End of the Road
Posted on: 05.10.2007
Can't believe it's over. The 15 weeks went by so fast even though it seemed that it would never end at times. It would be impossible for this trip to be as amazing as my first Road Rules experience. Reality TV has evolved too much. The concept of voting people off a show started with my season of Road Rules and, of course, Survivor. It is no longer just a possibility but now a guarantee that people will leave. That being true there were a lot of different faces that graced the RV this season. I was really surprised that some of us lasted as long as we did though.
In a game where the rules basically ensure that there will be drama I can honestly say that looking back I'm happy with how things went down. I thought at best that I would last a few weeks. I didn't really know anyone although I had heard of them all. I definitely didn't have an ally like a Blair or Timmy on the RV with me. The viewers seem to think that Kina, Susie and I were together from the beginning but I had only met them for a few days back on the Gauntlet 2.
The alliance formed because of a feeling that if we all took our turns rotating through the Pit it would be "fair". Once your turn was over you could relax and breathe for a few weeks. My biggest fears were that if Pit Crew members got on the RV and didn't volunteer they would just sit back let us do the rotation into the Pit until they got the numbers on their side. It's tough to play a game where the rules and future are all so uncertain.
I'm going to miss driving the RV for sure. It was nice to be able to take care of people and know that your opinion about how to approach a mission was really appreciated. I loved the fact that we did some physical and mental things that, without each other, probably no one would have gotten through. You are truly stronger when you work as part of a team. I loved knowing that whenever I wanted to go for a run, talk to someone or play some beer pong that I didn't have to look far.
I don't think that I will be back on an MTV show anytime soon although I really want to get into the production side and start learning how to put together these amazing experiences for others to participate in as well as watch from at home. The reason I got into acting was to affect people whether that be educational, emotional or just to get them to smile I want to make a difference. I have some amazing show ideas and I hope that having been a part of so many shows will allow me to put them together in a way which doesn't exploit or take advantage of people's moments of weakness. It makes for great TV but I want to focus on overcoming and showing just what the human body and mind are capable of. Wish me luck.
I hope the viewers got their revenge as well as entertainment. I really wish that Dan had been there in the end. I hope that Ivory gets her face time on-camera but I hope she also is smart enough to know when to shut her mouth so that she can learn from others. I'm sure we will all see the 280lb superhero back on a challenge; I just hope that David realizes that it's ok for viewers not to like you. I think the world of Susie and Kina leaving everything that makes sense and giving so much of themselves for 15 weeks when they had everything they needed back home. Shane I hope you know just how much you made us laugh, "Hook it upppp!" Most of all I thank my amazing girlfriend Laryssa for supporting me even when I didn't understand if what I was doing was right.
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The experience with Cirque du Soliel was amazing.
Posted on: 05.02.2007
We arrived in Vegas at the MGM Grand and no matter what you expect Vegas always has a way of blowing your expectations out of the water. I've seen a bunch of Cirque shows before but KA was one of the ones still on my To See List. Meeting Adrian it was obvious that he viewed us with a leery eye as most artists do of reality TV personalities.
We were given a tour of the KA Theater facility before we began doing some of the training. From the beginning I was trying to figure out how we ever could be expected to perform what only the best in the world are able to do after years of training. The training we were receiving in climbing for the post and beam as well as feeling comfortable in the pendulum and rappelling would come in handy later when we had to do everything on our own.
The mission started off in the make up room doing our best version of the KA make up. Never having applied make up I just tried to do the best I could and keep calm. I was happy with what I looked like and figured I looked more like a warrior than a clown so that was good. The second part of the mission was post and beams and I went first to try to lead the way and give others tips so that if I messed up others wouldn't. Apparently the viewers think I have been trying to wait to go last (FYI: in the Condemned mission we drew envelopes and that decided order). Last part of the mission was the pendulum, Susie and I did great and were the only ones to complete our catch.
Looking back on the mission it seemed to me that David didn't really care or try. He did his own thing and didn't pay attention to the directions. I felt that I got judged way too hard and I couldn't have done better - so whatever. Derek did really well and even with his injury kept trying. It's one of those missions where you see that you are doing small elements of what could lead up to much bigger and more amazing tricks.
These past few weeks have been tough for everyone but it's even tougher to do a live show where the viewers judge what they see on TV. So where as things are always tough mentally, physically and emotionally we now have our conscious in relation to the viewers perception to worry about. You feel really alone in this game and it's taken some reassurance from the people closest to me that I have done right. More importantly you just want to know that you are supported.
The decision to go in with Tori happened right after the mission at the request of David. Emotionally he said he couldn't wait for another day to do deliberation. We sat down, Tori volunteered herself and said that she would like me to go in and come back with her. David had said that whatever girl he went in with he would take home and although I call bulls**** on that it really isn't worth risking it. David is by far the weakest male on the team but acting crazy is a great way to play the game and for some reason I actually want to go to the pit this time. The viewers want to see me there and I just want to go in cause I feel that if I win no one will be able to say anything. It's not the smart way to play the game but I need to remember that even if I do lose it was just a game.
Lastly, I don't think superfans should be cast for these shows after my experience with having David on the RV. He is a great kid with a huge heart, but unfortunately I really worry about the amount of attention he needs. David is always sticking his head out the window trying to get people to notice him. He would pay money to actually have the camera follow him around whenever we are out. The cast has given him every introduction to girls when he is out and he follows that up with some line about how he garggles urine or does some crazy s***. His life has been one of shocking people and at some point I hope that he will find that comfortable place where he can just sit back and enjoy himself without feeling that he needs to be in the spotlight. He will probably go right back to having sex with dead animals and living out of his parents basement (David's words, not mine), but more than a handsome reward, he needs someone to talk to when this experience is over so he doesn't go crazy when returning back to the "normal real world".
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I have given everything...
Posted on: 04.25.2007
I?m really starting to wonder what it is going to take to win. I have given everything and still we don?t win but lose on some bullshoes puzzle. Back in the good ole days Road Rules was about 6 different people coming together, growing from one another and trying to do things together that without those 5 other people depending on you, you would never do. Getting attacked by dogs, crawling through rats and then eating maggots and African hissing cockroaches used to be enough.
Regardless of whether winning is even possible or not (unless of course we?re competing against the Pit Crew) this may have been one of the best weeks for the cast. In the wake of what happened down at Virginia Tech we all took a moment to realize just how lucky we were and that it?s an amazing feeling to know that day in and day out you have 5 other people to turn to with your problems. The rain outside kept us inside the RV, or at least for those times when David and Derek weren?t wrestling.
I?m writing this blog half awake and coughing like crazy. Between the weather and what we put ourselves through I am completely F?n done. My body is begging for rest while dark green phelm is constantly being coughed up. The doctor just sat there shaking his head while I told him the events of the past few weeks that have led up to my body breaking down.
The 3 live African hissing cockroaches scratched the hell out of my mouth as I tried to chew them up and swallow them down. They were worse than any food I have tried and could only compare the taste to some type of chemical substance that you immediately start gagging on from smell alone. I had to take these nasty chewed up bodies out of my mouth after their intestines and puss sacks had already exploded and rip apart their armour like shells so I could swallow these pieces whole. When the whole challenge was over I started throwing up and the pieces just scratched the heck out of my throat and I was coughing up blood all over the place. We all have our limits and mine were definitely tested today.
I keep telling myself I only have a couple more weeks but then minutes later I find myself wishing that we had more than a couple more weeks together. David?s breakdown was such a great example of what this situation does to us all. Whether he is going into the Pit he really just wants to know if we like him or not. Basically he is wondering if going into the Pit is something personal or is it just an unfair game? It is what it is and we have all come to the realization that the kum-ba-yah style road rules doesn?t exist anymore. If you don?t want to have to worry about being voted off don?t ever begin the casting process. What you have seen for the past 13 weeks is 14 people (15 if you include Abram) just trying to make the best situation out of a game that could have and should have made us all enemies. I?m back to bed, till next week?
Adam
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The End of the Road
Posted on: 04.18.2007
I expected Susie and Derek to be sitting on the side of the road after their Pit waiting to be picked up but sometimes your mind plays tricks on you. The Road Rules experience is full of so many surprises sometimes all you can think about is worst case scenarios just so that you prepare yourself. I can?t imagine any of the people on the RV losing in the Pit because we are all so strong mentally and physically but then again I expected Shane and Dan to come back to the RV as well. With David going in this week I feel confident that he?ll come back but there is always that small chance that the Pit Monster could be beat.
Losing in the Pit seems even less likely after the 3rd Pit Stop that we just had. We played some flag football on the beach against Shane, Dan, Jerry, Ivory, Veronica and Kristen. We had Kassim Osgood and Marcus McNeil from the San Diego Chargers coaching the Roadies and Pit Crew. Standing in the middle of Qualcomm Field and then later being presented with these special jerseys in the Chargers locker room was surreal. Like I?ve said before Road Rules is the coolest road trip you could ever have and so many of the experiences like this one could never be recreated even if you had a ton of money (which I don?t).
The end is getting near and with just 3 weeks left I?m already trying to figure out what to do with my life next. They are filming a new challenge but I?m not sure my body is up for it after being beat up so severely these 15 arduous weeks. For those who don?t keep up with Adam?s Life or just don?t care I have been chasing the acting dream for the last 4 years in Los Angeles. I struggled, starved, went without health insurance and gave up a lot of my hobbies because I couldn?t afford them. I figured as long as I paid my bills no one could stop me from chasing my dream. Now almost 5 years later I?m beginning to wonder if I?ll be able to change paths and walk away from acting.
I love to entertain people and so I?ve thought about maybe being involved in the production side of things. I would love to be the one acting or hosting but the creative control really is held by the producers and writers. The wine industry is something I also feel I could be quite passionate about and my family is all involved already so why fall so far from the tree? I was thinking about working my way up the ladder in hopes of becoming a cruise director and actually using my hospitality degree that I got from Boston University, that would make my parents at least feel I hadn?t wasted 4 years of my life in college.
So what to do? I have finally found an amazing woman to share my life with, or at least until she smartens up and realizes she can do better, and I?m not so intent on gaining recognition from random strangers anymore. I think the more quality people you have in your life the less you have to prove. I?m loved by an amazing handful of people and although it?s in my nature to continue making new and interesting friends I?m not so concerned with everyone liking me anymore. Road Rules and the entire reality experience really wizened me up to the fact that what we all seek in life is a little bit of recognition for how we positively influence others.
I couldn't care less how many people know and recognize ?Adam from Road Rules?, but whether or not I?ve done anything positive by sharing my life with the MTV generation. I hope that I have inspired people to try to do more and to test their limits. I enjoy being stopped in the mall or when I?m out grabbing a bite to eat by someone who says that by watching me grow and mature that they figured things would eventually get better for them as well. It makes me smile when I get a comment about being sexy or cute but I truly feel special when someone can actually relate, that?s the connection I?m looking for. I have a ton of love for everyone out there who has been cheering me along the way and if there was ever a time for support it will be needed during these last 3 weeks. Best energy until next week? Adam
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I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
Posted on: 04.11.2007
I?m the guy who just doesn?t know or care about his limits. As soon as TJ and Richie came out flying, flipping and spinning taking huge air I felt like my boyhood dreams were coming true. Unfortunately my body doesn?t take falls like it use to when I was a teenager and so when I tried to launch off one of the ramps that TJ made look like it was child?s play my bike went flying out from underneath me and I landed flat on my back. TJ told me to chill out, take some basic lessons, and he would have me upside down by the end of our training day.
First off we picked up Derek but that?s not a big surprise I honestly don?t think that either Derek or David could lose. I feel bad sending the new guys in but I feel bad sending anyone in. The rules of Road Rules have changed. The missions are way more difficult. Win or lose a mission you still have to vote people into the Pit so it feels like unavoidable punishment. We only have a few weeks left and if you think I?ll risk my spot on the RV with no time left to get back on when I?m performing great in the missions than you must be wishing bad things upon me. If you are not on board the Adam Train I don?t want to hear your negativity.
Back to the mission. The wipe out I took within my first few minutes on my BMX bike nearly sidelined me for the day. I got my breath back, wiped away my tears and looked around for my bike. After learning a few techniques about pumping, pedaling and just trying to stay loose and breath, things started to get easier. I couldn?t believe just how much of a cardio work out this was and after a few hours I was tired as could be and it was only lunch.
After lunch we started taking off the ramps and landing on the foam and resin. I got a couple of great jumps in and I think confidence is really key for this mission. TJ told me to just start leaning back and that the bike would come around with me. I got the hang of it and by the end of the day I was making the landing on the resin landing and getting about 90% of my back flip into the foam.
Mission morning I can?t move. My back and body are so sore from training and my lower back is all sorts of bruised. Regardless we have $10,000 to bank and I don?t want to let the team down. TJ and Richie came up with tricks for each of us that they felt we should be able to do depending upon our ability. Tori and David had 20 point tricks, Susie and Kina had 30 point tricks and Derek and I had 50 point tricks. I think they really pushed us too hard but when you are on Road Rules I?ve noticed that people would do just about anything when 5 other people are counting on them.
Tori, Kina and I were the only ones to score although I thought everyone did awesome. Seriously I wish that we had done this mission in some type of stadium where viewers could come and watch if they had wanted. It was such a great feeling and if there are any kids out there who love action sports I would say that Camp Woodward (California, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania locations) would be some of the best money you could ever spend. I really wish I had done something like that when I was younger but my mom never wanted me on a skateboard. Back on track, we only scored a total of 100 points and we needed 101 or more. TJ gave me the chance to score 1 more point for the team, a back flip off the resin ramp. Something I had never tried before and if I didn?t make it would be landing upside down on my head. Unfortunately I started coming around and all I saw was black and couldn?t tell when to try to tuck the bike back underneath me. After one of the hardest slams of my life I got up (they probably didn?t show this on the episode), hiked back up the ramp and with stars still in my vision I took off one more time and although I got around and nearly landed the back flip it would only matter to me. Even though TJ was proud of me and said I had the heart of an extreme sports athlete I only had one chance to make it and I didn?t. I wonder how I would have done if I had tried the back flip the day before, but in all honesty I was terrified and only tried because it would win us the mission if it was possible.
So we lost our second mission in a row and that means we have to send 2 people into the pit. Tori was willing to volunteer but Susie was adamant on going in since she didn?t do all that well and we are starting to have to look at performance. David volunteered as well because he felt that Derek and I had the harder tricks but after landing on his balls and having to go to the emergency room we weren?t sure that he would just get disqualified and not even be able to compete. That wouldn?t be fair and that should show all those idiots out there who think we are trying to gang up on David just how much we care about keeping this strong team together and being fair. So it came down to Derek or myself. I was really surprised that I was the one to speak up and volunteer to go in if David couldn?t but Derek has been quite on a lot of issues. The fact that we only have a few weeks left and that a loss in the pit basically guarantees you won?t drive off in a Mazda 3 or with any cash. The girls felt that after my performance, how much I was willing to do for the team going for a never attempted back flip on the resin ramp, and obviously the fact that Derek?s wrestling and football background make him undefeatable in the Pit that I shouldn?t have to volunteer. I agreed but like I said I was surprised that Derek didn?t come forth and volunteer on his own. Whatever, sometimes I forget we are all here to win.
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My Blog...
Posted on: 04.05.2007
Watched the mission and it?s really becoming the David show. David getting this superhero edit it?s bugging me. Anyways I appreciate the feedback from all you viewers and whether or not I agree with you here we go ?
Going into the Pit as a member of the Pit crew doesn't count? According to who? You? That's a great system for you. Completely hypocritical, self-serving and utter bull crap, but good for you nontheless. Having never had to earn your place on the RV through votes and winning a Pit, I'd guess it's easy for you to say that it doesn't count. Basically, a convenient way to extend your stay is to claim, for no reason with any justification, that any Pit crew member has to go into the Pit TWICE as many times as you have.
You're just greedy and chicken. No need to spin it like you're actually more entitled. Just be the greedy, scared idiot you are, Adam. Own it!
Posted by: restez - Mar 29, 2007 7:45:56 PM
I?m a competitor you ass. Get off your computer join a team and learn what it means to pull your weight before you go grab another tub of ice cream Restez. And you are correct about we being the greedy, scared idiot although I would prefer if you just called me a selfish scared idiot. How did staying home last Friday night making out with your sister go? See I care about your life too.
Hey Adam.
Adam, I am happy for you and for everything that you are learning from this experience, you and everyone on the RV are very blessed to have this experience. Happy you are learning so much and look forward to giving you the votes to keep you on the RV
Loves.
Mary K.
Posted by: Mary K. - Mar 29, 2007 10:23:01 PM
Mary K. we all love you on the RV. Thanks for taking time off of studying hope all is going well and we?ll keep knocking em back to you. If you see Restez in the library would you please drop a book on his head and knock some sense into that idiot?
I agree with you Adam 100%! You guys earned all that money in your bank thing and why should you go into the pit when the new guys havn't been there?! I think the pit elimination with Shane wasn't fair because of the weight difference. But David did help you guys a lot in the last mission. I am so GLAD that Angel left and Susie came back! Angel was SO annoying and weak! But I still don't understand why Susie gave up that one pit?! Will she ever explain?!
Anyways good luck on your next missions!
Posted by: Seema - Mar 29, 2007 11:17:54 PM
Susie needed to take a break and she chose a bad time to do it. She?ll never hand over a pit again especially not to Angel or Ivory.
I completely agree about what you're saying. SOMEone has to go to the Pit each week. On a show with a cast of 14 people and only 6 winners in the end, feelings will be hurt no matter what. It's the nature of the game, and that's why its on television. Unfortunately no one wants to just watch six people have a great experience anymore. They want fighting and drama, and the format of this show ensures that drama will be inevitable. And it's pretty much guarunteed that if say, David, Lamonte, Angel, and Ivory were on the RV they would do the exact same thing!
Posted by: Katie - Mar 30, 2007 12:01:01 AM
That being said we have to be careful not to let those weak links run the RV voting. Rotating my not be the best choice but it seems ok when there is no other choice. I will not lose one of the girls for a toxic Angel or a nutcase Ivory
Hey Adam, I just wanted to say your my favorite out of everyone on the RV. I think that you have proven yourself over and over again, that you are a true asset to the team. You are real and tell it like it is. I love reading your blogs, they are very well put together and they seem to be thought out before posted. I wish you the best of luck, and i really do hope you are there at the end, you deserve it!! Keep up the great work.
Posted by: Jess M - Mar 30, 2007 12:00:47 PM
Jess M thanks so much for the love it?s much needed with all the finger pointing going on about not sending in the girls right now.
I agree with the fact of having a new member carry his/her weight.....however, I thought the overall goal was to have the strongest possible team to help win missions.....
which is why I do get David going in......Susie is BY FAR..the weakest member to the team, and David the inverse. Susie almost cost the mission, and from was shown...no one but David did anything to save the mission!
As a so called leader, I'd expect you to honor team strength more than friendships...especially given the impression you lay upon us.....
Oh...i forgot, then there is the Susie/Kina/Adam un broken axis you guys formed during week 1 which sent Veronica and Shane to the Pit as a result
I think you need to rethink your position on this one!
Posted by: Darock - Mar 30, 2007 1:45:36 PM
Darock I actually undid the chain 2 times that they choose not to air. We are all strong some of us are just not getting the superhero edit that David is. I wish the viewers could see just how much the girls contribute to the team and that they aren?t the weakest by far.
I hope monte takes the money you earned, because you seem to be a pretentious jerk, who has a tendency to act is if you are the only righteous man on earth.
Posted by: logic - Mar 30, 2007 1:46:04 PM
You can say whatever you want... what it matters here is that you are a hot and I want to keep seeing you in the show... I love all of you guys!!!
Posted by: Anaida - Mar 30, 2007 3:12:45 PM
Right? That?s what I?ve been saying all along.
Adam your boring and senseless blogs are hard to read. You seem to have a explaination for everything. (More like excuses) You have made excuses bieng a Wus in everyway you can, they have been in the pit and earned thier way on, you only been in the pit once, and against the weakest pitcrew member, what have you earned? Dude step up, and stop boring us with rhetoric.
Posted by: Robert - Mar 30, 2007 8:18:08 PM
I was actually hoping that Abe would hit you in the head but I guess your casting tape never made it to BMP?? Shut ur damn mouth Robert, you bore me with your stupidity.
Adam, I just wanted to say how much you seem to have grown up since your first time on Road Rules. It's like two different people. I hope you go all the way to the end (and not just b/c you're easy on the eye :)
Posted by: Kim - Mar 31, 2007 12:39:15 AM
Kim I love your support but this is a long game and I feel myself digressing more and more each week, this game wears your ass out.
Adam,
In my opinion as long as you continue to excel in the missions, you should not have to go to the Pit. People forget the sacrifices you guys make for this game and they have also forgotten that the concept is to form the strongest team possible.
You kick as^ in the missions period and are a very strong team asset. Without your leadership, man I dunno!
Am I wrong in my analysis?
Posted by: Rodney Mack - Mar 31, 2007 1:11:17 AM
We have the strongest team and so we are risking losing strong players no matter who we put in so it?s starting to default to who is pissing me off.
Hey whats up adam... i think your right... david and derek have to go into the pitt.... since everyone as a roadie went in once already they should at least catch up... then it will all even out.. hopefully you guys wont send them in there over and over... you guys better not cause thats just messed up
Posted by: Alex - Mar 31, 2007 10:20:10 AM
Alex you must have a college degree because you are in the minority. Why do we have all these idiots on the blogosphere thinking that the girls and I have some type of alliance and that Derek and David are going through something we didn?t just go through a few weeks back ourselves?
Hey Adam...
I don't understand why you dislike the new members coming into the RV.. I thought it was very unfair and wrong that you told David that he would be voted into the pit no matter the results from the mission.. that was very selfish, especially when he put an effort to add some extra money to the bank... i understand that you're trying to protect yourself and win this competition, but sometimes it's not about winning, it's about being humble and caring for people...i hope that you can learn things through this that you wouldn't have learned if you hadnt participated.. Good luck..
Posted by: Noelle - Mar 31, 2007 3:23:45 PM
I?ve been nothing but nice to David and the fact that he is being portrayed as a victim on TV is only going to make the rest of the crew on the RV all that more resentful. We are all in this together and I was acting as a big brother to him now I?ll let him fend for himself.
The show wouldn't be the same without you. As a viewer, some people are give or take. But if you were ever off the RV, I'm tellin ya.. it wouldn't be the same. Have a great time and I think you deserve to take home everything you have been earning for this team. Rock on, ass kicker. Haha!
Posted by: Jinx - Mar 31, 2007 4:44:29 PM
You think your rotation system will continue to work but you wait and see. I hope "The pit master" would change the rule on you guys and allow us the VIEWERS to choose who goes in the pit battle FROM THE RV. Sooner or later, you guys will lose another mission. By then, you'll send 2 people. I wish you guys would try to monopolize the game against to make the pit crew have a disadvantage!!
Posted by: Janelle - Mar 31, 2007 6:08:55 PM
Don?t you think the Pit crew would get steamrolled by us right now? Take all 8 of them and we?ll still kick ass. The point is that even the strong get beat and no one wants to go into the Pit or home right now. So what we do is try to rotate and bite the bullet.
It's only obvious that David should go into the pit. Nobody wants to go but it has to be done. If I was on the show and everyone had gone to the pit but me I wouldn't take it personal. I would know it's my turn to step up. A person can't think they can go the entire show without being sent in. I love watching the show. Keep up the good work!!!
Posted by: Sabrina - Mar 31, 2007 11:34:05 PM
That is why David is pissing me off. I took him aside trying to give him big brother type of advice and he threw it back at the group as if we were trying to backstab him. I didn?t throw missions or ?not make anyone another dime? till I came back from the Pit and felt ?safe?.
Adam,
I think you should not concern yourself with Monte or the Pit Crew....and focus on the team that you have.
I think right now you guys have the best possible team, with you and David as the anchors. I do understand how you feel about busting your butt and someone coming in with no efforts at the end to stake a claim, but I truly believe that everyone in this game will get what they deserve at the end.
With that said, you have carried the team, and without you.....there may be no handsome reward at the end!
Good luck bro!
Posted by: Say It Son - Apr 2, 2007 6:24:13 PM
My feeling is that I?ll bust my ass and make as much money as I can and hopefully whoever is around in the end will deserve it. We all know that these games have some crazy twists and turns so I?m not going to worry about alliances or try to protect myself when the last mission could be some type of Pit Stop where the winner takes all. Hopefully we?ll have the strongest team if that does come up.
i think you are enoying people voted all the rong people for this years road rules the only good one is veronica and the rest are the pain in the a** you think your bad but your not the last time i saw you on a challenge was when you got sent home by derrick i was so happy you are a loser
Posted by: kassandra - Apr 3, 2007 6:42:13 PM
Ur momma needs to teach ur ass some social skills and learn some grammar.
You are really hot and Abe is just a "Punk". So kick some ass!
Posted by: Adriana, Boston - Apr 4, 2007 3:43:11 AM
My sentiments exactly!
Being a part of the Road Rules seems to be a definite experience of a lifetime, as well as, a privilege and David worked his ass off to be a part of the experience. I understand that everyone on the RV works their butts off as well, but what has happened here is David a been sent to the pit, now risking that someone you all wont be comfortable with coming onto the RV. David brings up a valid point. He knew full and well that he was going to get thrown into the pit, but chose not to throw the mission at hand because he wanted to show his loyalty.
Granted, Road Rules is a game and everyone new, who comes onto the RV, knows that they have a greater chance of getting thrown back into the pit after a mission. But with David, who has exhibited that he can be trusted and is in this game for everyone on the RV, you all have now risked that comfort that he tried to instill in you.
Adam, you have been on the RV since the very beginning. You know the Road Rules very well. You are an excellent competitor and have a great sense of judgment but the choice to put David in the pit doesn?t make sense. Why risk a trust worthy person? Is throwing David into the pit part of a plan? Since you say that every pit crew member, who comes onto the RV, has get put into the pit an equal number of times as the Roadies, have you told this to David? There seems to be more behind this then what?s really shown or surfaced...
Well, best of luck on the rest of the missions and good luck to the Roadies for whoever comes onto the RV.
Posted by: Rita - Apr 4, 2007 1:09:32 PM
David stalled out 3 times that they didn?t show on the episode costing us minutes not just seconds. Derek seems to be more level headed and he?s just as strong plus he doesn?t try to start fights and then apologize when the camera isn?t around.
Man can't you see that you guys can't be stopped. You need to send the girls into the pit. All of the missions that ya'll won are b/c of the guys not the girls. Come on all they bring is drama, especially Tori, I think every episode she's either crying or in a fight with someone.
Posted by: Tim - Apr 4, 2007 11:12:17 PM
I definitely agree that the girls need to take a turn but why do it when David is picking fights just because he wants to see his face on TV. You viewers should see how nice he is when the cameras aren?t around, one of the nicest kids I?ve ever met on ANY of these shows. Too bad every time I see him on the episode he is being portrayed as some type of superhero.
as a viewer, this is my ideal road rules team (so make it happen!! -> dan, derek, kina, susie, adam and tori. it'll not only be the best, but the hottest team out there! good luckk!
Posted by: tori - Apr 4, 2007 11:19:07 PM
David will never lose in the pit, he?s made for those type of competitions so where as he might not know how to drive stick or slow us down in a rock climbing mission I don?t think he?s going anywhere.
Hi, I was enjoying the game until it turned nasty. I do believe that kina and adam are the poison on the r.v. sweet & innocent susie isn't so sweet and innocent after all, and tori "the pageant beauty" isn't such a beauty after all. It seems you both have been sucked into the poisonous webb that kina and adam brought on board. It is a game and you guys are definitely the bad guys. Kina, Susie, and Adam... please quit babying tori, she's not in pull-ups, however,I feel she may need a bottle sometimes. David, play the game, forget tori's feelings(the truth hurts)she's obviously not worried about yours. After all, the viewers know who is playing fair and who isn't. I for one, am ready to see Kina take a back seat. Poor susie... you should go back to your old self... before kina. Guys, stop being selfish and treat everybody right, that's really how to win the game. Everybody's there for the same reason. WIN!!!
Posted by: agreen - Apr 4, 2007 11:48:48 PM
Grab that bottle and shove it in your mouth. Tired of people watching 22 minutes thinking they know how to play the game better than us.
Please stop letting these girls walk all over you - it is making you look really bad. I hope after watching tonights episode you can see just how much control they have over the guys... Why is it the guys that have to keep going back in and the girls (especially Tori) NEVER volunteer....
Posted by: sarah - Apr 4, 2007 11:57:23 PM
Do I really look that bad? Do you really think I?m that naïve? Do you really think I would allow David and Derek not contribute to our rotation system? Also forget about people volunteering if David keeps picking fights. Everyone defended him more than you could possibly imagine and on top of that we gave him the warmest welcome (he needed it not wearing any clothes). Now I?m beginning to see just how smart he is. Thank God these episodes are airing live because on the RV he always acts so Lenny from ?Of Mice and Men? and is surprised that we are upset with him for trashing us.
Adam,
Be a leader and do what's best for the team bro. Alliances will not always create the best team and there may be drawbacks at the end.
You r a very strong player, and the Adam i know has a low tolerance for weakness and a high regard for team strength
Posted by: Warren - Apr 5, 2007 12:51:28 AM
The girls on the RV are all strong, maybe not as strong as the guys, but isn?t that how it?s suppose to be. I don?t want my girlfriend to be able to kick my ass. Furthermore I really think the girls are a thousand times stronger than someone like Angel.
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Crying Over Spilled Milk...
Posted on: 04.04.2007
The missions themselves have also gotten so much harder, and whereas before it seemed that at least if everyone participated you had a great chance of winning, it?s now becoming common for us to lose. My point is that Road Rules is suppose to be about the experience and it?s getting increasingly difficult to appreciate that experience, speeding through the desert at over 100mph and getting to jump off ramps like Bo & Luke in the Dukes of Hazard, when you are only focusing on doing whatever it takes to win.
This week we found ourselves in the middle of the Mojave Desert with an hour left to drive when the sun was going down over the mountains. We were enjoying ourselves around the fire and dealing with all the dust and sand that had made it into the RV when out in the distance we see all these lights driving towards us. Not what I was expecting considering I hadn?t seen anyone other than the cast for the last couple of hours. Get this, it is pitch black and this desert gang starts revving their motors and then kicking up all this dirt and dust while circling our campfire and RV all Mad Max style. To be honest, we were a little scared that this was some type of desert band of outlaws, coming to rob the RV and pillage our women. Turns out, we had nothing to be worried about: it was just the Desert Assasins, our trainers for our mission the next day. Way to make a first impression! The girls went back in the RV and the guys spent the rest of the night throwing back beers. We caught up with David, played "truth or dare?, and, oh yeah, David chugged a bunch of ass hair that I pulled out of my taint, GROSS.
During the day we got to drive the dune buggy, a quick test loop in the desert. After lunch, Cameron, our lead trainer and desert racer, let us have it. Pairing up we had to do a 6 mile course while making 2 pit stops in under 15 minutes. Earlier that day one of the Desert Assassin trainers told me it was going to be hard but that we might be able to pull it off in 20 minutes. We might be able to do it in 20 minutes and now I?m hearing 15? Well bad got worse when Cameron?s wife Heidi made this mission nearly impossible by giving us a pitcher of milk and a cake to get to Cam with at least one piece in tact and a cup of milk to wash it all down with.
Cameron warned us that our rotation order would affect the 2nd element of our mission so we tried to make sure that we didn?t use up our drivers who are most comfortable driving stick. I love driving and felt that maybe if I was to go last I might be able to make up some time by driving harder and crazier than others might think comfortable. With Kina coming around the corner I realized that was going to be the case because we were way behind, way behind. David stalled a few times, having never driven stick before, and more importantly, even with the quickest transitions, the time imposed upon us was just too difficult. Coming across the finish line, Tori and I were going over 100 mph with cake all over the place and what Tori thought was an empty pitcher of milk.
Turns out we had plenty of milk left and the cake wasn?t all that bad. We had all done our best and had a great time. Cameron said if one of us took the cake in the face they might give us a second chance. I volunteered but Tori was still upset with David over the outburst he had when he got back on the RV, so I wasn?t going to get in her way of revenge. I did, however, get Cameron with a piece of cake-in-the-face that was leftover, my own special happy birthday to him. It was all in good fun and before long we were in the back of an ambulance getting ?checked out? before we tried jumping off ramps they used in Dukes of Hazard. We all jumped about the same, mid 60?s with David jumping 68ft probably cause his fat ass could actually get some traction in the sand. It really sucked because I knew that my jump wasn?t far enough and instead of being excited about being able to do something so cool I felt like I let the entire team down. Well, we?ve won 7 out of 10, not bad but definitely not great. It?s time to get it together and start making Lamonte?s money so come on people start blogging away and give us the support we need.
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Making Monte’s Money…
Posted on: 03.29.2007
Not sure if it?s ever made an episode but Monte has said countless times ?keep making daddy?s money?. You have no idea how much it would bug me for Monte, or anyone else from the Pit Crew that has immunity, to win one of the last pits, walk in having not lifted a finger, and have his prophecy of making him all this money come true. If Monte was ever going to have his chance at getting on the RV it was two weeks ago against me in the Pit. I can?t play basketball to save my life and he was sitting there making baskets on his knees. Now I?m not saying that Monte doesn?t deserve another chance, almost the opposite. I say VOTE MONTE. Make April VOTE MONTE month for all I care. Get him on the RV so we can get rid of his immunity. More importantly I want the viewers out there to realize that even if Monte doesn?t get his share of ?Monte?s Money? and a Mazda 3, the kid could still vacation anywhere in the world he wanted after all the frequent flyer miles he has been racking up. In the past 9 weeks, Monte has flown for the 1st episode where all 8 pit crew members sent us on our way, 2 pit stops, 3 pit challenges, and let?s not forget the launch special in New York City.
You?ll see a couple of new male faces this week on the RV. I gave them both warm welcomes but at the same time I miss Dan and Shane. It?s a strange feeling to have the people that you basically began the trip with start falling by the wayside, especially when they helped you earn so much money and got you that much closer to the handsome reward. I definitely realize that Derek and David are incredibly strong and would have helped just as much had they been around but it?s hard not to feel a certain loyalty to those who you have been sharing the experience with.
The second week with David was just as awesome as the first. For those of you who remember me from The Quest I was always doing something crazy just to get a reaction good or bad. David is exactly the same except he has a bigger heart and is a nicer guy than I have ever met before on any of these shows. I took David aside and let him know so that it didn?t come as a surprise that I would be voting for him this week to go into the pit. I felt bad that he has to go into the pit when he is enjoying this experience so much but the rest of us have all been in there.
Derek is crazy fun to be around. When he?s not kicking ass in the mission he seems to be mixing up some type of alcoholic concoction. For those who want to know what his drink of choice is, it?s a Capt?n Coke w/ a lime. Derek is a little more reserved, holding back I can tell, waiting to see how the rest of the group acts and chiming in when he feels it?s appropriate. I wish I could put him at ease but I?m not sure that I would have that much fun around a group of people I couldn?t trust. Poor kid is away from his girlfriend, new dog and everything that?s comfortable. He?ll see that after next week when he goes into the pit that we still plan on doing a rotation system.
Let me explain something else. Going into the pit from the Pit Crew does not count so don?t waste your time telling me it does in your comments. The reason Tori has not gone in for the past couple weeks is because we?re making sure that everyone has gone into the Pit as a roadie an equal number of times. We?ve all been into the Pit once and Derek and David have to catch up. In the spirit of the game I think that a person who replaces someone should have to put themselves into the Pit just as many times as the Roadies who have earned the money and Mazda 3 that that person now has the opportunity to share.
The Pit Crew has everything to gain where as the Roadies have everything to lose when they go into the Pit. The journey could come to a screeching halt and the handsome reward you?ve been chasing as well as the money you?ve been earning just got handed over to someone else. The sacrifices you?ve made, leaving your loved ones, giving up your phone and credit cards, sharing a 8ft x 28ft living space, showering in RV parks, not being able to have your personal space and having to share a cell phone and computer with 5 other people this is what makes for the Road Rules experience. To think that you did all of this just to have to watch the rest of the journey from your couch in your living room really sucks. I am going to continue enjoying the experience as much as possible even though when I go into the Pit in a few weeks I could be handing it all over to Monte or whoever. That?s the new Road Rules and although it?s different than my first I can?t thank the viewers enough for giving me this opportunity. Now back to the gym to get ready for whatever Pit they throw at me.
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Seriously, Get Real or Stop Making Out
Posted on: 03.21.2007
This mission ties with the race car driving as my favorite mission so
far. There have been times when I wish that I had enlisted in the
military or applied to the Naval Academy. For whatever reason I
choose to go down a different path and it is when I go through
experiences like this that I wonder where would I be now? Going into
the ice was my favorite, it's what my little brother Eric calls type 2
fun. You don't realize how much fun you were having till you are
enjoying a beer discussing it with your friends and family days later.
But since I'm sure everyone else will be talking about this amazing
mission there is something else that is on my mind that I want to blog
about. This week I will be taking a few hundred words to talk about my 1st time
being on Road Rules and the difference now, 6 years later, as I travel
around on the RV once again. I believe in adventure, competition and
most of all I believe in being honest to yourself and others. It is
tough to live on an RV with 5 people and even more difficult to be
yourself when you know that a camera could capture and exploit you at
your weakest moments on national TV. The newer kids like Dan and Tori
are trying to figure out how to be themselves, be honest, and be loved.
The first time I stepped in front of a camera I had just turned 22 and
was almost done with my hospitality degree from Boston University. I
had been cast when I went off on an internship to Puerto Rico and by
chance attended an open casting call with a friend of mine. I knew of
the shows but I didn't watch them religiously and therefore didn't
really have a definite understanding of what I would be getting myself
into. At that time Real World and Road Rules were the only reality TV
shows around except for Survivor which was in its 2nd season. I was
immature, out of control and thought that everything I did was
entertaining. I realized that although some of the stuff I did got a
laugh it was actually at others? expense. I realized that I was trying
to be something I was not; it wasn't just uncomfortable for myself but
everyone else around me.
It's now 2007 and it seems like everyone has been on one reality TV show
or another, I've been on 5 on MTV alone. What seems to have
changed is that people view reality TV as a lottery ticket instead the
great vacation from reality that it is. The point is that everyone
knows about reality TV and if they are trying to gain exposure so that
they can get into acting, comedy, modeling, etc. they don't want to come
off looking anything less than awesome. As someone who has been working
in the entertainment industry, being a recognizable face actually makes
it more difficult, reality TV shows are no "yellow brick road".
As for my original Road Rules experience, 6 years ago I landed in
Morocco and climbed aboard an RV with Blair, Ellen, Steve, Sophia and
Jisela (Katie would join us later) and we lived our lives, had our
fights, came together to win missions and opened our eyes to what each
other had to offer. I was who I was and only had the opportunity to see
what I was like from a 3rd person's perspective 3 months after I had
gotten home when the show started to air.
Now Road Rules incorporates the "live" element into the mix. It makes
this wild adventure more interactive for the viewers but before we take
off for our next mission we relive the past week every Wednesday night
at 10:30. We also have the blog responses, message boards and emails to
read where people we have never met face to face get direct access to
pass judgment on our actions. Even crazier is that we need to get these
people on our side so that they can vote us back on the RV if we find
ourselves as part of the Pit Crew.
I wonder how the newbies (Dan, Tori, Angel, Dave, Lamonte, Ivory, Jerry
and Kristen) can even attempt to be real. I think the world of both Dan
and Tori and as individuals they both are exceptional although right now
they seem to be one and the same, it's the Dan and Tori story. As for
their romantic relationship, it became a forced issue, something the
viewers want. Even if Dan and Tori would have dated they are bombarded
with everyone's voices and opinions of what they should be which drowns
out whatever they might be feeling.
I have learned to hide nothing and to say everything. The more you own
your imperfections the more people are willing to forgive. What cast
members and viewers alike will not except is when someone is trying to
cover something up. The truth will eventually come out and when it does
it will be so much more dramatic. To anyone out there who wants to be
on a reality TV show, and I'm sure you will get your opportunity, be as
nice, bitchy, slutty, drunk, religious, modest, boring, hyper, or
whatever as you would back home. It's your true personality that gets
you on a show and it should be your true personality that the viewers
get to see once the camera comes around.
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A Side Note...
Posted on: 03.15.2007
One thing real quick that really worried me about this this week's episode and that if Angel comes back I will be talking to her about... It wasn't Tori's turn because we still had Shane and Dan left to volunteer themselves and both Tori and Kina have already been in the Pit as Roadies. Angel is trying and so is everyone else. Off to the next mission, take care, Adam
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