hasta la billy

Last night when the Aitu tribe decided to throw the reward/immunity challenge, I thought, huh. I don't know if that's the best idea at the this early stage of the game? But then I thought, at what stage of the game would it be a good idea. It's risky for sure, as I suppose most political moves on Survivor are. You're very deliberately choosing which head domino to push, but what will be buried under that little avalanche of events is so not guaranteed. And it seems like the earlier in the game you choose to do something like throw a challenge, the longer the domino trail and therefore the more unreliable (and undesirable) an outcome. If anything, the sooner you vote off the most annoying (or in the this case, the most brazenly laziest) tribe member, the sooner your own little neck will be on the chopping block. Is putting up with a jackass for three, six, nine more days worth the decrease in numbers? Was Billy really that much dead weight? I, too, thought he could use a good kick in the shins for confessing outright that he saw no point in wasting energy on dumb things like, oh, food-gathering and shelter-building. But I'm not sure if it was quite the right thing to do, kicking him off so deliberately and so soon.

And I'm not sure how I feel about that Ozzy, either. He's smokin' hot, and yet, hmmm. It will depend on how he wears his cockiness throughout the course of the show. Will he be self-aware and entertaining about it like Rob Mariano, or will he be ridiculous, like John the nurse (also from Marquesas).

On the other hand, Billy! What in the world was that, during Tribal Council. He's in love with the girl from the other tribe? The one who said in an offhandedly sympathetic way, "We love you, too," when he whispered that he was the next to go? I'm kind of floored by this one. As was Jeff. Hee.

Last things: Hidden Immunity Idol? I like Yul so far, so glad he found it, but could the production staff craft some harder clues, or what. It's only week 2, for pete's sake. And then what about Adam, the whiny little white boy over on Raro's beach. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that was starvation talking when he said building a floor for the shelter was "stupid." Um, okay. Have you seen the show? Are you living out on the island now? Let's talk again in two weeks, if you're still around, and discuss whether altering the crap-ass place you sleep at night was worth the energy you had at the beginning. Eediot. Bigger idiot, though, for voicing the opinion. Best not to rock that Survivor boat, as witnessed by the night's tribal council.

Oh, and--what about Ozzy saying that Hispanics (aside from, apparently, Billy) inherently have an outstanding work ethic? Good stereotypes are acceptable and a source of pride, whereas bad stereotypes a person shouldn't even speak out loud and/or joke about, such as over at Puka's camp? Discuss.