Ha! Look, I've started a blog! So, I have to go back to last weekend when I went to the pub with some of my fellow squash-players... some of whom are also Survivor Poolsters. "You should start a blog!" says Naomi. She assures me it's easy... and wouldn't you know it... she's right. Smart girl, that Naomi. So here you go, poolsters... It's a little late in our season, yes. I never said I was quick. (The title for today's post, by the by, also comes from the pub night, which featured karaoke. I am SO going to sing Nancy Sinatra next time....)
OK... so Coach & Debbie had to scramble a little. All of a sudden, they weren't in on the joke. Debbie figures that maybe aligning the old Timbira tribe is a good way to go. (Ummm... maybe you should have thought of that a while back, non?) So they approach Sierra, who says she doesn't know what she'll do. Coach asks her where are her loyalties... and she points out that they wrote her name down... bringing me to my theme... Sierra is wise. Sierra all of a sudden is the only one who tells the truth on this show. And I'm talking about bigger, capital "T" Truths...
Debbie gives Sierra the hand - "I'm not going to deal with you right now." Again, Sierra with the truth... you approached ME. No matter.
What's the deal with Debbie? Up 'til now we've been led to believe she's this squeaky clean, super nice, mom & school principal who loves everyone... I don't know... I'm starting to think that she's a mean girl inside just like Tyson was... (By the way, if you want to like Tyson again - and you will - watch the Ponderosa episodes on the Survivor website. He starts every sentence with "Dude", he's nice to everyone, he chases cows, and builds a 'slip n' slide'. "They might get a million dollars, but do they get a slip n' slide? No." I'm telling you, you'll want to be Tyson's best friend.) I digress... Debbie - nice or not? Discuss.
Back to the show.... Reward was a trip to this clear-water-guyser-pond thingy. The challenge was the one where you answer questions about the tribe like "Who would squander the million dollars" and "Who least deserves to win" (Sierra btw) and "Who hasn't lived up to their potential?" (Coach... hee.) Poor Sierra took beating in the Q&A. Stephen won the challenge & took Taj & JT. Coach looked like a puppy that had just been kicked.
But his time would come. The immunity challenge was down to Debbie, Coach & JT. You have to roll the ball in the tippy maze past the holes... Coach used the power of the noble warrior and summoned all his Tibetan Pilates skills (don't even bother googling it, by the way) to win it. As he wins, he yells, "DRAGONSLAYER!" Yep. It never ends. Then he tells us that it's no surprise he won, because it was a challenge requiring focus, attention and... oh I don't remember... dragon slaying? No... but you get it right? Begs the question, why didn't your 300 lb benchpressing skills come into play in some of those strength challenges? Hmmm?
Right. So Sienna goes to work telling the truth. Tries to expose Coach & Debbie for trying to get the Timbira alliance up & running. Tries to catch Coach lying by saying it wasn't true. (Coach defends himself by saying there are 2 things you CAN NOT question, then lists his honesty, integrity and moral character or something... Apparently you can question his counting skills.) Sierra then tries to convince the others that they should keep her around & get rid of a bigger threat - Debbie. Is she right? Yes! Does she get voted out anyways? Yes. Were you yelling at the TV? I was. Not only do I like her 'cause she's been an underdog from day one, but she's right. If I'm Taj or JT, I'd rather be up against Sierra vs. Debbie, right? If I'm everyone else, I'd be thinking about blindsiding Taj before she thinks to use the idol, right? But no... apparently it's high school and we just all don't like Sierra. Sad to see her go. She's way less boring than Erinn.
Oh, and what was Erinn's reason for writing Stephen's name down? Just to mess with people's heads? Hope so.
Finally, I'm not liking Jeff in the ball cap so much. Thoughts?
Way to go girl - survivor blogging queen!!! Glad you did it - it makes it all seem so official. Next thing you know the government would be coming and taxing us on our winnings - yikes. Anyway I always thought that you were in the wrong business - I picture you as a writer for a gossip column (I am sure they pay big bucks).
ReplyDeleteAs usual very witty and funny!!! And you got everything right. Not sure why they keep JT because he'll probably win against anyobody - he was the person everyone wanted to hang with. These people never learn.... Can't wait until next week.