day three: afghangstas paradise

Since I am sure I can only write so much about cleaning my stove/sink and getting oil change on my Honda and going to Walgreens to pick up photos and prescriptions (that was a quick summary of unpaid vacation day three), I decided to write instead about my favorite show.   

Amazing Race (23!!!) is back.  For me, it's the fastest hour on tv.  I just love watching this show.  So one team - the boring father/daughter team - is already gone.  After only one week's impression, here is my wish list on how the teams will do:


10. Leo and Jamal (the Afghan-imals - the requisite annoying team) - The animal calls or whatever they are have got to stop!!!  And what the heck is a Afghan-imal?  That's not a thing.  (And why do they have African American first names?) 


9. Jason and Amy (the snowplow company owner and girlfriend - the requisite boring dating couple) - Totally forgettable.  Everytime they are shown, I have to remind myself who they are.


8. Nicky and Kim (the baseball wives - the requisite athlete spouses) - I cannot tell them apart from each other. 


7. Ally and Ashley (the LA Kings Ice Crew girls - the requisite high-maintenance blonde bimbos) - Extra points for keeping their makeup and hair so perfect raising around the world.  P.S. I cannot tell them apart from each other.


6. Chester and Ephraim (the ex-football players - the requisite black team) - Kinda likable/jovial but least likely to do well in swimming challenges.


5. Rowan and Shane (the theatre guys - the requisite gays) - The bigger one remind me of Cam on Modern Family.


4. Brandon and Adam (the beard lovers/requisite counter-culture weirdos) - Hot tubbing in the woods all the way!


3. Travis and Nicole (the married ER docs - the other requisite black team or the requisite competent, smart, level-headed couple) - I like how cool, calm and collected she comes across.  Seemingly the team to beat but then they misread the clue to first pit stop and incurred a 30 minute penalty which cost them first place.


2. Tim and Marie (the fitness trainer and her sports marketing ex boyfriend - the requisite super-competitive, hot-headed, bickering couple) - Oh the drama they will cause!  Yes, she WILL be annoying.


1. Tim and Danny (the oil field workers - the requisite working class guys) -Actually they don't seem all that competitive, but I am a sucker for working class guys who's got sick family members at home.  Go oil field workers!