This week's episode began where the last one left off: the tanning salon was to be closed down. Bummer. The roommates were sad for all of .3 seconds until Ricky announced that they were all going on vacation. Yay! Tanning salon? What tanning salon?

Tyler then proudly came on screen and announced, "Wherever STA Travel says we're going to go, I'm going to embrace with open arms." And by "open arms" he meant he'd write a nasty letter to STA Travel saying "You should have sent us to Italy, you low-life BITCH!"

Well, news of this impending vacation had everyone buzzing. Tyler and Janelle tried to guess where they'd be sent to -- hopefully a country that would truly appreciate the artistry found in such modern classics as RED GOD. "We're going to, like, Egypt!" Janelle surmised. She then added, "I wonder if Egypt needs a new personal relations director. I could be quite good."

Meanwhile, Svetlana was curiously sad during all this excitement. She explained to us, "When you feel like you're not getting along with anybody in the house and nobody likes you, no matter where you're going, even if it's space, you're not gonna be excited." Oh well. There goes the much-anticipated Real World space vacation plan.

Truthfully, I could understand Svetlana's depression -- the stuff she's had to deal with from Janelle and Tyler has been horrendous. But then again, her inability to just say "Whatever, I'm going to enjoy this despite them" shows a general sense of self-pity, which pretty much sucks. Time to grow up, my little babushka.

A little later, Janelle wound up talking to Paula about Svetty in a restaurant, saying that when the two hang out, "I sort of feel like you're isolating from everyone." This, of course, was opposed to Janelle who NEVER isolated herself with someone like, oh, I don't know, Tyler. Nevertheless, Paula noted that she hung out with Svetlana because she was younger and didn't want her to feel alone. Furthermore, she didn't want anyone to feel completely alone. We then cut to Svetlana at that moment standing completely alone in the same restaurant. Way to be on top of the whole "not leaving her alone" thing, PAULA.

After fun times in the restaurant, the kids then all returned to the house where they eagerly awaited the STA Travel reps. Eventually, they showed up, receiving a loud, hearty "HELLO!!!" from Jose. I hope they appreciated it. That was like two weeks worth of contributions from him.

Anyway, the roommies all gathered 'round to learn of their mystery destination. I think Tyler must have been expecting Transylvannia because he was randomly and inexplicably dressed in a cape.

Nevertheless, the plucky STA girl asked the group, "Have you guys ever heard of STA Travel?" No. NEVER. I mean, just because they're plastered all over MTV and just because they send me newsletters every damn day, despite the fact that I've unsubscribed about twelve times, doesn't mean that we've actually heard of STA Travel.