Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Time	Event
9:36p	This is not Club Med What Jaison pulled off on tonight’s Survivor Samoa, both before and during Tribal Council, is something you can’t get away with more than once. Bending the will of the tribe (in this case by using leverage against Bad Russell and causing him to change his mind) is a dangerous way to play the game. It takes a huge amount of personal charisma to do that and still maintain your own safety in the tribe. I’m not sure Jaison had that much capital to spend. You have to applaud him for doing it, though. He was articulate about the reasons he wanted Ben gone, and it was all about Ben’s behavior around camp, including his blatant chauvinism and his offensive racial comments. Russell was happy to keep Ben’s negativity in the mix, and he was determined to get Ashley bounced, but Jaison’s passion won the day, this time. Russell can pretty much do what he wants, and he saw how the wind was blowing and bent a little, for once. But there was more than one good reason to get rid of Ben. He has been useless in the last two Immunity Challenges, getting kicked out of the last one and then tonight being a “defender” that the opposition rolled over with no problem. The kind of “strength” that Russell prizes hasn’t won them anything so far, so there was no reason to think anything would change if Ben stuck around. He thinks they will starve without him, but it didn’t seem they were doing all that well with him. It things keep going the way they are, we will get to know the members of Galu, one at a time as they visit Foa Foa after winning challenges. The star of Galu is Shambo, because she’s the one not in sync with the rest of the tribe. She doesn’t like the “90210 clique” doing “warm and fuzzy” yoga while she’s in survival mode. She probably felt welcomed at Foa Foa because they need the help of someone like her (as opposed to Yasmin, who told them she wanted to help but didn’t, not really). Galu would survive without Shambo, but they could probably lose anyone and not notice the difference. (1 Comment | Comment on this)
10:56p	Lobster bibs and disco pumpkins Louise didn’t want another Snoozefest like the one she gave us on the last episode of Project Runway, so she gave us a Rufflefest instead. I don’t know how strenuously Nicolas conveyed his protest against the ruffles. He is never shy about expressing himself, so I’m sure Louise knew he didn’t approve. He had immunity, though, so he had no incentive to provide an alternative idea. To his credit, I think he did try to make her ruffled garments work, but they had nothing in common with Macy’s or the INC brand, so it was no surprise when she was eliminated. Without immunity, I believe he would have been gone, too. However, I wouldn’t have been surprised to see Christopher sent home as well, because I could live with the ruffles more easily than with the hideous designs he sent down the runway. This poorly executed shirt dress was bad enough, but that other thing? It was ludicrously unflattering on the model’s body and definitely outside the realm of Macy’s tastes. On the other hand, the garments were based on designs pitched to and accepted by Martine Reardon of Macy’s, so maybe some of the blame should be tossed in her direction. Irina was the winner of the challenge, but she fought Gordana all the way. Gordana’s top did in fact looked much better on the runway than it did in the workroom. Irina had called it a “disaster,” but was happy to take credit when it was part of the winning pair of designs. Who knows how these judges think? One week “wearable” is a criticism, the next it’s the reason you win. This is Irina’s second time as a challenge winner, making her the new favorite to win the whole thing. (Comment on this)

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