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note062806Wow. I haven't been this fired up about a Real World episode in quite some time. Sure, there was some dull stuff about Paula and Keith and mildew and flooding, but then there was Tyler. And Svetlana. And Svetlana's mom. And the burn book. And Janelle. The entire second half of this show was ridiculous. In a good way. Or actually, a bad way maybe. I don't know. It certainly incensed me. It took me literally an hour to get through the episode simply because I was pausing and taking notes so often. Tyler was out of control. Either you love him or hate him, and after seeing the way he treated Svetlana -- and her mom -- I'm inclined to fall in the "hate" camp. There once was a time when I thought he was capable of mature reflection, but ever since the Burn Book surfaced a few weeks ago, he's been on a downhill spiral -- a total high school, nay, middle school regression -- and tonight, he finally hit a new low: telling off Svetlana's mother, penning a nasty note, and essentially pulling the whole "I know you are, but what am I?" routine. I can understand some people really enjoying Tyler's brash, outspoken self-confidence, but for the rest of us, I'm pretty sure we all were left thinking one word: jerk.

We knew right off the bat that something terrible was going to happen this episode when the "Previously on The Real World" segment focused on Tyler's notorious anti-Svetlana Burn Book. For those of you who may have missed it, the Burn Book was a growing archive of Svetlana's most annoying moments, at least according to Tyler and Janelle (with a little help from Jose, but not really). The very creation of the book seemed hurtful and immature, and we all knew it would lead to bad things. Judging by its placement in the pre-show recap, we knew that tonight would be the night when the Burn Book would rear its ugly head again. I could not wait.

After the opening credits, we then found the kids holed up in a small hotel room in Orlando where they eagerly awaited a return to Key West. In case you forgot about last week, the gang had to flee the islands when Hurricane Wilma came to town, and unfortunately, their retreat to Ft. Lauderdale just wasn't quite good enough. The storm managed to kick the city in the nuts, nearly destroying the roommates' hotel in the process. Well, we assume it was the hurricane that caused all the damage. There's still a large chance that it was merely Keith busting down walls in search of Paula.

Nevertheless, from their cozy outpost in Orlando, Zach told us there were rumors of Key West being totally devastated by Wilma -- water had submerged cars, rains had flooded all the island, and giant pieces of styrofoam were still flying about the Home Depot parking lot. Sadly, Zach did not then share one of his Very Deep introspective musings with us, which meant we didn't get any dumb comments like, "It's ironic to me that a hurricane would hit us when all we were trying to do was live without a hurricane."


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