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
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