or the fiery depths of Hell.

I turned to kathih and said "hopefully it will take her to a better place away from him!" The looks the sisters gave him at the Viking camp were fantastic.

Personally, I was rooting for someone to throw him off the boat during the "team" task or for Victoria to throw the axe into his head instead of the tree trunk during the accuracy games.

Don and MJ? Still awesome. And MJ's apology? AWWWWWWW. Please, God, don't let them get cut next week. *crosses fingers*

AGREED!

Meredith and Maria did deserve to lose. Because as much as I might have liked them -- because I did -- they were still inept and ill-prepared.

Agreed again. I'm thinking it probably said somewhere in the application that you might need to drive a stick shift. And with that screw up last week of just blindly following people without realizing that they had completed the waterfall task... well...

I agree the Kris & Jon are running a great race so far - with a minimal amount of arguing. So are Hayden & Aaron (though I agree with you on the honey and sweetie thing).

But I think the sisters are becoming my favorites. I wasn't sure if I was going to like them based on their 'intro' - but they seem to work really well together and complement each other well. It would be nice to see an all girl team win this year!

EDIT: I need a Lena & Kristy icon that says, "Can we borrow a cup of horny Norwegian boy?" Because, hee. :)

AW man... if you make/find one... I would SO love to snag!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Personally, I was rooting for someone to throw him off the boat during the "team" task or for Victoria to throw the axe into his head instead of the tree trunk during the accuracy games.

I was amazed no one whacked him in the head with a paddle or cut his zip line or anything. You know what he reminds me of? A guy who was incredibly dorky in high school, then made a lot of money and has decided to lord it over the entire planet. Ugh.

Agreed again. I'm thinking it probably said somewhere in the application that you might need to drive a stick shift.

I know it doesn't say so in the main application, but I imagine they'd tell you that during the process. And for crying out loud, the teams drive SUVs. They've got to figure that sometimes, that'd mean driving a stick. (Note to self: If I can ever convince one of my relatives to do this with me, have someone teach me stick shift.)

But I think the sisters are becoming my favorites. I wasn't sure if I was going to like them based on their 'intro' - but they seem to work really well together and complement each other well. It would be nice to see an all girl team win this year!

Damn straight! I was afraid they'd be obnoxious with the Mormon thing like it's happened with other "religious" teams other years, but it's mostly been a casual thing, like "We're both really brunettes."

AW man... if you make/find one... I would SO love to snag!

I'm still looking for season six screencaps, because the promo pics suck. But damn it, I'm going to find a picture of those two for an icon if it kills me. :)

I also really want an icon of the look they gave each other over Jonathan's ranting, because hee!

[tinylegacies.livejournal.com]

kathih has been looking for screencaps rather unsuccessfully (she wanted to make an icon of Lori that said "I'm so cold my implants are frozen!").

If you find any, let me know?