Post by babybear on Oct 12, 2005 16:01:30 GMT -5
Recap of Episode 1-4
So, Survivor loaded up it's cameras and support staff and a bunch of masochistic player types and headed for Guatemala....land of the Maya. I don't remember if the Maya were a human sacrifice group or not, but I suspect that Survivor will continue with it's girl thingy practice of just voting people off the tribe and not letting them actually eat one another to make progress in the game.
I'm a few weeks behind, so you'll have to bear with me. I may not remember everything just like it really happened. You will probably notice as we go along through future episodes that it won't matter that I'm no longer behind and I'll still mess things up.
Thus far, I can't remember anyone's name. Well, that's a lie. I do remember a couple of names. There are Bobby Jon and Stephanie. For some reason those names are more memorable to me. Oh yeah, that's right...they are a rerun. In case you forgot, last Survivor, those two hung in there on the worst tribe to ever play survivor. When their tribe had arrived at the ripe number of 2 (two), yep, that's two, they had a special tribal council where Stephanie proved what we suspected all along, that she could light her own fire better than Bobby Jon could. Smirk.
Ok, so I remember them and I remember Blake because he is the one who always appears to be dying right up until a challenge and then he takes off like a bat out of hell and runs around like an olympic champion. Then he falls over again. Oh, I remember Jim. He was the old guy that went off rather quickly. He hurt his arm.
A couple of other noteworthy names are Morgan and Brianna. You should remember them because they aren't around to give you fresh memories anymore. Morgan apparently wasn't a ball of fire around camp. Brianna fell victim to the switch up of the tribes last week.
At the mention of the switch up, I just know you're going OMG, I've missed half the season already...they're switching people!!!! Nope, you are ok. Put down the poison dart gun...you're fine. Relax, take deep breaths. Apparently Survivor was concerned about the fact that Stephanie is ALWAYS on the tribe that loses immunity so they switched up the tribes so she would have a shot at winning an immunity challenge. Sadly, this proved to be a game design flaw, since Steph's tribe once again lost immunity to the reformed other tribe. What ARE those names of those tribes. Hang on, I'll look 'em up for ya. Oh yeah, Nakum and Yaxha. I'm not sure who is on what tribe at the moment, they confused me with the switch. I'll figure it out later, hopefully.
Ok, let's see here.
Amy: 39, Police Sergeant from Revere, MA YAXHA
She, like another castaway, played professional football at one time and wanted to be on Survivor to have "the experience of a lifetime." I can't say I get this...I mean to me, an "experience of a lifetime" involves my lover, a swimming pool, wesson oil and a luxury fantasy suite of the African veldt. For these folks it seems to be bugs, crocs, blistering heat and crappin' and peein' in the woods.
Blake: 24, Real Estate Broker/Model from Dallas, TX NAKUM
Yep, he's one of the pukers. See, I should tell you, the first challenge was a reward challenge and to win, there was a 24 hour hike through the jungle to boats that one paddled across a lake like thing (could be a river, chock full o' crocks) to a mayan temple. The "winners" got the mayan temple as their campsite. The "losers" had to paddle off to what was reported to be a worse campsite. So, the tribe these guys were on (the pukers) were relentless and drove themselves to complete physical exhaustion to get there first, to win the preferred campsite. Except, despite this big nice temple structure, they are still out in the jungle camping because mayan temples cannot be touched, can't have anything leaned against their walls, etc. They look good, those temples, but unless you are mayan and planning a prayer meeting, you got nothing. Plus, the loser site is closer to water. Anyway, Blake says he's so competitive it's ridiculous and I believe him. This is why, even if he dies out there, he will continue to get up and run those challenges.
Bobby Jon, 27, Waiter from Troy, AL NAKUM
Dimples. That's all I gotta say. KILLER DIMPLES.
Brandon: 22, Farmer/Rancher from Manhattan, KS NAKUM
Don't know a lot about him yet, but he says he's not some dumb hick. Kinda cute.
Brian: 22, Ivy League Student from New York, NY YAXHA
Well, if he can make it there....Heh. Actually, what kind of description is "Ivy League Student". He plans a psychological strategy.
Brianna: 21, Make-up artist from Edmonds, WA GONE
She was a cheerleader, but who cares, she's gone already.
Brooke: 26, Law Student from Hood River, OR GONE
She may, as her bio indicates, be a creative girl with problem solving skills, but it didn't keep her on the tribe.
Cindy: 31, Zookeeper from Naples, FL NAKUM
OK, I gotta say one thing here...when the ZOOKEEPER says "no, I don't want to go swimming in the lake full of crocodiles" one might want to take that as a reliable hint that swimming in the lake full of crocodiles is a bad idea. ZOOKEEPER, people. She works in a ZOO.
Danni: 30, Sports Radio Talk Show Host from Tonganoxie, KS NAKUM
What are the odds? Say you were a professional football player (no not Amy), like maybe a Quarterback for an NFL team. Let's say you decide as part of your Survivor strategy not to let anyone know you were a professional NFL Quarterback. What are the odds of Danni showing up and being a Sports Radio Talk Show Host.
Gary: 46, Ex-NFL Quarterback/Real Estate Developer from Grand Haven, MI YAXHA
See Danni above. He's busted. He's still denying it, but he's busted. People may be aggravated at him for lying to them, or they may be ticked if they find out thinking he has a lot of money. Either way...he could be TOAST. For now, he's just busted.
Jamie: 24, Water Ski Instructor from North Hollywood, CA YAXHA
Oh come on, the last darn thing you need when you live by a lake full of crocodiles is a water ski instructor. This has to be Mark Burnett's idea of a joke.
Jim: 63, Retired Fire Captain from Northglenn, CO GONE
Seemed like a nice old guy, but he seriously hurt his arm on the first immunity challenge and went home.
Judd: 34, Hotel Doorman from Ridgefield, NJ NAKUM
Hotel Doorman? O...K... Judd has already made a flop in his alliances so he may either end up wheeling and deeling back and forth ala James (BB6) or he will get axed quickly for being unpredictable. Personally, I want him ejected just so I can sing that one song from the musical Oklahoma....Poor Judd is dead....sorry, it's that musical theater affliction I have.
Lydia: 41, Fishmonger from Lakewood, WA YAXHA
I'll tell ya one thing...this gal has been getting votes at just about every tribal council and that is just stupid. You're out there next to a lake with NO FOOD. She managed to catch minnows (grant you, they are small but protein laden) and if and when someone gets a clue and actually catches some big fish, she will KNOW what to do with them so you don't have to eat bones and stuff. Plus, despite needing hip replacement surgery, she's doing her part keeping up the camp and helping in challenges.
Margaret: 43, Family Nurse Practitioner from Chardon, OH NAKUM
I bet she's saying...holy crap, I got on Survivor to get away from illness and the second day, my tribe falls out and starts puking. She's babying Blake too much.
Morgan: 21, Magician's Assistant/Waitress from Decatur, IL GONE
Well, I guess if you had needed someone to stand around and point or someone to saw in half, this would have been your gal, but too bad, she's history.
Rafe: 22, Wilderness Guide from Providence, RI YAXHA
He's Mormon, he's flamboyant. He's a wilderness guide.
Stephanie: 25, Pharmaceutical Sales Rep. from Philadelphia, PA YAXHA
She was America's sweetheart when she was out there trying to survive all alone having watched every member of her tribe leave before her. This season, she may be wearing a little thin because she seems to be spending a lot of time saying "Why me??" and complaining about always being on the "losing" tribe. Hmmm.
Ok, that should catch everyone up a little. I will try to find CURRENT tribe listings since the switch got me befuddled so you will know who is where. Oh, and so far, no human sacrifice....just like I figured.
written by BC and Scott
So, Survivor loaded up it's cameras and support staff and a bunch of masochistic player types and headed for Guatemala....land of the Maya. I don't remember if the Maya were a human sacrifice group or not, but I suspect that Survivor will continue with it's girl thingy practice of just voting people off the tribe and not letting them actually eat one another to make progress in the game.
I'm a few weeks behind, so you'll have to bear with me. I may not remember everything just like it really happened. You will probably notice as we go along through future episodes that it won't matter that I'm no longer behind and I'll still mess things up.
Thus far, I can't remember anyone's name. Well, that's a lie. I do remember a couple of names. There are Bobby Jon and Stephanie. For some reason those names are more memorable to me. Oh yeah, that's right...they are a rerun. In case you forgot, last Survivor, those two hung in there on the worst tribe to ever play survivor. When their tribe had arrived at the ripe number of 2 (two), yep, that's two, they had a special tribal council where Stephanie proved what we suspected all along, that she could light her own fire better than Bobby Jon could. Smirk.
Ok, so I remember them and I remember Blake because he is the one who always appears to be dying right up until a challenge and then he takes off like a bat out of hell and runs around like an olympic champion. Then he falls over again. Oh, I remember Jim. He was the old guy that went off rather quickly. He hurt his arm.
A couple of other noteworthy names are Morgan and Brianna. You should remember them because they aren't around to give you fresh memories anymore. Morgan apparently wasn't a ball of fire around camp. Brianna fell victim to the switch up of the tribes last week.
At the mention of the switch up, I just know you're going OMG, I've missed half the season already...they're switching people!!!! Nope, you are ok. Put down the poison dart gun...you're fine. Relax, take deep breaths. Apparently Survivor was concerned about the fact that Stephanie is ALWAYS on the tribe that loses immunity so they switched up the tribes so she would have a shot at winning an immunity challenge. Sadly, this proved to be a game design flaw, since Steph's tribe once again lost immunity to the reformed other tribe. What ARE those names of those tribes. Hang on, I'll look 'em up for ya. Oh yeah, Nakum and Yaxha. I'm not sure who is on what tribe at the moment, they confused me with the switch. I'll figure it out later, hopefully.
Ok, let's see here.
Amy: 39, Police Sergeant from Revere, MA YAXHA
She, like another castaway, played professional football at one time and wanted to be on Survivor to have "the experience of a lifetime." I can't say I get this...I mean to me, an "experience of a lifetime" involves my lover, a swimming pool, wesson oil and a luxury fantasy suite of the African veldt. For these folks it seems to be bugs, crocs, blistering heat and crappin' and peein' in the woods.
Blake: 24, Real Estate Broker/Model from Dallas, TX NAKUM
Yep, he's one of the pukers. See, I should tell you, the first challenge was a reward challenge and to win, there was a 24 hour hike through the jungle to boats that one paddled across a lake like thing (could be a river, chock full o' crocks) to a mayan temple. The "winners" got the mayan temple as their campsite. The "losers" had to paddle off to what was reported to be a worse campsite. So, the tribe these guys were on (the pukers) were relentless and drove themselves to complete physical exhaustion to get there first, to win the preferred campsite. Except, despite this big nice temple structure, they are still out in the jungle camping because mayan temples cannot be touched, can't have anything leaned against their walls, etc. They look good, those temples, but unless you are mayan and planning a prayer meeting, you got nothing. Plus, the loser site is closer to water. Anyway, Blake says he's so competitive it's ridiculous and I believe him. This is why, even if he dies out there, he will continue to get up and run those challenges.
Bobby Jon, 27, Waiter from Troy, AL NAKUM
Dimples. That's all I gotta say. KILLER DIMPLES.
Brandon: 22, Farmer/Rancher from Manhattan, KS NAKUM
Don't know a lot about him yet, but he says he's not some dumb hick. Kinda cute.
Brian: 22, Ivy League Student from New York, NY YAXHA
Well, if he can make it there....Heh. Actually, what kind of description is "Ivy League Student". He plans a psychological strategy.
Brianna: 21, Make-up artist from Edmonds, WA GONE
She was a cheerleader, but who cares, she's gone already.
Brooke: 26, Law Student from Hood River, OR GONE
She may, as her bio indicates, be a creative girl with problem solving skills, but it didn't keep her on the tribe.
Cindy: 31, Zookeeper from Naples, FL NAKUM
OK, I gotta say one thing here...when the ZOOKEEPER says "no, I don't want to go swimming in the lake full of crocodiles" one might want to take that as a reliable hint that swimming in the lake full of crocodiles is a bad idea. ZOOKEEPER, people. She works in a ZOO.
Danni: 30, Sports Radio Talk Show Host from Tonganoxie, KS NAKUM
What are the odds? Say you were a professional football player (no not Amy), like maybe a Quarterback for an NFL team. Let's say you decide as part of your Survivor strategy not to let anyone know you were a professional NFL Quarterback. What are the odds of Danni showing up and being a Sports Radio Talk Show Host.
Gary: 46, Ex-NFL Quarterback/Real Estate Developer from Grand Haven, MI YAXHA
See Danni above. He's busted. He's still denying it, but he's busted. People may be aggravated at him for lying to them, or they may be ticked if they find out thinking he has a lot of money. Either way...he could be TOAST. For now, he's just busted.
Jamie: 24, Water Ski Instructor from North Hollywood, CA YAXHA
Oh come on, the last darn thing you need when you live by a lake full of crocodiles is a water ski instructor. This has to be Mark Burnett's idea of a joke.
Jim: 63, Retired Fire Captain from Northglenn, CO GONE
Seemed like a nice old guy, but he seriously hurt his arm on the first immunity challenge and went home.
Judd: 34, Hotel Doorman from Ridgefield, NJ NAKUM
Hotel Doorman? O...K... Judd has already made a flop in his alliances so he may either end up wheeling and deeling back and forth ala James (BB6) or he will get axed quickly for being unpredictable. Personally, I want him ejected just so I can sing that one song from the musical Oklahoma....Poor Judd is dead....sorry, it's that musical theater affliction I have.
Lydia: 41, Fishmonger from Lakewood, WA YAXHA
I'll tell ya one thing...this gal has been getting votes at just about every tribal council and that is just stupid. You're out there next to a lake with NO FOOD. She managed to catch minnows (grant you, they are small but protein laden) and if and when someone gets a clue and actually catches some big fish, she will KNOW what to do with them so you don't have to eat bones and stuff. Plus, despite needing hip replacement surgery, she's doing her part keeping up the camp and helping in challenges.
Margaret: 43, Family Nurse Practitioner from Chardon, OH NAKUM
I bet she's saying...holy crap, I got on Survivor to get away from illness and the second day, my tribe falls out and starts puking. She's babying Blake too much.
Morgan: 21, Magician's Assistant/Waitress from Decatur, IL GONE
Well, I guess if you had needed someone to stand around and point or someone to saw in half, this would have been your gal, but too bad, she's history.
Rafe: 22, Wilderness Guide from Providence, RI YAXHA
He's Mormon, he's flamboyant. He's a wilderness guide.
Stephanie: 25, Pharmaceutical Sales Rep. from Philadelphia, PA YAXHA
She was America's sweetheart when she was out there trying to survive all alone having watched every member of her tribe leave before her. This season, she may be wearing a little thin because she seems to be spending a lot of time saying "Why me??" and complaining about always being on the "losing" tribe. Hmmm.
Ok, that should catch everyone up a little. I will try to find CURRENT tribe listings since the switch got me befuddled so you will know who is where. Oh, and so far, no human sacrifice....just like I figured.
written by BC and Scott
