Survivorfest week 2!

Paloma is served!

This marks the third straight female that was voted out this season.


I noticed that in the beginning that the narrator says "18 Americans compete..." Ironic that two of them have accents. Some of the folks were wondering about Ace and whether his accent was phony. I tend to agree with them...it sounds practiced.


Last week Gillian was voted out of what Jeff indicated might be "the worst tribe of all time". I'm not sure about that. I seem to recall a tribe that lost every challenge until there was only one member left.


Randy weighed in with his thoughts on Fang: "I shouldn't blame them for being complete idiots...but they are!" Keep this up, Randy, and you're a shoe-in for Survivor Favorites in another four years.


Fang is running out of food! After only a few days they're down to less than half their original allotment of rice. G.C. blurted out that on the first day he threw away nearly half a pot of rice. What? What idiot would do that? And then fess up to it?

Randy, though he may be anti-social, at least seemed to have a handle on reality. He suggested that the tribe forgo the superfluous third meal in order to conserve rations. G.C. didn't seem to care for that idea. I guess he figures with his idol that he's going to be around for the long haul and needs to save his strength. He certainly hasn't been wasting it on the challenges.


G.C. attempted to get Randy to take on the mantle of leadership, but Randy wasn't that dumb.


Back at Coda, Sugar indicated that she trusts Ace: "he'll take care of me as well as he can." Ace confided to Bob that Sugar "is loyal". How in the world can these two tell that after a couple of days and no tribal councils? What's gone on with these two that we don't know about?


The reward challenge was one of my personal favorites. The pole grabbing game! Two members of one tribe attempt to tear a member of the other tribe away from a pole and drag them across the finish line. First team to do this twice wins reward of blankets, sleep items and other comfort.


Did anyone else notice Bob digging away at his teeth and gums? He should have a dental warning notice scrolling under him: "Kids...3 out of 4 dentists recommend that you do not dig at your gums with a foreign object". I wonder what in the world he could have stuck between his teeth?


Ace and Dan started out hanging onto the poles for their respective teams. Ace actually looked bored.


Dan was dragged off first as G.C. gave up trying to extract Ace. This is the second challenge that G.C. gave up on. He has my vote for team Tin Man (no heart).

Next round had Susie and Paloma on the poles. Ace decided Paloma should grab the pole for this round. I suspect it was because she probably already had a few years of experience with poles in her previous career as a dancer. I probably just made that up.

Paloma indicated that she was "the smallest person in the world" and suspected that Ace was trying to expose her as a weak link on the tribe. She was probably correct as she was extracted in almost record time. Randy helped by yelling "You're done! You're done!" as they dragged her over the finish line. Nice.


Ace and Dan grabbed the pole for round three. This time Fang used Crystal instead of G.C...because she probably has more testosterone. Ace held on for a long time, but couldn't hold it forever. After a mighty struggle Ace was pulled across the line, his pants around his ankles. Challenge and dignity lost! Fang is officially not the worst tribe ever!


Fang chose to send Sugar to Exile Island, to which she replied "they think I'm dumb but they haven't talked to me yet."


At Exile. Sugar chose to look for the idol rather than taking the comfort option.

Anyone notice that she wears a 45-record spacer on a chain around her neck? Okay, fess up...how many of you out there are too young to know what a 45 spacer is? How many of you have never played a 45? Next season of Survivorfest I need to put in a 10 point bonus for people old enough to know these things.


In fairness to Dan, the last visitor to Exile, I think Sugar had a map as the second visitor to Exile. In any case, she was able to find the sandy area that Dan spent all day looking for. From there she quickly found several other clues. After a quick traipse through the river and an attack by albino ants she had the hidden immunity idol and won points for everyone who had her on their score sheet. By the looks of it, it seems like that would be only me.


"I can't believe I found it and the lawyer didn't!" Indeed.

Sugar came back from Exile and hid the idol. Wise move, keeping the dumb act going. It seemed to work, as she didn't appear to even go through the typical "Did you find it?" "You liar, we know you found it!" "Really, you didn't find it?" "She soooo found it!" routine.


The Immunity challenge was a giant slip 'n' slide! Players would slide into the river to get pieces to a math puzzle. Bob and Ken were held out as the puzzle solvers.


Crystal hit the slide hard enough to crack her teeth. Ouch!


Corinne went down head first and actually stuck on the slide. I thought silicon was supposed to be slippery! 'Cause she was wearing a bikini...and you know...silicon...oh, never mind.


Ace went for style points, sliding on his front, then back, then front again.


Surfer boy Matty hit the slide like a torpedo. Yahoo!

Coda was ahead until Susie took her turn. She lost a significant lead. Not good news for her if Coda loses.


Both Ken and Bob struggled with the puzzle. Ken finally got it on the third try. Bob continued to scowl at it like it was a mystery of the university.


I take back any comparisons between Bob and Yau-Man. The Yau would've solved it.


The tribe seemed to begin to turn on Paloma. She stated "I'm like an animal in the wild...I'm gonna wait and then pounce!" Actually I think she said "prounce". Not sure what that means. Might be a cross between "pounce" and "prance". It's probably a waitress thing when there's an extra large tip on the table.


Corinne continued her bitchiness "I dislike so many people on the whole damn tribe...it's a toss-up."


At council, Jeff stirred things up with Paloma and Ace..."So, Ace is clearly not your hero?"


He followed up with "So, Paloma, you and Ace sound like you were brother and sister in another life."

Paloma: "Yeah, maybe in another world...like a thousand years from now, when I'm dead!" Oooookay. Hopefully we all won't have to wait that long.


Jeff went to tally (re-shuffle) the votes.


Paloma was voted out, with only one ally. I couldn't tell if Jacque or Kelly also voted for Ace. Currently they both look an awful lot alike to me.


I found it funny that Paloma's vote for Ace had a big smiley face on it and the vote that sent her out had a frowny face.


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