FINALE!

I think tribal council went well. I honestly think of the final 3 Natalie was the one who deserved to win. She gave up a lot to just even go on the show, and she is absolutely right that her strategy was no different than Russle's, hers just wasn't as obvious. All three of the finalist had very different ways of presenting themselves. Russle made it out to look like he was just playing the game in his best interest, which he was, but not when it came to the jury. Mick however just did his best to convince the jury that everything was Russells fault and that he himself was simply just a pawn, like the rest of the people sitting on the jury. However if Mick was simply a pawn in Russells game, why is he sitting beside Russell in the run for a million dollars? i think Natalie deserved to win. She played the game, she stuck it out on the island, and competed in the challenges, she worked her and she won. I don't think the jury voted for Russell because he lied, and screwed people over, you can't screw someone over and expect them to vote for you to win a million dollars, that just doesn't happen. I most likely would have voted for Natalie, simply because she was the most deserving, she won fair and square, where as Russell won by doing unethical and immoral things as Erik said, he was basically rewarded for doing wrong things. 

Final Five

I think it would be very difficult to separate emotions from the game, because obviously you're going to find people that you do like. Voting them off probably is hard, but it's the game, you can't like everyone and everyone can't win. I think that a real friendship could maybe form, depending on how understanding the two people are, because at one point they're gonna have to vote for each other. When that does happen whoever goes home is going to be upset, the question is will they forgive the person who decided the vote? I think the statement shambo made was nice. She finally completely came out and admitted that she screwed her team over. However she isn't sorry she did, so i feel like her statement was just a compliment to Brett, and not even the apology that she owed the rest of Galu. 

moral dilemna

I do not think it is possible for people to actually form real friendships on this show simply because there is to many paranoid people. No matter what we're all a little paranoid, and for most of those people, being in a competitive situation like survivor, they're always going to have in the back of their head that they might get screwed over if they trust anyone. I think it must be pretty difficult to have to vote out someone that you've made a promise to. i know for me i hate going back on my word because once you lose someone's trust it is 10 times harder to gain it back which is another reason i don't think you can have real friendships in this game, because sooner or later you're going to have to vote your friends out. In my opinion i don't think keeping promises in a game like this is very important. You didn't go on survivor to make friends, you came there to win a million dollars, and if that means stepping on someone else's toes to get it, then so be it. 

self awareness.

Honestly i do not think i would spend all my money on an advantage in the next immunity challenge unless i felt like i was in jeopardy of going home. Jaison really had no reason to waste his money like that. He should have gotten himself some food. John however, really could of used that advantage, although I'm not sure it would have helped him very much he dropped out pretty early. In this game, a shower is not a high priority. given the chance though for only 140 dollars of 500 i'd probably take one too. Although it in no way would approve my game, sometimes a shower just regenerates you, and makes it possible for you to keep going. Honestly i probably would have chosen the same way as John. He's out there, he's been playing hard, and he's hungry. He really had no choice but to take the pie for himself. all those other contestants if placed in the situation probably would have made the same decision john made. Self preservation above all else. I think it was good of them to send John home though, even if their reasoning was stupid. The way he betrayed Laura last week was just not cool and he deserved to go home. i just feel bad that Erik, Laura, and Kelly are stuck with him now. 

The Merge

I think that Foa Foa was more excited about the merge than Galu. I can't believe that Russle went  straight to conniving and didn't waste a minute trying to turn Galu's tribe members to his side. Unfortunately for Erik, his tribe was swayed, however not by Russle. For once Russle was unsure of what was going to go down at tribal council, and somehow found himself tricked. They got him to give up the immunity idol, when his neck wasn't even on the line. I'm sure Russle is not happy about that, and the saying "if you play with fire you'll get burned" keeps coming to mind. Russle is sneaky, and the people who tricked him might want to watch their backs.  I think that the game is going to change a lot now that they are one tribe, and i think a lot of people are going to get screwed over, and a lot of people are going to risk everything, including the trust of their old tribe members to win. I also think that a couple members of Foa Foa have a chance of making it pretty far in the game, but only if they make the right alliances, with the right Galu members. However if they're going to get anywhere, i think they need to stop thinking of their old tribe members as their teammates and start seeing them as their competitors. 

Intelligence

I think intelligence plays a very important part in this game. First off, several of the challenges involve puzzles or brain teasers of some kind. Second, you need to be street smart, as well and be able to tell who is in alliances together, and who might be playing against you on your team instead of with you. Another thing is, you need to be smart enough to know who to make an alliance with. In my opinion intelligence is necessary to win the game. 

free write

This week on Survivor. The reward challenge was the grossest thing i think i've ever seen. Apart from what i've seen on fear factor,  because they have some pretty nasty stuff on that show too. The contestants had to eat Survivor smoothies. The worst one in my opinion was the slug guts. Especially mixed with water, come on jeff cut them a break and at least distort the color a little bit. Galu won the challenge though because Ashley just couldn't get it down. She had one tiny chunk left, but the players on Galu wouldn't stop taunting her. This was a challenge that was strictly mind over matter, and Ashley just couldn't do it. next up was the immunity challenge, and Galu succeeded in that too. When it came to getting the coconuts in the basket, they were just horrible. Again poor Ashley couldn't even make one basket. Speaking of immunity. Liz called Russle Hanz out on having found the immunity idol. Looks like Russle might be in trouble. 

True colors

In this episode of survivor, Galu took their first trip to tribal council and sent home my contestant Yasmin. I think that Yasmin's main color is orange. I think she's an orange because she is really competitive, and she competes well. Also, she really doesn't like routine, she did what was asked of her and no more than that. For example, with helping around camp. When they asked her to do something she did it without complaining, but then they were upset that she didn't take the initiative to help out more on her own. She's competes well, like in the challenge today, she  was able to help keep her team in the lead until Monica went, and slowed everyone down. Which ended up making them lose the challenge completely and going to tribal council. Another thing that makes me think that Yasmin is an orange is because she knew her name was being thrown around to go home, but she wasn't worried, and figured whatever happens happens. Which is an attitude normally associated with the color orange.

defense mechanisms

In this episode of survivor things did not go good for foa foa yet again. They lost another challenge and had to send another team member home. Luckily for my girl Yasmin, her team has been competing and getting along very well. The team member chosen to be sent home was Ben. Throughout this episode, and previous episodes i noticed that Ben uses defense mechanisms. It's nothing to ashamed of, we all use them. I observed that he used denial at tribal council. Jaison called him out on how he treated Yasmin, and he denied it simply saying that he wasn't being racist, he was just being honest, and that if someone is from the ghetto and someone talks like trash, than he's going to call them ghetto trash. 

Being controlled by the ID

In this episode of Survival the contestants fought, and rumbled in the pit to get the ball to their teammates. However, Jeff had been very disappointed that in the pit, things were starting to get ugly, and that the next person to take a cheap shot at someone was out. That someone was Ben, he was disqualified from the challenge, and his team lost. Ben was being controlled by his id in this situation, because he wanted to win, and he was going to do whatever it took to win. He didn't think of the consequences of his action, and ended up disqualified, and losing. Another contestant being controlled by their id in this episode was Russle Hantz. He wanted to find that immunity necklace before anyone else, and was going to work hard to do it, even without any clues. Luckily for Russle, he found it, and no one else knows. Another person being controlled strictly by their id was Yasmin. She threw quite the hissy-fit when talking to Ben. She yelled, and Ben was very mad. He made multiple comments, and Yasmin just yelled back. She was right he was wrong, and that's just how it was, it made no difference to her. 

second impressions

After watching the first episode, My opinion has changed. So far Yasmin hasn't really said anything, and was surprisingly not the one causing the drama i thought would be started. The Drama however is already very high in tribe foe foe, thanks to Russle. Although Yasmin didn't start any drama, she was involved in helping her tribe win when it came to the puzzle in the second challenge, granting them immunity from tribal council. So no one in the purple tribe was eliminated tonight. However the yellow tribe decided to send Marissa home.  Throughout the episode the players were judging each other and trying to figure out strengths and weaknesses, and what ever else they could find out about their future opponents. So the question is, why are we so quick to judge others? I think we judge others simply because it's the way are brains are programed. We see something or someone we don't know, and the first thing we do is try to figure them out based on what is given to us on hand. 

Yasmin Giles

My contestant is Yasmin Giles. She lives in Los Angeles and works as a hair dresser. From what i've read about her she seems like she is aggressive, and used to competing. She doesn't hold back and she says what she feels. I think that she might cause a lot of drama throughout the show. I think she has a good chance of winning, she seems strong, and confident that she will.  However the other contestants, might vote her off the island because of her mouth and how good a competitor she might be.