Since they lost, we have to endure more of them back at their camp (God, couldn’t some other tribe have lost just to spare us the sight of them talking to each other and feeling sorry for themselves that Angie and her bikini body were gone), where Malcolm tells Russell that it’s going to be Denise going home, because they need to keep the “two athletes.” Um, athlete is a bit of a stretch when we’re talking about Russell. Look, let me tell you a little tale about muscles. When I was in college, I worked out every single day. You can ask my wife, if you like, I was RIPPED! But, let me let you in on a little secret, they’re overrated. From the time I started working out to the time I stopped, the amount of weight that I bench-pressed NEVER increased. The amount of weight I could curl may have increased a little, but only when we’re talking about the maximum I could pick up, not how many I could lift ten times per set. Muscles don’t show anything except consistency. I can do 20 pushups every morning, 20 more at noon, and 40 each night, and I would start looking like the Incredible Hulk. That means nothing about how good of an athlete I am. So, let’s not get crazy here and call Russell an athlete. I take offense to that, being the athlete that I am. Let’s see Russell turn into a 5’9″ white kid and see him dunk a basketball. Yeah, it happened. That’s athletic. Not slipping and falling off a ladder three different times when there were handles on both sides to help you up!!
One thing I do agree with Russell about is that it is ALWAYS acceptable for oneself to expect excellence from oneself. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Personally, I don’t even have a problem with Russell snapping off after the challenge was over. My only issue is that he should know his limitations. He’s one of those people who thinks WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too highly of himself, and thinks he is better at things than he actually is. It’s like all those people on American Idol, who walk in front of the judges and sound like absolute squirrel piss. They all actually do think they can sing. They sing along with songs in their car and because that can’t only hear themselves, they think they sound exactly like Taylor Swift and Robin Thicke (don’t hate, dude can sang – and yes, I said sang, not sing). People just never know how to perceive themselves, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. They just need to be more accepting of the truth once someone with knowledge points it out to them. That’s all.
But, hey, Russell’s got jokes now, too. “Can I write you my own check along with the one from Survivor.” I did get a good laugh out of that. I really did. He said that when he was asked about Denise and why it would be smart to vote her out. Him and Malcolm talked about how great of a social game she was going to play once they merged.
Lastly, I will just say that I truly felt bad for Russell when he saw his name on that last sheet of paper. That gasp of air he let out was something I felt. I’ve felt that many times in my life and know exactly how he feels. Peace be with you, brother. Don’t EVER come back and do another season of Survivor, though. Ok?
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I am disappointed that Russell is out this early. While I do not think he’s the greatest at this game; he loves it and I hated that gasp of air he let out too. I don’t know what it is, but I just wanted him to do well because he wanted it so bad!
This episode showed another person I had no clue who they were: Carter. LOL, I hope it gets more interesting as time goes on because I want to see some other tribes lose!!
I liked Russell on Day 1 . . . after that, he became pretty obnoxious (at least what they showed us). I know he wanted to be there, but he was quick to blame others and not a good listener or team player. That said, I do feel for Malcolm and Denise. There was one other season where this happened. There were two solid players but the rest of the team really couldn’t help – they eventually let it get down to one on that tribe. The remaining two had to make fire to see who went home. I certainly hope it doesn’t get like that for these two as I think they would have thrived with a different team.
I also can’t wait to learn more about some of the other teams. I hope there is a complete change-up so that when Denise and/or Malcolm join another tribe they aren’t just voted off right away.
And Peter appears to be a snake!
Love your recaps – keep them coming 🙂
RC should have gone to Lisa, Mike, and Artis and said yes I found the clue but not the idol! Lets align to get Abi and Pete out!
I was dead-asleep – recovering from the flu – and missed this episode, so thanks for the recap. Seems like I didn’t miss much, although I would have enjoyed watching Russell’s “hissy fit” and Probst calling him out. (Maybe it’s up on You Tube?).
So far, the show hasn’t made me feel invested in any particular tribe or even any particular person. I’ll give the next episode a shot, but can’t promise I’ll stay with it to the end.
I’m not sure I understand your definition of women but I still think you’re a douche. So you got that going for you.