If I were an alien life form and I had only this Episode 11 of Survivor 16 upon which to base my assessment of humanity it would be this: Women are heartless, gloating conniver’s and men are…dumb.

Way too much time was spent setting up the inevitable outcome of this episode–mostly with Natalie savouring her (temporary, deluded) sense of being in charge.

Jungle rot must be eating at this woman’s brain because after this episode there is no redeeming her. I realize at the “advanced” age of 32, her catalog and print-modeling career must be winding down and I believe she is hyper-aware of it. (There. I can be about 20% as catty as this monstrosity of a woman. I’m speaking of her behaviour, BTW. ) Nat is in the second photo down to the left of the naturally pretty girl–Amanda, wearing green and with Survivor bandanna on her head. Below is Alexis who  seems OK but …

 …also seems pretty spineless~)

Jungle rot must be eating at Natalie’s brain because after this episode there is no redeeming her. I realize at the “advanced” age of 32, her catalog and print-modeling career must be winding down and I believe she is hyper-aware of it. She is most likely deliberately hogging camera time hoping to score a “Basic Instinct” femme fatale acting role but still, her stone coldness coupled with repeated exclamations about ripping out the men’s jugulars and using them as dental floss (helpfully gesturing as if she were using dental floss) made my stomach turn more than anything else I’ve ever seen on Survivor, on this episode or any other. Between listening to Natalie and Parvati scheming, devoid of any allegiance but to themselves, I’m feeling like quitting this game–NOW!

James doing as he always has–takes care of everyone~

Recap: I’m Ruthless…and Have a Smile on My Face - Survivor: Micronesia—Fans vs. Favorites, Episode 11

During the Survivor Auction, Natalie sent Jason to Exile Island. There, he uncovered the real Hidden Immunity Idol. Jason was convinced Natalie had sent him to Exile Island as part of a plan to find the Idol and work together. But Natalie was deep into an alliance with Cirie, Parvati, and Alexis, dead-set on voting off the guys one by one, starting with Jason. Upon his return from Exile, Natalie worked her magic on Jason. He confided in her that he found the Idol and she tried to convince him not to use it at Tribal Council, promising him James would be the one going home. In truth, the girls planned to split their votes between James and Jason so that no matter what, one of the men would be voted out.

At Tribal Council, Jason trusted his new alliance with Natalie and decided not to play his Hidden Immunity Idol. He was quickly voted out of the game four votes to three, with a single outlying vote going to Parvati. Jason Siska, the 23-year-old gymnastics coach from Fox River Grove, Illinois, left behind his final words: “I was definitely played today by Natalie and the rest of the girls. They did the same thing in voting out Ozzy. I should have been a little more wary of what they were telling me. (Ya think? How did this arrogant dumb ass make it this far?!)…I just wish I would have been a little smarter and played the Hidden Immunity Idol when I had the chance.”

Jason gets snuffed~

“Sorry is not what you mean. Ha-Ha is what you mean.”

Parvati arrives at the cave and beckons James to come have a talk with her. Knowing he’s angry about Ozzy being voted off, she exclaims, “I need to do some serious damage control today! …Parvati admits she plans on taking all girls to the Final Three, but apologizes for going behind his back and voting out Ozzy. …James tells her it’s going to be awkward between them now and she shouldn’t try to feed him a “bunch of bull.” He continues to give her a piece of his mind telling her she’s selfish… and he… just can’t stand it.”
… and apologizes for going behind her back and blindsiding Ozzy. Amanda demands to know what her plan is, asking, “It’s definitely the girls together, right?” Parvati agrees, “I’m thinking final five girls.” Amanda, though, only pretends to be placated, angry that Parvati has Cirie, Alexis, and Natalie “wrapped around her finger.” Cirie converges on the twosome, telling Amanda, “We totally trust you.” Amanda asks them, “So is it still us three to the end?” Cirie and Parvati agree, giving Amanda a big hug. But Amanda doesn’t trust them after she was blindsided and admits, “It would be stupid of me to buy what they’re telling me right now.”

Scenes from preview for E12~(above) and voiceover for Episode 12 (below)

Survivor Reward Challenge Auction

Dabu tribe goes to the Reward Challenge and are all given… $500 U.S. to bid on items in the Survivor Auction…Jeff lays down the next covered tray, and in a giant bidding war, Natalie wins the item with $340. It’s a huge chocolate cake with a twist. …It must be shared with three other people, but they only have 60 seconds to do so. She chooses Alexis, Cirie, and Parvati and the girls chow down on the chocolate cake, icing all over their fingers and faces. Natalie is told that along with her cake she must pick one person to go to Exile Island where a new Immunity Idol has been placed. She choses Jason.*

Best moment of the Episode:

In a surprising twist of his own, Erik offers Cirie $40 to lick the icing off her fingers and she laughingly agrees. A moaning Erik sucks each and every one of her fingers as James exclaims, “Something’s wrong with that boy! He really has problems, poor thing.”

Later saying after return to camp:”Jason’s on Exile. We all want him gone. The little bitch now has two days of sunshine with the Immunity Idol. Guaranteed hands down: bitch will find it.”

Classy girl, that Natalie. <gag>

Jason goes to Exile Island and just like before is able to decipher the clues and this time instead of finding a fake idol ( the one that Ozzy had planted and Jason discovered before)… Working through the clues, Jason ultimately discovers the Hidden Immunity Idol in a mountain cave atop the island. He says triumphantly, “This is not the fake Hidden Immunity Idol.”

That’s true, you’ve got it right this time!

He believes Natalie sent him to Exile Island as a strategic move to form some sort of an alliance. Jason declares, “Right now I feel the most comfortable I’ve felt in the entire game.”

Dumb.

Plan Ahead

The five women, Parvati, Cirie, Amanda, Alexis, and Natalie, hold a group meeting around the Dabu campfire. Cirie is adamant that they need to be “one step ahead of Jason” in terms of the Idol. The girls concoct a plan for Natalie to convince Jason that James will be the one voted out… when Jason, the big stupid head does not play his Hidden Immunity Idol… so the girls can blindside Jason at Tribal Council. The girls cackle at the thought of the blindside working. “If this goes [as planned],’ exclaims Natalie, ‘this will just be brilliant because not only will it have happened once with Ozzy, it will happen twice! Back to back, girls against the guys.”

Camp life and conniving~

Immunity Challenge:
The Dabu tribe arrives at the Immunity Challenge as Jason returns from Exile Island.

James takes an early lead, using a risky strategy of standing upright on his planks as he moves them sideways across two wobbly ropes strung across the water. Erik moves slower, huddled over his planks on his knees. Suddenly James spills headfirst into the water, giving Erik an insurmountable lead. James valiantly tries to regain the lost ground, but Erik steadily moves across the final length of the rope bridge, leaps across the series of floating disks, and reaches the platform first. Erik wins Immunity and the girls of Dabu cheer as James’ loss cements their plans for Tribal Council.
The Dabu tribe sits around the campfire, and as soon as Jason leaves to go crabbing, Natalie tears open his bag, searching for the Hidden Immunity Idol. James watches the bold move, disapproving of the underhanded tactic, frowns and shakes his head. Finding the Idol tucked in Jason’s pants, Natalie is certain she can stop Jason from playing it at Tribal Council… Natalie promises Jason that everyone is voting for James tonight, and trusting her completely, Jason confesses he found the Hidden Immunity Idol. “I’m gonna have to trust her this Tribal Council as well.”…

Tribal CouncilAt Tribal Council, having voted out Ozzy last time, the tribe admits they don’t mind losing their providers, and all eyes turn to James. He admits, “It doesn’t look too good for old James right now. The social butterflies have done their work and, yeah, I’m definitely on the chopping block.”…

James during immunity with his infected thumb~

With the votes cast Jeff Probst asks the tribe: if anyone is in possession of the Hidden Immunity and would like to play it, now is the time to do so. The tribe immediately looks towards Jason. After a moment of consideration, he takes his chances with Natalie and does not play his Idol. Jeff reads the votes and the stunned Jason becomes the 13th person voted out of SURVIVOR 16 and the third member of the jury.

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Khaled Desouki

“Everyone who wears shoes walks wrong,” says Adam Sternbergh, who wrote about shoes and human feet for New York magazine. AFP/Getty Images

I love the reasoning behind why we started to wear high heels–to avoid one another’s excrement!
My grandmother always encouraged us to go barefoot. Her son–my Dad– taught me to do the same though he wore moccasins around the house as my mother insisted upon it. I celebrate warm weather and immediately switch to flip-flops and for more “serious” walking to Birkenstocks.

One of the best memories I have of staying at Maple Lake, Ontario all summer each year is that no one made us wear shoes–even to the small market on the other side of the lake. Many children and some adults went barefoot so it was no big deal.
The only “big deal” was that every night–without exception–we had to get out the wash tub and wash our feet before bed.————————

“The Bryant Park Project, April 22, 2008 · It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the foot, and humans have been wrecking that perfection with every step since they first donned shoes, New York magazine’s Adam Sternbergh says.

“Everyone who wears shoes walks wrong,” he says, echoing the headline of his recent article, “You Walk Wrong.”

Sternbergh calls the ubiquity of footwear a “conspiracy of idiocy.” He points out the probability that at no point did any shoemaker say, “Let’s design something that works with your foot.” In the Middle Ages, for example, people began wearing shoes with higher heels to avoid stepping in other people’s excrement. Today, high heels are considered sexy. Whatever their reasons for wearing the shoes they wear, people don’t usually consider whether a shoe actually works with their foot, he says.

The human foot works pretty well on its own, Sternbergh says, and it doesn’t need a lifetime of help from shoes. He explains the basic illogic of footwear by comparing the concept to a perpetual cast. “Imagine if someone put a cast on your arm when you were 3 years old and you never took it off,” he says. “Your arm would stop working. That’s kind of what’s happened with our feet.”

Tags: barefoot, behaviour, happiness, health, me, news

Yes, the weather was outstanding this weekend past and it continues to be now that the official work week has started.

I don’t have an “official” work week and at first I saw that as a bonus.

Lately though I’ve realized how much I work online and how little I’ve tending to things offline. Yesterday, I “forced” myself to take a walk with my son and our dog even though I had a deadline for less than 2 hours later.

I just had to draw the proverbial line in the sand for myself and let go of the work for a short while. The fact is, like housework, my work online is never done. There will never be a time when I can say, “I’m all caught up so I can take a break now.” More likely what  I’m going to have to continue saying is, enough is enough, you must have a life and make myself stop working and take a play break. <sigh> My inner workaholic is trembling in fear. I may have to hold it’s hand until it calms down about this.

Tags: behaviour, business, happiness, health, Internet, me, photography, under pressure, whine and cheese

Deal or no deal? quoth Jason. Tonight in the Episode 9, “I Promise,” is an actual quote from every member except Jason.

Quick Recap: Immunity given away by Jason!?! (above)

Watch Survivor Episode 10 at the Official CBS site

Natalie looks miserable but may be tougher than she looks.
NEW*Eliza and Ozzy Get Ready For Tribal Council Jury Duty

In a game-changing moment, Jason made a deal with his tribemates at the Immunity Challenge: give up Immunity by stepping out of the challenge and sharing his hard won food with the tribe if they all promised not to vote him out. The entire Dabu tribe, some with fingers crossed, agreed to protect him. Jason hesitantly stepped down from the challenge, leaving himself vulnerable. Back at camp, Ozzy and his alliance of James and Amanda were dead set on going back on their word and taking Jason out. But the other two members of their alliance, Parvati and Cirie, cut a deal with Alexis, Natalie, and Jason to blindside Ozzy and vote out the biggest threat in the game.At Tribal Council, Ozzy didn’t suspect the tribe was targeting him. Trusting his alliance to vote with him, Ozzy was stunned when Jeff read the votes and, one-by-one, his name came up. Ozzy Lusth was voted out of the game five votes to four and the 26 year-old photographer from Los Angeles, California left behind his final words: “I’m an idiot. I should have seen it coming, but I got too comfortable. I felt like I could trust the people in my alliance and it serves me right. I’m a fool. To whoever it was in my alliance that voted the other way, right now I pretty much hate you, so screw you basically.”

…….in which a promise broken to Jason gets Ozzy’s torch snuffed.

Everyone knew that it was just a matter of time before the target on Ozzie’s back became too bright to resist and there would, maybe quite soon, be the right circumstance to “off” him.

*NEW* Ozzy video of immediately post Tribal Council in which he is “reunited” with Eliza as he joins her at the Jury member’s cottage, “Ponderosa.”

After Parvati (!) took immunity… (see the Immunity challenge below)It went on for six hours…with Jason quitting to have junk food with all the other “quitters,”– and Parvati taking Immunity.“After an hour, Jeff comes out with three chocolate glazed donuts. Ozzy doesn’t hesitate, he drops his arm and yells, “I’ll take it!” Ozzy opts out of the challenge for three donuts, leaving Amanda, Parvati, and Jason in the game. At five hours in, Amanda purposefully drops her arm, gets drenched, and runs into the jungle to relieve herself. Parvati and Jason are all that’s left. They face off; both determined to stay in the game. Six hours in, Jeff brings out a tray filled with goodies: three chocolate chip cookies, four doughnuts, a big tall jar of candy, peanut butter, two chocolate bars, a glass of milk, two beers, and a huge pizza. Whichever of the two steps down will share the goodies with the others sitting on the bench. Parvati teases Jason, “You could make friends!” The tribe agrees, telling Jason that if he steps down, they will spare him at Tribal Council. Jason asks for a guarantee from every single person in the game. The entire tribe promises he’ll be safe at this night’s Tribal Council, Cirie and Alexis with fingers crossed behinds their backs. Jason thinks about it for a moment, prays he’s not making the biggest blunder in the game, and finally drops his arm. The bucket of water crashes down on Jason and Parvati wins Individual Immunity.”Prior to her Exile…Cirie begins to wonder what would have happened if Jason and Eliza’s plan had worked and Ozzy had gone home instead. “It might not have been such a bad thing,” she says mischievously.

Reward: Amanda, scrambling to place the symbols in the right order, calls it for Orange. Jeff looks over their symbols, and they are correct. Orange team wins reward, sending Jason, Erik, Ozzy, and Amanda immediately aboard a plane for Yap.

Yap

“The four Dabu members touch down on a tiny runway in the jungle and are greeted by a village elder. He leads them through a trail to an ancient village tucked away in the jungle. Erik looks around in amazement, marveling, “It was almost like this village had been there for millions of years… One custom Erik finds amusing is the fact that women in the village go topless like men. Erik finds it “culturally interesting” and jokes, “That’s the most boobs I’ve probably seen in my whole life.”

Appears to me that Erik grew up in just a month.

Later after he vomits, he remarks that “I partied a little too hard Micronesian-style. Beer and Betel Nut: not a good combination.”

Cirie in Exhile: Not a happy camper

In exile Cirie finds herself huddled, shivering in a ball on Exile Island… She hones in on Ozzy and his Idol, “Ozzy’s a huge competitor and then to have the Idol on top of that, that increased his target like ten-fold. Maybe I’ll have to work on getting rid of Ozzy and his Idol.”

The Judas moments arrives for Cirie~Jason arrives back at camp with his tribe, knowing he just took a huge risk giving up Immunity. He ponders, “It could be my biggest mistake in the game of Survivor, or, it could be my saving grace….However… Cirie…. has other ideas. With Ozzy looking the other way, dead-set on voting out Jason, Cirie realizes it’s the perfect time to take Ozzy out. She holds a conference with Parvati, Natalie, and Alexis, telling them, “I think this will be a prime opportunity to get rid of Ozzy.” The girls eagerly agree and decide not to tell Ozzy’s friends Amanda, James, or Erik.

Survivor: Fans vs Favorites - Tribal Council Voting

7:31

Blindsided! Watch as alliances crumble and Survivors cast their votes against Ozzy.

The Immunity Challenge~

Amanda and Parvati head back to the cave to meet with James and Ozzy. As the alliance of four talk about voting out Jason, Parvati looks around at her friends and weighs her decision. Knowing she can vote out Jason with her allies, or take a chance and vote out the biggest threat in the game Ozzy, she feels at an impasse. Ozzy has been with her since day one, and she moans, “God, what do I do?”

Off in the bushes, James whispers to Ozzy that he’s worried about Parvati flipping on them and joining Alexis and Natalie. Ozzy, getting bad vibes, ponders, “In the last moment, I might just stuff the Idol in my bag. We’ll see what happens at Tribal. I might end up playing it just to be safe.”

A James moment from a previous Episode. I fear there will be few more.

Tribal Council

…Jeff asks Ozzy if having the Idol puts a huge target on his back. “Of course, having the Idol is a huge thing in this game,” Ozzy admits.

In the end, failing to realize that the tribe has targeted him, Ozzy opts not to play his idol.

With that, Jason is saved and Dabu takes out Ozzy five votes to four. Ozzy, completely blindsided and betrayed, becomes the twelfth person out of the game, and the second member of the jury.

Tags: Alexis, Amanda, Cirie, Dabu, Erik, James, Jason, Natalie, Ozzy, Ozzy's torch snuffed, Parvati, photo, Spoilers, stills, Survivor 16, Television, video

Wow.

Last night, just putting together onto a work days off grid for this summer for spouse, factoring in son’s Driver’s Education at the high school for the first half of summer ($350, which is actually less than what I thought the good teachers of this District would work for) and younger son’s monthly blood test for the medication he is taking for his skin, was so exhilarating for spouse that he only got 4 hours sleep. Then he went to work and described his plans and the people he talked to told him it didn’t sound like a vacation.

Interesting how we have different notions of, What is a vacation? For me it’s I can swim any time in a lake or ocean anytime I want to, I have a working hot/cold shower (and have at least one other water source besides the room that houses it). Good weather is nice but there’s always off days. I guess one of the best things about summer vacation is no work. Being at our cottage or more correctly, our cottage someday, is always being on vacation, even when you are working (mostly–housework stills blows chunks). <grin>

Spouse has all these ideas for what he wants to do with the terrain around the cottage. Plus there is maintenance stuff on the ground proper–the “road” that we take to our cottage is the worst I’ve ever seen with it getting torn up badly over the summer and still lookin’ that way when we left in September. Roger is all “no problem” about repairing it. He’s most excited about having-the time to get some major work done on some hilly areas that have stones embedded–mostly likely by my grandfather as the stones (we verified) are near the property to our/our neighbours to the left of us. It’s nice to have good neighbours anywhere you are, no?

Spouse is a gardener with a strong landscaping bent. So he’ll, as of us figuring it out together last night, have close to three weeks at the lake divided 2 weeks-1 week and 2 long weekends at the beginning and the end.

I’m pretty excited, too but cautiously so as I must call the Internet guy that can do an Install for high-speed Internet maybe for about $100 versus satellite cable teevee Internet guy who can do it for $675 Cdn. Now. Yikes. Hundred dollars Internet guy was backed up by 800 emails in front of mine–plus telephone orders. They sound quite short-handed. I’m pretty much sure that I’ll have to bite the bullet and spend the $675 Cdn, which as much as I love the Motherland, I hope is no more than equal to the US buck.

Tags: Canada, family, happiness, Holiday/s, Internet, Love and Marriage, me, parenthood, photography, summer, vacation, weather, Weblog(s), website

Great news! Spouse finally finished our income taxes last night and we get a refund!

Also, he informed me that the silly Economic Stimulus Act 2008 “rebate” is going to really help towards vacation, as well as reminding me that his work bonus is being distributed in a month. In order of size we have Geo. Bushes rebate, and both the tax refund and bonus about the same–not very big, but together nothing to sneeze at. It’s been a long, cold, wet winter and it’s so nice to be able to realistically plan for summer vacation! I think that like many folks, we’ve been spooked by the thought of gasoline prices getting even higher over the summer and how much that may curtail our usual plans. It’s with enormous relief that I can anticipate a slight financial uptick for us and have the ability to start really planning for fun times!

Tags: family, happiness, Internet, me, travel, vacation

I usually write about LOST stuff over here (another site of mine) but I just came across two stories as I was catching up on my pop culture and celeb news. Both used the same source– and they that say Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly are back together. This comes on the heels on them “almost” being spotted together at Dominic Monaghan’s Gallery Photo Exhibit last month.

If they are back together I know it’s none of “our” business. I just thought they had a sweet sort of relationship. I like his acting and find him very charismatic and I think she’s adorable, plus she’s Canadian.

“Just three months after splitting up, LOST lovers Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan have quietly patched things up. The 28-year-old Canadian even flew from Hawaii, where the ABC show films, to Hollywood for the opening of Dominic’s photography show on March 13.

“They never stopped loving each other,” a source tells Star. “She remained in Hawaii for the show, and he moved back to L.A. when he was killed off, so the distance took its toll. They decided to take a break, but it was really hard on them both.”

Frequent telephone calls and visits just reinforced to Evangeline and Dominic, 31, that they belonged together, explains the source. “It was as simple as that.” ( Star)

AND

When Charlie went to his watery grave on “Lost,” Dominic Monaghan lost more than a steady gig. Leaving the show’s Hawaiian shooting locale meant leaving behind his co-star and girlfriend of three years, Evangeline Lilly. After a brief split, Star reports the “Lost” loves are now back together. “They never stopped loving each other,” a source told the magazine. “They decided to take a break, but it was really hard on them both.” The couple remained in close contact and eventually realized they were meant to be together. “It was as simple as that.” source

Evangeline and Dominic in March

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Tags: April 2008, celebs, changes/transition, Dominic Monaghan, Evangeline Lilly, fanwank, happiness, issues, LOST, Love and Marriage, model behaviour, photo, The Love You Make, together again

“We haven’t turned any corners. We haven’t seen any lights at the end of the tunnel.” GEN. DAVID H. PETRAEUS, the American commander in Iraq.

General Petraeus seems the best American Iraq commander so far. I heard excepts from the speech on NPR. It can’t be easy to be in his position, especially under command(er)-in-chief, Geo. W. Bush.

The American commanders who preceded Petraeus did not have the people skills that he does. They were stiff mouthpieces, probably as much for the military as Shrub.

Gen. Petraeus at least, sounded human and not like a puppet.

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Find more Survivor: Micronesia – Fans vs. Favorites clips at
the official CBS online video guide.

The Merge~

“On Day 22, the Airai and Malakal tribes merged, ending the division between Fans and Favorites when Parvati led the new Dabu tribe in voting out her former Favorites teammate, Eliza. With the cards stacked against her, Eliza had nowhere to turn except her fellow outcast in the tribe, Jason. Having won the first Individual Immunity Challenge, Jason was safe from Tribal Council and he gave Eliza what he thought was the Hidden Immunity Idol he found on Exile Island. Together, they would try to stage the biggest upset in the game to date: take out Ozzy. If everything went according to plan, Eliza would play the Idol at Tribal Council, the votes against her wouldn’t count, and their two votes against Ozzy would send him home …”But at Tribal Council, when Eliza played the Idol the tribe was informed that it wasn’t real. Eliza quickly blurted out that Ozzy must have the real Idol and had planted the fake. Eliza was voted out of the game eight votes to two.

Now the first member of the jury, Eliza Orlins, the 25-year-old New York law student, stated as she left: “I can’t really believe that Jason thought that stick was the real Hidden Immunity Idol, but I had to play it anyhow, out Ozzy for having the real one…”

Merging ahead~

Erik, knowing that Ozzy had saved him at last night’s Tribal Council … is ecstatic to have formed an alliance with his favorite player in the game and says triumphantly, “I’m now aligned with [Ozzy] in some kind of like zoo keeper bond. Like, I’m more the monkey and he’s the zoo keeper now because I owe him my life.”

Parvati will have to chose~

As they pack up their things, Parvati, Alexis, and Natalie … agree to stay loyal to each other and to Amanda back at the Malakal beach, in a secret alliance of four… Parvati, though, fears she could be playing the game too …having already formed a previous alliance of five with Ozzy, Amanda, James, and Cirie earlier in the game, Parvati exclaims “Oh my God, I’m in such a hot pickle right now!”

Dabu???

After the merged Survivors celebrate by eating Micronesian delicacies including bat soup, James tears off the skin and wings of a bat, bites into the meat and declares, “It was good, like a juicy rabbit.”

Erik brings up the issue of selecting the newly merge tribes name He tells his new tribe that, “The [word] for good [in Micronesian] is Dabu, so we can do Dabu.” He then laughs and says to himself and the camera, “I told everybody that Dabu means ‘good’ in Micronesian, but I pretty much just made it up.”

Amanda turns many shades of green…

The Dabu tribe, stuffed and tired from skinny dipping, settles in for the night. Alexis cuddles up to Ozzy and with his arm around her, Ozzy reveals, “I am ready to go beyond Fans versus Favorites.” With her head nuzzled on Ozzy’s shoulder, Alexis gushes, “I had a great time with Ozzy out on Exile and I am a Fan, so I was just kind of excited to come out here and get to know him.” Amanda, sitting nearby, watches the two of them closely. “I know Alexis likes Ozzy, but me and Ozzy have been doing this together for 22 days now,” complains a threatened Amanda. “I want her gone.”

….then red

“Parvati and Amanda bathe in the ocean and have their own private reunion. Parvati tells her friend, “Oh my God, I’ve missed you so much!” The two girls giggle together until Parvati notices Eliza watching them and angrily blurts, “She’s staring at us! I’m so sick of [Eliza], she’s going next. She has to.” With Eliza safely out of earshot, Parvati tells Amanda about the alliance of four she created back at Airai with Alexis and Natalie, including Amanda. Parvati confides, “I’ve put us in an alliance without you being there.” Amanda plays along, giggling, but in actuality, she’s angry with Parvati because she doesn’t want to be in an alliance with Alexis, the motivational speaker and the one person she wants out of the game. Amanda declares, “I’m livid and it leaves me with a lot of questions about Parvati.”

Individual Immunity Challenge~

…Feeling confident that he has a chance at winning this challenge, Jason comes up with a new plan. “If I can win the Individual Immunity Challenge, it will allow me to give away the Hidden Immunity Idol.” He tells his ally and fellow outcast, Eliza, if he wins Immunity, he’ll give her his Idol.

Dabu paddles up to the first Individual Immunity Challenge of the season… Survivors must put mind over matter to outlast each other as they are positioned in a row under a steel grate partially submerged in water. The Survivors’ breathing space will slowly disappear as the tide rises. Whomever…stays under the grate the longest wins Individual Immunity..

Almost all the women drop out in quick succession, one after the other. First Amanda, then Parvati, Alexis, Cirie, and Natalie. After being underwater for more than an hour and with no room left to breathe, Eliza goes underwater…Erik soon follows her, leaving James, Jason, and Ozzy to battle it out. All three… create straws with their hands, blowing water of their mouth and nose. James is the first of the three to run out of air… it’s now…a tense match between Jason and Ozzy. Jason remains steady under the grate… Ozzy… is left with nowhere to breathe and tries to hold his breath underwater, but he can’t hold out over Jason’s superior breathing method.

Jason becomes the first person to win Individual Immunity~

Can anyone actually be more cocky than Ozzy?

Quite possibly Jason.

Tribal Council~

The time of reckoning nears and the tribe casts their votes. Before reading the votes, Host Jeff Probst asks, “If anyone has the Hidden Immunity Idol and would like to use it, now would be the time to do so.” Praying that her plan works, Eliza reaches into her bag, pulls out her idol and gives it to Jeff. … Ozzy can barely contain his laughter as he watches his hard work pay off and stick played. Jeff… announces that it is not the Hidden Immunity Idol. Eliza blurts out, “That means Ozzy has it! Jason found it on Exile. Ozzy has the real one.”

Natalie~

Newly Merged Tribe: Nabu~

Survivor: Fans vs Favorites - Dabu Goes Skinny Dipping~

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Frolicking in the moonlit waters, the Survivors let their guards down and go skinny-dipping after their merge feast.

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