Kids, it seems as if the past week or so has been all about letting go for me. I was away in Florida last week celebrating the holidays and a belated 30th Birthday with Arianne. While in Miami, our hotel room was burglarized and all of our stuff was taken. I’m talking about cute jeans, sexy shirts, t-shirts from abroad, jewelry, digital camera, my retainers! It has been difficult. I know it’s just stuff but it was mine and I want it. Bad. To make matters worse, I actually watched TAR last week and wrote one of my best judgments ever. Alas, I couldn’t e-mail it from the computer I was writing from because I didn’t have the password. Sometimes, luck is just not on your side and you have to let go. Believe me, anyone who has competed on TAR has had to deal with the difficult and frustrating prospect of letting go.


Aaron And Arianne Exclusive Commentary
Reality Reel Media
12.03.04

Aaron

This week’s episode was exciting, yes, but let’s face it. It was largely a study of many people doing things unsuccessfully for an inordinate amount of time. What happened to the fast-paced action? Any city dweller knows the inane amount of time required to assemble anything IKEA. And the counting, the bale rolling? Yikes. But now, without further ado, to the sweet sounds of my favorite Swedish export, ABBA, are the teams as the arrived at Phil. And by the way, am I the only one who noticed his form-fitting green monstrosity of a sweater? Or his oddly shaped pecs? “Mamma Mia,” what a mess!

Hayden and Aaron, “The Winner Takes It All.” These two annoy me for the sole reason that they are ”dating actors.” I wonder if they are in character the whole time? Let me ask them. Sweetie? Baby? Baby? Sweetie? Baby! Baby! Nope. They are just that dull.

Kris and Jon., “Knowing Me, Knowing You.” Maybe these two know about each other, but I know nothing about them and am less interested in them than I am with Hayden and Aaron. Yeah, I know they have been leading the pack the entire way, but so were Arianne and I the first few legs. I can’t assume that makes them winners. But he did have the head flashlight, and that is the mark of a true champ.