What Have We Gotten Ourselves Into?
The wife and I applied for the next season of 'The Amazing Race'.
If you don't know what that is, click the link above to check out their webpage. It is a reality television show where couples have to race around the world and learn not to kill each other as you struggle to ask for directions in Mumbai or scale cliffs in Iceland.
What were we thinking!?
The application itself is almost as difficult as any leg of the race. It isn't advertised much in the media and there is a very brief window of opportunity to submit it. If you haven't done so already, you are out of luck. The application needs to be completed and sent in by now to be considered.
The process includes filling out a LENGTHY questionaire (13 pages), that asks some pretty probing questions about you and your partner.
Then you have to make a 3 minute video explaining why you want to be on the race. The video needs to be labeled a certain way to be considered.
Then you need a 'current' picture of you and your partner. Thank goodness I had my last Polaroid with some film left in it. A group photo at arms length did the trick.
Then there was the issue of the passports. Can't go globetrotting without one these days. Se we had to fill out the passport applications, go to Kinko's for PassPort photos, go back to Kinko's for more Passport Photos (besides immigration, The Amazing Race wanted a set as well).
When we got the passport office, we found that my Birth Cerfiticate wasn't 'official', so we had to run to my mothers house and dig out the real copy and then run back to the passport office to submit all the passport paperwork. We needed receipts from the passport office to show proof that we had applied for passports to include in The Amazing Race application packet.
We did all this in under 4 days. I think we should get a consolation prize just for making the effort. Maybe a weekend in a shack near Barstow courtesy of Travelocity?
Now we wait to hear if we make it to the first interview round. We probably won't, but at least we know what it is like to make the effort, and we finally got around to getting our passports.
We are currently neck and neck with Kathy and her sister over at The Junk Drawer. If we were to both make it onto the race, hell just might freeze over. We would be entertaining to watch, that is for sure.
What a process!! Please do keep us posted, what an amazing advendure the amazing race would be!
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That would be great. We love Amazing Race but we're always busy on Sunday nights and we haven't done the DVR thing yet.
ReplyDeleteOne of my friends and her husband fight all the time so they are certain they'd be selected. :)
Good luck!
Slyde and I have been telling ourselves that we would be great on the show since Season 1. But he is terrible with direction and I don't swim in the ocean...and there are always challenges that include that.
ReplyDeleteWe would probably get lost, make fun of everyone, have a good time...and come in last in the very first episode.
GOOD LUCK!!!
They would be absolutely crazy not to pick the two of you. You are absolutely perfect for this show. Heck, they'd probably even do a spinoff show of just the 2 of you. I will definitely be keeping all body parts crossed hoping you can get it. By the way, When does Big Love Sunday start?
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That's awesome! We love this show. Good Luck and we can't wait to hear how the whole process works....
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I've never seen the show through it's entirety but if you make it I will definitely be watching it from beginning to end. Good Luck my friend!
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
so hope you make it... did you know slyde was almost on survivor? That makes him almost famous... which is almost as good ;o)
ReplyDeleteHa! Wouldn't that BE Amazing if you both were on the show???
ReplyDeleteWe are avid fans; but the closest I'll ever get to running the Race was meeting Phil last year.
Which was cool.
And I didn't even have to eat anything gross to do it.
Oh that would just be a test of a relationship to do the Amazing Race. The food thing would let my husband and I down totally. Me (low fat, vegan, preservative free etc) and husband (mince and potato kind of guy) having to eat bugs and worms - ewww. Oh, and the map reading - sigh....
ReplyDeleteGood luck, an event like that would make GREAT posts!
I'm amazed you got all the preparations done before the deadline. I'd say that does indeed make you qualified to run the race! Best of luck to you both!
ReplyDeleteVery intresting. I would love to read blog posts about your experience.
ReplyDeleteThat is great! Every season I tell my partner we should apply for the show. As long as I don't have to eat weird food, I'd probably be okay with it. Good luck and we will be watching.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, I hope you make it on the show :)
ReplyDeleteTHAT is outstanding! One of my fav shows....
ReplyDeleteTo all those that posted responses, thanks for your support. Mind you, we haven't gotten on the show...far from it. We are waiting to see if we get to the first tier interview (probably around 200 couples), and then from there, they wittle it down to 24 or something....then you get picked. It is a long process and this might be as far as we get.....but we won't know if we dont' try. Keep your fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteOh how exciting. I'm thinking good thoughts for you. My husband and his brother have talked about applying....but what with deployments on our side and new babies on the brother's side the timing hasn't yet worked out. Keep us all posted on your progress.
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