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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?

-- posted by auntydle