I’m just waiting for the tribal council where Jeff turns to Steph and says, “You look surprised,” and Steph responds, “No, this is normal.”
I really need coffee, because as I read this, I got confused. Sure, I thought that, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t post it. Then my brain woke up enough to remind me what my user name is. 
I thought it ws interesting how the boys were giving Margaret shit for trying to help when they obviously didn’t have a clue. I’m sure it was edited in all kinds of funky ways, but it looked to me like they were floundering, she made a suggestion, and they all got their panties in a twist.
Because boys are builders. Did you forget Gender Sterotyping 101. They were only mad because what she told them worked.
I was only half-wathing this scene because my husband, who ought to know better, called on the phone right then and it took me a minute to get rid of him. Judd and the other guy (was it Brandon?) considered Margaret’s suggestion to be bossing them around, right? But she didn’t seem to be bossing to me, just suggesting. Again, I didn’t hear what she actually said, though. Was she bossy (like Jerry used to get, remember?) or just trying to help?
I was amused by somebody’s remark about Brianna: “She’s just a girly girl; she can’t survive in the jungle.”
I wonder what Jenna Morasca might have to say about that…
Bloody! The last time my watch ran down I set it wrong. (Either that, or it ran down and wound up again when I put it on the next time.) It was exactly an hour slow. So I’m over at the studio watching Lost (which I haven’t watched – I’m going to have to borrow the DVDs) thinking I had nearly an hour to get home and settled. I get in the car and the rasio says 8:08. I missed the first 30 minutes of the show.
Oh, rockle…how you disappoint me. I was with you all the way…but Brian stands out for me because he is so incredibly annoying. He seems to be yet another I’m The Puppetmaster tool, and then threw in that failed cheerleading attempt for more negative bonus points.
I don’t care if Stephenie is whiny. I like her. I’m rooting for her team.
Brianna might have lasted longer in the Amazon. She is certainly the right type to have been in Jenna Morasca’s clique. But while Jenna is definitely a girl, I don’t know that I would ever use the term “girly-girl” to describe her. Jenna was much more self-reliant that Brianna was shown to be.
Well, I don’t actually “like” Brian. I just find him interesting for the moment. Not a whole lot else going on. And I do really like it when the self-proclaimed Puppetmasters go out in a blaze of … well, whatever the opposite of glory is. “Ignominy,” maybe? I just think that something is going on over in the Yaxhá camp, and I want to know what it is, dammit.
Yeah. I am getting a Vanuatu vibe here as well. But hopefully this season, like Vanuatu, will just be a slow boil. Vanuatu’s ending was one of the more spectacular in Survivor history. But for now, it feels like we are just going through the motions. Palau has us all spoiled. Two things to consider: (1) Steph and company are only down 2-1. Let’s not write them off as the second coming of Steph, Bobby Jon, and James just yet. and (2) I feel a pre-merge tribal shuffle coming this season.
And so, the less anticipated, highly derivative RICH RANKINGS! (N or Y for Tribe (Nakum or Yaxha) and Last Week’s Ranking in Parentheses).
FORGOT TO FILE A 1040- I guess you couldn’t outwit everyone!
Jim,Morgan- They are probably the real winners given that Guatemala heat!
Brianna- (Y/Merge)- A pretty typical early exit player. I doubt we’ll be missing much.
EATING BEEF JERKY- You’re still playing, but you’re praying for a tribe scramble!
Lydia- (Y/Jerky)- Brian is her guardian angel. She really stinks. Weak and dumb. At least she can monger fish! But here’s what kept her alive. If two people stink, and one at least tries, you keep the one who makes the effort. Why keep someone who COULD do better but doesn’t? Lydia was hustling. She just doesn’t have the stuff. But one does wonder what the Mayan penalty for traveling was…
Amy- (Y/Jerky)- She would have moved up, but that ankle kept her down. She seems like the type who can get along with others, but did anyone else notice she was annoyed by Steph?
Stephenie- (Y/Mohawk)- Look at this drop! I think someone has been reading their own clippings. Popular does not equal leader! While she is annoying me too, she gets the drop because I think she has established herself as the last player voted out who will not make the jury.
WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A MERGE?-
Rafe- (Y/Jerky)- That’s right. Rafe moves up a notch. He played hard on the nets and looked good by comparison. I think there may be enough chaffe in this tribe to get him to the merge.
Cindy-- (N/Merge)- She’s a zookeeper who knows that Alligators are dangerous. That’s all I know. She’s staying put. (I admit it, I considered moving her up just for having the nice rack!)
Brooke- (?/Merge)- I’m still not even sure what tribe she is part of… Was she the caller of the winning tribe?
Judd- (N/Tom)- I think he is one of those guys who says everything he thinks. This will hurt him about 20 days into the game when everyone is at their worst.
HEY! LOOK AT HIS MOHAWK-You might make the merge, but you’re grimacing from the jury row!
Blake- (Y/Merge)- No wussy complaints this week. Let’s upgrade him. He’s tough.
Brandon- (N/Mohawk)- I’d be willing to move him up this week, but I am not sure if he was really offended by Margret’s advice or just going along with the guys. I wouldn’t hate having him in my Survivor pool.
Bobby Jon- (N/Jerky)- Two wins in a row and BJ moves up. He sure is dumb though…
LOOKING FOR A BIG TOM TO ENGLISH DICTIONARY- Big Tom has spent more combined days on the show than anyone. But he didn’t quite grab the brass ring.
Jamie- (Y/Tom)- He did annoy me with his gender commentary, but he plays a good game.
Gary- (Y/Mohawk)- After reviewing the play on the field, I have determined that his denial was convincing. He is a good player, but the lie is still out there to bite him in the ass.
Danni- (N/Mohawk)- Sure she’s disgustingly skinny, and a Seinfeldian two-face, but she was looking tough on the nets.
Margaret- (N/Rat)- Gets bumped out of the driver’s seat for being a bit of a mother hen. Even when you are right, you have to deal with the consequences. And two or three male egos were bruised.
Brian- (Y/Rat)- Still running the show on his tribe, but went a little too far with the energy. Dial it down a bit and you get to move back up.
ARE YOU A RAT OR A SNAKE?- Reserved for a MAXIMUM of two players. You have to be in the driver’s seat for this spot.
No one is worthy of the driver’s seat this week.
Bravo, middleman! I agree with all of that. Can we include the howler monkey in there somewhere? He might be running the show.
I think he would at least rank in the “Hey! Look at my Mohawk!” category.
Really only because I’d like to see a Howler Monkey with a mohawk. 
And chaps. A monkey with a mohawk, wearing chaps. Comedy gold.
Draelin, I think we could pitch a sitcom to either UPN or NBC revolivng around this idea.
You could call it “Monkey in Manhattan” and it can co-star Marcel the Monkey, from Friends. And David Schwimmer, because he needs a job. Of course I would get a season pass to that show, because I loves me some monkeys! Watching monkeys fling poo at David Schwimmer is so much way more fun than work, that’s for damn sure.
The only way that could be better would be if they were pirate monkeys.
My roommate had the quote of the show when he yelled at the departing survivor, “You lose because you’re a skinny girl… AND YOU HAVE EAR RINGS.” He was appalled at her wearing studs while on Survivor. I tried to explain to him but he wouldn’t hear anything about it.
This is a good observation. She’s an individual contributor. That isn’t an asset until much later in the game. Like many of individual contributors, she can’t figure out why she doesn’t function well in a team and is quick blame others. Isn’t she also a sales rep? It would fit the personality type.
Yaxha is pretty damned disappointing. They are whiny, and voting off their nice looking [albeit lazy] women seems to be part of their charter.
It can be a monkey sketch comedy slash variety show. The pirate monkey routine would be one of their better bits. We can probably also get a belly-dancing orangutan, although technically orangutans are apes.
[This theorhetical program is already sounding funnier than Everybody Loves Raymond.]
Amen, brother! I haven’t yelled “Walking! Walking!” at the TV so much since March Madness.