Which is better than the other way around, I’m thinkin!

So, first…on this weeks’ Survivor: Does this season seem like it’s already been on for, like, five years, and we still have five dozen people on the island whose names and tribe afilliation we still can’t retain and then Jeff says it’s only been 18 days and not a 180 days and mouths across the country drop open in shock? I know, me too.

It’s been months (or two weeks, whatever) since we’ve been on the island with these guys, so a little refresher was needed. In the last actual episode, there was sand wrestling and kicking and choking and both tribes went to council where Cao Boi and Christina went home from their respective tribes to pretty much no ones surprise. Then AiTunes got to kidnap a person from Raro, so they took Nate.

Currently…we’re at Camp AiTunes where a clueless Flicka (redundant, I know) talks about tribal voting strategy right in front of Nate and much of the hour is spent with AiTunes speculating on who would go home next, so anyone familiar with the Survivor Editors already knows who’s going to council later, but I digress.

Off we go to the reward challenge and it’s a cold, rainy, windy day in paradise and everyone is feelin it. This challenge involves swimming and puzzle making, so Brad, being one of the few strong guys left for Raro, decides, of course that he’s needed to do puzzles, leaving Adam and the girls to do all the swimming, which proves to be a bad idea. On AiTunes, Nate is kept from competing (because duh) and knows he will go back to his team once the challenge is over, also can’t understand why Brad is standing around waiting for puzzle pieces when they clearly need him in the water. The freezing cold water. So, maybe it’s Raro going to tribal where Brad’s name will surely be bandied about, but first, swimming and puzzle making.

Ozzy is a guppy and Yul is just plain hot, even with those awesome, inscrutable glasses on, and with Brad doing puzzles and Nate forced to sit and watch, AiTunes wins reward, which are two items from the Survivor catalog. In this case, peanut butter and potatoes.

Nate goes back to his tribe hungry and cold, and does all the work as the girls are toast after all the swimming. Brad tries to look invisible. Oh yeah, and Adam is sent to Exile on the worst storm of the century. I don’t like Adam, but I’d have sacrificed myself to help keep him warm. You know, because I’m all generous like that.

At the immunity challenge, we have teams putting giant pegs in holes to make steps and….more puzzle making! (Because apparently we’ve run out of original ideas now. Sigh.) Not to be outdone twice in a row, Raro kicks into high gear and pegs are flying and then Becky kicks all kinds of puzzle piecing ass and they win handily over AiTunes.

So…..I was right. All that tribal speculation over who should go home, Jonathan perhaps? He’s so shifty and no one trusts him. Or maybe Ozzy, who is freaking Mowgli reincarnate and keeps them all fat and happy but is clearly a huge honking threat. Or maybe, clueless Flicka who spends all her time trying to get people to vote for Jonathan over her pal Ozzy and can’t figure out that when NO ONE will tell you who they’re voting for, it’s because they’re all voting for YOU. Sheesh.

Which, of course, they all do. Buh bye, Flicka. She did work hard at challenges, but it was easily the most logical thing for them to do and I can’t say I’ll miss her dread-locked, Pippi Longstocking’d legged self. She had fun and loves everybody and can now spread the joy and the love in sequesterville, no harm, no foul.

Next week? Hard to say as my TiFaux cut out, but - and this is just a guess - someone is going to Exile Island and there might be some puzzle making involved during one or both challenges. Just speculating.

Now on to the SHaQ Attack portion of today’s program. You guys were great this week with all the chat and I totally enjoyed reading all your responses and getting the conversation flowing here a bit. I hope we keep it up even when there’s not a free book on the line. Woo hoo!

So, from all the replies and comments this week…the winning Blog Babe is….Angie T! Woot! Angie, you get to pick your choice from the titles currently sitting on my website bookshelf (link in the column to your right) - send me a few selections in case I’m out of your first choice - and your address and I’ll get your prize out asap! Congratulations!

Tune in Monday for the next SHaQ Attack contest and some Amazing Race MAC (where I bet no puzzles will be involved in kicking off one of the remaining teams.)

Have a great weekend! It’s great curl up with a good book weather here. Me, I’m curled up with Jennifer Crusie’s new novella in the Santa Baby, collection. Then next up, lucky me, I get to dig in to a few advance copies of some upcoming Brava’s that my editor, Santa Kate, so wonderfully sent my way. I’ll let you know what I think and what should go on your Must Buy list! What are you reading?

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