Cheat Work Thursday

"ODD WOMAN OUT" I. Can't. Pick. A. Winner. But let's go back a few days. The moment Dan's manties story is brought back, I start to worry if this is a theme. If we are to repeat conversations, it can only mean Rodney's mother is going to be brought up soon. I'm sure this woman is amazing and wonderful, but the last time Rodney mentioned her, he practically asked Joe to hit on her. And that's just the icing on the cake of Rodney's relationship with his mother and women. I don't think I can take any more of these. Rodney also can't find anything in common with Dan, Mike and Sierra because the three are from Maine, Texas and Utah. He especially can't be in an alliance with Mike because Mike goes to church on Sundays, is celibate, and doesn't drink and party. Rodney is into "girls, having fun, partying and not settling down". But he does "swear to God" and still loves Joaquin, although they are both like ...

"WINNER WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER" & "WE'RE FINALLY PLAYING SOME SURVIVOR" It's a two-hour tribe-switching and double elimination episode. And the casualties are Lindsey and Max. Let's go back a few days. People are arguing again at the Blue Collar camp. It's Rodney and his misogynistic comments vs Lindsey and Sierra. I'm not going to write the comments down. I can't even with Rodney. I don't understand how he's not embarrassed of himself. Dan and Mike do try to outdo Rodney, but Rodney is still ahead of the pack. Apparently, he's #imtombrady. At the first tribal, the vote goes 2-2-2 Lindsey-Sierra-Rodney. And on the revote, Mike, Dan and Kelly vote for Lindsey, sending Lindsey home and alienating Sierra from the tribe. Good lines: "I'm walking off this island because I hurt a man's ego. I'm not going to apologize, not to myself, not to anybody else, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. I ...

Doing bullet points is probably not the best way to practice writing, but not having to connect one paragraph to the next makes my life so much easier. This blog is currently me and my thoughts about shows that I don't have anyone to discuss with. I don't see any point stressing out my brain with extra work. So, in bullet points, let's talk The Jinx: — What got me glued to The Jinx is the way it tells the story. Sometimes it tells you one event, then connects you to another. Other times, it lets you into a few events and pieces them together in the end, fluidly and with enough shock and surprise. It got me at Dorothy Ciner. The way the score is placed, the camera work timed, and details spanning three decades arranged and presented are also perfect. Following The Jinx is like unfolding a fairy tale, which is poor fairy tale being associated to this, because we know what the story is about. — But if you still don't know what it is about, search 'Robert Durst, ...

"CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES" Dan, you DID NOT just say that. You are on Survivor, a game in which it's crucial you watch how you act and react. You are not even drunk, and you are a grown man. How did the conversation go from random to that ? Why would anybody say that in any situation at all? Coexisting is not an easy feat. Some people would insist a medal for it. At the Blue Collar camp, they argue about work ethics. But when Lindsey says, "Did your God come down here (and cook the rice)?", another line is officially crossed. I don't get these people. Now we also know that Rodney doesn't want to be Mike's Junior Deputy Firewood Bitch. But at the No Collar camp, Survivor finally looks like a vacation when Jenn and Hali go surfing. And of course Joe knows sign language. (Forget the fact that he practically blew two challenges in a row,) Joe knows everything and everyone likes Joe. Speaking of blowing challenges, No Collar loses immunity again ...

"IT WILL BE MY REVENGE" In this episode, Dan lost his manties, Nina cried because she was not invited to a skinny-dipping party, and Max and Shirin went naked. Shirin did it while cleaning their pot. She almost fell literally on her ass at one point. Speaking of being naked on TV, I wish Mike had stopped obsessing over firewood already. Is this a Survivor reference as well? Is he entrusted with the task of being Butch 2.0? Are we going to see the huge bonfire next week? If that's the case, I demand a Junior Deputy Firewood Bitch be named. And Joe 's edit should downplay his charm. He's not in the Miss Congeniality contest. I now feel for Vince a little. Maybe he just doesn't want to get diabetes from all of Joe's sweetness. Thank God, the men are finally given their shorts. I can't take their underwear anymore. Or in Dan's case, t-shirt, because the ocean has already taken care of the manties. Stop trying to figure out which t-shirt hole...

@ axelk Now that Breaking Bad and Lost have ended, national holidays to me are the days new seasons of Survivor, Homeland, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and House of Cards premiere. (You know, the major holidays. I have plenty of minor ones too.) So, Doug is alive *dancing ballerina emoji* and Frank peed on his father's grave. Doug Doug came home from the hospital, and we were entertained by the awkward interaction between him and his brother Gary, both hadn't seen each other in 10 years. Doug sent Gary home, assuring Gary that he was going to be ok because he had friends -- they sent him flowers and stocked his fridge with good food. I thought Doug was only a cold, calculating, has-no-real-friends, almost-mysterious man who was obsessed with his work and addicted to Frank. Turns out he's all that and also a psychopath. Doug, you didn't realize the accident was actually your golden ticket out to a life without the Underwoods, but no, you were not going to...