Stuck Between a Rock and a Mean Girl in a Really Bad Bathing Suit

I'm going to start with the end.  Very disappointing.  I think the women have made a huge mistake forming that alliance so early, non?  On one hand, you're in an alliance.  On the other hand, you don't actually like any of the people you're allied with.  As well, if the tribe continues its downward spiral, it won't matter if they have an alliance anyway because the men will just pick them off when they finally merge.  The early, 5-person alliance worked last season because the people got along (for the most part) and because they kept their TRIBE strong and won challenges allowing them to go into the end together. This time, the girls based their alliance on who they thought was "most athletic looking" and are focused only on their 5, not on the tribe as a whole. 

Having said that, I feel like Nina's one of those people who got off the Survivor bus on the wrong foot.  (Christina is also in this boat.)  It happens to good contestants every season.  Nina's an ex-cop who kinda gives the cop vibe... not in a good way.  She's not the friendly cop - she's the one who pulls you over for speeding and gives you that look...you know.  At any rate, I have a feeling I'd way rather hang out with Nina than with Kat or certainly with Alicia... but Nina just didn't do herself any favours.  She let the young whippersnappers get to her.  Survivor's a funny game that way - it's very much about who can put up with people the best and keep a smile on their face the whole time.  Remember how Sophie almost didn't win because no one really liked her?  Well... she really had to back-pedal at the end to convince people she really was a nice person.  Nina never got that chance.  Especially when you go into the game as different - in Nina's case she's older than the others - you need to find a way to fit in. 

Colton is having the same issues.  He doesn't fit in with the men, so he's over at the women's camp trying to fit in there.  But he's killing his own chances.  The best thing to happen to Colton is that the girls finally had enough & kicked him out.  Quite the drama swings from poor Colton!  He went from crying and lonely and "Oh poor me - I don't fit in anywhere!" to being in charge of a new alliance in the matter of.... well minutes on the show, but probably a couple of days in real time.  Once he got kicked out of the girls' tribe, he decided to tell the non-ab-4 about his immunity idol.  Well played, sir!  (Is he reading my blog?)  All of a sudden, he's got himself an alliance with Jonas, Leif and Troyzan and he's king of the world!  If the women ever stop losing, it's going to be lovely to see the looks on the abs' faces (What? They have faces?) (Oh, I'm kidding!) when Colton plays that idol. 

So, sticking with the men... can we talk about Tarzan Greg for a sec?  What the what is he wearing?  I'm not sure if they're underpants or a speedo swimsuit, but that banana-hammock is the WORST thing I've seen since Philip's pink y-fronts.  Eesh.  And then, he starts doing some sorta primal dance moves around the fire... whaaaaaaaat?  I wish I could un-see it. Shudder. It also seems that Tarzan is the one who doesn't fit in (surprised?) now that Colton has his alliance and the ab-masters have theirs. 

Back to the girls.  My "I totally want to punch that girl in the face" moment was near the start of the show where Alicia is gloating about how bad Christina was at Tribal Council (uh, OK....) and then goes on to say that "If she was swimming in some ocean and was drowning, I don't think I'd save her."  Really?  Wow.  This woman is a SPECIAL ED. TEACHER!!!!   How does this person get job that requires patience & compassion??  (Remember Naonka & how horrible she was?  She was a teacher too.  And I believe she either lost her job or was pretty severely reprimanded when she got back to the real world. Right?  Would you approve of Alicia spending any time with your child?)  Ugh.  Then she pulls a move that really only girls can appreciate - she meangirled Christina even more by saying to her face that everything's OK.... saying that "It wasn't my intention to disrespect you," all the while telling us that she'd actually be OK with Christina drowning in front of ther.  Yep.  This kind of girl gives women everywhere a bad name.  (As an aside, isn't that one of the most overused phrases these days - "It wasn't my intention...."?  Usually, for people who say that, it actually IS their intention... it's just a good phrase they've learned that in their minds absolves them from guilt.)  Finally, can we all agree that Alicia's bathing suit top (is that what it is?) is some really bad style?

What is happening here?

Finally, there's Kat.  Kat is stupid.  Sorry, that's harsh. It wasn't my intention to be so harsh.  (See what I did there?  It was totally my intention.)  Yeah, she's cute and has lots of energy and stuff, but wow.  She just kept jumping off the balance beam in the challenge even though she didn't have to.  She lost the challenge for the team but they kept her instead of Nina because Kat's in the alliance.  A couple of the gals - Chelsea & Kim - know that it's a bad deal.  Chelsea wanted to get rid of Kat instead, but Kim didn't want to upset the apple cart.  I think Chelsea was right - there are enough women at this point that they'd be fine if they went 'against' their alliance, and they'd have a better chance of winning with Nina than with Kat.  My favourite was Nina calling Kat a "dumb broad"... yeah, it's petty name calling... but she's saying what we're all thinking.  Now that Kat got to stay & she knows how poorly she performed, hopefully it'll be a wake-up call to do better. 

Again, my ex-boyfriend Jeff is frustrated.  "It's like talking to 6 year-olds," he says.  The women know they're totally dysfunctional, they all admit it's embarrasing, yet they refuse to really do anything about it.  Sigh.  I don't see it changing in the near future, and it's sad to see some good contestants go home while some rotten ones stay.  It ain't fair, I say.  Christina & Monica had better start searching for an immunity idol (why are they not doing this??) or scrambling a little better with some of the more reasonable women.  I'd way rather see them play this game than Alicia or Kat.