This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
pay somebody to type it for you
I earned a few bucks doing this in college, where I at least had an electric typewriter. I also would proofread/edit the paper before typing it up, so the person always got good marks on their writing ability, if not their content. My roommate senior year (1987-88) had a home computer in our room, but she was the only one I knew who did. There was a computer lab in the library, but since they closed at midnight, Ms. All-nighter here didn't take full advantage of them.
I was totally thinking Bill and Cathy would've done awesome on the typewriting.
I would've felt worse for Jeremy and Sandy, getting to the other Dump, but I didn't like them much, so...
This is the first season I've ever watched TAR, and now I'm all about it. Roomie got me into it and now I'm all "Let's apply! I wanna go! Even though I'm out of shape and afraid of heights and don't do well in heat or lack of sleep or food...er...."
But can you drive a stick shift?
You have to drive stick shift! And know to check if your rental car requires diesel fuel.
They showed an ad for TAR3 and TAR4 on dvd last night, and it reminded me that my first race was TAR4. Dating virgins! The first gay married couple on the show (IIRC)! Clowns! Nutbunches!!! (Still the best ever episode, with Kelly and Jon losing out on the Fast Forward [feeding fruit to the orangutans!] and then racing to the mat with the virgins in hot pursuit.)
meara, you're an experienced traveler and I think that counts for a lot. But as they say, make sure you know how to drive stick. Er, so to say.
TAR4 was also my first! I still don't follow many reality shows but make a huge exception for this one. Especially because you CAN win the contest w/o being mean, rude or backbiting.
I've never learned to drive a stick shift. I am, at heart, shiftless.
Yes, the plan would be to learn to drive stick, and get in better shape, and do a lot of watching old races and learning geography and shit.
Only I doubt we'd be exciting enough as a team to get chosen. Roommates? Meh.
You'd have to be really gay.
I suggest you apply as a gay Asian doctor twin teamed with a different twin who is a gay cheerleader and a single mom. You team up because your twins are dating.
I suggest you apply as a gay Asian doctor twin teamed with a different twin who is a gay cheerleader and a single mom. You team up because your twins are dating.
Hmm. I guess I would have to go back in time to become a twin (and possibly Asian and/or a cheerleader??)
Somehow "we're roommates! We went to the same high school but never met because she was six years behind me, and she went to prom with my brother! And I'm gay! And she's straight! And a lawyer!" doesn't have quite the same oomph.
