The non-pretty people alliance comes up with a plan to split the votes in hopes of flushing out the idol while eventually voting out Hope. These people are thinking way too hard. You already know Reynold is not going to give up his idol, and even if he does, he won’t even know who to give it up to since it’s not like you’re going to tell him who you’re voting out, so just vote out Hope and let’s be on with it. Reynold is not going to use his idol, anyway, so stop overthinking things.
Shamar, well, he’s got a boner for Hope. He’s all giggly and girly with her while humping the ocean floor as she picks sand nearby him. He tells her that it’s not 99% sure that she’s going home and that she should consider turning on one of her guys if she wanted a better chance at staying. Now, I’m sure there may have been more said that they didn’t show, but in no way did he give away their plan like the rest of his group overreacted about hearing! I actually think it was a smart play by Shamar. Why wouldn’t he want Reynold or Eddie gone? It helps him in the long run, because both of them are huge threats, plus both of them want nothing more than to vote him out. So, I actually like that play by Shamar. Kudos to him for showing some strategy and coming up with a brilliant plan – even if the brain that thought it up wasn’t the big one upstairs. See, ladies, sometimes our penises can come up with good ideas!! You should try and converse more with them. Unless you’re my daughter. Honey, if for some reason you’re reading this (in the future), it’s NOT ok for you to “talk” to men’s penises. STAY AWAY from them! I hear great things about lesbianism these days.
And, who the f*ck is this Julia chick? Have we ever seen her before? Did they just fly her in for this ITM to tell us about how Shamar gave away their plan? I liked the game better without Julia being involved. Let’s call Probst and have Julia removed and replaced with someone else.
Oh, and someone tell Laura to go have a conversation with Andrea about continually thinking. For Laura, we’re going to need her to keep thinking about elementary mathematics. Wasn’t it Laura’s plan to split the votes 3-3-3? So, why on earth would she be telling Reynold they needed 2 more votes to get out Shamar? If Laura switched her vote from Hope to Shamar, that would give Shamar 4 votes to go home, Eddie 3 votes, and Hope only 2. I’m not sure I passed 3rd grade, but I think 4 is greater than both 2 and 3, which would mean Shamar would be going home. I got that right, right? Someone needs to hold Laura’s hand while she takes her next crap because I’m afraid if she squeezes too hard, she may push out her brain.
At Tribal, Hope tries to throw Shamar under the bus for telling her about some plan or another to get her out. And, to Shamar’s benefit, I’m going to give him a second round of kudos for his comment about how he can’t control how people take the thing he says to them. This is a VERY true statement in which he brings up that he may say something to a person, but they may take it the wrong way depending on how they feel towards him or how they feel at that moment. I think we can all relate to this, can’t we? There are people in our lives that we can’t stand, and no matter what they say or do, we’re never going to like it, even if coming from someone we did like, we would appreciate. It’s so true. Shamar is partially correct when he says he’s the scapegoat/black sheep of the group, because he is. Part of that his fault, but at the same time, the other part is the group’s fault for not taking him at fair value. Oh hell, what am I saying? We’ve seen enough of how he acts to know it’s ALL his fault! Sorry, Shamar, I tried. I really did.
I’m guessing it’s a long-standing rule of Survivor that if there ever is a revote, the people who were voted for can’t vote again. However, I think that should only be the case if the tie is between two people. In that case, it’s obvious who those two people are going to vote for, but in the case of three people, I think they should get to vote. It wouldn’t have changed the outcome this time around, but it could be a possibility in the future. Those three could always change around their votes. I know it still would have been Hope going home, but still, I’m just making the point.
And, Hope is gone. The two girls from the pretty people alliance are gone. Am I not right about my pretty people curse on Survivor? I know that I wasn’t too attracted to either of those girls, but they weren’t not attractive – and they went out in the second and third weeks of the show! I’m not lying when I say that Survivor has something against pretty girls. Either that, or being in the jungle changes a man into not wanting the pretty girls around. Seeing as how, in life, most every guy tries their damn-dest to keep pretty girls around them for as long as possible, I find the behavior of these men on Survivor perplexing. Maybe they all suffer from Brandon-itis where they think they’ll get in trouble with their wives/girlfriends if they keep the half-naked, attractive females around longer. Who knows.
I happen to think it has more to do with something I said earlier – sh*t gets real once money becomes involved.
Truer words have never been spoken.
Until next time,
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Awesome blog, as usual! I look forward to reading your blogs every Thursday. I’ve recommended you to other Survivor fans, and they agree. Keep up the good work! I know you said you get very few comments, but don’t take it personally. I’ve been reading you for three seasons now, and this is my first comment. (Finally registered)
Hilarious! I love your peek into the inner-workings of Brandon’s thought processes.. As for Shamar, I found myself arguing back with the TV this week, I was so disgusted with his attitude and behavior. He represents everything that is wrong with our country right now: there are more people that “want to ride in the wagon” than there are people willing “to pull the wagon”, so to speak. Then, when someone calls him out on his behavior, he plays “tag, you’re it” and projects HIS stuff onto THEM. By denying anything unpleasant about himself and attempting to “put” that onto someone else, projection is a powerful and common tool used by people with certain personality disorders. Just sayin’…
I hate the fact that he keeps bringing up the military. I have two close active-duty friends that are fans of the show that cringe every time he opens his big mouth.
Thanks Laura! It’s not that I take it personally, it’s just that I like the idea of keeping the conversation going! I want to hear from my readers and hear more about what they want to hear from me. I appreciate the kind words and you passing along my blog.
And, dramamama, your friends are allowed to cringe at him, since they’ve gone through similar backgrounds. However, being the non-military folk that we are, I don’t want to pretend to understand what he’s been through and things he’s seen, just as I wouldn’t want him to pretend to understand the things I’ve gone through & for him to tell me how I should handle them! Yes, he’s crazy and needs to settle down a little, but I think it has less to do with his military happenings and more with just the type of person he is. I agree that he definitely has some sort of personality disorder, but there are SOO many disorders out there that we ALL have one! 🙂
You know, you brought up a really good point, how are these people classified as fans? Wouldn’t anyone that comes on this show be classified as a fan? What exactly classifies these people to be a labeled fan for this season?
Not much apparently. I was reading a tvguide (I think) interview with Reynold (yes, I think I’m a little obsessed with the pretty boy) and he said they recruited him off the street in L.A. (ah, now I see why he has a sense of entitlement) – so I say boo on that definition. They should have to go through some sort of fan competition to be worthy of being labeled a ‘fan’. Mental, physical, scrapbooking, some sort of sign that they are a fan fan.
BTW he also said he lived in Australia, would say his survivor strengths the social game – being a charmer (said something like people just always gravitate to him – yep yep) and said he didn’t want to lie to people.
Hey Cndgirl, the people who come on this show are never people who apply. Some of them may be, but when I was at an open audition for Big Brother a few years ago, I can’t even tell you how many people in line were talking about how producers came to them & told them to audition – and they all got to jump the line. It’s all a sham – they pick people they see out and about, through talent scouts, and agencies. Some of the people may be actual “fans,” who apply and apply and apply before they make the show, but for the most part, they have casting agents for a reason. I’m willing to bet they don’t read all applications & watch all the videos like they say they do…
Well, that just made me sad 🙁 I know I shouldn’t be surprised anymore about this stuff, you know, given the site I’m on, but it seems very little is sacred anymore. I know, naive, I know.
Another dream shattered 😉
On the upside, I laughed much more at your blog than I did at community this week, of which I now measure all things funny. Upside for you, not so much for community.
Community would do right by hiring me as their writer. I have some FANTASTIC ideas for directions that show should take. Too bad it’s (most likely) the last season…
omfg, I am so ready to bitch slap Brandon and his attitude about pissing in the rice, burning down the shack, etc etc……..shut the f*uck up you mental midget!!! I think it would be hilarious if Shamar and Brandon were on the same team……….(picture Shamar hanging Brandon upside down and dunking him into the ocean for threatning to pee in food)
Philip is hilarious this season. I love his names for everyone and how they patronize him, tff.
I have been watching survivor since the very first show and I miss some of the old ways that they did things.
One thing that never changes is how stupid the human race really is.
Keep up the good work Scott, you totally crack me up and I look forward to reading you each week.
I will even continue to comment if you talk with me and commiserate on how bad this show can be!!
Hey wenchy, I appreciate the loyalty (only if I talk with you, of course)! You know what the truth would be – Shamar and Brandon would get along perfectly well together. Hell, they may even each other out and act normal.
Or, they’d hold Jungle Piss Parties and pee on each other out in the middle of the forest just for sh*ts and giggles…
So what happened to the reward challenges? I need more of a break-up between the drama. I feel like the show is dragging because we are missing challenges!
First off I would like to agree with your comments about Idol. The show lacks so much talent and the judges are also clueless! I mean, when your most knowledgable musician is Nicki Minaj you know you have a problem.
Anyway! This show is getting on my nerves. I love survivor with all my heart but all it is now is lets see how many arguments and potential back standings that never lead to anything we can pack into one hour. I’ve never been on the show but I’m assuming conversations like the one Laura and Reynold happen all the time because people are always trying to play strategy even if the person doesn’t listen. The producers always throw one or two of those in there just to keep the audience on the edge of their toes when everyone knows that the first plan that they show is what ends up happening 99.9% of the time. And the .1% is the reason I still have hope and tune in weekly. Hopefully the show picks it up again but it’s taking on water quickly right now.
Love the blogs! Keep it up!
Oh Scott so glad to be back reading your recaps! I got way too bored with last season, even though I love Malcolm, that I fell off the Survivor bandwagon for awhile. This season seems like it will be better. I have one question though: who the heck is the the dark hair girl with the pigtails on the fans tribe that never speaks only lurks in the background of the camera shot once in awhile??? I wondered if she was a Survivor employee until I saw her running through frame during a challenge! And I’m surprised you haven’t pointed her absence out, you usually pick up on those things! Love the blogs as always!
Hey gigetb – I didn’t pick up on it for the same reason nobody else has – nobody cares! 🙂
But, in all honest, I think that’s the Julia chick that I mentioned – the one they let talk for 6 seconds this past episode…