According to Tivo, my newspaper, and the Yahoo TV listing – my CBS affiliate is showing tonight’s episode twice, at 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Too good to be true for us early-to-bed’ers. Anybody else?
I got all excited, but apparently we only get the 10:00 showing in my neighborhood. But the TV Guide says …
The teams travel to Italy and must reconstruct broken statues to find a clue. They must also locate a marked item of clothing among 2400 pieces of laundry during a Detour. One pair gets lost on the way to the Roadblock and ends up at the Pit Stop instead.
Regarding that last sentence …
[spoiler]Will that incur a time penalty even if they turn around and go do the Roadblock? I imagine Phil would just say “Hey, morons, you missed something.” (Only nicer, but that’s what the eyebrow will say.) I seriously doubt they’ll be given an option to just wait out four hours and hope they’re still in it, right?
And who’s it going to be? I’m betting on the Danis or Lake & Michelle. Frankenberry are too good with maps to get that lost.[/spoiler]
You guys, I have a dilemma. “American Idol” is only on for an hour tonight, so I have an opportunity to go to bed at 9pm. Should I do it, or stay up and watch the Race? I really really really want to watch the Race, but I get so cranky the next morning … oh, who am I kidding? I’m stopping for Dew on the way home. Never mind …
I went to bed and missed the Race last week, and almost cried when I realized I couldn’t read the thread. Do the Dew, my friend. Do the Dew.
Do the Dew, baby. You can’t miss TAR!
Draelin & BiblioCat – I soooooo love you guys! When my husband divorces me because he’s not getting enough sleep, can I come live with one of you? (If you think I’m gretzy when I need a nap, you should live with him for a week. Yowza!)
Pshaw, my husband falls asleep by 8:30 and gets PO’d that he missed NCIS, so I have to be sure to tape that for him. He’s ooooold. 
What will we do when we’re on TAR together and Killer Fatigue hits you as we cruise into Moscow, huh? What are we gonna do then?
I’ll be screaming at you, “C’mon, rockle, it’s the Chinchillas or Floatillas Roadblock. Who’s going to do it?!? You or me?”
rockle, couldn’t you just tape TAR, then get up early tomorrow & watch it – before you’d be checking the Dope anyway? (or are you one of those real-time posters?)
I think, like me, rockle doesn’t get out of bed until she absolutely has to. I’ve considered the morning watch, but I just can’t do it. 
This is pretty much it – I’d never fit a morning watch into my schedule, because my days are just packed. I start work at 7am, which means my morning goes something like this:[ul]
[li]5:26am – First alarm sounding, snooze button hit[/li][li]5:33am – Second alarm sounding, snooze button hit again and covers pulled over head[/li][li]5:40am – Third alarm sounding, cats getting annoyed, rockle actually awaked by the sound of SportsCenter blaring at Volume Mark 17 because we forgot to turn the TV down before we went to bed the night before[/li][li]5:42am - 5:55am – Shower, which may or may not include washing hair with conditioner first or, in really extreme cases, washing hair with self-tanning creme that comes in the same kind of bottle as the fancy designer shampoo[/li][li]5:56am - 6:05am – Brush teeth, dress, put on makeup (use of lip liner as eyeliner optional)[/li][li]6:06am - 6:15am – Dress again, because "these pants make me look fat / you can see my bra through this shirt / I can’t find the other shoe that matches this skirt / whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I don’t want to go to work today! I’m such a troll!"[/li][li]6:16am - 6:20am – Basketball highlights on SportsCenter, even though we hate basketball and, in 90% of cases, there was no actual basketball game played in the preceeding 24 hours[/li][li]6:20am – Leave for work[/li][li]6:21am - 6:59am – Sit in traffic[/li][/ul]
This cycle repeats even if I go to bed as soon as I get home from work; no matter what I do, I can’t get out of bed any earlier or easier. In fact, believe it or not, we actually seem to sleep worse in my house when we go to bed early, because we are outnumbered by the cats, and they are the absolute worst creatures on Earth to sleep with, because they’re hot and the steal the covers and they like to lay on our faces and at least two of them snore (the other one snores and whimpers in his sleep).
Plus, I do like to post while I’m watching. And sometimes I come up with my best lines when I’m desperately sleep-deprived – but, then again, don’t we all?
I don’t even know how to answer this. I’ll be married for 7 years next month, and hubby and I have been together for 12½ years total, and you still know me better than he does. I’m scared. Hold me?
Just remember - no sequined shirts. You can have one, but I wouldn’t be caught dead BeDazzeled.
Well, we can’t all be all-fabulous all the time. Can we at least agree on purple shirts?
I honestly don’t know how you guys can watch and post. I mean, the Race requires close attention to detail at an obsessive level in order to catch all the nuances of everything said/done/shown. And even then I still miss stuff, like I totally didn’t catch the big light-up PHIL sign last week. Bad Mama!
Your morning sounds exactly like mine used to, Rockle, when I had to get up in the morning on a schedule. Which is one big reason why these days I work out of my house. Life really doesn’t get any sweeter than when you wake up because you want to, not because you have to. Of course, my payment for my sins in a past life is that I’m married to a man who thinks it’s FUN to get up and go out and do stuff at 6 am. Fortunately, he’s also not stupid; it took less than a week of marriage for him to realize that if he ever, EVER tried to suggest that to me again, he would find himself divorced in short order.
Anyway, since this is a thread about TAR, so who do we think will go tonight? I’m expecting the Danis, but my fondest hope would be Team Gonad. The sooner we don’t have to hear any more of their crudeness, the happier I’ll be.
But do you really want to be the team that matches? Think of what we usually say about those people!
Yeah, true. I take it back, then. We don’t have to match. BUT. I’m still bringing my purple T-shirt with the sparkly letters across the bust. The one that says, “WONDERTWINS.” If we’re on our own for food, I’m using every weapon in the arsenal, you know?
I’m okay with Team Gonad because they occasionally make me laugh, but I realize I might be in the minority there. I definitely think the Danis aren’t long for the game. I’m hoping Lori’s previewed breakdown doesn’t put the Nerds out, and I think Frankenberry are going to have the Weeble luck and make it much further than expected.
My fingers are crossed that the previews are lying, as they are wont to do. I like the Nerds, and I think they’re good racers. Go Nerds!
I think we can safely assume that the CBS promo monkeys are doing their usual job of misdirection and failure to actually show anything of significance. I’m going to assume the Nerds are safe until we’re shown them doing something spectacular on a promo, at which time it’s time to start worrying.
Heheheheheheheheheheh. Monkeys. I loooooooooooooooove monkeys.
I can’t do it. I just can’t stay up tonight. I don’t have the 7pm option (and it wouldn’t even be an option in this house anyhow, what with the toddlers and all) and I got three (3) hours of sleep last night, thanks to one of the aforementioned toddlers. I’ve been up since 2:30am (and up up, like doing stuff the whole time). This 10pm stupid freakin’ time slot is going to kill me.
I don’t have a stupid TiVo or anuything, either. I wish I did. It would have made the long, long overnight a little better.
Crap. Well, I’ll watch as much as I possibly can and hope the for the best. I mean, it’s either that or practice the PowerPoint presentation I have to do tomorrow and who wants to do that? :dubious: <— Phil and the Eyebrow, judging me for not practicing my presentation.