Amazing Race 17: Connor Diemand-Yauman & Jonathan Schwartz

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Amazing Race 17: Connor Diemand-Yauman & Jonathan Schwartz
[center][url=http://vevmo.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=7501][img]http://vevmo.com/imagehosting/15504c7e5bb25df44.jpg[/img][/url][/center] [b]Connor Diemand-Yauman [/b] [b]Age[/b]: 22 [b]Hometown[/b]: Chesterland, Ohio [b]Connection to your Teammate[/b]: Best friend [b]Current occupation[/b]: Student [b]Favorite hobbies[/b]: Singing in our a cappella group, volunteering, speech/debate and sports [b]Achievements[/b]: Serving as student body President at Princeton University [b]Lifelong to do list[/b]: Beat Phil Keoghan in a foot race [b]What scares you most about traveling?[/b] Getting sick [b]What excites you most about traveling?[/b] New adventures and the unexpected [b]If I could switch places with someone[/b]: Shirley Tilghman (President of Princeton) [b]Role model/hero[/b]: Barack Obama [b]What are you passionate about?[/b] Show tunes. [b]What would you do if you won the million dollars?[/b] Withdraw the full amount in one-dollar bills, put it in a kiddie pool, jump in, jump out and take a shower (apparently money is really dirty). [b]People would be surprised to learn[/b]: Dalmatians are born without spots [b]Favorite place you have ever visited[/b]: Princeton, N.J. [b]Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together[/b]: Staying in harmony (musically and competitively) [b]What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)?[/b] An incredible experience and the chance for one last hurrah with Jonathan before we graduate and go off into the real world. [b]Pet peeve about your teammate[/b]: At times Jonathan can be overly concerned with getting in trouble and he's often afraid to break any sort of rules. [b]Jonathan Schwartz[/b] [b]Age[/b]: 22 [b]Hometown[/b]: Cranford, N.J. [b]Connection to your Teammate[/b]: Best friend [b]Current occupation[/b]: Student [b]Favorite hobbies[/b]: Singing in our a cappella group, filmmaking and filling out surveys [b]Achievements[/b]: It's a three-way tie between getting into Princeton, being cast in a Broadway show and opening up that really tough jar of pickles in the back of my fridge. [b]Lifelong to do list[/b]: Make a lifelong to do list [b]What scares you most about traveling?[/b] The fact that other travelers are probably going to pass gas on airplanes without me hearing it [b]What excites you most about traveling?[/b] The opportunity for me to pass gas on airplanes without anyone hearing it [b]If I could switch places with someone[/b]: Yanni [b]Role model/hero[/b]: My parents, Mother Theresa and Kenny G (not necessarily in that order). [b]What are you passionate about?[/b] Tweezin' the old unibrow [b]What would you do if you won the million dollars?[/b] If I were to win the million dollars I would buy a pony, but just one. [b]People would be surprised to learn[/b]: That my name, Jonathan, is translated to mean "gift from God." Coincidence? I think not. [b]Favorite place you have ever visited[/b]: My podiatrist's office (bunion surgery – more like Fun-ion surgery.) [b]Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together[/b]: Not dying while circling the globe. [b]What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)?[/b] On the Race, I hope to accomplish world peace, eradicate hunger and give Phil Keoghan a buzz cut. [b]Pet peeve about your teammate[/b]: He's taller than me.
They may have been trying a little too hard to be funny in this but I have to admit that some of it made me laugh. I'm liking them so far. It's nice to have a little comic relief on the show.