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I have to apologize to Adam. I unkindly called him a lunkhead, but he's done very well in the puzzle challenges. He won the memory/math challenge, and did better than Yul in this last "most difficult puzzle ever". He was very close to winning immunity. And Yul started the puzzle before he did.

Adam's biggest mistake was in pretending he had the immunity idol. Candice, Parvati and Nate all thought he had it and didn't worry about Yul. The "whiteys" (Jenna Morasca, of Survivor Live said it, not me) all probably thought that if Adam doesn't have it, then Jonathan must have. There was no way Yul "who had only been to exile once" was going to have it. Do you think they underestimated how smart he was? Was that mindset perhaps racially motivated? The same with Ozzy and the physical challenges. The big, buff men of Raro (Adam and Nate) underestimated that little Mexican boy.

By the way, Yul was right in saying he was lucky to get the idol. He said that he went at just the right time. If Jonathan had gone instead, he would have found it for sure. There was no way Adam the lunkhead (sorry) was going to solve the clues and find the idol.

I'm sure that if Ozzy and Sundra knew that there would be a final 3 instead of 2, they would have considered Adam's suggestion of getting rid of Yul's immunity more seriously. If they had done it, Yul, Becky and Sundra would have been up for elimination. It would probably have resulted in a tie between Yul and Sundra, since Becky and Yul would vote for her and Sundra and Ozzy would have voted for Yul. But that didn't happen.

There is so much to say about the last tribal council. I can't believe the way a couple of them voted. And I can't believe Jonathan's mouth. Adam preferred Ozzy but voted for Yul because of a "promise". That is as lame as Dr. Sean's alphabetical system of voting people off. If Adam felt that Ozzy had earned and deserved it, that's how he should have voted. Parvati voted for Ozzy. And Ozzy was right; Yul didn't get Jonathan out on his own. It was a group decision among the Aitu Four. Candice, who was clearly not happy with Yul, said that if Yul said anything else, she would not vote for him. He did and she did. And when he did, what he said was more of the hedging that Candice had accused him of. Jonathan lashing at Ozzy like that was unbelievable. Naturally, he would be a little arrogant. He's 25 years old and basically kicked everyone's a** out there. Personally, I just found him to be extremely confident. As for this sense of entitlement Jonathan talked about...that just really annoyed the hell out of me. For someone who is coming from a position of relative affluence to say that to a 25 year old who could obviously use the money (and who is sitting beside a pair of lawyers who obviously don't need the money) is, to me, the height of arrogance.

The breakdown of votes was as follows: Ozzy: Parvati, Nate, Jenny and Rebecca. Yul: Jonathan, Adam, Candice, Brad and Sundra. Do you think it means anything that 3 of the 4 "whiteys" (Jenna Morasca's word, not mine) voted for Yul? What do you think about Sundra voting for Yul instead of Ozzy? After all, Yul would have turned on her the same way as he did Ozzy.

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» auntydle - Survivor finale

In response to Survivor finale posted by auntydle:

On the Survivor website, past survivors post blogs commenting on the current season. Bruce from Survivor: Panama has repeated made jokes about this season's contestants gaining weight due to the abundance of fish they had to eat.

Well, he may have been joking, but was closer to the truth than he realized. Becky DID gain weight- 2 pounds. Jonathan lost 30 pounds. Guess who was exerting more energy?

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In response to Survivor finale posted by auntydle:
A lot of good stuff in your post as usual. You've got to consider writing here when Fiji starts...or pick a show you want to comment on...even if it's a one-time thing. You rock!

I was suprised that Sundra voted for Yul. I really thought she'd give her vote to Ozzy. As for Jonathan, I just think that he had to pick a way to rationalize his decision. He was never gonna vote for Ozzy. I don't think he's racist. Perhaps, more age-ist. Personally, I think Ozzy will be okay without the mil. We'll see more of him.

I think there was this jealousy thing towards Ozzy. People resent having their butt's kicked physically, but can take it better if someone beats them mentally. I would've voted for Ozzy.

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» auntydle - Survivor finale

In response to Survivor finale posted by panndyra:

I would have voted for Ozzy, too. Jonathan is definitely an ageist, but I think also that he was influenced by personal factors. Jonathan respects the fact that Yul went to both Stanford AND Harvard and has a law degree. Ozzy can't compete with that. Even if Ozzy and Yul had both played the strategic game, Yul had Jonathan's vote.

It's human nature to want to vote for someone you like and Survivor turns that on its head. Most of the time, at least one person in the top two manipulated, schemed, and back-stabbed. If you're going to be true to that aspect of the game, the person who schemed the best should win. Christy of Survivor: Amazon realized that. In her final comments, she tearfully vowed not to vote for either of her "wicked step-sisters" to win the money. In the end, however, she admitted that Jenna had played the best strategic game and gave Jenna her vote.

Thank you for the wonderful compliment. I tend to ramble (which English majors often do) and I sometimes drift between past and present tense in my commentary, but I've enjoyed posting here very much. It's easy when the topic interests the writer. Ozzy and the drama really got my interest up this season.

I've always had the mind of an English major, spotting grammatical errors in things I read (newspapers, novels...blogs) and even hearing them in TV and movie dialogue, but I haven't done any significant writing since college and had to withdraw from a serious writing course in the past, so I'm reluctant to make any commitments that I might not be able to keep. For now, I'd rather post when I feel like it.

Maybe I'll "see" you again when Survivor: Fiji premieres. (No commitments) I wonder how the coup will affect the show?

By the way, do you watch Top Chef?

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In response to Survivor finale posted by panndyra:
No worries about making any serious commitments. Sorry for taking so long to respond. The holiday and all.

I do indeed watch "Top Chef" and will be posting a bit of an episode guide here in the New Year as well as more items about different series. I spend too much time watching TV and not enough writing about it.

Hehe!

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