"you should've scrambled"

so i'm sitting here staring at my screen through tear stained and blood shot eyes. Sitting in a pile of the shattered pieces to my broken heart. I refuse to sweep it up because then its over. I have nothing left of Brenda to cling to but a memory. Her pimple had even faded! She didn't even have the talking pimple this week!

"There comes a time in this game, Jane, when you have to start saying "See ya.""
Holly... as i said last week and as i've said from the beginning she is a huge threat physically. but who knew she could be so strategic!? she does like to call people out and she gets away scotch free.. well this episode was no different. This was hands down the smartest move this season. I don't care if you win 50 immunity challenges no game play trumps this power play. Targeting Brenda was brilliant and then getting the majority to actually go along with it!?!?! I'm not gonna lie when i saw her talking about it at the start of the episode i thought for sure she had just signed her death warrant. Stupid woman! you're never gonna get enough votes to get her out. Noone is gonna turn on Brenda... not only did she get enough votes.. she got Sash's vote! Holly deserves to win this game in my opinion. After last night, Holly deserves to win this game.... and did you notice how Na Onka & Benry (yeah, really... Benry!) took the blame for it? Holly just sat back quiet at Tribal Council smiling... no doubt going over pot roast recipe's in her head!... She's one to watch... scratch that.. she is THE one to watch. I didn't think she had that much strategy in her. Holly is definitely MVP this season to me. I don't see anyone making a bigger move than that. Voting out Brenda was a game changer. HUGE. EPIC...

and although it didn't have an impact on the game.. did you hear her say "now its not something to get upset over. we just have to clean it up and move on" when they got back to camp after Benry got pissed?? ... thats the mother in her... thats the reason why she can say "hey Na Onka what did you do with the flour?" "Jill you're stupid. you can' eat snails" (also did anyone else see how she was eating a hermit crab last night? i loved it) and she gets away with it. because you can't stay mad at your mom. mom's are always right. you do what they tell you to do... . and sometimes they tell you to quit talking to the girl next door.

I really like Dan. I do. my favorites in the game of Survivor are the villains and the old people. Always. and Dan (and Jane) is my old person this season. He's basically a waste of space. He'll finish 4th no doubt in my mind. But i just love him. He reminds me of a Keebler elf on steroids. He's about 4 feet tall and he's biceps are bigger than his whole body and he struts around in his 1972 NBA ready shorts. He's just funny to me.

"Chase is sucking up to Brenda like he wants to get in her pants or something"
Jane is a fricken ninja granny! What the hell! i think i'm gonna have to start doing some P90x and dog grooming! What i love about Jane is whats ultimately gonna be her downfall. She does have that "my momma tol' me" personality like Marty said. She is southern. She uses slang that i thought only my family used. She is just so lovable! how can you not like her? She has determination and will power..... everything that makes her a threat. There was no need for her to stay in that tile breaking challenge that long. I get that you want to prove a point to Marty.. but you're also proving that you're a threat. There was no need for her to win that immunity challenge last night. She wasn't in trouble. She's fraile. She's old. She's not a threat... thats what everyone's thinking. JANE, LET THEM THINK IT! LET THEM THINK IT, JANE! dig down deep and find that strength at the final immunity challenge. you don't need it now. Now don't get me wrong, i'm glad, for my sake, that she did because it definitely gave me something to talk about and a nice water cooler moment. But i think its gonna be her downfall in the game.. THEN she pulled herself back up. she didn't fall in the water. she pulled herself back up that rope. She's already set herself up as a huge threat in this game. I can't see her getting near the final 4. They're not gonna risk her winning it all, because lets face it. she would win it all.
"I trust Brenda. There is no reason or rhyme. its just the simple fact that i trust her"
Chase is so pitiful. Everything about him is just so pitiful. Chase is one of those guys who needs to get out more. Chase strikes me as the guy whose had to be the man of the house early on in his life and was so used to be the whipping boy and told "now go do this for me... go do that for me..." and when he got older and he moved on he was so used to taking over the bitch role he doesn't know how to survive unless he's being dragged around and beaten down by a woman. I think Holly said it best. "WHAT THE _____ IS WRONG WITH CHASE!?"...(yikes! dropping F bombs! someone must have just spilled grape juice on mother's perfect white carpet.... or tried to ruin her perfect plan) He's just so soft spoken. I don't like nice soft spoken people.

"I don't have to do anything crazy to beat them. I'm really not that impressed"
Brenda got comfortable. Plain and simple. You never get comfortable in this game. Its easy to sit at home and say "oh i could do that" or "woulda coulda shoulda"... well Brenda, you woulda coulda shoulda scrambled. Like Holly said. You should have scrambled. and actually i COULD do that also. there's no doubt in my mind if i were to ever be on Survivor i'd be the Russell of my season. I'd be the Todd. I'd be the Yul. I'd be the Parvati. I'd be the Brenda... i'm a strategist. i'm manipulative. I'm always right. and i say that with 100% confidence. I'm the smartest person i know. I always get what i want. Always. My only problem would be going 1 day, let along 39 without brushing my teeth. If i could survive the elements there's no doubt in my mind i could survive the mental aspect... but this isn't about me.. its about Brenda, so back to her.. You don't get comfortable. You don't take time to smell the roses and watch the sunsets. You can come back to Nicaragua once you have a million dollars and just lay around and watch the sunset. You don't make friends on that island. You come home and Facebook them after its all over then you become friends. Never trust anyone 100%. Never underestimate anyone. That was Brenda's downfall.

I think Sash made a HUGE mistake by not giving his idol to Brenda... but that was only a mistake by Sash. Getting rid of Brenda was the smartest move available, but for Sash, he should have scrambled for her if she wasn't going to do it for herself. The only person who is a bigger threat than him is her. The only person he has a shot at beating in the end is her. He should have given her his idol.

"I have to flop... Its the smart thing to do"
Na Onka is highly underestimated in this game. I've said it for a long time and i think people are just now starting to see what i've been saying. You're there for a million dollars. Na Onka is taking the steps needed to get her close to that million dollars and if that means being a total bitch so people will want her in the end.. or if that means stabbing your biggest ally in the back.. then so be it.

"You never talk, really." - "I know. Its kind of funny."
Purple Kelly is growing on me. Its odd because she's basically edited out of the show in its entirety. Its almost as if they realize it and they're just making a little game out of it now. Its funny, really. and then Jeff at tribal: "Have you been learning stuff, tonight?" - "yes."..... well i've been learning things from you too Purple Kelly.. i made a little list of all the things i've learned about her in my last blog... we can add her 20 years of wisdom.. or lack there of.. to that list. and what was up with her random vote for Benry? she wasn't lying was she.. she REALLY didn't have a clue as to what was going on!

As sad as the game is without Brenda there's still some interesting people left to root for, Benry & Purple Kelly are there too.
alliances have broken & the biggest threat is out of the game, its only getting better from here...

also... anyone else notice in the preview clip for next episode that Fabio was wearing the immunity necklace??