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This is an archive collection of entries from my main personal blog, My Mundane Mid-Life.
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This collection of entries is from February 13, 2003.
Thursday, February 13, 2003
Survivor: The Amazon - Episode 1
"Boys vs. Girls"
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It's 103 degrees as the boat moves down the Amazon with the new batch of contestants. Jeff says that as he calls someone's name, to get into the yellow boat tied to the big paddlewheel boat. After the fifth person, everybody realizes that he's calling all of the women. Yep, this year the tribes are split along gender lines. The men of the Tamaqui tribe untie their boat and head off to their camp. the women of the Jaburu tribe... try to untie their boat, but stumble trough it, delaying their departure. Eventually, they are off and there's an unsettling feeling that either the women are doomed or Mark Burnett is orchestrating the editing. The tribes get to their camps (which seem pretty damn isolated) and set up. Sort of. The men actually start putting together shelter, the women... not so much. The men are cocky and arrogant and think nothing of the women... unless if it's to "hook up". Oh, great, guys. Thanks for dragging all of us men along this dark, dank path along with you. The guys get a fire going promptly by using a couple of drops of kerosene in their kindling. The women don't take that tack at all, and use damp leaves, which results in a 5-6 hour delay in getting fire. Christy is having problems because, even though she told her tribemates that she is deaf, none of them are helping her at all, leaving her out of conversations and decisions. (This, of course, just pisses me off. She, of all people, needs to stay on this show as long as possible to show that someone that has a disability can still play this game. I start to worry that she'll be the first one out.) The men play with a Magic 8-Ball, asking questions about if they will "hook-up" with one of the women. Oh, God. Men - we're going down a long, slippery slope. Eventually, it's time for the first immunity challenge (huh? no reward challenge this week?) The tree mail says:
From the start,
As time goes by,
You'll surely part.
Use balance, agility
And a bit of wit.
Be the one to fall short,
And tonight could be it!
The tribes are bound together with belted chains and locks race through the jungle, negotiating an obstacle course. As each station is completed, they get keys that unlock their chains one at a time. The race is pretty even until Jaburu gets hung-up on deciphering a code to a hint. The race is even until Jaburu gets hung up trying to decipher a code at one of the stations. Tamaqui races ahead to a balance beam that they must cross is pairs (they're now down to just pairs being chained together). Daniel can't walk a beam to save his life (or his tribe's, for that matter) and has to keep redoing that part over and over again, chained to Ryan in the lead. Jaburu gets the code, hits the beam, and now leads the guys. Oh, oh. Eventually, the guys get to the next station which is just building a puzzle. The women get through it, the guys struggle while Jeff is yelling "Come on, guys! We got a rocket scientist and a computer guy stuck on a puzzle!" Heidi finishes the last leg, and Jaburu wins the first Immunity Challenge. The men a clearly dejected (gee, no kidding!). They show up at tribal council and the discussion begins about their performance and chest-thumping. Then Jeff asks about the guys about the women in the other tribe, and then the testosterone starts flowing and stupid just falls out of every single mouth of the tribe. Then Jeff finally says: "You know what's great? You came out from day one talking more trash than I've ever heard. Ever. You got your asses kicked, and yet, when we get to women, it's like 'ah, who cares... I wanna hook up!' That's why you guys can be really in serious trouble." ... and the voting begins. Ryan Aiken, the 23-year-old model from Ellicott City, Maryland, is voted out of the tribe in a 4-3-1 vote. Roger is in trouble with the three votes. « hide the extended part of this entry
posted at 08:35 PM | Link | Survivor § |
Scallops!I got out of work a little late (it was around 6, which to a lot of people, isn't late). I called home in case there was an issue with dinner, and there was but it was a good issue! Carol had, for some unknown reason, went out and bought me one of my favorites - scallops. She saw a recipe on 30 Minute Meals on the Food Network. Well, it was great! Actually, we were sitting in the dining room and I was eating a bit too slowly for her (I wanted to savor to the great scallops - nice size, too). She kept looking at me. I then realized that Survivor was coming on shortly, so I have to finish up before the Jeff Probst shows up!
posted at 06:51 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Still another Reality TV Update
Do you remember Vecepia Towery? (hint: winner of Survivor Marquesas) Well, her 15-minutes of fame aren't up yet. TLC's "A Baby Story" will follow her when she gives birth to a baby boy (named already: Jordan Levon) in May.
As long as I'm doing an update, here's one from The Bachelor/The Bachelorette. Apparently, Amanda Marsh ended her relationship with Alex Michel when she discovered he had slept with runner-up Trista Rehn.
posted at 03:40 PM | Link | Survivor § |
Sloth-likeYou know you're having a bad day when your Internet T-1 connection is giving you 12kb down and 6kb up throughput. Ugh. Painful.
posted at 10:39 AM | Link | Internet § |
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