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[please note: if you are on the west coast, this post contains information about an episode of a popular tv show that you might not have seen yet. if you're the sort of person who hates spoilers, then you should just read this post some other time.]

what is it about reality tv that's so compelling? Actually, since that's been hashed out in newspaper columns for like three years now, maybe I should just ask what it is about tv in general? I dunno.

A fake grandmother death? Despite it being the oldest trick in the book that's used by dorks in high school to get out of exams / projects / speeches / detention, it *will* go down in history as the dirtiest Survivor trick ever. :)

Whenever I watch Survivor I'm always torn between "I can't believe these people are willing to demean themselves and play the fool in front of millions of people" and "damn I wish I was on that show, I'd totally kick ass" attitudes. Mostly the former. But with Amazing Race I'm totally the latter -- Vinny and I *would* kick their asses. Even the Chippendales.

This actually makes me think of my thoughts toward lotteries. I like to say I'm Communist when it comes to lotteries: I don't think anybody should ever win stupid amounts like $80 million -- instead, I think 80 people should win a million. In Canada, that's not taxed, so it's 80 millionaires instead of just one. But that's not terribly Communist really, it's more "give Cam a better chance at winning money"-ist. Is that a word?

Apparently I'm bored here in rural Nova Scotia. For those outside Nova Scotia who don't know where that is: picture the Maine-New Brunswick border (a vertical line). Now follow it straight down, accross the Bay of Fundy, until you hit Nova Scotia. Now go to the right slightly, and there I am. See me waving?

Now, the same directions for those who don't know anything outside their own state: hold up your right hand, palm up, fingers curled, thumb out like you're hitching a ride. That's the United States (48 contiguous states, not Alaska and Hawai'i, or any protectorates, or Afghanistan, or Iraq). Now imagine your thumb was about a half-inch longer. I'm right at it's tip. See me waving?

OK, time to post and come up with something else to do. :)

Comments

[bartok.livejournal.com]

Did they let them on Amazon? I remember it on Thailand. Of course this Survivor has all been about shaking up the status quo. Now what seems quite odd is that they've never had the relative and the person alone like that to my knowledge. I'm thinking the producers knew beforehand regarding the whole grandmother thing, and didn't want someone to blow it if everyone else was around. I'm feeling better about Sandra though, she's making some good moves. My predictions for next booties:

Burton
Christa
Jon
Darrah
leaving Sandra and Lill. Any comments?

[kdborg.livejournal.com]

I can see the final 4 as Burton, Christa, Darrah and Sandra.

Jon is going to go too far. Someone might figure out his grandmother isn't dead. Wonder who will clue in and start asking questions: Why bring your grandmother to a challenge if she's sick and dying? What did she die from?

Sandra would appear to be safe from the fish incident.

[leapfish.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling really good about Sandra making it to the end - she's got a lot of spunk that they haven't been showing. I just like the idea that there are still quite a few women in the game.