It's Fabio!!! Did you watch? It was so fun. And let me start by saying that yes, I won my own Survivor pool, which my husband was quick to point out is ummm.... "not done." But, I also have to point out that it was the first time in 21 seasons that I've won. So, I think that if I do the math, I'm probably still coming out on the short end. Anyway, very exciting to win, and I was really pleased that Fabio won.... just 'cause I liked him. He played a good game. He played the likeable goofball to a tee... was probably quite a bit smarter than he ever let on & made friends with everyone. He stayed out of the hard core strategizing and ended up being able to say that he didn't backstab anyone, which we know plays well with the jury. And finally, the dude cleaned up on the final immunity challenges, winning three in a row when he clearly needed the wins to stay in the game. Overall, you can't argue with the win.
Chase came in a close second with four votes to Fabio's five. I was a bit surprised that he got as many votes as he did. I honestly thought he'd pissed everyone off too much with the wishy-washiness, and promising everyone and their dog an alliance to the end. But at the end of the day, he was well-liked, he was a good physical competitor, and darn it, he just has that honesty thing down. It's weird, for a guy who actually backstabbed so many people, he seems to be able to pull out the honesty card when it counts and tell people straight up what he's planning or how his decisions were made. He was honest with Fabio that the three in the alliance (Chase, Holly & Sash) were planning to vote him out next if he didn't win immunity. Holly was also honest with Fabio, while Sash was a weasel.
The weaseliness (is that a word? It should be.) is what did Sash in. No one can argue that he was a good player. He was always thinking strategy. (Sidebar: If I heard one more person say "strategical" last night, I was going to hurl something at the TV. That is not a real word. Not that weaseliness is either, but at least I know that.) Back to Sash... yep, he was good. He had Russell's way of promising everything to everyone, but he was more likeable. Mostly. Until he wasn't. When it came down to it, you could see right through his smile & laugh & attempts to save his own butt. When Fabio had immunity and basically got to choose who was going home (which I LOVED! Didn't you love seeing the alliance scramble & all of a sudden they're all Fabio's best friend? Hee!) as mentioned, Chase & Holly were straight with him & Sash wasn't (no pun intended.) Sash tried telling Fabio that noooooooo, he would have taken Fabio to the final three. Right.
So it was brilliant that Fabio and the others voted for Holly as the first out of the final four. It was smart. Fabio had to decide who to take & his best bets (clearly) were wishy-washy Chase and weaselly Sash. Good move.
It was a great jury question period. The majority of the questions went to Chase & Sash, which tells you something right there. As said, Chase answered the questions quite well & kept pretty honest. He said exactly how some of his choices went down and both he & Sash tried to play up the fact that they were the ones strategizing while Fabio was not always in the loop. Fabio, to his credit, piped up on more than one occasion to defend himself - saying that he knew more than he let on and just let others do the dirty work. When Chase said he'd spend the money on his mom, Fabio spoke up again saying he's going to take care of his mom too.... then he got all emotional (real, I think?) and talked about how he realized that family is the most important thing, etc. Cue jury tears! Heh heh.... Well played!
NaOnka wasn't as hard on them as I thought she'd be. I figured she'd be a bit tougher on Fabio who she always said she couldn't stand... but I think he grew on her. Marty and Dan were both pretty hard on Chase & Sash and Jane was by far the worst/best of the stink-eye crew! I don't want Jane to ever look at me like she looked at those dudes! Yikes! Said something about Sash's mother not raising him right... Oh my. It was lovely! Pretty good questions... none that were to cringe-worthy... and good answers! Well fought!
A pretty good reunion show too. I loved seeing both Fabio & Sash all cleaned up! I loved my boyfriend Jeff asking Fabio if he was playing dumb... and Fabio's answer that was.... ummm... confusing? Seriously... something about coming from a family of artists and something about his grandfather inventing the colour wheel and another grandparent inventing... what was it? Anyway, then something about traveling the world and "joining the dots" and "it's all about communication..." and what the....? Duuuuude! But he's so darned lovable and weird, that you can't help but thinking good for you, weirdo-model-hippie-dude! You go join those dots! Perhaps he'll go communicate with those Amazon dudes who kidnapped Coach Ben Wade?
Sidebar: All those shots of the former Survivors in the audience. I didn't mind really (though, Rupert - really? Still with the tie-dye? Move on.) but would have preferred less talk of Boston Rob & Amber's childbirth experience and more talk from some of the actual Survivors from THIS season who didn't get to talk. Right?
Jane won the audience choice award of $100,000. Yay! Obvious choice. What else...? Yeah, Marty said that he & Jane weren't planning to be pals any time soon. Hee. Jimmy Johnson went on about how hard Survivor was & how it saved his life to try out (and then more blathering by that other football dude. What?) and Wendy Jo is still insane (my boyfriend Jeff: "I have no idea what you just said, but OK." Ha!), and there was some crazy business from Shannon who went on about Sash's sexuality some more. "I was just calling a duck a duck. If it walks like a duck, it's a duck. I mean it might be a chicken, but.... well, I just met Sash's girlfriend...so...." What? And then NaOnka refreshingly talked about how foolish she was and how some of the kids' parents she teaches want her fired. Ha! Funny. And NaOnka's mom "threw her under the bus" as Jeff said, not exactly "so proud".... And no talk from mute Purple Kelly.
OK, so next season (which starts in Feb. after Super Bowl? Right?) is called Redemption Island! So the trick is that once people have been voted out, they get a chance to get BACK! Fun, right? I don't know how that's going to impact the pool... might have to come up with a new twist of my own.... we'll see. I have the Christmas break to think about it. So thanks to y'all for reading and for your comments (you can leave comments... just sayin') and for putting up with all my ranting. If you want, you can just throw out another topic in between Survivor seasons & I'll happily update the blog. Otherwise... Redemption Island it is! Yay!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Flippers, Liars, Cheats & Backstabbers!!
Sorry for the late post, but it's the Christmas season & there is so much to do! I actually forgot to PVR Survivor, so had to catch up online yesterday. Phew! It was a good one... and only one (sniff!) more (sniff!) left! Don't forget that the finale is on SUNDAY! So exciting! Who are you guessing will win? I'm secretly hoping for Fabio or Dan, but have a bad feeling it will be Sash or Holly. Personally, I'm rooting for the less annoying people to win. Chase, well, he's a lost cause, non? Why bother.
Chase just can't help himself. I take it all back about Fabio being the mimbo. I now believe that Fabio is actually a lot more of a smarty pants than he lets on, and that Chase is the mimbo. Chase, who let himself get swayed every time Brenda batted her eyelashes. The guy has literally promised everyone something and then has gone back on his promise. And not in the clever, Russell Hantz way... but in a way that suggests he maybe just can't remember who he's promised what. On this week's episode, we see him promise Fabio that he'll take him on reward if he wins. Yep (insert eye roll here), we've all seen this play out before. Chase did, in fact, win reward and did not take Fabio. Instead he took Sash (no one argued with this pick, as Sash hadn't been on reward forever, plus Chase screwed Sash over last time with his "promises" remember?) and Holly. Why Holly? He was clearly drawing a line with his new alliance and cutting out Jane.
Thing was, it was the family episode. Gets me every time. I love watching them with their families and seeing how emotional they all get. It makes them more human, right? And it's funny how even the most manly dudes get caught up in everyone's emotional-ness. Dan pretty much lost it when watching the video of his sons, and then when his son came out & hugged him. Cute to see the son giving dad lots of kisses on the head! So of course, everyone wanted to go on reward with their loved one. Fabio, however, was particularly pissed at Chase. Not only had Chase promised him he'd go, but apparently they had bonded over the love of their moms (that doesn't come out right, but you know what I mean.) And apparently Fabio only sees his mom a couple times a year, etc. so he just about threw a fit when Chase didn't pick him. So much for the "playing it cool" strategy.
So the three of them - Sash, Holly & Chase - seem to have all the power. They decided to vote off Fabio it seemed, but Fabio won immunity, so it looked like Jane would be the next pick. And a smart move, right? We've all talked about it - how no one would beat Jane at the end... how no one wanted to go up against her. So it was a matter of time 'til they turned against her. However, Jane caught them talking and confronted them on it... Chase (who also is the WORST liar ever) pretty much came out & said yes, Jane, we are voting you out. Well, Jane lost it. They were supposed to be the final four together, blah, blah, blah. On the way to Tribal Council, she threw pots of water on the fire saying, "I started it, I can damn well put it out!"
Now here's the thing... well two things really.
1) Why the heck didn't the other three - Jane, Fabio and Dan - try to form their own alliance and knock one of the others? Sure Chase & Sash had immunity idols, but they could have knocked out Holly. Even my boyfriend Jeff at Tribal Council put this question to them. He even said, "Here's what my mom would ask.." then put on his mom voice (Hee!)... "Why don't those other three form an alliance?" So all I can figure is either a) they didn't think of it, b) Jane was too busy being mad to come up with another alliance & save her butt and/or c) Fabio and Dan also know that Jane needs to go for them to get ahead in the game and are happy enough to take their chances against the others. Let the others be the "flippers" and just go along. Hell, Dan is just happy to still be there! Thing is, depending on how much the others have to backstab and how well he handles himself in the final questions, a guy like Dan could do well in the end. Right? Worked for Natalie! And Fabio's in the same boat, only he has more chance of making it to the end by winning immunity.
2) Jane, oh Jane. Jane is Survivor McGuyver, remember? So for someone who's SUCH a huge Survivor fan, who's seen all the seasons, who practiced before going on the show.... how does she not realize that alliances are meant to be broken? As poolster Don noted, alliances only work until they don't. Good point. I mean, I get her being pissed that she got booted out, for sure. Especially by Chase (did you love Jane saying that Chase "had better not show his face in North Carolina again!" Hee!) But, come on. Again, it makes me crazy to no end - and you've heard the rant many times here - how some people think that to win Survivor... or maybe it's to "DESERVE" to win Survivor, you have to play with "integrity"... this magical thing that some players think is necessary to deserve the million bucks. Thing is, the game is "outwit, outplay, outlast" and sometimes outwitting means lying. It's not a ponzi scheme, no one is worse off in life. It's like being mad because someone bluffed you in poker to make you think they have a full house when really they have a seven and a three. Do they not deserve to win? It's part of the game. You're not supposed to look disappointed when you get dealt your seven-three. You're supposed to do what you can to win the pot. In the end, the combination of these things is why Survivor is fun to watch. Guys like Russell Hantz don't win because they don't put any work into the personal part of the game - making people THINK they "deserve" the money and at the same time why people like stupid Purple Kelly won't win either, because they have no strategy (well, and the fact that she's a quitter). It's a balance of the two. Jane had it going on & while I'm sad to see her voted out, I'm also super pleased to see people playing the game. I'd have voted her skinny, McGuyver butt out long ago.
Chase just can't help himself. I take it all back about Fabio being the mimbo. I now believe that Fabio is actually a lot more of a smarty pants than he lets on, and that Chase is the mimbo. Chase, who let himself get swayed every time Brenda batted her eyelashes. The guy has literally promised everyone something and then has gone back on his promise. And not in the clever, Russell Hantz way... but in a way that suggests he maybe just can't remember who he's promised what. On this week's episode, we see him promise Fabio that he'll take him on reward if he wins. Yep (insert eye roll here), we've all seen this play out before. Chase did, in fact, win reward and did not take Fabio. Instead he took Sash (no one argued with this pick, as Sash hadn't been on reward forever, plus Chase screwed Sash over last time with his "promises" remember?) and Holly. Why Holly? He was clearly drawing a line with his new alliance and cutting out Jane.
Thing was, it was the family episode. Gets me every time. I love watching them with their families and seeing how emotional they all get. It makes them more human, right? And it's funny how even the most manly dudes get caught up in everyone's emotional-ness. Dan pretty much lost it when watching the video of his sons, and then when his son came out & hugged him. Cute to see the son giving dad lots of kisses on the head! So of course, everyone wanted to go on reward with their loved one. Fabio, however, was particularly pissed at Chase. Not only had Chase promised him he'd go, but apparently they had bonded over the love of their moms (that doesn't come out right, but you know what I mean.) And apparently Fabio only sees his mom a couple times a year, etc. so he just about threw a fit when Chase didn't pick him. So much for the "playing it cool" strategy.
So the three of them - Sash, Holly & Chase - seem to have all the power. They decided to vote off Fabio it seemed, but Fabio won immunity, so it looked like Jane would be the next pick. And a smart move, right? We've all talked about it - how no one would beat Jane at the end... how no one wanted to go up against her. So it was a matter of time 'til they turned against her. However, Jane caught them talking and confronted them on it... Chase (who also is the WORST liar ever) pretty much came out & said yes, Jane, we are voting you out. Well, Jane lost it. They were supposed to be the final four together, blah, blah, blah. On the way to Tribal Council, she threw pots of water on the fire saying, "I started it, I can damn well put it out!"
Now here's the thing... well two things really.
1) Why the heck didn't the other three - Jane, Fabio and Dan - try to form their own alliance and knock one of the others? Sure Chase & Sash had immunity idols, but they could have knocked out Holly. Even my boyfriend Jeff at Tribal Council put this question to them. He even said, "Here's what my mom would ask.." then put on his mom voice (Hee!)... "Why don't those other three form an alliance?" So all I can figure is either a) they didn't think of it, b) Jane was too busy being mad to come up with another alliance & save her butt and/or c) Fabio and Dan also know that Jane needs to go for them to get ahead in the game and are happy enough to take their chances against the others. Let the others be the "flippers" and just go along. Hell, Dan is just happy to still be there! Thing is, depending on how much the others have to backstab and how well he handles himself in the final questions, a guy like Dan could do well in the end. Right? Worked for Natalie! And Fabio's in the same boat, only he has more chance of making it to the end by winning immunity.
2) Jane, oh Jane. Jane is Survivor McGuyver, remember? So for someone who's SUCH a huge Survivor fan, who's seen all the seasons, who practiced before going on the show.... how does she not realize that alliances are meant to be broken? As poolster Don noted, alliances only work until they don't. Good point. I mean, I get her being pissed that she got booted out, for sure. Especially by Chase (did you love Jane saying that Chase "had better not show his face in North Carolina again!" Hee!) But, come on. Again, it makes me crazy to no end - and you've heard the rant many times here - how some people think that to win Survivor... or maybe it's to "DESERVE" to win Survivor, you have to play with "integrity"... this magical thing that some players think is necessary to deserve the million bucks. Thing is, the game is "outwit, outplay, outlast" and sometimes outwitting means lying. It's not a ponzi scheme, no one is worse off in life. It's like being mad because someone bluffed you in poker to make you think they have a full house when really they have a seven and a three. Do they not deserve to win? It's part of the game. You're not supposed to look disappointed when you get dealt your seven-three. You're supposed to do what you can to win the pot. In the end, the combination of these things is why Survivor is fun to watch. Guys like Russell Hantz don't win because they don't put any work into the personal part of the game - making people THINK they "deserve" the money and at the same time why people like stupid Purple Kelly won't win either, because they have no strategy (well, and the fact that she's a quitter). It's a balance of the two. Jane had it going on & while I'm sad to see her voted out, I'm also super pleased to see people playing the game. I'd have voted her skinny, McGuyver butt out long ago.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Maybe It Was Karma For Killing Jane's Chicken....
Let's see. No play-by-play necessary.... the events weren't really that interesting. Here are the short-form highlights:
Sash eventually made it known that he was siding with the Chase-Jane-Holly alliance & it looked like they were voting out Fabio. Even poor Fabio was as worried as we've ever really seen him. Did you get sucked in? I did. I was certain he was going home. And I should know better than to trust those wily Survivor editors... He was using his "play it cool" strategy, not scrambling, and even in Tribal Council there was talk of communication & how playing it cool wasn't the best way to go.... Even Benry was over chatting it up with Holly & Chase saying that he was willing to vote out his buddy & jump alliances. It would have been easy.
But in the end it was Benry who went home. So clearly, those wily editors are leaving something out. Did Fabio make a case for staying that we didn't see? Was Benry more annoying (that's my guess)? Benry is a physical threat, but no more than Fabio really. (UGH! Which makes me remember the part where Sash tells us how he's been purposely sandbagging at the challenges so as not to look like a physical threat. Sit DOWN, Sash! Wait a sec... I'm somehow surprised that a dude who wore a skinny tie to Survivor Nicaragua is unbearable? OK, my bad.) And what annoyed me the most about Tribal Council was that they kept talking about how Fabio, Benry and Chase were the biggest physical threats and NO ONE mentioned JANE!! Has everyone forgotten that Jane has, in fact, beaten all those boys at physical challenges on a few occasions??? OK, so she doesn't do that great when it comes to challenges with a lot of running - I'll give you that. But any type of endurance challenge has Jane beating each one of those muscle boys. And no one thinks to bring this up? Everyone keeps talking about how they don't want to go to the end with Jane because they know they can't beat her, yet they don't vote her out. It's amazing. And the challenges lately have been maily obstacle course type running events, so we're definitely due for some endurancey, puzzley type ones to come soon. Trust.
I'm starting to completely love the fact that Dan is still there. He's sort of grown on me with his weird dyed black hair and grey beard and huge arms and little legs. I know he's basically an easy vote and likely won't win, but you never know. If things get backstabby, Dan could pull it off by staying out of it.
Fabio makes my life. I love the "play it cool" strategy and I love that he's really smarter than he lets on. From the smirk on his face when Benry got booted, I'm thinking Fabio knew that Benry was playing the other side and worked some doofus magic. You? I like to think he's controlling the game somehow.
And Holly. Again, she's someone who could win this thing because overall, she's pretty well liked. A bit annoying, sure. But plays the mom card well and hasn't put anyone's alligator shoes in the ocean recently.
Jane needs to stop annoying people & she'll be OK. I don't think she does too much - but we saw it a bit last night with the cheering for everyone during the challenge. However, as said, no one seems to want to actually vote her out anyway. She will win if she makes it to final three. Do you agree?
At any rate, it's getting interesting. Will Dan & Fabio get picked off now without Benry? It all depends on who will win the immunity, right? And if they're smart, they blindside Sash & get rid of the idol. Plus, no one knows Chase has NaOnka's idol. My thought is that he'll be stupid and tell someone & get himself voted out but he may surprise me. Two idols still! Fun! And in the "scenes from next week"... what the hell? My boyfriend Jeff tells the Survivors that the ones who don't win the reward will be executed??? OK..... Maybe the chicken has come back from the dead for revenge....
We are SO close to the end... will it be one more Wed, then the finale? Or is it two more Wednesdays then finale? Crazy!
Finally, my thoughts on Benry. We didn't know who he was until recently (Benry? Who?) and he just wasn't really that likable. His biggest contribution was in being mean to Alina and calling her a dirt squirrel (puke weasel?) and he showed that he could be a weasel himself by quickly dumping Fabio. Plus, the dude's a "club promoter." Come on.
- The group named the chicken Kelly-Nay after their quitter former tribemates. Hee! That's not the funny part.... then they ate said chicken. Actually, Fabio, Dan, Benry and Sash ate the chicken while Chase, Holly & Jane were on reward. Fair, right? Jane didn't think so. She was M-A-D... and very sad that her pet chicken was murdered. Here's an idea... maybe don't get attached to chickens when you're on Survivor with a bunch of starving people.
- Chase is not very bright. Bless him, he's so very nice and isn't hard on the eyes, but strategy just isn't his thing. To his credit, he recognizes this flaw... but not until after he's blundered his way through something... Last night he won reward & had two people to choose to go with him. Holly was the natural choice for giving up her place on reward last time. No one would argue with that. But then it was obvious that he should have taken Sash. Sash was the swing vote who you don't want to leave behind to worm his way in with the other three. But Chase chose Jane because they're close, because of the mom thing, because she's from North Carolina... whatever.... Dumb.
Sash eventually made it known that he was siding with the Chase-Jane-Holly alliance & it looked like they were voting out Fabio. Even poor Fabio was as worried as we've ever really seen him. Did you get sucked in? I did. I was certain he was going home. And I should know better than to trust those wily Survivor editors... He was using his "play it cool" strategy, not scrambling, and even in Tribal Council there was talk of communication & how playing it cool wasn't the best way to go.... Even Benry was over chatting it up with Holly & Chase saying that he was willing to vote out his buddy & jump alliances. It would have been easy.
But in the end it was Benry who went home. So clearly, those wily editors are leaving something out. Did Fabio make a case for staying that we didn't see? Was Benry more annoying (that's my guess)? Benry is a physical threat, but no more than Fabio really. (UGH! Which makes me remember the part where Sash tells us how he's been purposely sandbagging at the challenges so as not to look like a physical threat. Sit DOWN, Sash! Wait a sec... I'm somehow surprised that a dude who wore a skinny tie to Survivor Nicaragua is unbearable? OK, my bad.) And what annoyed me the most about Tribal Council was that they kept talking about how Fabio, Benry and Chase were the biggest physical threats and NO ONE mentioned JANE!! Has everyone forgotten that Jane has, in fact, beaten all those boys at physical challenges on a few occasions??? OK, so she doesn't do that great when it comes to challenges with a lot of running - I'll give you that. But any type of endurance challenge has Jane beating each one of those muscle boys. And no one thinks to bring this up? Everyone keeps talking about how they don't want to go to the end with Jane because they know they can't beat her, yet they don't vote her out. It's amazing. And the challenges lately have been maily obstacle course type running events, so we're definitely due for some endurancey, puzzley type ones to come soon. Trust.
I'm starting to completely love the fact that Dan is still there. He's sort of grown on me with his weird dyed black hair and grey beard and huge arms and little legs. I know he's basically an easy vote and likely won't win, but you never know. If things get backstabby, Dan could pull it off by staying out of it.
Fabio makes my life. I love the "play it cool" strategy and I love that he's really smarter than he lets on. From the smirk on his face when Benry got booted, I'm thinking Fabio knew that Benry was playing the other side and worked some doofus magic. You? I like to think he's controlling the game somehow.
And Holly. Again, she's someone who could win this thing because overall, she's pretty well liked. A bit annoying, sure. But plays the mom card well and hasn't put anyone's alligator shoes in the ocean recently.
Jane needs to stop annoying people & she'll be OK. I don't think she does too much - but we saw it a bit last night with the cheering for everyone during the challenge. However, as said, no one seems to want to actually vote her out anyway. She will win if she makes it to final three. Do you agree?
At any rate, it's getting interesting. Will Dan & Fabio get picked off now without Benry? It all depends on who will win the immunity, right? And if they're smart, they blindside Sash & get rid of the idol. Plus, no one knows Chase has NaOnka's idol. My thought is that he'll be stupid and tell someone & get himself voted out but he may surprise me. Two idols still! Fun! And in the "scenes from next week"... what the hell? My boyfriend Jeff tells the Survivors that the ones who don't win the reward will be executed??? OK..... Maybe the chicken has come back from the dead for revenge....
We are SO close to the end... will it be one more Wed, then the finale? Or is it two more Wednesdays then finale? Crazy!
Finally, my thoughts on Benry. We didn't know who he was until recently (Benry? Who?) and he just wasn't really that likable. His biggest contribution was in being mean to Alina and calling her a dirt squirrel (puke weasel?) and he showed that he could be a weasel himself by quickly dumping Fabio. Plus, the dude's a "club promoter." Come on.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Quitting is Dumb.
OK, so first of all, I'm not slacking... there was no show last week because of American turkey day. Well, there was a clip show. Yawn.
Last night's show totally made up for it. Yowza! Not one, but TWO quitters!! Crazy!! Hard to believe people are that stupid... Before I get into the rant, I'll give you the background.
It was raining and cold.
There. That's it. Poor NaOnka and Purple Kelly were chilly. I think it was Benry (or maybe Fabio) who said it best. You're in a RAIN FOREST in Nicaragua and you don't expect it to RAIN? The two girls were all emotional and crying and NaOnka's "joints hurt".... Now, I'm not saying it would be easy or that I wouldn't break down and have a little cry maybe. But come on. Those girls are in their early 20's. Holly, Jane and Dan are all sucking it up & toughing it out. Why? 'Cause they know life is actually harder than sitting in Nicaragua in the rain. Anyway, ranting again...
Then there's the part about how NaOnka is not only a quitter, but a horrible, horrible person. Nothing we didn't already know, right? We already knew she's selfish and as my boyfriend Jeff likes to say - basically, she's a 7 year-old. But yesterday's actions took the cake. The Survivors broke into teams to do the reward challenge. NaOnka's team won reward, which was going to a movie (uh, blatant product placement as we also were forced to basically watch an ad for the movie during the show - ugh!) Then my boyfriend Jeff says that if someone wants to stay behind from the reward, they can have a new tarp & container of rice for the group. Backing up a bit, NaOnka and Purple Kelly at this point had already confessed to Jeff that they wanted to quit. Jeff hates quitters. It makes him (and the rest of us) angry, because there are a lot of people out there who want to play and here are these people with a golden opportunity just throwing it away. Jeff gives them the afternoon to think about it. Back to the reward.... everyone looks directly at NaOnka... You're leaving anyway... you'll be eating a big meal soon, why don't you take one for the team and at least leave on a positive note? Nope. Not if you're a selfish, bratty 7 year-old. If you're a selfish, bratty 7 year-old, you go on that reward and don't think twice about it.
Who does stay back? Holly. Holly's a mom and Holly wants to take care of the team. It's just the way she is. As I've mentioned before, when Holly checks into the game, she can be super smart and a force to deal with. So, even though she had just finished saying, "All I want right now is a hot dog!" she stayed back and it could have been an action that could win her a million dollars. And she should win a million bucks for the mom stare she gave NaOnka when she stepped aside. It was the best - I tried to replicate it myself later, but not being a mom, I couldn't. I'm going to see if I can get my mom friends (and my mom!) to do it and show me how. It's awesome. But it did not work on the brat with no conscience. Holly later "mommed" Purple Kelly - giving her the big talk, saying things like, "Here's what I would say to my own daughter..." etc. Holly herself almost quit on day 5, remember? But she got a talking to by Jimmy Johnson. Apparently Holly's daughters are much smarter than Purple Kelly and I don't think even Jimmy Johnson would be able to get through to this girl.
So there was no immunity challenge. Straight to Tribal Council to hear from the two weiners on whether they'd stay or quit. Here's the thing - it's in everyone else's best interest for people to quit - less competition. But these girls had people trying to convince them to stay. Jeff did his best. Jane gave an awesome speech about how life is hard and you need some inner strength to get through. My favourite was when she said that there are people in the world in WAY worse situations than they were in, and they are not playing Survivor. Yes! Love Jane.
NaOnka went on at length about how she comes from a long line of strong, black women. Uh... too bad that line stopped with you, you big baby! My boyfriend Jeff, exasperated, asked Naonka whether she actually thought she had a shot to win the million dollars. "I don't think so, I KNOW so!" Then why quit? Now the rant - NaOnka is one of these girls - and I say girls because I think it mostly happens with girls... who think they are special because they are told they are. No other reason. No matter what they do in life, good or bad, they are taught that as long as they are "true to themselves" and "are a strong woman" and all that BS, then everything's OK because they are special. You can see this when her defence for bad behaviour is that, "I'm just being myself and if you don't like it, too bad!" I'm quite sure all those Girls Gone Wild say the same thing when they show their boobs on crazy spring break videos. It's OK, no matter what, I'm special. I live my life with no regrets. Well it's unfortunate that they don't realize that being a strong woman doesn't mean doing whatever you want, and that you SHOULD regret a few things or else you don't learn anything. NaOnka's parting words were exactly what you'd expect from this type of girl - basically that yeah, she has (you guessed it) no regrets about quitting and that (again, you saw it coming) she's so very proud of herself for making it so far in the game. Special, right?
Meanwhile, the jury is beside themselves, and it's hard to blame them. Alina, Marty and Brenda all got voted out - they did not quit. We hear Marty say, "I WANT to play!" And truly, it's unfair, right? Even Alina was crying (a bit much right?) but yeah, why didn't those girls quit a long time ago if they didn't want to play?
Now, Purple Kelly on the other hand, is just stupid. We've talked about it before on this blog. She wasn't in the loop, she wasn't important even for a vote, she never talked, she wasn't playing the game. She was a waste of a spot on the show, and it's too bad they even let her on. Apparently you don't have to have a personality to get on Survivor, but if you look good in a bikini and have some purple hair, you're in! Maybe that's harsh, but I might have changed my mind if she had stayed. She's just not smart enough to do the math. I've done this for 28 days, what's another 11? (I loved Fabio - "I'm sticking it out even if it snows!) She said something about that she's proud herself for playing "with integrity" the whole time. (A separate rant - see past seasons for my thoughts on that one.) Ugh! And the difference between her & NaOnka in their parting words was that Purple actually apologized to the jury members for quitting. Some redemption there, but still just makes us shake our heads and wonder how you could be that dumb.
These two babies now have a vote on the jury, which in my mind is totally wrong. I think if you quit, you void your spot on the jury. They don't deserve to vote for the winner. Jeff at least asked them what they think should be done with their torches. NaOnka said "I think they should be smuffed, Jeff. Isn't that the word? Smuffed!" No, it's not a word, you stupid, stupid girl! So Jeff ended up "smuffing" the torches, but told them he's leaving them there as a reminder of their stupidity. (My words, not Jeff's.)
I'd be pretty interested to see Ponderosa now. If anyone out there is tech-savvy enough to find the vids (huh - I never thought to just check YouTube...) let me know. Would LOVE to see how those girls are treated by Brenda, Alina & Marty. I'm thinking Alina claws NaOnkas eyes out and then rips Purple Kelly's purple hair right out of her head, causing the air inside to escape & the head to implode. Harsh again? Maybe. In the end, neither of those girls were going to win anyway really, but both of them had a shot at being in the final three. Quitting with 11 days left is ridiculous & they'll have to live with it. And I'm sure there are people at CBS who regret signing them up for Survivor.
For your reading pleasure, my boyfriend's blog:
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/12/02/jeff-probst-blogs-survivor-nicaragua-episode-12/#more-113997
Last night's show totally made up for it. Yowza! Not one, but TWO quitters!! Crazy!! Hard to believe people are that stupid... Before I get into the rant, I'll give you the background.
It was raining and cold.
There. That's it. Poor NaOnka and Purple Kelly were chilly. I think it was Benry (or maybe Fabio) who said it best. You're in a RAIN FOREST in Nicaragua and you don't expect it to RAIN? The two girls were all emotional and crying and NaOnka's "joints hurt".... Now, I'm not saying it would be easy or that I wouldn't break down and have a little cry maybe. But come on. Those girls are in their early 20's. Holly, Jane and Dan are all sucking it up & toughing it out. Why? 'Cause they know life is actually harder than sitting in Nicaragua in the rain. Anyway, ranting again...
Then there's the part about how NaOnka is not only a quitter, but a horrible, horrible person. Nothing we didn't already know, right? We already knew she's selfish and as my boyfriend Jeff likes to say - basically, she's a 7 year-old. But yesterday's actions took the cake. The Survivors broke into teams to do the reward challenge. NaOnka's team won reward, which was going to a movie (uh, blatant product placement as we also were forced to basically watch an ad for the movie during the show - ugh!) Then my boyfriend Jeff says that if someone wants to stay behind from the reward, they can have a new tarp & container of rice for the group. Backing up a bit, NaOnka and Purple Kelly at this point had already confessed to Jeff that they wanted to quit. Jeff hates quitters. It makes him (and the rest of us) angry, because there are a lot of people out there who want to play and here are these people with a golden opportunity just throwing it away. Jeff gives them the afternoon to think about it. Back to the reward.... everyone looks directly at NaOnka... You're leaving anyway... you'll be eating a big meal soon, why don't you take one for the team and at least leave on a positive note? Nope. Not if you're a selfish, bratty 7 year-old. If you're a selfish, bratty 7 year-old, you go on that reward and don't think twice about it.
Who does stay back? Holly. Holly's a mom and Holly wants to take care of the team. It's just the way she is. As I've mentioned before, when Holly checks into the game, she can be super smart and a force to deal with. So, even though she had just finished saying, "All I want right now is a hot dog!" she stayed back and it could have been an action that could win her a million dollars. And she should win a million bucks for the mom stare she gave NaOnka when she stepped aside. It was the best - I tried to replicate it myself later, but not being a mom, I couldn't. I'm going to see if I can get my mom friends (and my mom!) to do it and show me how. It's awesome. But it did not work on the brat with no conscience. Holly later "mommed" Purple Kelly - giving her the big talk, saying things like, "Here's what I would say to my own daughter..." etc. Holly herself almost quit on day 5, remember? But she got a talking to by Jimmy Johnson. Apparently Holly's daughters are much smarter than Purple Kelly and I don't think even Jimmy Johnson would be able to get through to this girl.
So there was no immunity challenge. Straight to Tribal Council to hear from the two weiners on whether they'd stay or quit. Here's the thing - it's in everyone else's best interest for people to quit - less competition. But these girls had people trying to convince them to stay. Jeff did his best. Jane gave an awesome speech about how life is hard and you need some inner strength to get through. My favourite was when she said that there are people in the world in WAY worse situations than they were in, and they are not playing Survivor. Yes! Love Jane.
NaOnka went on at length about how she comes from a long line of strong, black women. Uh... too bad that line stopped with you, you big baby! My boyfriend Jeff, exasperated, asked Naonka whether she actually thought she had a shot to win the million dollars. "I don't think so, I KNOW so!" Then why quit? Now the rant - NaOnka is one of these girls - and I say girls because I think it mostly happens with girls... who think they are special because they are told they are. No other reason. No matter what they do in life, good or bad, they are taught that as long as they are "true to themselves" and "are a strong woman" and all that BS, then everything's OK because they are special. You can see this when her defence for bad behaviour is that, "I'm just being myself and if you don't like it, too bad!" I'm quite sure all those Girls Gone Wild say the same thing when they show their boobs on crazy spring break videos. It's OK, no matter what, I'm special. I live my life with no regrets. Well it's unfortunate that they don't realize that being a strong woman doesn't mean doing whatever you want, and that you SHOULD regret a few things or else you don't learn anything. NaOnka's parting words were exactly what you'd expect from this type of girl - basically that yeah, she has (you guessed it) no regrets about quitting and that (again, you saw it coming) she's so very proud of herself for making it so far in the game. Special, right?
Meanwhile, the jury is beside themselves, and it's hard to blame them. Alina, Marty and Brenda all got voted out - they did not quit. We hear Marty say, "I WANT to play!" And truly, it's unfair, right? Even Alina was crying (a bit much right?) but yeah, why didn't those girls quit a long time ago if they didn't want to play?
Now, Purple Kelly on the other hand, is just stupid. We've talked about it before on this blog. She wasn't in the loop, she wasn't important even for a vote, she never talked, she wasn't playing the game. She was a waste of a spot on the show, and it's too bad they even let her on. Apparently you don't have to have a personality to get on Survivor, but if you look good in a bikini and have some purple hair, you're in! Maybe that's harsh, but I might have changed my mind if she had stayed. She's just not smart enough to do the math. I've done this for 28 days, what's another 11? (I loved Fabio - "I'm sticking it out even if it snows!) She said something about that she's proud herself for playing "with integrity" the whole time. (A separate rant - see past seasons for my thoughts on that one.) Ugh! And the difference between her & NaOnka in their parting words was that Purple actually apologized to the jury members for quitting. Some redemption there, but still just makes us shake our heads and wonder how you could be that dumb.
These two babies now have a vote on the jury, which in my mind is totally wrong. I think if you quit, you void your spot on the jury. They don't deserve to vote for the winner. Jeff at least asked them what they think should be done with their torches. NaOnka said "I think they should be smuffed, Jeff. Isn't that the word? Smuffed!" No, it's not a word, you stupid, stupid girl! So Jeff ended up "smuffing" the torches, but told them he's leaving them there as a reminder of their stupidity. (My words, not Jeff's.)
I'd be pretty interested to see Ponderosa now. If anyone out there is tech-savvy enough to find the vids (huh - I never thought to just check YouTube...) let me know. Would LOVE to see how those girls are treated by Brenda, Alina & Marty. I'm thinking Alina claws NaOnkas eyes out and then rips Purple Kelly's purple hair right out of her head, causing the air inside to escape & the head to implode. Harsh again? Maybe. In the end, neither of those girls were going to win anyway really, but both of them had a shot at being in the final three. Quitting with 11 days left is ridiculous & they'll have to live with it. And I'm sure there are people at CBS who regret signing them up for Survivor.
For your reading pleasure, my boyfriend's blog:
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/12/02/jeff-probst-blogs-survivor-nicaragua-episode-12/#more-113997
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