And, I loved how Colton was ready to blame Christina for the loss. And, I love how he was yelling at her and calling her a “b*tch” because she wasn’t running back to the mat. Uh, from what I saw, she was running. And, the mat was like 10 feet away from the blocks, so it’s not like anybody could actually sprint back. I’m pretty sure Christina running was faster than Colton’s fairy-prancing, arm-waving style of “running.”
After the challenge, we go back to camp with Menudo and I think it’s at this moment where I realize I might actually have more disdain for Alicia than Colton. I just REALLY hate girls with attitudes like that. I can tell she’s the kind of girl who claps in your face when she’s making a stupid ass point that makes no sense. I just can’t take people like her. At least with people like Colton, you know his views come from his upbringing and he is just a turd with a sh*tty outlook of himself, but with people like Alicia, there is no getting through to them. They only like themselves and their own thoughts and don’t even pay attention to anything anyone else says because they don’t care to listen. They always think they’re funny, they’re right, they’re cute, they think they get away with everything, and it’s just a disgusting life form for a human being. It’s actually a shame that we have to have people like this in society. And, it’s especially sad that she teaches kids who need all the help they can get from a good person. I’m actually disappointed, because I have the utmost respect for teachers who deal with special education students because that takes all kinds of patience and kindness and Alicia shows none of that. Obviously, I’d like to think that this game is just bringing out the worst in her, but if this is the worst of her, it’s not saying much for the person she is. If Adam from Big Brother can be fired for calling his special education students “retards,” I kind of feel like this girl should be shit-canned for acting the way she is.
Now, we’re moving into the whole Colton is sick phase of the show. What I REALLY want to know is why is Christina the one holding his head and rubbing his temple and telling him that he’s going to be ok? Seriously? This guy just got done calling you a cockroach and telling you to jump into the fire because he didn’t care if you did and died. I understand being the “bigger person” and coming to a person’s aid, but if the guy is just complaining of a headache and a stomach ache, he doesn’t need me to be the “bigger person” just yet. I’d be telling him to cry me a f*cking river and to shut his ass up because I’m trying to sleep. And, if he didn’t want to shut up, he could go jump in the fire or maybe swim to the bottom of the ocean floor and see how close he got to getting back up to the surface. I think I’ve learned enough about people as an adult that I’ve come to realize most people aren’t nice and they really only care about themselves, so I don’t think I’d have it in me to be nice to this a-hole after all the things he’s said and done. But, kudos to Christina for having more class than I.
By golly, maybe Tarzan is a real doctor. Either that or he did that interview AFTER they already told him Colton had appendicitis. Who knows, but I can give a man props when he’s right. He’s still an idiot, but he was right about that. Colton did end up getting diagnosed with acute appendicitis and had to be medically evacuated from the game to have surgery to remove his appendicitis. I have been dreaming of this moment since this show started and I can’t tell you how great it was to watch as he left. Of course, I would have preferred that the rest of these idiots smartened up at some point and voted his ass out, but I’ll take what I can get. I really believe that he would have won this game had he been able to stay and play, so I’m truly glad that I didn’t have to put up with watching that happen.
And, as much sh*t as Alicia gave Colton for keeping the idol as a souvenir, I’m not going to hate on Colton for that. I probably would have done the same thing. I’m a bitter mother*cker, so if I was being forced out of a game I was playing to win $1 million and I felt like I was the favorite to win and didn’t really like the other people I was playing with, I would have kept that idol, too. Obviously, if I had a tight alliance with another person and I felt they were vulnerable by me leaving, I might think about giving it to them, but in that moment when I’m realizing my chances at winning were over, and because of medical reasons, I’d probably want to keep that idol, too. So, no hate for Colton here for that move. I’m sure you were expecting some, but I can’t do it. Anyway, that idol was meant for a boy, so I’m not even sure he could have given it to Alicia, so she can be pissed all she wants, but I don’t even think he could have given it to her.
Oh, and Jonas and his karma statement was spot on. Colton did not deserve to win this game, so him being taken out due to acute appendicitis was karma working its magic. For sure. Sometimes, you gotta love the b*tch known as Karma.
Both tribes learn that there will not be a challenge and that they are still both heading to Tribal Council. Before they headed out to Tribal, I guess CBS wanted to show us just how much of an idiot Tarzan is when they had the whole talk about who he would be friends with. So, he’d want to be friends with Alicia, the mean-spirited wench, but not with Christina? I’m sure that speaks to his character somewhat, but I only know what I see on the show, so I can’t speculate to that. Perhaps he wasn’t around to witness any of the crap Alicia has been spewing. I’d like to say that he’s just a horny old man and he finds Alicia more attractive, but it’s not like Christina is the ugliest thing to walk this earth. I think she actually has a better body than Alicia, but maybe Tarzan just isn’t into Asians. Perhaps he got a happy ending once that didn’t end so happily. Some women just don’t know how not to use their teeth…
The tribes head to Tribal Council, where they are both shocked to see the other tribe. Jeff tells the Salami tribe that Colton had to be medically evacuated and is out of the game. Then, they made a big deal about the idol maybe being in play or maybe not. I still don’t understand why people care so much about the idol. It saves one person and if tribes were smart enough to keep things under wraps, the idol wouldn’t even matter. We saw it last year with Coach’s tribe when they just all stuck together and the other tribe had no clue as to what was going on. They didn’t have the slightest idea who to use the idol on, so the idol was completely taken out of play and meant nothing in the game. I can’t speak as to what it’s like in the game, since I’ve never played, but I can’t imagine I’d fear someone having the idol all that much. You look at how many times people have left with idols in hand and tell me again why it’s so scary that someone may or may not have the idol?!? Whatever, though, these people are idiots anyway.
Jeff also tells them that they can drop their buffs because they are merging. You know a season sucks when they have to merge so early on. And, you know they are doing it because the Menudo tribe was NEVER going to win anything. Again, though, why is Survivor so worried about one team dominating the other? Just let it happen. Are they worried it would be like last season and how boring that was to watch one tribe just pick off the other, one person at a time? I have news for you, it’s already that boring, so just let it happen the way it is going to and we’ll go from there. It’s not going to get any more exciting after the two tribes merge seeing as how people like Jay, Michael, Leif, Troyzan, Kat, and the others add absolutely nothing to the show.
Ok, well that’s the best I can do for this episode. Not much happened since they spent a good 15-20 minutes on Colton dying of herpes of the appendix. I guess we can look forward to next week when it’s every person for themselves and apparently Tarzan takes up an issue with “Jason” trying to run things. I think Tarzan and Colton were getting it on in the jungle and Tarzan just doesn’t think plugging his butt with his fingers is the same. Sorry to end on that note.
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Oh – you make me laugh – thank you. But you didn’t mention Kat not know what an appendix was or how to stop hers from getting hurt because several people have had them out – priceless . . . . .
And if Alicia taught my child, I’d be storming the school board asking for her dismissal.
Weird tv coincidence, I watched Survivor and thoroughly enjoyed watching Colton get the karma bitch slap that he deserves, and then later I’m watching another favorite show of mine Psych and the whole show centered on the fact that the main character was laid up after getting his appendix removed. How strange that they both aired on the same night?
rsanon you beat me to it!! Scott, I can’t believe you didn’t rip on Kat for not knowing what an appendicitis is and then her thinking that she might get one from being around people who have already had one! Priceless!!
Lief has been using that box as his bed since they got it a couple of weeks ago. They showed him in it, putting the lid on the keep the rain out! So, yeah, whenever that was…we got a big laugh out of him sleeping in a coffin like box. He doesn’t seem like the brightest person though.
As far as editing for the games, its a pretty well known fact that a ‘dream team’ of stand ins play every game and challenge first, and those are when the close up shots are taken, and the helicopter shots too. That’s why you don’t see cameramen or hear helicopters during the actual comps. Most of the distance shots are filmed using the stand ins.
I was shocked at how verbally abusive Colton and Alicia were to Cristina. She handled that better than most people I know would have! I love that Colton had to leave. If anyone is a cockroach, it would be him. And Alicia is just as bad, and I’d like to see her leave soon too.
Kat has had her own health issues, so I’d think she’d know where (and what) an appendix is. I think Tarzan has been playing dumb, but at least we know why he can’t keep names straight (Jonas=Jason, Cristina=Katrina) now.
I want to clarify: the close up action shots of the comps, often we don’t see faces or bodies…because the stand ins are used and it is edited together. I don’t think the players would tolerate cheating.
I love that Colton is gone, although I would have rather seen him be blindsided rather than being medically taken out. But here’s hoping that Alicia is gone next! My mom and one of my friends teach special ed, and they are two of the most amazing people I know with the strength needed to deal with the kids sometimes. I can’t even imagine how someone like Alicia is a teacher of any kind!
If Christina is smart, she aligns with the guys and starts picking the women off. It may not get her any better than 7th, but at least she won’t be first out.
To the guy who writes this blog, I can’t believe you think Colton would have won the season. Haven’t you watched other seasons to know that people who back stab others (and in Colton’s case he does it to their face) they don’t get votes at the end. Coach – he effed over everyone and didn’t get votes. Russel, he stabbed everyone in the back too and didn’t get a single vote in the end.
Ok, lots to address here. First, I purposely left off the whole Kat and her appendix thing. I thought it was just too stupid to even comment on. I will give her a pass because I had already ripped on her before and it’s kind of getting old, for me, to just keep ripping on how stupid these people are! 🙂
As for the competitions, I think you misunderstood what I meant. I know that they have stand-ins perform the challenge. They show that to us every week. I don’t miss that. And, I’m sure those are the edits they show us, all I’m saying is that is a form of “cheating.” It has to be, because I have to believe that when they show us the person throwing the coconut at a trajectory that is going to have it coming in at a completely different angle than what they cut to, they are blatantly trying to tell me that I’m stupid enough to believe that person actually threw that. I’m saying they cheat and I can guarantee that people on the show will be fine with it. They sign all sorts of contracts that basically give away their lives while they’re on the show, so they really have no choice but to abide by what the show wants/asks/tells.
As for addicted2rs, I love how you are writing this to “the guy who writes this blog.” My name is Scott, thank you! 🙂 But, how could Colton not have won this game? Don’t you see how these idiots are following him around like little puppies? I’m sure that things would have changed in the stretch run, but I really do believe these people would have been dumb enough to give Colton $1 million. This is going to be the season that bucks the recent trend of voting for the most likeable person on the island. I can sense that.