Although I didn’t blog about Survivor Gabon this season much, I did watch it.  I suppose it is like watching a car wreck – you want to look away but you can’t.  I really despised some of these horrible people that were on this season.  In fact, even during last night’s tribal council, the ultimate bitch, Corrine, blasted the 3 finalists with truly horrible comments.  Randy, who was deservedly embarrassed by falling for the fake idol, was literally swearing at the winner over the crowd and had to be muted. 

How pathetic is it that grown adults can’t actually ACT like adults, whether during a game or after.  Randy, when addressing surprise finalist Susie, was particularly nasty.   Then Corrine came up to address the 3 and really showed her true side, which she proudly touted during the live finale.  This is me, people – get over it.

Perhaps she’s trying to rival Johnny Idiot Rotten for nasty – but at least TRY to pretend that you’re not that way… ugh. 

I’m glad that Bob Crowley was voted the Ultimate Survivor.  He really kicked ass, despite his 57 years.

Biography

Robert “Bob” Crowley (58)
Hometown: Portland, Maine
Occupation: Physics Teacher
Robert Crowley considers himself a hybrid of Indiana Jones and Robinson Crusoe. He loves the outdoors and is always ready for his next adventure.
Robert is a high school physics teacher in Gorham, Maine and holds both Associate and Bachelor degrees in forestry from the University of Maine – Orono and a Masters of Education degree from the University of Southern Maine. However, after the school bell rings, Robert becomes an entrepreneur. His wide range of jobs span from being a first mate on a research boat for the Smithsonian Institution in Canada to an entomologist for the USDA, to a skunk relocater, as well as President, Vice President and Chief Negotiator for his local Teacher’s Union.
When not on an adventure, Robert interests include journal writing, story telling, photography, bone collecting, archeology and camping.
This tree climbing scientist, who describes himself as honest, adventurous, resourceful and witty, built his truly "green" summer cabin back when green was only referred to as the color. His "green" cabin was completely built with recycled material and requires a fraction of the energy of the average U.S. home. He’s built numerous structures from recycled material including wharfs, saunas, a chicken house and a hunting cabin.
Robert strategy is to be a provider and to fly under the radar on SURVIVOR. He’s out to prove that nice guys can make it to the end of the game.
Robert and his wife Peggy reside in Portland, Maine. They have two sons, David and John, one daughter, Page, and a high maintenance cat named William. Robert’s birth date is February 25, 1951.

While he wasn’t necessarily the “nice” guy he’d hoped to be, he certainly kicked those rotten people’s Asses.

– but also that Susie got 3 of the 7 votes.  How empowering that must be for her AND her family.   At 47 years of age, she took a time out to go on Survivor, and to make it to the final 3 – really, the final TWO – how awesome is that!? 

So congratulations to the winner – Bob – and Susie, the 2nd place winner.  Sugar, the 3rd place, received no votes, and obviously didn’t expect any.  Still, to survive 39 days “alone” after so recently losing her dad – Excellent!

They’re off to Brazil next year.  Maybe a headhunter will swoop down and grab Corrine.

As long as you’re there Jeffy, I’ll be watching.

The fact that I can go 4 days without finding out accidentally who was voted off of Survivor tells you how far the show has fallen, don’t you think?

When I finally did watch it, I was slightly surprised to see that they changed up the tribes, and because Sugar was picked last (as well as voted the least useful member of her tribe), she was sent to Exile again, where she would remain until after the next tribal council.

Meanwhile, the new/old/new tribes began their strategizing.  WIth the immunity challenge, they were given lacrosse sticks(?) and they practiced but it was fun to watch Kota figure out which one to get rid of next, Randy (useless) or Suzie, who had made a major effort to work hard around camp.

They basically played water polo on rafts.  Randy manages to score 3 goals in a row for Kota, while Fang members are called useless by Jeff. LOL  Of course, if you seriously add up the total weight of the Fant tribe, and compare it to the Kota tribe, they probably outweigh them by ALOT. I think that played a big part in the challenge, because the light people couldn’t get around at all on the rafts.

Anyway, back at camp, then they all sat around sullen, figuring out who to vote out.  Blah blahblahhhh.

Jacquie, a 25 yr old medical salesperson, was voted off.

This week, the Fang tribe continued to bicker amongst themselves, while Koda continued to enjoy their unity.

The luxury challenge was brutal. They had to physically remove the opposing tribe member from a post and then drag them across a finish line.  Ace, the ass of Kota, sacrificed Paloma, to the pole. Paloma, who had already voiced her opinion about Ace and how people felt he was a god, is the smallest member of their tribe.  The decision made no sense.  Kota lost the challenge and Sugar was sent to exile.

Fang won bedding.   Ace, from Kota, had already expressed the opinion that they shouldn’t use their strongest players for the luxury challenge, then continued to comment about how she’d “given up” – he didn’t bring up the fact that he had ALSO been carried across the line.

When Sugar got to exile, she went right to searching out the clues for the immunity idol. She found it eventually.

All the usual talking and plotting about alliances began, and sides were chosen.

For the immunity challenge, the tribes were sent down these giant slip & slides to grab puzzle pieces, which then had to be run up a hill to the puzzle solvers.  They were pretty evenly matched, and finally, Fang won the immunity challenge.

In a last ditch effort to save herself, Paloma tried to get people to turn on and vote Ace out – she was close, but in the end, she went to join Gillian.

Ok – Survivor is KNOWN for their remote locations, and they typically do not start them off in a posh, stocked hotel room.  So, when will these people who sign up for this start doing their homework before they’re shipped off to the middle of nowhere?  Why WOULDN’T you learn how to do this stuff – like what you should do when you GET THERE.  Hmmm – Fire? Check.  Water? Check.  These new survivors are all the same, though.  Then they complain about the one guy who does have a clue.  Oy!

So yeah, Ace is annoying – but at least he’s got a clue. Of course, people will grow tired of his sense of entitlement pretty quickly.  I can’t see him going too far.

Michelle, whining about the cold.  Complaining about how stupid her tribe is. Yah, that’ll get you voted most likely to get your ass dumped.  You know you’re going on Survivor.  It is ALWAYS rainy wherever they shoot.  Wear some CLOTHES, people.

Immunity challenge pretty funny – Jeff reminding the players that this is a million dollar game, not a playground. LOL  He must get annoyed with these guys too.

Fang tribe needs a clue.  Kota tribe kicked serious ass.  Who’s going home first?  I’d bet on Gillian, but it was Michelle to go – negativity will bite ya in the butt every time.

The drama of the Fang tribe trying to find their way through setting their camp up, GC stepping up to take charge, and then giving it up – it’s stupid stuff like that that makes me not want to watch. I have enough childish crap in my own house.

In years past, the tribes that took control early on and continued to trounce the other tribe got old. In just this first 2 hours, they’ve won FOUR challenges.

As an aside? Who wears a freakin SKIRT to go on Survivor?  A SKIRT?

The new change for Exile “island” – not an island anymore. Interesting choice – you get a clue or an item of comfort.  So Dan takes the clue, and then couldn’t figure it out.

The second tribal counsel was obvious – they were gonna get rid of Gillian because of her age and lack of physical abilities.  But that woman applied 15 TIMES to be on Survivor – that shows alot of spunk!