I think I might be favoring Boston Rob at this time. I was surprised at Randy going. I think it would be smarter to send Parvarti or Russell home. I am so mad at the weasel for hiding the machetti. The egoes are just oozing out of all the Villan and half of the Heroes. Remember the preview they showed last week -- it looked like James may becom violent with Tom -- then look what it turned out to be. It was actually a time of smoothing things out a bit. I don't like the way they edit. This is the best season yet!

My favorite is Ozzie because of how he just has it all - fitness, outdoor savvy and skill, and brains (I thought!). To me, he deserves to win...well up until he had to blab to 3 people that he has the immunity idol! What the heck was he thinking?! Did he not know that the teams would be switched up at some point? Or that his friends are going to have to be his adversaries at some point, when the players dwindle down to just a few?! And even if none of these things were to happen, it only makes sense to keep that information to yourself. ANYONE would know that without thinking, it seems to me. And when he took it from his backpack and hid it on their island/beach, I just knew they were going to have to switch camps and then he would be separated from it. But luckily for him, the new group that he is in is the one that went to the same camp he was at previously. I can see that he might think someone could sneak into his backpack and find it, since that is what happened last season, but still, hiding it on the island seemed risky too. I also like James and I like Cirie too. I know she has some 'anti-fans' and I can see why, but to me, she is playing the game smart, in the only way she has open to her. She wants to win as much as anyone, and she realizes it won't be by strength or athleticism. But, yeah - voting the strong ones off is risky too, with competitions to win. But I think it is a risk she has to take if she wants to have a chance to win. But with her stategy, Ozzie may be the next target. When it comes down to INDIVIDUAL challanges, Ozzie (Ozzy?) will be almost assured to win them all, right to the end. ALthough if James is still there, he may be right up there with Ozzy. I don't feel one way or the other about Chet, really. I realize he is NO help to his team, but then that was just HORRIBLY disrespectful of 'Tank' to purposely and disdainfully drag him along. That guy is just full of spite. Ugh! Not pretty! I don't like Parvati either. Mostly, I think, because of how she uses sex appeal and heavy flirting etc. has her weapon - her leverage to keep in the game. She did it in her other season too, and now it's the same in this one. It smacks of 'prostitution' - not in actuality, but in attitude and spirit. Joel - I really dislike how he hammered on and on at Cirie one or two episodes ago when she dared to disagree with him over how that group should vote. I realize he wanted his way as much as she wanted her view to predominate, but still, he was just so unrelenting and ugly about it. The weak ones banding together to make it farther in the game, at the expense of the stronger ones, kind of goes against what we feel is normal and right, but it certainly is inovative and a good plan for them personally. Otherwise they are just pawns to be dispatched without a thought, as soon as necessary. Oh! And I have to hand it to Amanda for catching that shark! Barehanded, wasn't it? Wow! :) Wanda in South Texas Here is a link that might be useful: The Bee Hive

Doesn't Cookie seem a little young to have had breast augmentation surgery already? Sheesh, wait til after you've had kids and they are sagging toward you belly button, girl. Anyway, I have a little different take on the stupid cookie answer. I think she was just trying to avoid answering the question Jeff gave her, and chose a really stupid answer purposefully. Maybe I'm giving her too much credit, but it really backfired in her face and she will now forever be known as Cookie, lol. I was glad to see Roxy go, though. She had that mean girl streak, and she was the one who said there was too much work going on at camp. C'mon, haven't you watched this show before? Never, ever, complain about working at camp!

The Eguardo blindside is still my favorite blindside of all time. I actually think it was a good strategy on Bob's part. He maintained his alliance with Randy by voting for Suzie, but he bought himself some time with the other alliance. He was third man out with Corrine and Randy. Randy and Corrine became complacent when Randy was given the 'idol'. He and Corrine could have been using that extra time to work out a deal with someone in the other alliance for what happens after the last night's tribal council. Now that the onions are down to two, it'd be smart for some on the other alliance to think about flipping some of the onions to better position themselves for the final three. There are several parts to Randy's outing that made it funny - Sugar's rant - Crystal's rant - The onion's laughing at council because they thought they had pulled one over - the other alliance laughing because they knew what was actually happening - and the jury sitting there laughing. I don't know how Jeff probst kept a straight face. He had to be excited about all of the drama. I don't think Charlie and Marcus liked Randy all that much because they laughed at the 'idol' too. I can image afterwards they were like "Oh carp, he's coming back with us."