Water Cooler Talk from Two Guys Who Look Alarmingly Similar
Week 3
We don't spend a whole lot of time being serious in these write-ups of ours, but we'll give it a shot for a paragraph or two. Losing a loved one to a dreaded disease like cancer is an emotionally draining experience. We have watched several of our own relatives battle this horrible disease, as it literally drains the life from people who were once healthy and vigorous.
We know that Jenna was very close to her mother, and that Carla's 10-year battle with the disease was fought with courage and strength that we can't fathom. Losing her mother on November 19 was undoubtedly extremely difficult for Jenna; but as the result of the timing of her passing, it would seem that Jenna will have the unfortunate experience of reliving all of those difficult emotions over again as she watches herself on TV.
While it was handled as tastefully as it could have been handled on a reality TV show, tonight's episode will undoubtedly rekindle the flood of emotions Jenna dealt with nearly three months ago. We'll keep Jenna and her dad in our prayers as they continue their grieving process.
And now, back to our previously scheduled irresponsible drivel...
NASA is reportedly sending a rover to explore the "Craters of Saboga."
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We began tonight's show as everyone compared their lovely bug bites with one another. Everyone seems to have a rather disgusting collection of bites, some of which were big enough that they should get their own votes at Tribal Council.
The Saboga Tribe spent much of their time watching over their shoulders, knowing that at any moment Rudy's "friends" could swoop down from the skies in order to systematically eliminate them in a very permanent way. In order to keep their minds off of Rudy's threat, they kept themselves busy with various construction projects. Jerri even built a lovely ironing board.
Jerri crafted a beauty of an ironing board for kicks.
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At the Mogo Mogo camp, Rich decided it was a good time to head back into the water to reestablish himself as the Naked Provider of Fish. He dove right in, just like he did back in his Borneo days. A few innocent-looking stingrays floated by here and there.
Rich obviously didn't hear the warning signs. "Bah-dum... bah-dum... bah-dah-bump-pah, bah-dah-bump-pah...!" Undoubtedly, you recognize this as the Jaws theme song which should have sent Rich sprinting out of the water had he been sane.
But instead, Rich decided he should face the shark, man-to-fin. The shark, which ironically was also naked, did not want to go down without a fight. The sharp-toothed fish decided to latch on to Rich's arm, which was hardly the most comical place it could have chosen to grasp. The shark eventually decided it would be better to just give up rather than spend another minute viewing Rich's Blurred Region, so the Mogoans had a nice feast for the afternoon.
On this particular day, there were two fierce, naked warriors in the sea.
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Upon returning to camp, Rich gave a very modest, detailed description of his battle with the shark, reminding everyone over and over again that he is the biggest hero ever to grace the Earth. Oh, and by the way he bit the shark after the shark bit him. A textbook shark fishing expedition if we have ever seen one.
The Reward Challenge promised to offer the winners some items that would provide for better sleeping conditions. Each of the tribes were given a fancy box from the local Home Depot store, which is coincidentally a sponsor of Survivor.
The boxes contained a bunch of manly items to be used to construct a new home. The tribe that built the best home, as judged by some guy, would win some creature comforts that would be thrown 35,000 feet out of an airplane.
While other tribemates bickered, Boston Rob single-handledly builds a castle.
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At the Chapera Tribe, Big Tom and Sue got into a Dialect Battle From Hell. Frankly, we have no idea what the argument was about. We can't understand a word either of these people say half the time. As an example, feel free to download and interpret this snippet from tonight's show. We had to listen to it several times before we decided it just probably wasn't too important.
Thankfully, the Chapera Tribe had a competent construction expert in the form of Boston Rob, who made the wise executive decision to send the other Rob off with Alicia to look for elves or something.
We gotta hand it to Boston Rob. The guy was a whiz with the construction of the shelter, but we must bow down to his Manly Charm. Let's face it, under normal circumstances, a sweaty person, covered with nasty bug bites, and who has not showered in several days is not exactly something a woman typically falls for. It sure as heck hasn't worked for us. But it seemed to be quite appealing to Amber, and who can argue with that!
Jenna L. immensely helps her tribe with their construction by balancing wood on her head.
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It looks like we'll be seeing more of the Happy Island Couple as their relationship evolves from an "alliance" to a "wink-wink alliance!"
Meanwhile, the Saboga Tribe tried to figure out how to build a shelter that would have a good, solid lock on it, in order to keep Rudy's "friends" from entering at night. Jerri and Rupert spent a good part of the day whining at one another.
The Mogo Mogoans wisely ignored Shii Ann's suggestions as she decided they should make a rope ladder, dumb waiter, rock garden and of course a coconut phone for their dwelling. She seriously couldn't understand why nobody was listening to her.
The Home Inspector Guy was treated to a fun ride on the Chapera Swing.
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The local inspector showed up at each camp to check out their work, and then make fun of each effort with Jeff Probst. In the end, the Chapera gang won the box o' goodies, which were delivered quite literally by air mail.
The Chapera gang celebrated by getting quite inebriated, prompting some more romantic notions from Rob and Amber. Thankfully the alcohol didn't have the same effect on Tom and Sue.
Of course, as we alluded before, the show had an extremely emotional ending as Jenna decided she needed to leave the series to be at home with her family. We would like to mention that we did have a chance to chat with Jenna for a little bit after the show aired, and she wanted to express her thanks to those who have sent messages, both by e-mail and on her guestbook.
We can assure you that Jenna does indeed read the messages you have posted, and she appreciates the thoughtful messages... and we have also forwarded several e-mail messages to her that have come through the site.
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