Last night's episode wasn't as entertaining as the two previous ones, but it certainly has set things up nicely for upcoming craziness.
Not a ton happened really... there were some lovely moments with Jud (Fabio) where he talks about not being that dumb and then in mid-sentence has a hermit crab on his foot. Heh. He's pretty.
Also in the younger tribe, NaOnka is off the deep end. It's really too bad she's in tight with her alliance, which is now pretty strong, with her, Purple Kelly, Sash, Benry (who? I know.) and Fabio... with Kelly B and Alina on the outs. Wouldn't you way rather see Kelly B. in there vs. NaOnka? She's awful. After the young tribe won immunity/reward, she's carrying a basket of fruit with Kelly B. and they both notice a clue to the hidden immunity idol sticking out. So, when they get back to camp, NaOnka literally pushes the one-legged Kelly B. down, squishes a bunch of her tribe's bananas, and gets the clue. She then goes on about how she's "hood" but not "ghetto" and if you understood what the hell that was about, please enlighten me. Ugh. Either way she's a jerk. And then, after going on about how her name is NaOnka, not Fool, and how smart she is.... uh.... she can't figure out the clue to the hidden immunity idol. Even my mom phoned after the show and said that NaOnka is a bitch. And really, that's not even a very severe word for her. On the "Scenes from Next Week" she is going on about Kelly B. better watch that her artificial leg isn't too close to the fire!!! What? Oh no she didn't!
So the sad thing, to me anyways, is that NaOnka is still on Survivor while Jimmy Johnson is out. And I know... I always am the first one to go on about how it's not about who "deserves" to be there... but darn it, that Jimmy was just so likeable. Even if he didn't win the million, you wanted him to be on the jury, right? And I wanted just to see a little more of him because I've rarely seen anyone have as much fun as him & who just genuinely LOVED being there. Right?
So how did Jimmy meet his end? Well, to put it in a word..... Marty. Marty has had it in for Jimmy since day one. Didn't like him, resented his leadership, resented his celebrity. And whether or not Marty had a point (that others will just blindly follow him because of the celebrity factor), I would have gotten rid of Dan instead. Dan was clearly the weaker player this week. He's hurting, there were about 45 shots of his knee surgery scar (ewww), and his energy level is way low. He just doesn't seem to contribute to the group the way Jimmy J. did, but then again, Marty's idea was to shake things up.... Now that Jimmy's gone, there's a leadership vacuum and there's at least 3 alpha males who want the job. For sure Marty and Jimmy T (we'll get to him in a minute) and also Tyrone. The women so far are playing it smart and letting the alpha males duke it out. Jill is actually controlling everything Marty does, but he doesn't know it... brilliant! She puts ideas in his head & then lets him think they're his own. Like last night, when she told him he should tell the tribe about the immunity idol. He resists at first and then does it - making himself look good, but also putting a target on his back. When it comes down to it, wouldn't you blindside the guy with the immunity idol before he has a chance to use it? Right. Well played, Jill.
So, back to Jimmy T. He provided (along with Fabio & his hermit crab buddy) the comic relief last night. Tyrone was in charge of throwing beanbags onto barrels for the immunity challenge & started out great, but then faltered and lost to Benry (Who? Right, that guy.) Jimmy T. was practically peeing his pants asking the Coach to put him in for Tyrone. "You're wasting me over hee-yah, Coach." His accent is the best. Then, of course, he's mad & has to tell everyone about it later.
"I've got skills and they're being wasted!!"
"I'm a leadah where I come from."
"My skills! My skills!"
"I've got skills and they're going to wast hee-yah."
Right. So someone clearly believes they're special. He's kind of the slightly less bitchy NaOnka on his tribe, right? We all want him to shut up. What exactly are these so-called "skills"? It'll be interesting to see now whether he steps up or whether he just ends up fighting with Marty. I suspect the latter. I think their special-ness will be the end of them. And Tyrone may still have a chance if he keeps his mouth zipped.
Finally, did you love at Tribal Council where Jeff asked everyone whether they were one of the weakest players and the only one who answered honestly was Coach Jimmy? Awwww. Dan knows he's weak and Holly knows she's weak, but they're better liars. And Holly... man, she's just sort of.... vacant. What I'd love to see is Coach Jimmy vs. Coach Ben Wade. Right? Now that would be good TV.
Oh, and one more thing. That snake. It's killing me that at EVERY Tribal Council they show that snake sitting there. Watch for it. It's huge and dangerous looking and it's RIGHT THERE. Is it dead and stuffed? Is it a prop snake? Is it someone's pet who's getting a cameo? How scary can it be if it sits there & watches them vote week after week?
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Who Wants to Talk Themselves Off the Show Next?
Sorry for the late post, but I really wanted to see the whole show and the lead-up to the hot mess that was Tribal Council.
We got to know some of our characters a bit more, and as poolster Don remarked, "There are a heck of a lot of weirdos on this season." Too true. On the old tribe, you've got Jimmy T and Dan, both weird for sure, but taking the cake this week was Holly. Distressed over her failed alliance with Goat-lady, she had a bit of a melt down. There's always one, right? One person who - even though they've seen the show for 10 years - finds it "emotionally difficult" to be there and considers quitting. Coach Jimmy talked her down but the damage is done and even the Coach noted that in his experience, once a person starts down that road it's easier to continue and have a meltdown again. So after hearing people talk about her like she's crazy.... she gets crazier. She doesn't like the way Dan talks about her so.... what would the smart thing be? Ignore, right. Nope, not Holly. She instead STEALS his $1600 alligator shoes, scurries off to another beach, fills them with sand, and then dumps them in the ocean. PSYCHO! Now, let's grant that she's nuts, but also.... the situation begs the ultimate question, which is:
Who the hell takes $1600 alligator shoes to go play Survivor in Nicaragua?
Seriously. That's even worse than the skinny tie.
So, let's talk about our skinny tie. Sash & NaOnka have this delightful conversation about how they'd like to take minorities to the final. Brilliant. Maybe worry first about getting to the final, and then play that card. Apparently Sash is half black. OK. So then they figure they'll include Brenda (Asian) in this plan... Dumb plan, but OK, at least it's something. BUT THEN, they turn around and in the SAME converstion, start talking about how they can't let Kelly B. win because of the sympathy votes she'll get for having one leg and NaOnka worries that she'll use her leg to get out of challenges, blah, blah, blah. Ummmm..... I'm fairly sure that people with disabilities are generally thought of as MINORITIES. See where I'm going with this? Sash & NaOnka are cool with RACIAL minorities only, and not at all cool with disabled people as minorities.
And speaking of that, Kelly B. kicked butt in the challenge. She performed as well if not better than any of her teammates in a very physical challenge. So, hopefully, that'll shut a few people up. However, it's still going to make her a strong threat. Alas.
Back to NaOnka... I think she's even kookier than Holly. Girlfriend has a screw loose for sure. At one point she lost a sock so went off about it forever. So, because her first reaction was to blame her teammates for it, she just went and helped herself to a pair of her teammate Fabio's socks. Yep. Didn't ask, just took. When he tried to talk to her, she snapped the Z and again, went off on him. Poor guy. He's not smart, but he's certainly not mean. He could have told her to give back the socks but didn't. Seriously, Fabio is turning out to be one of the "smart ones." For real.
The challenge was fun & the older tribe used their MoP to gain an advantage & win. Smart, because they also got a reward (some fishing gear.) I'm starting to really like the red-headed gal on the older tribe... Jill I think? She seems like a bit more of a normal one.
So then Tribal Council. Ay-yi-yi. So there are two sides on the young tribe. One, led by Shannon, wants to take out Brenda 'cause she's a threat. Chase, however, thinks Brenda is dreamy and doesn't want to vote for her. So she basically asks him straight up, why don't you take out Shannon? Why do you need him? He's a bigger threat. Good points. So all of this spills over to Tribal Council, where Shannon starts out with a huge, crazy tirade right off the bat. Jeff is so 2004 when he says that in 21 seasons, he'd never seen an opening question open up so much "whoop-ass." Hee. Jeff is adorable.
So yeah, Shannon starts by saying how Chase is a jerk for switching alliances (true, a bit) and how he should watch his back now that he's flipped on his alliance (also true). Fabio tries to make peace a little by telling Shannon to shut up & stop talking. Again, here's Fabio looking like the smart one. But no, Shannon continues with the most random and weirdest thing ever. Turns on a dime towards Sash & asks, "OK, are you gay?" Whaaaaaaaaaat? I mean, it's true, Sash is quite likely gay as a three dollar bill, but really? Was that the time to ask? And it wasn't a nice, just-getting-to-know-you question. It was mean. Sash denied it and said he's probably had way more beautiful girlfriends than Shannon, who said no way, then Sash said something about New York City, to which Shannon responds, "Yeah, 'cause New York is full of gays." Not even lying. Then he qualifies it with, "More than Louisiana!" Ummm... yeah, probably statistically speaking, but again.... why bring up your agressive homophobia at Tribal Council? Weird. Dude should have stopped talking when Fabio told him to. Not rad at all, man. So, he essentially talked himself off the show just like Wendy did the week before. Jeff must just be sitting back and enjoying because he really doesn't have to do any work this time. Just let it happen... And while I think Shannon was right to call Chase out for flipping, the show certainly doesn't need his woman-hating, gay-bashing, caveman attitude. It was just a matter of time before he'd have said something racist to NaOnka and then what? I don't want to see the repurcussions of that! (Seriously, I've never seen a girl move her neck sideways as much as that. She's gonna get a kink. And what was that "Meeeeeeeeee? Whaaaaaaaaaat? Nooooooooooo!" squealing she did when Jeff asked her if she was complicated? Who talks like that?) She'd probably strangle Shannon with Fabio's socks. Perhaps now he can happily go back to Louisiana and crack a Budweiser on his forehead, belch and be hateful all by himself. Good riddance!
We got to know some of our characters a bit more, and as poolster Don remarked, "There are a heck of a lot of weirdos on this season." Too true. On the old tribe, you've got Jimmy T and Dan, both weird for sure, but taking the cake this week was Holly. Distressed over her failed alliance with Goat-lady, she had a bit of a melt down. There's always one, right? One person who - even though they've seen the show for 10 years - finds it "emotionally difficult" to be there and considers quitting. Coach Jimmy talked her down but the damage is done and even the Coach noted that in his experience, once a person starts down that road it's easier to continue and have a meltdown again. So after hearing people talk about her like she's crazy.... she gets crazier. She doesn't like the way Dan talks about her so.... what would the smart thing be? Ignore, right. Nope, not Holly. She instead STEALS his $1600 alligator shoes, scurries off to another beach, fills them with sand, and then dumps them in the ocean. PSYCHO! Now, let's grant that she's nuts, but also.... the situation begs the ultimate question, which is:
Who the hell takes $1600 alligator shoes to go play Survivor in Nicaragua?
Seriously. That's even worse than the skinny tie.
So, let's talk about our skinny tie. Sash & NaOnka have this delightful conversation about how they'd like to take minorities to the final. Brilliant. Maybe worry first about getting to the final, and then play that card. Apparently Sash is half black. OK. So then they figure they'll include Brenda (Asian) in this plan... Dumb plan, but OK, at least it's something. BUT THEN, they turn around and in the SAME converstion, start talking about how they can't let Kelly B. win because of the sympathy votes she'll get for having one leg and NaOnka worries that she'll use her leg to get out of challenges, blah, blah, blah. Ummmm..... I'm fairly sure that people with disabilities are generally thought of as MINORITIES. See where I'm going with this? Sash & NaOnka are cool with RACIAL minorities only, and not at all cool with disabled people as minorities.
And speaking of that, Kelly B. kicked butt in the challenge. She performed as well if not better than any of her teammates in a very physical challenge. So, hopefully, that'll shut a few people up. However, it's still going to make her a strong threat. Alas.
Back to NaOnka... I think she's even kookier than Holly. Girlfriend has a screw loose for sure. At one point she lost a sock so went off about it forever. So, because her first reaction was to blame her teammates for it, she just went and helped herself to a pair of her teammate Fabio's socks. Yep. Didn't ask, just took. When he tried to talk to her, she snapped the Z and again, went off on him. Poor guy. He's not smart, but he's certainly not mean. He could have told her to give back the socks but didn't. Seriously, Fabio is turning out to be one of the "smart ones." For real.
The challenge was fun & the older tribe used their MoP to gain an advantage & win. Smart, because they also got a reward (some fishing gear.) I'm starting to really like the red-headed gal on the older tribe... Jill I think? She seems like a bit more of a normal one.
So then Tribal Council. Ay-yi-yi. So there are two sides on the young tribe. One, led by Shannon, wants to take out Brenda 'cause she's a threat. Chase, however, thinks Brenda is dreamy and doesn't want to vote for her. So she basically asks him straight up, why don't you take out Shannon? Why do you need him? He's a bigger threat. Good points. So all of this spills over to Tribal Council, where Shannon starts out with a huge, crazy tirade right off the bat. Jeff is so 2004 when he says that in 21 seasons, he'd never seen an opening question open up so much "whoop-ass." Hee. Jeff is adorable.
So yeah, Shannon starts by saying how Chase is a jerk for switching alliances (true, a bit) and how he should watch his back now that he's flipped on his alliance (also true). Fabio tries to make peace a little by telling Shannon to shut up & stop talking. Again, here's Fabio looking like the smart one. But no, Shannon continues with the most random and weirdest thing ever. Turns on a dime towards Sash & asks, "OK, are you gay?" Whaaaaaaaaaat? I mean, it's true, Sash is quite likely gay as a three dollar bill, but really? Was that the time to ask? And it wasn't a nice, just-getting-to-know-you question. It was mean. Sash denied it and said he's probably had way more beautiful girlfriends than Shannon, who said no way, then Sash said something about New York City, to which Shannon responds, "Yeah, 'cause New York is full of gays." Not even lying. Then he qualifies it with, "More than Louisiana!" Ummm... yeah, probably statistically speaking, but again.... why bring up your agressive homophobia at Tribal Council? Weird. Dude should have stopped talking when Fabio told him to. Not rad at all, man. So, he essentially talked himself off the show just like Wendy did the week before. Jeff must just be sitting back and enjoying because he really doesn't have to do any work this time. Just let it happen... And while I think Shannon was right to call Chase out for flipping, the show certainly doesn't need his woman-hating, gay-bashing, caveman attitude. It was just a matter of time before he'd have said something racist to NaOnka and then what? I don't want to see the repurcussions of that! (Seriously, I've never seen a girl move her neck sideways as much as that. She's gonna get a kink. And what was that "Meeeeeeeeee? Whaaaaaaaaaat? Nooooooooooo!" squealing she did when Jeff asked her if she was complicated? Who talks like that?) She'd probably strangle Shannon with Fabio's socks. Perhaps now he can happily go back to Louisiana and crack a Budweiser on his forehead, belch and be hateful all by himself. Good riddance!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Only Goats Like Chatterboxes
Hello All - long time no post... feels like a million years ago since the Heroes vs. Villains, non? As much as I loved that one, I'm really enjoying having a whole new cast of weirdos to watch and learn about as we go. And a couple of new twists to make the show interesting, as always.
So we have Old vs. Young this time. Should be fun. I was reading an article with Jeff Probst where he comments on the fact that you'd think the older Survivors would have it together a little more, be more mature, etc. However, he notes that older contestants are also more set in their ways and you can end up with a lot of ol' codgers (my word, not his) who all want to be top dog in the tribe. We saw this last night a bit with some of the other alpha males taking offense to Jimmy Johnson's leadership.
Let's discuss Jimmy J... he's totally the cutest, right? I mean, whether or not you think he deserves to win a million dollars, the dude is ridiculously happy to be there. Apparently he tried three times to get on the show & finally made it. He's a huge fan who's just "in it for the adventure..." or maybe a million bucks. Whatever. I like him. And I think he was clever to tell his tribe that he just wants the adventure & wants to help THEM get the million bucks. Not everyone's buying what he's selling, but he had to say it.
So there's this "Medallion of Power" (or MoP for the sake of blogging). Jeff tells them all to go find it, but not what it's for. Madness ensues. Brenda finds it in a tree. Have you seen the size of that thing? It's hilarious really. I think the prop crew got a raise this season... the vote jar and the immunity idol - also funny in their ornateness. (And while we're at it... the tribal council takes place in a graveyard? Whaaa? I'm hoping it's just a prop graveyard.... or else that's kind of wrong.... right?)
Back to the MoP. The young tribe trades it for a box of gear. The old tribe later finds out they can use it to help them out in challenges. When you do use it, it goes to the other team for next challenge and so on. I'm liking the idea. The oldsters wisely (I think) decide not to use it on last night's challenge. They didn't win the challenge, but they were close & I think it'll come in WAY handier on a physical running and swimming challenge. Good call.
So what else about our cast of characters. Out of the old folks, I'm also digging Jane, who made fire using someone's glasses! Way to go! Finally, someone practiced how to make fire before coming on Survivor! Only took 21 seasons.... She later told Jeff that she read an interview with him that said the same thing & she took it to heart. Jeff: Someone finally listened to me! So now she's being called Survivor McGuyver. Hee. Jimmy T. is annoying. Dude's a fisherman with an ego the size of the one that got away. He won't last long. Trust. Tyrone kills me. Dude's sarcasm and eye-rolling at the Tribal Council was brilliant. More on that in a bit. And I think Marty might be pretty good if he can keep his alpha dog on a leash. Oh and Holly... annoying. Please vote her off next.
For the young guns... Brenda seems like a smarty-pants. And I totally dig Kelly with the one leg. (I have no idea yet which Kelly she is... I think she's Kelly B and the other one is "Purple Kelly." Whatever.) At any rate, one-leg Kelly is the awesomest for competing, but her tribemates are realistic about her getting sympathy votes if she makes it to the end. Sad but true. The jury has voted for people for way dumber reasons than that in the past. A couple of our muscley (is that a word?) dudes, Chase and Shannon, have an alliance already. Shannon (wait, that's a girl's name....) has already endeared himself to millions of female viewers by saying something dumb like, "let's not let the girls own this game, they already own us in marriage!" Really? Good luck getting a date after that one... And Jud.... who has been dubbed "Fabio" by his teammates.... dear, sweet, dumb Jud. The dude is a mimbo for sure. His claim to fame in his bio is "being a rad older brother." And the lovely editing showing the montage of clips of Jud hurting himself. I am pretty sure he should not be using a machete. Can see the air-lift episode coming up. And finally, the young people coming into the challenge doing that stupid song & dance routine? Eesh. I liked the guys at the back of the line looking all sheepish and just not playing along.
And that pretty much brings us to the end. The old people off to Tribal Council. It looks like it'll either be Wendy or Jimmy J. because they're the weakest. And it probably would have been Jimmy J. too if Wendy hadn't have opened her mouth. Let's start with the beginning. Wendy is a goat farmer who admits that she's "sheltered... which means naive, I guess." Uh-huh. Wendy's own husband declared that she'd be the first one voted off. Uh-huh. Wendy figures that she'll stay quiet for a while, then at Tribal Council, when asked why she feels like a target, says that she hasn't really made connections with people. Following so far? From here, it goes off the rails into wing-nut territory. Wendy starts telling Jeff that she's surprised that no one has asked her age. A number of her teammates reply that hey, you don't ask a woman her age - it's rude. But she still can't believe it. Apparently that's what you do in goat farming. It's all, "How old are you?" and "How many goats do you have?" When she proudly declares that she's 48, Tyrone chirps in with a sarcastic, "Well, you don't look it." Hee. As voting is about to begin, Wendy pipes up AGAIN. "Jeff, can I just say one more thing?" Oh dear, you've just gotten yourself voted off Survivor. On and on about how people love being her friend and how she's really a very nice person and how her goats love her (OK, I made that one up.) and how she's a CHATTERBOX. Uh, do people like chatterboxes? No. No, Wendy, they don't. They especially don't like living with Chatterboxes in camps in Nicaragua. Seriously. Good riddance, goat lady.
So next week it looks like more drama ensues. Yay! NaOnka (seriously?) gets all up in Fabio's face about getting up in her face (or something.) Again, way to get yourself voted off the show. Just saying.
Finally, can we please discuss Survivor dress code?
1) Were they asked to dress in colour code? Did they not notice that others had the same basic colour code as them & figure they'd be on the same tribe? And how does that work? Do you get assigned a shirt? Or does an intern come around and look through your bag and pick something out for you?
2) Sash. You are wearing a skinny tie to camp in Nicaragua? Really?
3) Enough with the underwear already. Come ON, Mark Burnett. We know where they're going, they know where they're going.... we know they were not just plucked out of an Old Navy ad... can they not just come prepared please in a pair of shorts and t-shirt? How about wearing bathing suits when we need a little eye candy? Seriously, it's dumb - dudes walking around the Nicaraguan jungle in their skivvies. Dumb. I did like the shot of Jimmy J. going for a little swim in his cute blue old-man boxers, but otherwise, stop it. The pixelating is distracting and that one girl (um, Alina maybe?) really needs to be properly fitted for a bra.
So we have Old vs. Young this time. Should be fun. I was reading an article with Jeff Probst where he comments on the fact that you'd think the older Survivors would have it together a little more, be more mature, etc. However, he notes that older contestants are also more set in their ways and you can end up with a lot of ol' codgers (my word, not his) who all want to be top dog in the tribe. We saw this last night a bit with some of the other alpha males taking offense to Jimmy Johnson's leadership.
Let's discuss Jimmy J... he's totally the cutest, right? I mean, whether or not you think he deserves to win a million dollars, the dude is ridiculously happy to be there. Apparently he tried three times to get on the show & finally made it. He's a huge fan who's just "in it for the adventure..." or maybe a million bucks. Whatever. I like him. And I think he was clever to tell his tribe that he just wants the adventure & wants to help THEM get the million bucks. Not everyone's buying what he's selling, but he had to say it.
So there's this "Medallion of Power" (or MoP for the sake of blogging). Jeff tells them all to go find it, but not what it's for. Madness ensues. Brenda finds it in a tree. Have you seen the size of that thing? It's hilarious really. I think the prop crew got a raise this season... the vote jar and the immunity idol - also funny in their ornateness. (And while we're at it... the tribal council takes place in a graveyard? Whaaa? I'm hoping it's just a prop graveyard.... or else that's kind of wrong.... right?)
Back to the MoP. The young tribe trades it for a box of gear. The old tribe later finds out they can use it to help them out in challenges. When you do use it, it goes to the other team for next challenge and so on. I'm liking the idea. The oldsters wisely (I think) decide not to use it on last night's challenge. They didn't win the challenge, but they were close & I think it'll come in WAY handier on a physical running and swimming challenge. Good call.
So what else about our cast of characters. Out of the old folks, I'm also digging Jane, who made fire using someone's glasses! Way to go! Finally, someone practiced how to make fire before coming on Survivor! Only took 21 seasons.... She later told Jeff that she read an interview with him that said the same thing & she took it to heart. Jeff: Someone finally listened to me! So now she's being called Survivor McGuyver. Hee. Jimmy T. is annoying. Dude's a fisherman with an ego the size of the one that got away. He won't last long. Trust. Tyrone kills me. Dude's sarcasm and eye-rolling at the Tribal Council was brilliant. More on that in a bit. And I think Marty might be pretty good if he can keep his alpha dog on a leash. Oh and Holly... annoying. Please vote her off next.
For the young guns... Brenda seems like a smarty-pants. And I totally dig Kelly with the one leg. (I have no idea yet which Kelly she is... I think she's Kelly B and the other one is "Purple Kelly." Whatever.) At any rate, one-leg Kelly is the awesomest for competing, but her tribemates are realistic about her getting sympathy votes if she makes it to the end. Sad but true. The jury has voted for people for way dumber reasons than that in the past. A couple of our muscley (is that a word?) dudes, Chase and Shannon, have an alliance already. Shannon (wait, that's a girl's name....) has already endeared himself to millions of female viewers by saying something dumb like, "let's not let the girls own this game, they already own us in marriage!" Really? Good luck getting a date after that one... And Jud.... who has been dubbed "Fabio" by his teammates.... dear, sweet, dumb Jud. The dude is a mimbo for sure. His claim to fame in his bio is "being a rad older brother." And the lovely editing showing the montage of clips of Jud hurting himself. I am pretty sure he should not be using a machete. Can see the air-lift episode coming up. And finally, the young people coming into the challenge doing that stupid song & dance routine? Eesh. I liked the guys at the back of the line looking all sheepish and just not playing along.
And that pretty much brings us to the end. The old people off to Tribal Council. It looks like it'll either be Wendy or Jimmy J. because they're the weakest. And it probably would have been Jimmy J. too if Wendy hadn't have opened her mouth. Let's start with the beginning. Wendy is a goat farmer who admits that she's "sheltered... which means naive, I guess." Uh-huh. Wendy's own husband declared that she'd be the first one voted off. Uh-huh. Wendy figures that she'll stay quiet for a while, then at Tribal Council, when asked why she feels like a target, says that she hasn't really made connections with people. Following so far? From here, it goes off the rails into wing-nut territory. Wendy starts telling Jeff that she's surprised that no one has asked her age. A number of her teammates reply that hey, you don't ask a woman her age - it's rude. But she still can't believe it. Apparently that's what you do in goat farming. It's all, "How old are you?" and "How many goats do you have?" When she proudly declares that she's 48, Tyrone chirps in with a sarcastic, "Well, you don't look it." Hee. As voting is about to begin, Wendy pipes up AGAIN. "Jeff, can I just say one more thing?" Oh dear, you've just gotten yourself voted off Survivor. On and on about how people love being her friend and how she's really a very nice person and how her goats love her (OK, I made that one up.) and how she's a CHATTERBOX. Uh, do people like chatterboxes? No. No, Wendy, they don't. They especially don't like living with Chatterboxes in camps in Nicaragua. Seriously. Good riddance, goat lady.
So next week it looks like more drama ensues. Yay! NaOnka (seriously?) gets all up in Fabio's face about getting up in her face (or something.) Again, way to get yourself voted off the show. Just saying.
Finally, can we please discuss Survivor dress code?
1) Were they asked to dress in colour code? Did they not notice that others had the same basic colour code as them & figure they'd be on the same tribe? And how does that work? Do you get assigned a shirt? Or does an intern come around and look through your bag and pick something out for you?
2) Sash. You are wearing a skinny tie to camp in Nicaragua? Really?
3) Enough with the underwear already. Come ON, Mark Burnett. We know where they're going, they know where they're going.... we know they were not just plucked out of an Old Navy ad... can they not just come prepared please in a pair of shorts and t-shirt? How about wearing bathing suits when we need a little eye candy? Seriously, it's dumb - dudes walking around the Nicaraguan jungle in their skivvies. Dumb. I did like the shot of Jimmy J. going for a little swim in his cute blue old-man boxers, but otherwise, stop it. The pixelating is distracting and that one girl (um, Alina maybe?) really needs to be properly fitted for a bra.
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