First up…Survivor:Fiji. Yeah, I’m not sure I’m loving this “have-have not” twist. Maybe it’s because of the sour taste still in my mouth from this season of Apprentice. Whatever the case…I’m not feeling as much love. Yet.

So, like last year, we’re sort of pre-disposed to root for the underdogs. But without the passion we felt for Ozzy, Yul & Co. Again, yet. And what is up with all the nicknames? Boo, Mookie, Papa Smurf, Rocky, Dreamzzzzzz…. We learn that Boo is only half a name, Boo Boo would be far more appropriate. Sylvia comes back to Ravu and alienates everyone. Dreamz isn’t completely obnoxious. And Ravu is sucking plant leaves for water.

Ravu (paupers) and Moto (princes) head out to what turns out to be immunity and reward challenge all in one. They are on a roll, but once again get felled by their lack of puzzle solving skills. Shrieking Erica didn’t help matters. (And Erika, eyes on your own tribe, not watching the other team get ahead.) So…the princes win and the paupers go back to starvation and dehydration. I felt for them, I did.

Oh, and I officially heart Earl. Him and his misunderstood dead snake. Love.

Ravu loses and it looks like Sylvia will go home, but Mookie really hated that Erica freaked out, so he and Rocky engineer an overthrow of the heretofor already planned Sylvia ousting and, though not everyone agrees, they get enough votes to send Erica packing. Should they have sent Sylvia first? Yeah. But I haven’t been on the Erica love train since her pouting upon arrival at pauper’s beach. So I’m not all broken up over this.

Next week, Sylvia looks for the idol…and someone on Moto gets sick and thinks he/she is going to die. Bets that it’s Boo, anyone? Just saying.

Oooh, a little Dancing With the Stars gossip/MAC - I saw where two time champ Cheryl Burke has made a love connection with Joey Lawrence’s brother, Matt. Awwwww.

Didn’t have the chance to watch ER…I mean Grey’s Anatomy Sweeps Stunt, aka Ferry Disaster Part II. And no Men In Trees viewing yet, either. Will savor both this weekend.

Now it’s winner time! In this week’s SHaQ Attack contest, I asked you to name the book that featured the secondary character Baleweg. The correct answer was The Royal Hunter. And the winner of the free book this week is….ice cream scoop drumroll…..Jessica E! Congratulations!

Tune in next week for another SHaQ Quest! (And with the holiday weekend, the next blog will be Tuesday.)

Hope everyone has a great weekend - stay safe and warm…and enjoy the sales!

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