Off With Their Heads! - 
by J-Unit
Hello folks, it is me again, your humble J-Unit. B-side is still getting caught up, so once again, I get the nod to fill in for Survivor. Sorry for the tardiness, but I am dispatching this from an undiscolsed location in Las Vegas. Thankfully, I was able to post in the last few sober hours I will have this weekend.
I think if any of us had predicted a few weeks ago that Casaya would go on a three challenge winning streak, people would have thrown us into an insane asylum, most likely the one Shane just escaped from. Casaya is practically a juggernaut, and you have to admit that their combination of unmatched pettiness and determination in the challenges makes for one of the more enjoyable tribes that we have ever seen in Survivor. Nothing is better than when a tribe is always fighting but can't be split up because they are doing too well in the challenges. But if La Mina could come up with a little winning streak of their own, they could even things up in time for the merge. As the way things stand, the post-merge politics should be some of the best in history. We have to wait for that sort of political intrigue, but we'll always have Casa De Charmin, which is helping Bobby demonstrate a whole new meaning for "industrial espionage".
Coming off of their second tribal council in a row, I was sort of surprised to see all of the people who were upset that Ruth Marie had been voted out, and I am not just talking about Dan. Sally was proud to be the last woman standing on La Mina, but she was talking with Austin how much she missed Ruth Marie. Ruth Marie was nice, and she probably didn't deserve to be trashed after she left, but saying that "Every day I spent with her, I was more and more amazed" is sort of pushing it don't you think? OK, so I was more and more amazed by Ruth Marie as well. Every week I watched, I couldn't believe how boring she was.
Casaya is still living large, but things could still be better. Bruce likes his tribe, but he believes that there is something missing, like a Zen rock garden. Admittedly, there isn't much that Bruce does that I think is wrong, but I was really surprised at how much some of the other members of Casaya were pissed off that Bruce was off doing things on his own. They were all having trouble building a fire, and decided that the fire wouldn't start because Bruce wasn't out getting "good wood". Aras, he's a good guy, but he just doesn't know how excited Bruce gets over Zen. If the Zen Garden doesn't give Bruce "good wood", I am not sure what will. All kidding aside, Bruce does a ton of work around camp, and if he wants to spend some time hauling rocks around, what is so awful about that? Just because Aras is pissed that Bobby, Danielle, and Courtney don't do enough work around camp doesn't mean he as to take it out on Mr. Miyagi.
Head down, ass up, that's the way...Sorry, I have to make that joke at least once a month
You would think all of this fighting with Casaya would eventually affect their performance in challenges, but for some reason, they are always able to pick it up enough to pull it through. For reward, each team picked a member to wade out to a boat filled with supplies. After bringing one of the items back, they would throw it the next team member, until they reached the end, where the person there would put it into a storage box. The first two items were rice and beans, and the next six items were fish. The winner got to take all of the beans, rice, and fish back to camp, meaning they will be well fed for a long time.
Overall, the challenge was fairly easy, and the two teams were pretty even until we got to the fish. After the fish had gone down the line, the person at the end had to chop the head and tail off with a machete before throwing it into the box. Bruce and Terry were chopping the fish, and although I am sure Bruce could break like twenty cinder blocks with his forehead, he was having a little trouble chopping the heads off of the fish. It looked like La Mina was going to run away with it, and then a couple of things happened. First, Dan and Sally were having trouble with their pitch and catch, and second, Bobby got to work.
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