Friday, June 08, 2007

Ay, Dios Mio! It's Crush Time!

[Warning: To all my dear overseas readers please note that The Amazing Race: All Stars is currently still showing here in OZ, so please don't spoiler in the comments if you now how it ends! I'm avoiding the official TAR website links for the same reason.]

Here's my latest crush, The Amazing Race's own Oswald Mendez. Gay, sweet, funny, smart, handsome, caring, a little bit camp (when it's called for) and Ay, Dios Mio! that Cuban accent. Born in Cuba in 1970, and now living in Miami, he is a consultant with an ad agency.

Of all the racers in all the seasons of TAR Oswald (and his race partner Danny) are at the top of my list. They treated everybody with respect and got by on smarts, charm, cooperation and a real sense of fun and adventure. In real life he and Danny are very close, a bond that grew as Oswald helped Danny throught the trauma of losing his partner Nelson to AIDS. Even when the stress of the race got to them they still managed to treat each other with respect and consideration, even when fighting.

I found them a joy to watch.





Mmmmmmmm, knee pads. How thought provoking.





5 comments:

Michael said...

LUFF him! He could charm my pants off. And has, not that he was in the room.

Michael said...

PS That last shot gives me happy.

Christopher said...

He's a cutie...and I didn't know you were down with brown mi amigo!

The Other Andrew said...

Michael, I agree! And it is an indication of changing times don't you think that the gay couples are shown to kiss and hug more on TAR these days? In the first season Joe and Bill were very open about being gay, but shown as being less physical. Same with Oswaldd & Danny. Qudos to the producers for casting so many gay couples in the first place, but bravo for being less scared of showing them naturally.

Christopher, I'm down with brown! Sigh, I'm going to have to say it, you know I do...

"The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice."

worldpeace and a speedboat said...

oooohhh TOA, he is gorgeous. not only gorgeous but looks like a thoroughly lovely man. cwoar..! now if only he lived in Sydney and had your phone number...

and the last photo makes me happy too, so sweet :-)