11/8/2001---Anybody else try to speculate what was going to happen before they showed last night's episode? I sure did. If you were on an island somewhere or just don't have a clue then you didn't hear the following rumors: 1.)Early merge with a 12 member tribe 2.) Creation of a 3rd tribe with individual immunity. 3.)Rotating switch of 2 members. Well, the last one was probably the closest as Silas, Frank and Teresa are now Boran, and Lex, Tom and Kelly are now Samburu. As Mark Burnett pointed out, just when you think you have the game figured out, it changes. I gotta tell you, I would be pissed if I were Silas and the rest of the young guns on the "old" Samburu. They were virtually guaranteed to stick around until the merge. Ethan isn't too thrilled either as his buddies Tom and Lex are now Samburu. Message to Ethan: could be worse, you could be a bartender from Tennessee. I'm referring to 23yo Silas Gaither. This cocky guy thought he had it made. Wrong! His new tribe didn't take long to realize that they can't trust him. So on night 15, his torch was extinguish and his ass is toast--But enough with the poetry. I feel really bad for Tom and Lex as the new camp just plain sucks compaired to their own. First up is the reward challenge. Each tribe has 20 goats in a pen. In a distance are their respective pens. The first to get all 20 of their goats wins 3 chickens and a rooster. The newly formed Boran shows it's dominance as Clarence and Silas physically carry a number of goats to their pens. Samburu is frustrated at the thought that Frank gets to kill chicken tonight. Next up, the much coveted Immunity challenge. The Tribes reconvened with host Jeff Probst, who explained the rules of the Immunity Challenge: each tribe has twenty pieces of a puzzle hanging in the distance. The first tribe to gather the pieces and put the puzzle back together correctly wins Immunity(as always thanks CBS for the description...not) Clarence or Silas? That was the underlying question for the nights Tribal council. When it came to vote though, the clock struck midnight for Silas. What happens next week? Well, Samburu loses both reward and immunity challenges and votes off Lindsey. Apparently Kim Powers slips up and Kelly finds out that Lindsey has 4 votes against her. Lindsey is furious. Meanwhile, at Boran, Frank and Teresa are drawn closer as the campfire made Teresa's hair glisten in the night. Ethan professes his love for Kim J. Ratings will soar as behind the scenes footage is shown in an hour long special shown immediately after. By the way, the merge doesn't happen as foreshadowed by this weeks episode. Is this all true you ask? Sure, A friend of a friend of a cousin of a friend of a brother in law of a first cousin thrice removed of a lover of a co-worker of an accountant of a buddy of mine told me so. =P

11/1/2001---Alas, another episode passes. Ain't life grand? Well, maybe not, but you can still have a 100 Grand candy bar! By now, you guys and gals must be sick of Holloween candy and you can only wish to send it to your favorite castaway. Before sending your care package though, make sure it's not Linda, the 44-year-old career counselor from Cambridge, Massachusetts cause she was voted off. Is it just me or did she come across as very two faced? Maybe, and maybe not. The scene where she wanted to hug everyone was so fake that it made me want to regurgitate dinner. And thus the age old question, "how did we get to here?" Well, the show starts with Tom not eating enough and how cornmeal tastes like crap. Desperate for other forms of food, Tom and Clarence find a duom palm tree that has a coconut like fruits. Tom tries to climb the tree and let me tell you, he looked down right pitiful doing so. After realizing that he's not Tarzan, they start throwing rocks at it and manage to know 2 down. The kicker is that 45 mins later, they get it open and find only about a thumbnail amount. I don't know about you, but that's more work than it's worth-but that's just me. Meanwhile at Samburu, they are dehydrated and are low on water. The older ones made sure of this so that the younger ones would help out. Once they had the water, they tried to boil it. This proves to be a challenge since their pots are cracked and even the one that is only functional on it's side cracks. This could spell major trouble later on. On to the important and sometimes elusive Immunity challenge. The object was to relocate this simulated headquarters that included a hut and some kind of fence. The first to relocate wins. 2 people had to serve as architect for each Tribe. Their job is to remember the exact layout of the headquarters. Boran ends up winning and they are very happy that they didn't have to go to Tribal council. This was critical to Kim J, who stumbled in the reward challenge, since there was a strong possiblity that they would have had to vote her out. Silas got 3 votes to Linda's 4 after they fail to convince that voting for Lindsey is the right thing to do as far as strategy before the upcoming merge. Next episode promises to be intrigueing as all thr rules are said to be broken and the game's ugly face turns. Until then, GO OUTSIDE from time to time and absorb some rays of the sun. Yes, it's good for you. And take your feet off the furniture! Good kitty. Prrrr...Who wants some Oreos? Don't look at me, I didn't say I had some. =) Onto a reward challenge. On a web of rope, hang twelve baskets, each containing a food item. One at a time, the Survivors must race up their team's ramp, cross the rope bridge, climb the net to retrieve one basket, and then race back to the finish line. The first team to collect all the baskets and cross the finish line wins.(Thanks CBS for this copied and pasted description...what? why type more than I have to, right?) Kim J from Boran is sluggish and almost singlehandedly loses the challenge for them. Samburu wins some Ostrich eggs, spices, rice and olive oils.

10/25/2001---Young versus old. It's a age old battle of who would beat who and this is the struggle within Samburu. Let's go to the tale of the tape: In the right corner is Carl, the 46yo dentist from Winter Springs Florida and to your left is Lindsey, the 27yo advertising account executive. By the end of the show, one stays and the other gets the distinction of being the first to be voted off the Samburu Tribe. But how did we get to a Samburu Tribal Council? Well, if you don't know, then get someone to smack you upside the head cause obviously, THEY LOST in the immunity challenge. But anyway, I forgive you, but on one condition---if your hot, you need to email me a naked picture of yourself. (only women please. By the way, I'M ONLY KIDDING! Well, unless your really hot anyways! =OP ) O...K! *lol* Where was I? Sorry lost my frame of thought for a second there. Ah yes! How? Well, if you can wait, I'll tell you! They had to create a distress signal. Samburu's SOS was pitiful to say the least. Meanwhile, Boran's was very colorful and was on a flat area---not to mention they were mostly half naked. Is it just me or was 57yo, retired teacher, Kim Johnson wearing a thong? What's even sadder is that I bet you were confused as to whether be turned on or be repulsed. Yea yea, as if your gonna admit anything. Is it just me or did the momentum of the game change? For the luxury challenge, Boran won the giant boulder through an obstacle course-challenge. The reward? A 100 gallon tank of pure clean water. With water perhaps being the most valuable resource in Africa(at least with respect to the game), the power has definitely shifted to Boran. This takes us back to Tribal council. Who won? In the famous words of Jeff Probst, "I'll go tally the votes." first round ends in a 4-4 tie with Linda, Frank, Carl, and Teresa voting for Lindsey, and with Brandon, Lindsey, Silas, and Kim Powers voting for Carl. Next round is no better as it is still deadlocked at 3-3. What now? Well, for the first time ever, we go to Tribal Q & A. Lindsey wins the tiebreaker after a question or two and Carl, the guy who drives a porche is gone. Feel sorry for him? I sure don't. I just feel sorry for the first patient to sit in his dentist chair. Hopefully he won't be pissed by then. Drill Drill....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Did you floss today? Oh well, look at the time. Buh-bye =)

10/18/2001---Ah! Back for more, eh? Well, if ever a word describes what happened, it's BLOOD! This is why we watch Survivor. Get this, they take a cow and these tribesmen take an arrow and hit it at a specific part of the neck to get blood. Don't worry though cause when they got enough, they stopped the bleeding right away and the cow was ok. Barbaric you say? Perhaps. Dramatic? Indeed! Unlike last year with the Kimme and the kangaroo brain, they all downed shots of blood and milk. For the tie breaker. One tribe picks one from the other. Boran Tribe picks Linda, who is from Cambridge,MA and works at Harvard. Samburu picks Kelly, the Duke grad from California. This time, the stakes are raised and they have to down a full glass of straight blood. Linda downs it first and Boran has to make another long trek back to Tribal Council. Is it just me or doesn't anyone know how to chug anymore? Kelly, you losing it girl! Didn't you learn that at Duke? The sad thing is that Jesse gets voted off. Let's think about this though. If you were CBS, wouldn't you be dissappointed that the 27yo hottie is gone? Then again, I'm not CBS and I'm dissappointed. Earlier in the show they had a luxury competition. They had to carry these logs with platforms at the end. The logs were increasing lengths and they had to go through an obstacle course and place them into these slots to help them get to the top. The tribe who gets someone to the top wins blankets, food and supplies. The two tribes were neck and neck until Kim, the former school teacher from NY stumbles. She felt really bad, but the rest assure her that it's ok. Personally, someone should have been running side by side with her. But hey, crapola happens ya know! Meanwhile, at Samburu, Silas is working both sides of the divided Tribe. One side is Carl, Frank, Linda and Teresa, while the other has Brandon, Kim and Lindsey. Is it any surprise that age is a factor in the divide among the group? Silas, the bartender from Tennesse, strikes a deal with both sides. Which side is he playing? Who knows, but if I'd have to guess, I'd say both sides should be cautious. Remember Kelly from Survivor 1? Oh my, look at the time. *sigh* Jessie! Jessie! Where for thou art Jessie!

Premiere---Here we are again. Another Survivor. Makes you wonder what you did before Survivor was on. Well, the 42yo mail carrier from Nebraska is out. Don't you feel sorry for Diane? I sure don't. You do know that she'll be kicking it in a resort until the game is over, right? Meanwhile, the rest struggle to cope with the harsh elements. Put another shrimp on the Bar-B, will ya! For awhile there I thought two cherry and canned bean eating, HS hoops coach from Detroit, Clarence Black would be gone. At the end of the day though, they all voted to keep the stronger tribemember. My girl Jessie, the hottie 27yo Deputy Sherriff from Orlando, was throwing up because she was overwhelmed. Poor Baby! Daddy make it ALL better. Errr...hehehe, sorry I got carried away. Meanwhile, the other tribe got to boil water by picking apart a telescope to use the lense as a magnifying glass. That made them stronger in the drag a heavy fire caldron cart over rough terrain while lighting a series of torches along the way. The first team to successfully light all of the torches and cross the finish line wins-challenge.(Thanks to CBS for that description that I cut and pasted). So what happens next? I saw blood in the previews. I think they have to drink it. Wonder if the 25yo, vegetarian, gay, bartender from Dallas would drink it. Can you say Kimme 2? Bottoms up! We'll just have to wait and see.