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Thoughts on Survivor 17: Gabon.

1. Amazing… Crystal sets herself up for a huge fall within the first minute of the game. Sure, I mean, spill the tribe’s food all over the place. But don’t draw negative attention upon yourself by being a bitch and starving yourself afterwards. Tribes share successes and failures, making yourself stand out for any reason is not a good idea.

2. Hey! A hilarious trailer commercial on Tv for the new Seth Rogen movie. Is this going to be a highlight of the next hour? Ugh… I hope not.

3. I think Sugar is real cool, I just wish she weren’t so useless; she really blew it for the Fang tribe in that reward challenge (hey Nicole, I said ‘blew it’ instead of ‘fucked the fuck up’!).

Does she deserve a fifth trip to exile island? I don’t know… I can’t decide if she’s continually being sent there due to strategy, or rather a lack thereof.

4. Man, there are so many useless people yet to go in this game… so much of the Kota tribe sits out every match.

5. Bob wailing loudly upon getting the gift of letters from home has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I’m not sorry.

6. Playing for individual immunity already?? My, my… so each tribe is going to vote someone out tonight? I truly think Crystal is getting voted out for Fang, but for Kota?

I know Dan feels like he has a target on his back, but I think that Susie is far more useless to them at this point. But then if they’re going to be going for individual immunity from now on, are they going to be merging? Cos then Dan would be the obvious choice to go.

He eats too much, he’s annoying, and his constant pandering for attention and approval have gone unpunished only so far as they haven’t had to choose anyone to leave yet. All things considered, very tough to predict that one.

7. I’m so happy that Sugar did so well in the immunity challenge – that log roll challenge looked so awesome. I’m equally happy that Marcus awarded her the second immunity challenge, after they’ve tortured her so much in exile. I gladly take back the comment about her being useless.

8. Sugar has agreed to vote out Ace?? This could be huge.

9. Tribal Council, Fang .: I can`t believe Crystal is being such a psychotic bitch. This is exactly the sort of negative attention I was talking about earlier. Please be Crystal gone, please be Crystal gone…

10. Tribal Council, Kota .: Here it comes. Dan appears to be drawing negative attention upon himself, standing out in a bad way while pandering for safety. But what’s this? Susie suddenly seems to have a false sense of security. And why not, sure, cos the Kota tribe hasn’t had to worry about voting anyone out yet.

I don’t understand what Corinne is getting so bent out of shape about. So Susie happened to make a comment about voting for her. What’s the big deal? Without that one dropped joke (which I kinda think it was meant to be), she’d still be pulling Susie along for fun.

Is this going to be enough to keep Dan safe for another week? It seems not. Susie managed to squeak by, and she had better hope for a merge if she wants any chance of carrying on. Because of such, it’s going to be pretty tough to predict what can happen next week. But I’ll be here if you will.

Not ready.

Nobody – least of all the trees, with their full colours still hardly affected by the autumn – was ready for the crazy snowfall we experienced overnight. There are downed branches and stuff everywhere… amazing.

Ya heard?

About men.

Question .: Why is it that guys are so messy in the bathroom? Is it really that hard to clean up after yourselves?

Answer .: Men are very routine; if ever we pick a thing up, it comes with us. And if we finish with it, it goes right beside us – in case we need it again. We might. So men don’t ever ask why something isn’t put away, or where it’s put away, or anything… we just ask why junk wasn’t where we left it. Everything is practical with men.

Black and white.

Nicole needed some headshots to send off to some audition, or something to do with a something, and she needed to get them taken and printed right away. Out comes me and my fashion photography expertise… oh, in case you didn’t know, I’ve been a lot of gay things in past lives.

Anyway, we used a corner of the living room and set up a mini lighting situation with a table lamp softened through paper. I wound up taken over 50 different shots for her, and I couldn’t possibly presume to choose any one over another, so what I’ll do is attempt to deflect the responsibility of posting one to her, in hopes that she’ll share with you the one she likes the most.

Morning.

“Why did you put the jar of jam back in the fridge? There’s got to be like, nothing left in here.”

“Yeah, well I had it on some toast, and there was a bit left, so I put it back in case you wanted some jam on toast, too.”

“Except, no… yep, this jar is definitely empty. You put an empty jar back in the fridge.”

“Right, okay, but I wanted you to see that I tried.”

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #970.

Clever! Via Hobotopia.

Civil War.

Since I finished the Harry Potter series of books last summer, I’ve found myself to be in a very real struggle to find fiction that I actually enjoy. Recently, however, a couple of good friends have opened my eyes once again to the goings-on in the Marvel Comics Universe, events that slipped off of my radar over the last few years.

Since graduating high school, I’ve only very rarely bought any comics, and even then I’ve focused more on trade paperbacks than anything – I’ve borrowed a few Batman titles here and there, purchased V For Vendetta and Watchmen.

A couple of months ago, however, Jay tipped me off to the latest event in the Marvel Universe, the Secret Invasion serial. It spiked my interest enough to go to a few comic outlets, and flipping through the trades I discovered the Marvel Civil War (wiki), something I can’t figure out now how I missed.

As a quick courtesy, I’m just going to toss out the fact here that this entry is going to be pretty rich in comic lore, be it about specific characters, events, or what-have-you, and all appropriate references will be linked. This may run a bit long-winded, but I warn and assure you, you are likely to find this fascinating.

Events begin with a meeting of the secret Illuminati, a small collective of the world’s most powerful heroes:

• Doctor Strange, the Sorceror;
  
• Black Bolt, King of the Inhumans, who reside on the Moon;
  
• Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, founder of the X-Men;
  
• Reed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic, of the Fantastic Four;
  
• Namor the Sub-Mariner, King of Atlantis; and
  
• Iron Man (Anthony Stark), founding member of The Avengers.

In this meeting, Iron Man warned the others of the U.S. Government’s work on a new Superhuman Registration Act, one that would require all heroes everywhere to register their powers, abilities, even secret identities, all under the guise of accountability. Under the Act, heroes all become Government employees, subjected to mandated standardized training and education periods, and decorated with badges.

Iron Man even went on to warn the Illuminati that a single mistake on the part of any hero could ignite the political powderkeg set in the wake of the introduction of the Act, that the seriousness of the issue could not be ignored. And soon, they were obliged:

During a televised raid of a house containing select villains that had recently escaped from the super villain facility at Ryker’s Island prison during a massive breakout, the escaped villain Nitro let off a massive explosion that killed the majority of the New Warriors, as well as the children at a nearby elementary school. (Marvel.com)

Within the flame of a single explosion, killing over 600 people, the idea of privacy and even of Right and Wrong all wisp away like smoke. Before long, the Act becomes law, and the Universe is split; heroes believing the Act to be a reasonable request found a leader in Iron Man. These heroes were charged with the unsavoury duty of hunting down their friends – any unregistered hero to be arrested and incarcerated until such a time as they do register.

And those opposed to registration found an unlikely leader in Captain America. Believing the Act to be un-Constitutional, he leads a resistance of heroes underground, and the battling begins. Tensions run high as each side scrambles for allies, and each hero dying or switching sides is a momentous deal. No one is safe, as the Act and its consequences spread outside of American borders and affect all people, whether they are supernatural, muscled crime fighters, or mutants.

I’ll be reading this for awhile, as the whole saga spans approximately 106 issues, be they specific Civil War issues, or issues from serials about Spider-man, Wolverine, The X-men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, and so on. Make no mistake, there wasn’t anyone this event didn’t affect – the Civil War was the Marvel Universe for a considerable time.

And now, I’ve only got some thirty or so issues to read until I’m finished. Then maybe I will read the Secret Invasion…

Thoughts on Survivor 17: Gabon.

I eat babies and poo-poo!

1. “I’m not going to break that for a million dollars. Not for five million dollars.”   “Okay then, how about five million and one doll-”   “Sold.”

Matty and Ace form the next big alliance, bringing Sugar and Kenny along for the ride.

2. I don’t know, do you think the Kota tribe would vote off Dan just so that there was more food to go around? I totally think they would, but I bet if so, they’ll blame it upon something else.

3. That reward challenge was cool, I would love to have a chance to do something like that. Note to self: must find out if there’s some sort of Survivor camp nearby…

4. Randy is such an asshole. You don’t much see examples of sore winners, particularly when those individuals were solid subscribers to the losing quotient up until… what? A single week ago?

“More than winning, I love watching them lose.” Which annoys the shit out of me, seeing as how the only thing he’s contributed to the game has been a trio of goals in water polo that were handed to him by a teammate doing all the work.

5. Seriously, doesn’t Dan realize how much negative attention he’s drawing upon himself? I don’t think I’ve drooled over a plate of food like that since I was a young rotund boy living in Bavaria in the 1890s. I love sausage!

6. Tell me they didn’t just kill and eat Raphael.

7. That immunity challenge is amazing, the tension was off the charts. I got legitimately excited when Fang caught up in the challenge and then familiarly disappointed when they fell apart at the end cos they couldn’t work together.

Ace is a liability. Sure, he has the potential to be a strong competitor, and definitely has some leadership qualities about him. But it’s being lost in the fact that he’s trying to be such a loner. It’s not time to play the individual game yet. And if Sugar hadn’t just given him that immunity idol, I feel very strongly that he’d be on his way home.

The true tragedy of the Fang tribe is Matty – he’s being held back by everyone else. He is one of those true blue players, strong and able and willing to give 200%. He reminds me of Ethan back from Season 3 when they filmed in Africa.

8. Maybe the idea of drinking port while watching the show isn’t the best. I mean, I thought it would be calming, but it only angries up the blood.

9. If there’s going to be a blindside tonight, it’ll be because Crystal gets voted off. If there is a Jeebus, that would be my wish.

10. I’m not sorry to see Kelly go home, in the sense that I’m not sad to see an opening act leave the stage at a rock show. She’s done her bit; it wasn’t amazing, there was nothing special about her presence, she brought nothing unique or memorable to the experience.

So thanks for that, for whatever it’s worth, and let’s get back to business. Next week, Crystal gets voted off, or my name isn’t Bobby Danger Safety Bond Foley.