Tonight's episode was a rehash show of all the spill-over content that didn't make it into the other episodes. So no one was voted off. The Survivor equivalent of a "best-of" episode. When did they quit doing that on sitcoms? I swear they did it no less than twenty times on Happy Days.
Normally I don't blog these episodes, but since I never finished the final episode from the last season, I figure I owe one.
At about five-and-a-half minutes into tonight's show, somewhere in Southwestern Ohio, Machelle Ward said "I told him so! Steven Seagal!!"
For those of you who missed the Survivor celebrity look-a-likes page, and judging by Google Analytics, most of you have, I thought that Coach looked a lot like Liam Neeson. Machelle (currently tied for second place) thought he favored Steven Seagal.
http://www.woltermanns.com/Survivorfest/Survivor_celebrity.htm
This week Tyson mentioned that Coach looked like a cross between Steven Seagal and the last of the Mohicans.
Well, I guess this proved one thing. Neither Machelle nor Tyson know what they're talking about :-)
Coach went on to give an analysis on why he was so great. I quit trying to keep notes after the third paragraph. He is that awesome.
Taj indicated that her game plan was to "kill 'em with kindness." I guess that plan ran out of gas around week 4 huh, Taj?
She also went on to indicate that she was not fat, she was muscular. Yeah, table muscle.
The behind the scenes analysis of the tribe's eating habits was amusing.
Tyson reflected on the taste of some Brazilian roots: "They're like God's candy...thanks, God."
Debbie choked down a minnow the size of a politician's integrity: "I can't believe I just chewed up a fish between my teeth!" Imagine how the fish felt about it.
It turns out Sydney was one of the few people in her tribe who could make fire. Makes a little more sense why they've kept her around. It certainly wasn't for her challenge-winning ability.
Coach shared that he was attracted to Tyson...but not in a sexual way!!!! Methinks the man protests too much.
Deb seemed to feel the same. She practically dry-humped the poor guy. Wouldn't leave him alone. I think she's going to have some explaining to do to her hubby when she get's home.
Brendan and Coach had a bench building competition. CBS execs were busy taking notes: "Is there any way we could incorporate this into a challenge that would make it likely that the women would lose their tops?" And her kids. And to the school superintendent she works for.
Coach, ever-stretching his amazing...sorry, awesome, list of talents, performed a solo orchestra that he conducted himself without the benefit of instruments. It was reminiscent of Shane and his driftwood Blackberry a few seasons back.
Erinn's response? "Who is this jackass?" Man, I miss her!
Coach and Tyson had a quiet moment to strategize. Coach told Tyson "I'll never write your name down. I'll never vote you off."
Tyson: "I'm the same way." Heh. That was subtle.
Steven and Brendan spent some time on Exile together. When the rain washed out their fire, they were forced to share body heat to make it through the night. Kinda sounds like a country song. One that you might hear on the soundtrack of Brokeback Mountain.
Steven: "We spooned for all we were worth. But no more cuddling when we get back to the tribe."
I guess he just can't quit him.
See y'all next week on...Survivorfest ! (where I hope someone gets voted the hell off!)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Survivorfest week 5!
Spencer stays in, but goes out!
Anyone else think that Stephen has eyes that go in two different directions when he has his glasses off? That must be one heck of an astigmatism.
Taj shared that she wrote Joe's name down last week just because she didn't want to put Sandy's name down. Seems like a good way to get yourself on somebody's bad side for no upside.
Back at camp, Stephen was scratching Taj's back in what might be a metaphor for this season. The way she was moaning, I almost sent my kid out of the room.
Taj and Stephen went searching for the idol. Taj found it where it the Exile Island clues pointed to...in the nether end of the tree mail idol. It was close, as Stephen could have easily found it first and picked up the points. I don't think the Taj owners out there would have been too amused by that turn of events.
Taj had Stephen hide the idol in his shorts pocket and then warned him to keep his shirt over it: "You need to be cognizant that you'll show a lump." That's right. Nobody would expect a bulge in Stephen's shorts. In all fairness, most guys have to practice dealing with that sort of thing throughout high school.
Almost immediately Stephen began thinking about keeping the idol. Be careful who you cross, little man. Big Eddie could kill you with his bare hands. And I'm pretty sure Taj could, too.
Back at Timbera, Sierra read Brendan the riot act about not taking the time to tell her about "the plan". He did confide in her that he found the hidden idol. The plan to cross-alliance with the other tribe seems to be proceeding.
At the rewards challenge, Probst informed the tribes that Sandy was voted out at last council. Coach murmured smugly "it was only a matter of time." Man, you gotta love to hate this guy. Is there anyone else that CBS has a microphone on 24x7?
The challenge was a variation of dizzy bat using a Sit-n-Spin. First tribe to have three members cross a balance beam, while dizzy, would win a visit to, and I'm not making this up, the Charmin Cafe.
First round, Taj went really fast, but fell off the beam and had to start over. Tyson took his time, but made it over first.
Spencer won the second round to tie the match. He said "it's like wearing beer goggles, man." Except that beer goggles involve thinking that a nottie is a hottie. Like if he passed the finish line, got a good look at Stephen and thought "heyyyyyyy, crazy eyes...how you doin'?"
Next round and JT looked like he was ready to hurl. Probst summed it up aptly: "JT looks like he's at the end of a bad Friday night!" I think we've all been there.
JT fell off the beam after approximately half a step, but managed to recover and cross for the win.
In the next round, Sydney shrugged off the dizziness and zipped across the beam, leaving a slow and steady Debbie behind. Jalapao wins reward!
Brendan was chosen to go to Exile Island (again). He chose Stephen to go with him, costing his would-be conspirator to miss out on a special trip to Charmin Cafe.
At the Cafe, Jalapao gorged on pastries, juices and coffee. There was a special toilet set up with a load of, you guessed it, Charmin toilet paper. It looked a little unsavory. I find it hard to believe that I would get psyched up to line up to use a toilet when the rest of the people in the line have been in the wild for several weeks. Possibly "saving up".
In addition to the treats and the toiletries, each of the contestants received family mail.
Spencer cried like a baby, as did Taj.
JT shared that his mother had written that she loved him, which she had only said something like three times in his life. I can picture JT's ma in front of their TV screaming "What?!? I tell that ungrateful little rat I love him all the time! Wait 'til I get my hands on him...we'll see how good he is at surviving!"
Back at Timbera, Coach continued to be melodramatic. While discussing the weather he would say things like "notice the change...in the wind..." and look meaningfully into the breeze.
Turns out that Coach is as good a weatherman as he is a challenge player. His prediction that the storm would miss them ended in a deluge.
Erinn "Coach is kind of a jackass. He wants us to think he's like Survivor man...I halfway expect after the show for him to say 'gotcha. I'm an accountant and I've never left Nebraska'".
Sydney and Spencer shared a quiet moment. Sydney wanted to know whether Spencer had a special girl. I think she was curious why he wasn't hitting on her like the rest of the guys in the tribe.
Spencer decided to keep his sexual preferences to himself, fearing that coming out would make the other good old boys of the tribe want him gone. Unfortunately this could present an interesting conundrum. Sydney is used to getting lots of special attention from the guys. If Spencer doesn't seem interested, then Sydney might be intrigued. If she's intrigued, then the other guys around camp might feel jealous that she's paying special atten...ah, I'm waaaaay over-thinking this.
The immunity challenge was a couple of slingshots where members of the tribes vied to catch the balls in a lacrosse stick. The lacrosse stick is called a cruelle which is a Native American word that means "pain stick".
JT was a machine in this challenge. He caught the first two balls. Of course he had Sierra guarding him. That's a bit like Clara Peller trying to guard Terrell Owens. Er. Clara Peller was the "Where's the Beef?" lady from the Wendy's commercials...ah, never mind, here's a YouTube video for all you youngsters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0
Joe dinged up his knee. Keep an eye on him. As we've seen, no injury is too trivial in this game.
Brendan caught the next two, thanks to a slow Taj. Odd that those two paired up. Would she help him win to cement their alliance later?
JT caught the next one, but got whacked in the face, causing him to lose part of a tooth. He shrugged it off and tossed the tooth away. He was all like "I got about thirty more". Well, he's from Alabama. Maybe twenty more.
Probst was all over it "Wait, JT, you're gonna want that!" Considering they were probably 300 miles from the nearest dentist (and have you met a Brazilian with good teeth?) I can't imagine why he would. I guess it would be a great auction item for the end of season Survivor charity auction. Heck, I'd bid on it!
JT caught the next one, but then Tyson caught fire, pulling down the next three. JT was really hot at Spencer. He didn't think Spencer was pulling his weight and called him out during the match.
Timbera went on to win immunity!
Okay, time to fess up. I totally made up the word cruelle. It's just something I do every now and again. Like a sickness. In fact, making up words is a sickness. The Latin term is geobushitis. I'm sorry. I did it again. I'm seeking help.
Back at Jalapao, Taj went a little crazy and lit into the rest of her tribe for their poor effort. Strange to hear that coming from someone who caught no balls and whose opponent caught several.
She wasn't having any of it, though "Everybody can kiss my ass!" Actually that is the title of chapter eight in her book: http://www.amazon.com/Player-HateHer-Avoid-Drama-Free-World/dp/0061125725/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I119V6Q6F45R1W&colid=RLQY2IYMQIRJ .
Joe and JT talked candidly about voting out Taj. Stephen looked about as nervous as Brad Pitt in a jammed elevator with Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.
Spencer came over to see where he stood. JT told him "It's you or Taj". You have to hand it to JT...he always tells the tooth. Heh. Get it? He tell...cause he lost his...sigh.
At council, Spencer lamented his effort at the last challenge. Evidently everyone else agreed and he was voted out in a landslide.
The scoring continues to pile up as the contestants drop off. See you next week on...Survivorfest!
Anyone else think that Stephen has eyes that go in two different directions when he has his glasses off? That must be one heck of an astigmatism.
Taj shared that she wrote Joe's name down last week just because she didn't want to put Sandy's name down. Seems like a good way to get yourself on somebody's bad side for no upside.
Back at camp, Stephen was scratching Taj's back in what might be a metaphor for this season. The way she was moaning, I almost sent my kid out of the room.
Taj and Stephen went searching for the idol. Taj found it where it the Exile Island clues pointed to...in the nether end of the tree mail idol. It was close, as Stephen could have easily found it first and picked up the points. I don't think the Taj owners out there would have been too amused by that turn of events.
Taj had Stephen hide the idol in his shorts pocket and then warned him to keep his shirt over it: "You need to be cognizant that you'll show a lump." That's right. Nobody would expect a bulge in Stephen's shorts. In all fairness, most guys have to practice dealing with that sort of thing throughout high school.
Almost immediately Stephen began thinking about keeping the idol. Be careful who you cross, little man. Big Eddie could kill you with his bare hands. And I'm pretty sure Taj could, too.
Back at Timbera, Sierra read Brendan the riot act about not taking the time to tell her about "the plan". He did confide in her that he found the hidden idol. The plan to cross-alliance with the other tribe seems to be proceeding.
At the rewards challenge, Probst informed the tribes that Sandy was voted out at last council. Coach murmured smugly "it was only a matter of time." Man, you gotta love to hate this guy. Is there anyone else that CBS has a microphone on 24x7?
The challenge was a variation of dizzy bat using a Sit-n-Spin. First tribe to have three members cross a balance beam, while dizzy, would win a visit to, and I'm not making this up, the Charmin Cafe.
First round, Taj went really fast, but fell off the beam and had to start over. Tyson took his time, but made it over first.
Spencer won the second round to tie the match. He said "it's like wearing beer goggles, man." Except that beer goggles involve thinking that a nottie is a hottie. Like if he passed the finish line, got a good look at Stephen and thought "heyyyyyyy, crazy eyes...how you doin'?"
Next round and JT looked like he was ready to hurl. Probst summed it up aptly: "JT looks like he's at the end of a bad Friday night!" I think we've all been there.
JT fell off the beam after approximately half a step, but managed to recover and cross for the win.
In the next round, Sydney shrugged off the dizziness and zipped across the beam, leaving a slow and steady Debbie behind. Jalapao wins reward!
Brendan was chosen to go to Exile Island (again). He chose Stephen to go with him, costing his would-be conspirator to miss out on a special trip to Charmin Cafe.
At the Cafe, Jalapao gorged on pastries, juices and coffee. There was a special toilet set up with a load of, you guessed it, Charmin toilet paper. It looked a little unsavory. I find it hard to believe that I would get psyched up to line up to use a toilet when the rest of the people in the line have been in the wild for several weeks. Possibly "saving up".
In addition to the treats and the toiletries, each of the contestants received family mail.
Spencer cried like a baby, as did Taj.
JT shared that his mother had written that she loved him, which she had only said something like three times in his life. I can picture JT's ma in front of their TV screaming "What?!? I tell that ungrateful little rat I love him all the time! Wait 'til I get my hands on him...we'll see how good he is at surviving!"
Back at Timbera, Coach continued to be melodramatic. While discussing the weather he would say things like "notice the change...in the wind..." and look meaningfully into the breeze.
Turns out that Coach is as good a weatherman as he is a challenge player. His prediction that the storm would miss them ended in a deluge.
Erinn "Coach is kind of a jackass. He wants us to think he's like Survivor man...I halfway expect after the show for him to say 'gotcha. I'm an accountant and I've never left Nebraska'".
Sydney and Spencer shared a quiet moment. Sydney wanted to know whether Spencer had a special girl. I think she was curious why he wasn't hitting on her like the rest of the guys in the tribe.
Spencer decided to keep his sexual preferences to himself, fearing that coming out would make the other good old boys of the tribe want him gone. Unfortunately this could present an interesting conundrum. Sydney is used to getting lots of special attention from the guys. If Spencer doesn't seem interested, then Sydney might be intrigued. If she's intrigued, then the other guys around camp might feel jealous that she's paying special atten...ah, I'm waaaaay over-thinking this.
The immunity challenge was a couple of slingshots where members of the tribes vied to catch the balls in a lacrosse stick. The lacrosse stick is called a cruelle which is a Native American word that means "pain stick".
JT was a machine in this challenge. He caught the first two balls. Of course he had Sierra guarding him. That's a bit like Clara Peller trying to guard Terrell Owens. Er. Clara Peller was the "Where's the Beef?" lady from the Wendy's commercials...ah, never mind, here's a YouTube video for all you youngsters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0
Joe dinged up his knee. Keep an eye on him. As we've seen, no injury is too trivial in this game.
Brendan caught the next two, thanks to a slow Taj. Odd that those two paired up. Would she help him win to cement their alliance later?
JT caught the next one, but got whacked in the face, causing him to lose part of a tooth. He shrugged it off and tossed the tooth away. He was all like "I got about thirty more". Well, he's from Alabama. Maybe twenty more.
Probst was all over it "Wait, JT, you're gonna want that!" Considering they were probably 300 miles from the nearest dentist (and have you met a Brazilian with good teeth?) I can't imagine why he would. I guess it would be a great auction item for the end of season Survivor charity auction. Heck, I'd bid on it!
JT caught the next one, but then Tyson caught fire, pulling down the next three. JT was really hot at Spencer. He didn't think Spencer was pulling his weight and called him out during the match.
Timbera went on to win immunity!
Okay, time to fess up. I totally made up the word cruelle. It's just something I do every now and again. Like a sickness. In fact, making up words is a sickness. The Latin term is geobushitis. I'm sorry. I did it again. I'm seeking help.
Back at Jalapao, Taj went a little crazy and lit into the rest of her tribe for their poor effort. Strange to hear that coming from someone who caught no balls and whose opponent caught several.
She wasn't having any of it, though "Everybody can kiss my ass!" Actually that is the title of chapter eight in her book: http://www.amazon.com/Player-HateHer-Avoid-Drama-Free-World/dp/0061125725/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I119V6Q6F45R1W&colid=RLQY2IYMQIRJ .
Joe and JT talked candidly about voting out Taj. Stephen looked about as nervous as Brad Pitt in a jammed elevator with Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.
Spencer came over to see where he stood. JT told him "It's you or Taj". You have to hand it to JT...he always tells the tooth. Heh. Get it? He tell...cause he lost his...sigh.
At council, Spencer lamented his effort at the last challenge. Evidently everyone else agreed and he was voted out in a landslide.
The scoring continues to pile up as the contestants drop off. See you next week on...Survivorfest!
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Survivorfest week 4!
Crazy Sandy checks out!
Back at camp Timbera, Coach was still miffed that his tribe questioned his ability as a leader. He was really cheesed at Erinn: "Erinn would have been voted out almost unanimously if Jerry hadn't been sick!"
Brendan tried to do a little fence-mending of his own by attempting to shift the mantle of leadership (aka the Survivor kiss of death) to Coach. Evidently Coach had come to his senses by this point and deferred. "Everyone, including myself, thinks that Brendan would make a good leader. I want iron that sharpens iron!" Man, how can he talk like that without laughing?
I've decided that Coach is the Survivor equivalent of Dwight Schrute from the Office. Attribute this quote to Coach or Dwight: "Look at me...now look at him. Who looks stronger? I do." You could really hear either of them saying that.
Tyson was less enthusiastic "There was some talk at tribal council about leadership...I wasn't paying attention. I don't really care."
At Jalapao, Taj took Steven aside to explain the Taj/Brendan/Sierra/Steven alliance. Unfortunately at Timbera, Brendan didn't get the chance to talk to Sierra. Considering that part of the plan was to make sure that whichever one got sent to Exile next took the other partner, this could present a problem.
Reward challenge was to have each person hold a pole on their shoulders that would have weight applied at the other team's discretion. Last standing member would win immunity for their tribe.
Taj had her shirt bunched and tied at her crotch. It was verrrrry disconcerting. I think even Eddie was thinking to himself "tie that thing in the back, girl!!"
Jalapao loaded Brendan up to 220 pounds before he dropped out.
Tyson dropped out at 140.
JT managed to stick with 220 for some time before bowing out. That's one strong dude. Historical note: this tied JT with Rupert from Pearl Islands for most weight applied for this challenge. In case you care.
Joe dropped out almost right after.
That left Taj and Debra, battling it out at 100 lbs each. After adding another twenty, Debra dropped out and Jalapao won immunity.
Taj was a great sport, making a point to tell Debra what a great job she did. This seems like a much nicer cast of Survivor than some of the previous season, don't you think?
The tribe chose Sierra (or, more accurately, Taj did). Not knowing that the plan was for her to choose Steven, Sierra took Taj with her.
The other part of winning the reward challenge was that the winning tribe could send two members to the losing tribe's camp to take two items back with them.
I'm not clear why Timbera didn't hustle back to camp and hide a bunch of stuff.
Tyson "you know you need to be nice because you might end up on a tribe with these guys, but I really want to punch them in the head." Always good for a quote, Tyson.
Joe and JT played nice and took only one of the two bags of beans and one water can. The thought was that if they end up having to join that tribe later, they might be happy to still have food.
Back at Jalapao, Sandy gave them both crap for not taking all the food. "If they had 100 guns would you just take 75 guns and hope they won't shoot at you?"
She did like the beans, though: "Them are fartin' beans!" Man, it's hard to believe she's single. Isn't she single? Bah, I'm not even going to bother to look.
At Jalapao, the guys were casting their vote for this season's "hottest survivor". Sydney tried to be modest "Sierra is kinda cute."
JT "Yeah, but she's kinda angry."
This might start the alarm claxon for "cockiness". Normally you worry about winning the next challenge, not who has the cutest tribe.
Sandy noted the flirting and the clothes swapping that was going on. "You better be taking off more than yer bra...you'd better take off yer panties!" I hope she doesn't give the same advice to the kids who ride her bus.
Further she added "if I can't outwit her (Sydney) with my body I'll outwit her with my brain!" I suspect her body has a better chance and I can't believe I just typed that.
At Exile, Taj got the jar with the clue. It spelled out exactly where the idol was (in the tree mail idol).
She also took the time to clue Sierra in on "the plan". Sierra: "I just got goosebumps!"
Back at Timbera, Tyson tried to loosen things up by dressing up in a loin cloth. "I made this myself. Imagine if I bring the loin cloth back to civilized society." That's a look I shall not be sporting. You're welcome.
Erinn shared that before the Survivor season started, she had a really terrible breakup. Who in their right mind breaks up with someone who's just about to go on a show where he/she can win one million dollars?!? Someone who knows she won't win, that's who.
Tyson has written Erinn off. Plus "she'll get really upset when she gets voted off. That'll be really fun." I wonder if Tyson is available for kids parties.
At immunity challenge, Probst said to Sydney "Give it up, Sydney!" Even he's flirting with her!
The challenge was for each member to run down a path to untie a large puzzle plank and return to the start line where the next person goes for another piece. After all pieces are retrieved they would be assembled to form a phrase.
Coach immediately fell way behind Joe. For a soccer guy he doesn't seem to run well. But he can probably say why other people run poorly.
Jalapao kept their lead until Sydney struggled with her knot, letting Timbera catch up and take the lead.
It was nearly even by the time all the pieces were returned. Timbera managed to complete their puzzle first to win immunity.
Looking at Sandy's face I'm sure she was thinking "man we shoulda taken all of them beans!"
Back at camp, Taj indicated of Sydney "we don't need eye candy, we need championships!" She's probably heard Eddie say that a thousand times.
JT said something but it was mostly unintelligible.
Sydney on what she liked about Survivor: "I like being sneaky. I'm not sneaky at home...you can be sneaky in a new place." Even from a cute girl that sounded really creepy.
At tribal council, Sandy still looked like she was "missing the marshmallows from her Lucky Charms". I wonder if she practices that crazy look in the mirror at home.
Asked about what she brought to the tribe she said "I bring a lot of laughs." And not a little fear.
She even gave Probst a saucy little wink that I am 100% sure caused him to shrivel up a little, if you know what I mean.
Probst asked about the clothes-swapping. "JT, did Sydney wear your clothes?"
JT: "Yeah, Jeff, she's wearing my boxers." I think that constitutes marriage in some countries. JT is lucky this isn't Survivor Palau.
Taj indicated she was okay with Sydney getting all the attention because of hers looks. She said "men aren't as attracted to me but I'm okay with that!" Note I have not awarded her points for finding the hidden idol since they haven't showed her actually finding it yet. It has nothing to do with her looks, I promise.
The votes went in and Sandy went out! I'm conflicted. She was a real fruit loop, but was fun to blog about. I just hope to God she doesn't move into my neighborhood.
See you next wek on...Survivorfest!
Back at camp Timbera, Coach was still miffed that his tribe questioned his ability as a leader. He was really cheesed at Erinn: "Erinn would have been voted out almost unanimously if Jerry hadn't been sick!"
Brendan tried to do a little fence-mending of his own by attempting to shift the mantle of leadership (aka the Survivor kiss of death) to Coach. Evidently Coach had come to his senses by this point and deferred. "Everyone, including myself, thinks that Brendan would make a good leader. I want iron that sharpens iron!" Man, how can he talk like that without laughing?
I've decided that Coach is the Survivor equivalent of Dwight Schrute from the Office. Attribute this quote to Coach or Dwight: "Look at me...now look at him. Who looks stronger? I do." You could really hear either of them saying that.
Tyson was less enthusiastic "There was some talk at tribal council about leadership...I wasn't paying attention. I don't really care."
At Jalapao, Taj took Steven aside to explain the Taj/Brendan/Sierra/Steven alliance. Unfortunately at Timbera, Brendan didn't get the chance to talk to Sierra. Considering that part of the plan was to make sure that whichever one got sent to Exile next took the other partner, this could present a problem.
Reward challenge was to have each person hold a pole on their shoulders that would have weight applied at the other team's discretion. Last standing member would win immunity for their tribe.
Taj had her shirt bunched and tied at her crotch. It was verrrrry disconcerting. I think even Eddie was thinking to himself "tie that thing in the back, girl!!"
Jalapao loaded Brendan up to 220 pounds before he dropped out.
Tyson dropped out at 140.
JT managed to stick with 220 for some time before bowing out. That's one strong dude. Historical note: this tied JT with Rupert from Pearl Islands for most weight applied for this challenge. In case you care.
Joe dropped out almost right after.
That left Taj and Debra, battling it out at 100 lbs each. After adding another twenty, Debra dropped out and Jalapao won immunity.
Taj was a great sport, making a point to tell Debra what a great job she did. This seems like a much nicer cast of Survivor than some of the previous season, don't you think?
The tribe chose Sierra (or, more accurately, Taj did). Not knowing that the plan was for her to choose Steven, Sierra took Taj with her.
The other part of winning the reward challenge was that the winning tribe could send two members to the losing tribe's camp to take two items back with them.
I'm not clear why Timbera didn't hustle back to camp and hide a bunch of stuff.
Tyson "you know you need to be nice because you might end up on a tribe with these guys, but I really want to punch them in the head." Always good for a quote, Tyson.
Joe and JT played nice and took only one of the two bags of beans and one water can. The thought was that if they end up having to join that tribe later, they might be happy to still have food.
Back at Jalapao, Sandy gave them both crap for not taking all the food. "If they had 100 guns would you just take 75 guns and hope they won't shoot at you?"
She did like the beans, though: "Them are fartin' beans!" Man, it's hard to believe she's single. Isn't she single? Bah, I'm not even going to bother to look.
At Jalapao, the guys were casting their vote for this season's "hottest survivor". Sydney tried to be modest "Sierra is kinda cute."
JT "Yeah, but she's kinda angry."
This might start the alarm claxon for "cockiness". Normally you worry about winning the next challenge, not who has the cutest tribe.
Sandy noted the flirting and the clothes swapping that was going on. "You better be taking off more than yer bra...you'd better take off yer panties!" I hope she doesn't give the same advice to the kids who ride her bus.
Further she added "if I can't outwit her (Sydney) with my body I'll outwit her with my brain!" I suspect her body has a better chance and I can't believe I just typed that.
At Exile, Taj got the jar with the clue. It spelled out exactly where the idol was (in the tree mail idol).
She also took the time to clue Sierra in on "the plan". Sierra: "I just got goosebumps!"
Back at Timbera, Tyson tried to loosen things up by dressing up in a loin cloth. "I made this myself. Imagine if I bring the loin cloth back to civilized society." That's a look I shall not be sporting. You're welcome.
Erinn shared that before the Survivor season started, she had a really terrible breakup. Who in their right mind breaks up with someone who's just about to go on a show where he/she can win one million dollars?!? Someone who knows she won't win, that's who.
Tyson has written Erinn off. Plus "she'll get really upset when she gets voted off. That'll be really fun." I wonder if Tyson is available for kids parties.
At immunity challenge, Probst said to Sydney "Give it up, Sydney!" Even he's flirting with her!
The challenge was for each member to run down a path to untie a large puzzle plank and return to the start line where the next person goes for another piece. After all pieces are retrieved they would be assembled to form a phrase.
Coach immediately fell way behind Joe. For a soccer guy he doesn't seem to run well. But he can probably say why other people run poorly.
Jalapao kept their lead until Sydney struggled with her knot, letting Timbera catch up and take the lead.
It was nearly even by the time all the pieces were returned. Timbera managed to complete their puzzle first to win immunity.
Looking at Sandy's face I'm sure she was thinking "man we shoulda taken all of them beans!"
Back at camp, Taj indicated of Sydney "we don't need eye candy, we need championships!" She's probably heard Eddie say that a thousand times.
JT said something but it was mostly unintelligible.
Sydney on what she liked about Survivor: "I like being sneaky. I'm not sneaky at home...you can be sneaky in a new place." Even from a cute girl that sounded really creepy.
At tribal council, Sandy still looked like she was "missing the marshmallows from her Lucky Charms". I wonder if she practices that crazy look in the mirror at home.
Asked about what she brought to the tribe she said "I bring a lot of laughs." And not a little fear.
She even gave Probst a saucy little wink that I am 100% sure caused him to shrivel up a little, if you know what I mean.
Probst asked about the clothes-swapping. "JT, did Sydney wear your clothes?"
JT: "Yeah, Jeff, she's wearing my boxers." I think that constitutes marriage in some countries. JT is lucky this isn't Survivor Palau.
Taj indicated she was okay with Sydney getting all the attention because of hers looks. She said "men aren't as attracted to me but I'm okay with that!" Note I have not awarded her points for finding the hidden idol since they haven't showed her actually finding it yet. It has nothing to do with her looks, I promise.
The votes went in and Sandy went out! I'm conflicted. She was a real fruit loop, but was fun to blog about. I just hope to God she doesn't move into my neighborhood.
See you next wek on...Survivorfest!
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