Thursday, September 24, 2009

Taking Candy from a Baby

Can you imagine the scent of your own socks burning over the campfire while you sleep? Such is the malady that befell protagonist Jaison when antagonist and general annoyance "Bad Russell" spewed his venom around the camp. Ironically, during this episode, Jaison chose to form an alliance with the sock burner. Jaison is trusting him, but "Bad Russell"is just using him and is not planning to share the immunity idol he foud without any clues! Grrrrr.... He thinks he can just control everyone by gaining sympathy with Katrina stories and stirring trouble by burning canteens. I think he's venomous and full of himself. No one has tried this strategy before though, it seems to work, but I am certain he will get voted off when they discover his treachery.
Now, on to another issue, there is a girl named Yasmin in the Galu tribe. When she woke up she was saying "Oh, I can't believe this!" "I can't believe people like this!" I am never taking my kids camping!" I liked this about her because it reminded me of my own mother, she even said it was like her. However, our opinon of her decreased when she started slandering the other team. When she went to their camp to observe after Galu won the challenge, she said that she would help them "So it wouldn't be too easy." She also complained at Ben, he will be brought up later, about him tackling her. At this, Ben said something I will not repeat, but it is not a swear word. Yasmin is okay, but she shouldn't have insulted the other tribe.
On one smaller note, Shambo of the Galu Tribe said she was good at spear fishing, so she was sent to fish. She lost the mouthpiece of the snorkel and didn't catch anything. She told her tribe members that along with "There are a lot of the fish in the reef." I bet you can guess their reaction.
Now, the main issue: Betsy vs. Ben. Betsy is a police officer who is around 47 years old. Ben is 28 years old, but is a troublemaker. In this episode, there is a lot of tension between these two. The tribe feels that Betsy is weaker than Ben and should be voted out next. However, Betsy is saying that Ben will cause trouble around camp. They eventually decided to vote Betsy out, everyone voted for Betsy except for Betsy. I think that they should have voted Ben out. The thing that really matters is how strong your teamwork is, not having strong people. People like Ben just bring trouble, they tear the team apart. If a bunch of strong people need to work together to lift something, but their teamwork is poor, the job will be less effective if it even gets done. Anyway, Betsy may be older, but I haven't seen her do poorly in challenges much. Get rid of Ben, PEOPLE!
P.S. When Betsy was writing down Ben's name, she sang "Bad Boy, Bad Boy, Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" This was classic.

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