Watching Survivor

I know, I know - I promised this post yesterday! I got sidetracked, and totally my bad on that. But here we are with some interview links and the results of this weeks Pool Party!

First - here’s two more interviews with Mikey B, ousted last week by Joel: here and here. And, of course, here are the first two interviews with the fireman who got hosed on Thursday, found here and here. I’m sure there will be a couple others as well.

In the second one, a question I had wondered was answered right away - Joel feels that he was portrayed pretty accurately - what they showed was him, love it or hate it! I think he came off as a bit of a bully, but that could be his own self-professed take no prisoners mentality when it comes to competition. In a game like Survivor, though, you have to learn to balance the competitiveness with people skills, else… well, you don’t last long. Kicking out the weak is ok - beating up on them, not so much.

I think Cirie’s pull with the others on the tribe is considerable - that girl has got some smarts to balance out where she’s not very strong. As long as Chet is there, he’ll always be the target over her, when it comes to eliminating the ‘weaker’ players. I’m not so sure that will save her for much longer, though, as they all know where she’s coming from and why. Chet looks like he’s literally going to fall apart - if he survives another week, I’ll be absolutely shocked!

Then there’s Ozzy’s fake idol being found by Jason shown in the previews! How hysterically funny, to see that he believes it to be the real thing! I don’t think he’s in danger of needing to play it just yet, however, though, so suspect we’ll be on pins and needles for a couple weeks over how it all plays out. How big of a sigh of relief was Ozzy breathing when he was chosen to go back to the Malakal beach - where his HII is hidden?! I could almost feel it!

Speaking of sighs of relief - I’m still up top at the Survivor Pool! (Yes, I know, my entries are essentially void… but bragging rights are fun too!) I suspect though, that my reign is dangerously closed to coming to an end. Sugarbooger had another outstanding week, picking up top honors for the week with 23 points to place second, just barely a point behind me overall. DannyV had another good week as well, climbing up the ladder to third place, with Collette nipping at his heels. Just goes to show you what a good week of picks will get you! Danny’s climbed from bottom of the pack to third in just two weeks! Way to go!

It’s still anybody’s game, so get your picks in for next week’s episode by show time, and good luck!