Survivor 17.9 "Wait for it. Wait for it."

It continues to boggle my mind how Corrine can continue going around talking about how stupid Sugar and Matty are, when it is her who is continually being played.

I'm glad they got rid of the whole "pooling money" thing from the auction a little while back. Kenny played the whole thing very badly--too passive. I think he does well when he can immerse himself in the "game," and be this character he's created, but when things get social, he gets shy and awkward. He was wise to defer to Matty, who needed some sort of reassurance of thier friendship, but why not bid for the clue? Fortunatley, it didn't help Corrine win in the end, but still. In Guatemala, doomed Danni parlayed a leg-up in ONE challenge to an eventual Championship.

Wasn't it classic to watch Randy and Corrine actually talking about Randy's strategy of REALLY BEING AS ASS, as like, a new and exciting strategy and not, you know, RANDY? But then it got even better--logical Randy actually got Matty to lobby the others to dump Bob before Randy...and then undid it by insulting Matty to his face and being ugly and hostile to Susie. Oh, but everyone ELSE is stupid, right Corrine?

Does Sugar come off even remotely dumb to anyone else? She's sweet, witty...yet Randy, Corrine and Bob don't think for a second that she has it--even when Bob reads ALL the clues and doesn't find it, he thinks it's still out there, and Randy and Corrine just flat out don't thing she found it--and remember, Marcus told her she was continually sent back because they all thought she'd need to use it to stay alive--so they think she must be annoying as well. I think she's delightful.

There was a smart side to Randy and Corrine's plan--they were correct that they couldn't pull off any sort of niceness and "let's be friends" fakeness (though Corrine really should be trying to flirt her way in with Kenny--it really wouldn't take much more than talking to him every now and then). Anyway, we've seen the Idol switcheroo work wonderfully in the past (bye, Edgardo)and they're desperate. So, okay, there's a chance Bob has the Idol, so the plan is reasonably sound...and you plan to blindside...SUSIE. Just 'cuz ya hate her. Kenny and Matty would make a lot of sense. I get NOT getting rid of Matty because he doesn't totally hate you, but firemaking notwithstanding...is Susie really a threat? But maybe they're so hatefilled, they don't see any of them as threats so who cares?

So, Randy's a goner no matter what happens, but Sugar spices it up by convincing Bob (who confided in her that he has a fake Idol) to give it to Randy so that he can make a jackass out of himself by using it. The look of smugness on his face--the way he tried to pass himself off as a good and generous person as he recounted that ridiculousness over the cookies--oh, he so had it coming. I loved, too, how everyone could hear Crystal yelling her hate as she cast her vote. It was all very awesome and mean spiteful Randy had it coming--though I'm curious as to why Bob went along with such a mean scheme. I'm hoping Sugar's plan involves overthrowing Kenny, Crystal and Susie. I'd like to see Sugar, Bob and Matty make it to the end. I'd also, just out of curiosity like to see Olympian Crystal do something...you know...athletic?

Randy finishes in 8th place, just like Poor Jenna, mean Jerri (though she seems downright cuddly next to Corrine), bitchy Brandon, weird Zoe, Ken the cop, Deena who outsmarted herself, dear Rupert, brave Chad, weak Janu, paranoid Jamie, sweet Sally, snotty Candice and arrogant Mookie. In China, goffball Frosti ran out of luck.

Peace Out!

Christine :D

Survivor 17.8 "I have to act like I care about her."

Why are Randy and Corrine so full of hate? Why does everyone continue to underestimate sweet ol' Sugar?

I loved when Corrine and Charlie had their post-Marcus meltdown and said he "deserved" to stay in the game longer, and Kenny and Susie shut them down. Deserve ain't got nothing to do with it. Randy's inabilty to get over Matty's "not listening to him" about his 100% chance vs. Matty's 90% chance to win the game--which they won, EVEN AFTER THEY WON just showed how unstable Randy is--Now that Matty has more power in the tribe, he should be mending fences right around now.

I loved how Charlie was lamenting losing Marcus's brains--"he did a lot of our thinking" when genius boy's throwing away the Idol was monumentally stupid. Survivor at it's best is one Aesop's fable after another and people keep getting cocky. Kenny better watch out.

Uh, Bob's fake Idol kicks ASS! I'd fall for it.

Did anyone else think Randy's criticism of Crystal and GC, was loaded with racial overtones?

Loved how Randy mocked Crystal's patheticness re: building a fire, and then he couldn't do it either. Who did? Susie and Sugar. Loved it.

Randy is Buseyesque, don't you think?

I loved when Sugar told Jeff she wouldn't have annoyed people around camp had she spent more time there, because she doesn't talk crap about people.

LOVED when Jeff had to have Randy explaing that his C.C. vote was for Crystal Cox.

LOVED that Sugar voted against Charlie, after Corrine went on and on to us about how stupid Sugar was to believe Corrine's fake friendship.

Charlie wasn't as bad as the rest of his group, but he was getting smug. He finishes in 9th place with goofball Greg, finger-wagging Alicia, falsely accused Kelly, Cry baby Johnny pots and pans, busty Erin, Dave the rocket-scientist, Ryan-O, Sarge, Coby, Bobby Jon (his 2nd ouster), Austin, self-enamored Nathan, Edgardo (best blind side EVER??) and ca-raaazy Jean Robert.

Peace Out! :)

Christine

17.7 "I am an extremely vindictive person and I will get my revenge."

Ha! I was very pleased with the twist that brought a premature end to the dull alliance of Marcus, Charlie Randy and Corrine. Turns out, they're gonna have to prove they can roll with the punches.

Observations:

I laughed when Randy chewed out Susie for assuming was being a complete ass the ONE TIME he wasn't being a complete ass.

Loved how proud Marcus was about his oh so brilliant idea to manipulate everyone into not taking the Idol and instead, dumping it in the ocean. You're right, Marcus, that HAS never been done before! What was up with the Fang's not trying to get it? The whole "We'll look like jerks if we admit we have no power and feel vulnerable" thing was troubling.

I hate Randy.

I lobster hate Corrine.

Random that Marcus is tight with Crystal's cousin--loved how Crystal played him. Marcus seems like a great guy--but he also seems like the kind of guy who assumes everyone's rooting for him because he's such a great guy. Crystal quardupled her standing as a major player by recognizing that Marcus' offer to take her in as a replacement for Susie was a bad deal, especially as he wanted to eliminate her best bud Kenny.

Enjoyed the drama of Sugar realizng she ousted Ace too soon and that she'd been played by Kenny--it's very soapy.

I'm very tired of Susie saying she has to be Top Three--it's like Rain Man and Wapner. Susie definitly has to be Top 3.

I was frustrated with that horrible Kelly's inability to communicate a few weeks ago, so was therefor gratified when Crystal laid it all out for Susie--when she did the social math for her about how Marcus couldn't promise her anything because Randy and Corrine hate Susie.

Blidesides rule. The only sadness I have is for poor Charlie. I hope he recovers.

Marcus finishes in 10th place, like Survivor's first ever major blindside, Gretchen. In the Outback we lost mean Jeff and in Africa Clarence Black of beancangate fame. Boston Rob was dismissed in the Marquesas (but will we ever be rid of him?) and in Thailand we lost that seasn's only sane, rootable player Shii Ann. Roger was ousted by those rotten kids in the Amazon. In the Pearl Islands, all kinds of wacky crap went down--upshot is, we call 110% Andrew, mean Shawn and Osten the quitter as all tied for 10th place. Sweet Bobby Jon left the game (but not my heart), Farmer Brandon, nice guy Nick, prickly Jenny, Michelle...who's escaping me at the moment. In China, Jaime's fake idol couldn't not protect her.

Peace Out! Christine :D

Survivor 17.6 "I want to stab her in the face"

This season kinda sucks. It's not Thaliand bad, but it's Vanautuish, there's just no one to really root for. Prt of the problem is we know so little about Kota, and we know too damn much about Fang. When the tide started to really turn on Ace, I was thrilled, but had Crystal gone, it would've been no big deal.

Poor dumb Dan bumbled around telling everyone how super insecure he was, Randy got meaner and meaner--when Kota won that challenge and he was like, "The bset part about having all this food is THEY don't GET any of it!!" You could tell the others were shocked. The power click of Marcus, Corrine and Charlie have dumped weird Bob for mean Randy...what does it all mean? No one wants to give Randy a million dollars, is what it means.

I enjoyed both teams competing for individual immunity on the log roll--Fang was actually able to have fun. Winner Marcus was then able to give Immunity to Sugar, hoping to turn the tide against a "strong player" like Ace, Matty or Chrstal. I think everyone's waaaaay underestimating Sugar. Ace sure was--he certainly didn't anticipate her turning on him before he turned her in. Good riddance to Ace and his come and go British accent and all his Coup d'whatevers and lambs to the slaughter. Ace finsishes in 12th place with Bible-thumping Dirk, stinky kimmi, Stupid Silas, hippie Gabe, dull Stephanie, tough Jeanne, pointless Michelle, Lisa who was misinterpretted by mean Ami, James who should've been Jom Bob, Smart Brian, crass Bobby, charming Brad and James who I so relentlessly called Rocky, I didn't know who James was until I reread my old blogs. Last season, hot but dumb Aaron was the victim of a tribe switch-up.

Beacuse of the double elimination, we finally spent some quality time at Kota. I'm intruiged at the bond between nice-guys Marcus and Charlie and meanies Corrine and Randy. And I'm glad they didn't get rid of Susie right when she revealed herself to be crazy (read: interesting). It was truly stupid of Susie to reveal to Corrine that she was going to vote for her, but man did Corrine over react (see above quote in title). I'm wondering if this group has what it takes to survive a merge? Should be interesting. I especially loved at Tribal when Corrine used "we" in talking about how her clique had decided to vote and then she akwardly said "I mean, I..." I think it'll be hard for them to keep Bob from sensing he's been dumped for the less appealing Randy, and Bob might join up with Matty, Kenny, Sugar and Crystal.

Poor Dumb Dan finishes in 11th place with Joel, Michael who fell in the fire, angry Lindsay, doomed Gina, Dumbb Robb, Shawna the hostage, Trish who flipped on Rupert, John K., Ibrehim, Amy the cop, Dan the Astronaut Man, someone named Rebecca I barely remember, and that horrible Lisi from Fiji who quit and insisted she didn't. In China, Sherea wore out her welcome.

Next up: looks like a merge, hopefully the non-elephant parts of the show will start to get interesting (you gotta love those elephants).

Peace out!

Christine