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Crazydog

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 07:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Beach, I thought Jaree was the one who wanted to quit. But then I've never been able to tell them apart. Tian is the one with the deeper, more aggressive voice, right?

I still like them. I think they bring great entertainment value. When they were at the cow poo, one of them said "just think of it as cleaning up after your dog" and the other said "my dog never pooed like that"! I do think they will be reconciling next week.

Seamonkey

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 08:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I seesaw between being irritated and urging them on.. like the dithering at the airport that caused them to miss the train..

I think when they had the voiceover from Monica and Sheree about T/J and their bickering and how they wouldn't wish bad things on them it said she wouldn't miss Tian.. so perhaps she's the one bugging the other teams, hard to say.

Unless they really pick it up, or some other team has a disaster, they'll be gone fairly soon.

Duncan

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK - so which one wears glasses?

Beachcomber88

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 11:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They both wear glasses intermittently. I think Tian is the prettier of the two, and definitely she's the stronger competitor.

Guinevere

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 12:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tian is the prettier blonder one, Jaree is the smoker with the raspy voice and I think a slight southern accent. I don't have any trouble telling them apart (but am still unclear on Monica and Sheree, which clown is which, David and Jeff, etc. - the male/female teams are so much easier to deal with!).

Anyway, I still like them. The arguing doesn't bother me, though I thought Jaree went a little too far last night. I hope they can recover next week and get on a more even keel.

Ginger

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 05:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Tian is so rude to Jaree that it's unbelievable. Did you see the way she ripped the map out of Jaree's hand last night? I was amazed. Sure, she's more athletic than Jaree, but she's really got so much to learn in terms of how to treat her fellow humans with respect. I am a big fan of all female teams, but I find myself hoping that this team gets booted soon.

Lycanthrope

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think they're both being rude to each other, actually.

I hope they can make a comeback, I really do, but it's very doubtful at this point.

Emeraldfire

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They treated each other better in this episode, maybe they will do okay.

Seamonkey

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 09:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They started out like snotty scrapping siblings but tonight I saw real thoughtfulness and growth.. usually the ranting/raving teams just rant and rave right up to the end, win or lose, but these two evolved.. very cool!!

Tabbyking

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 09:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i liked the line about 'you can't force a 3-legged dog run faster'...
still don't like them.
the nfl wives had tons of class. these gals are classless-- IMO, of course!

Lycanthrope

Friday, July 04, 2003 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was WRONG. They did make a comeback, and I'm still rooting for these ladies. Tian realized she can't push Jaree, and Jaree decided she wants to do better...they could become pretty dangerous.

Wash_Dc_Chick

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 02:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tian and Jaree rule my world!!!!!!!!!

Monkeyboy

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 08:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Bobbie_552001

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 09:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I never thought that I would say this...but I'm sorry to see them go.

Pamy

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 09:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
MB..I thought of you when your girls lost! I was rooting for them also, why couldn't this have been non elimination!!? damn it!
<monkeyboy don't be too sad you still have your other girls, me and Square!>

Tabbyking

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 09:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
buh bye! i wouldn't want them to win, but they were entertaining--and nicer than kelly by far.

Monkeyboy

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 09:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL oh yea, Pamy!

Monkeyboy

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 10:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
:(:(:(

Seamonkey

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 10:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Shortnsweet

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 02:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was really warming up to them. Tian is such a great competitor. I really wanted them to keep going.

Dreamweaver

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 05:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tian and Jaree,

Best of luck to both of you.

Crazydog

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 07:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That's two weeks in a row now that I have lost one of my top three favorite teams. :( I really liked them, they had turned it around and were working well together.

Seamonkey

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 11:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Same for me, CD..

They cracked me up at the end when they said, they stopped fighting and look what happened.. but they really had a turnaround and Tian did some awesome challenges, for sure.

And sadly, I overslept and missed them on the early show :(

Lycanthrope

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 01:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am right there with Crazy and Sea, my 2 faves go in back to back weeks. I guess I'm rooting for the clowns now.

Csnog

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 08:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From Fans of Reality

India didn't look very enjoyable for you.

Jaree: No, it was fun. You're the first person to say that, because it's where we "brightened up".

You did start working well together, but it looked like you ran into some trouble. Was the ending close enough so that forgetting the bundles on the elephant made the difference?

Jaree: No, that only took one minute. The bulls, when the rope broke on Tian's grip and other teams got in front of us.

Tian: And they didn't show it, but we also had to stop 10 minutes for gas. And then the elephant thing was a matter of seconds. But it was a close race, and we did the best we could.

Describe what happened with the "groping incident" on the train.

Jaree: We went out to the train, and we couldn't get in the women's section because we had our camera guy with us, so we had to get in the men's section of the train. And when we jumped on the train, I had like 4 guys humping me at one time, and I had guys grabbing my boobs. It was crazy, I had hands everywhere. And I couldn't even move, it was insane.

So there was a separate men's and women's section on the train?

Jaree: Yes, but we couldn't get into the women's section because of the camera guy.

Things got heated on the pier in France, but you stuck to your guns. Why did you finally give in and let the other teams go through?

Jaree: We never planned to go first. We only parked out front because they told us to park like that. We had already told everyone "don't worry, we're just parking here, we're going to let you go first" but they thought we were lying, even though we'd never lied before. We wanted to win the race fair and square.

Tian: It didn't matter anyway, it was only about 45 seconds, everyone going into the same place anyway. So, we handled the situation very well, and everyone else was freaking out for no reason.

You both fought quite a bit in the beginning of the race, but seemed to pull it together the last couple of legs. How is your relationship post-race?

Tian: I disagree with that. They showed 1% of the race, and the other 98% of the time we weren't fighting, they just wanted to show it. We just decided not to fight any more later in the race. It's hard to be chipper when you're freezing your butt off with a wind chill of 25 degrees in a metal boat. So when we got to India, we had a rest, and decided we weren't going to fight any more. I wasn't going to give Jaree sh*t any more. And we pretty much came together. And we kind of wished we'd kept on fighting, because when we were fighting, we were winning. As soon as we stopped fighting, we got eliminated!

Jaree, have you kept your promise not to smoke again?

Jaree: Ah....They probably didn't show last night, when we were eliminated, one of the first things I said was "gimme a damn cigarette!"

Tian, you performed every single roadblock. Was that planned?

Tian: Jaree wasn't feeling well, and she's also a vegetarian, so whenever something came up that sounded like it could be eating, I did the roadblock because she wouldn't eat it.

Jaree: The first couple of weeks of the race, I had the flu, and they didn't show that either. They actually wanted to pull me from the race because I had such a high fever and was so sick. But I wasn't going to quit the race, so I went against doctor's orders and kept on racing. The one roadblock I wish I would have done was the bulls. I could do everything Tian did, but it was just better for her to do them. Thank god she did the bungee, though. I don't know if I'd have done that. With the eels, I thought it was gonna have to eat it, and I wasn't going to eat it.

What did you do with the picture you received from your Fast Forward?

Tian: I don't know. They said they were going to send it to us, and they never did. It's funny that you recognized that, though.

A few of our members wanted to make sure I asked you about it.

Jaree: People kept the cheese, too, I think. Dave and Steve, right?

Tian: I'm glad you reminded me of that, because I need to ask about that painting.

Jaree, did you ever get to buy your fabrics in India?

Jaree: Yes I did. It was about 7 US dollars per bolt.

I have no idea if that's a good deal or not.

Jaree: That's a great deal. If you try to buy it on-line, it's about $75. But I didn't have a lot of money, so we were just using the little bit of money we had left. I only got two, but I'm going to make something pretty with it.

What was your favorite task?

Jaree: When we went down the mountain on that raft. That was really fun.

Tian: Yeah, definitely.

How did you prepare for the race?

Jaree: I quit smoking, and started running. Tian, did you run too?

Tian: I don't remember.

Jaree: I can't remember either. I mainly just stopped smoking. Half the racers were smokers, they didn't focus on it, but there was a lot of smoking going on. They just focused on me, and I was like "why are they doing that to me?"

You've both traveled extensively. Do you think that helped you in the race?

Jaree: I don't think anything helps you in the race. You just have to be focused go for it.

Tian: Foreign languages help out quite a bit, but pointing and running worked pretty well for us. I've been to Europe many times, but Milan and Cortina, I'd never been to. It didn't really help me out.

What one piece of advice would you give the next group of racers?

Jaree: Take your time.

Tian: Yeah, take your time, and have a balanced partner. Read the clues very clearly.

Jaree: You don't have to run for everything. Everyone thinks you have to run all the time - you don't.

Tian: It doesn't really matter. You'll see the difference when you're running the race, because it's really different from what you see on TV. You have to slow down for the cameramen, too. Our cameramen were great, but they're carrying 150 pounds, too.

Thank you both for your time, and for the great interview!

Tian: I promised my producer I'd try to get this in. I'm doing a film right now called "Dark Queen". It's going to be on the Sci-Fi channel. I'm playing a nerdy scientist who changes her DNA and turns into a superhero.

I'll add that on, in the "shameless plug" section of our site.

Tian: It's a B movie, but it's just kind of fun, and it's pretty cool.

Mak1

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 08:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Very interesting interview, Csnog! It shows again what a big part editing plays in forming our opinions of the racers. Thanks for posting it.

Seamonkey

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks a bunch! Sounds like they had more fun than was shown; that's good.

Alaginger

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 06:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
CBS morning interview with Tian and Jaree, full of interesting tidbits. Click where it says "video" and see it in it's completion.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/11/earlyshow/series/main562826.shtml

Seamonkey

Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 08:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good interview!! I have to agree with them about that one competition, especially since the pre show spoilers from India stated that no woman had ever done that challenge and I get the idea that the people who run that bull-dragging thing didn't really WANT a woman to run that challenge and this was the only team left to have to face it.

I'm glad they came out of it better friends.