Last week’s episode of “The Ruins” was a bit of a letdown, after the exciting drama from the second episode involving Wes and Evelyn.
Tonya continued to maintain her wildcard status by attempting to climb the mast of a boat and hooking up with local Thai girl while on the same boat.
The Challengers won their first mission, but the win was bittersweet because both Adam and Brianna, both of who were sent to the elimination, lost against Syrus and Susie, respectively, and were sent home.
I was shocked when Brianna was chosen over Casey to be sent to elimination because I feel like Casey is the weakest girl on the show and I hate people who try to be manipulative on the show, but have no other skills that would allow them to stay.
The Challengers seemed downtrodden after losing two more teammates, but in the past challenges that featured teams, it seems that the team with the less amount of people usually have the advantage during the final challenge, which in this case is worth $120,000. Plus less people, means more money pocketed for each player.
So, while the Champions squad is decidedly better than the Challengers, I think that as long as they have three or four strong competitors – I would consider Dunbar, Brad and KellyAnne to make up that category – then in the long run, they will be fine.
My predictions for today’s show are that the Challengers will win another challenge and they will be able to take out one of the main players on the Champions squad. I thought that Brianna, though a rookie, would’ve been able to take Susie out of the game, but she came up short. Wes will most likely end up in the elimination and take out another one of the Challengers, probably Cohutta. KellyAnne and maybe Kimberly are the only girls that I know can beat one of the top girls on the Champions side.
Today’s show will be one of sacrifice because with the numbers dwindling down, the weak players are being weeded out.
That should make for some great upcoming eliminations, which with the exception of last week’s, has been very entertaining.
Keeping up with reality
My beautiful and intelligent girlfriend is in love with reality shows, and she isn’t alone by a long shot. Throw in a few washed up or irrelevant celebrities into an “unscripted” show and you now have the makings of a hit primetime series.
I just don’t get it. And I don’t think I ever will.
I can only shake my head in disgust when my wonderful and caring girlfriend turns on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” or “Giuliana & Bill.”
What is the public’s infatuation with celebrities? Why the general interest in how Giuliana and Bill spend time together? Who really cares about Kendra?
Most people would never open up to a stranger sitting across from them on a bus, but we’re all so happy to spy on the lives of celebrities. I’m thinking it has something to do with the general distaste of the average person’s everyday life.
The majority of Americans live by the clock. For example: take Joey to school at 9 a.m.; get to work at 9:30 a.m.; have lunch at 12:30 p.m.; pick up Joey from school at 3 p.m.; take Alice to soccer practice at 5 p.m.; drop Nathan off at piano lessons at 6:30 p.m.; pick up Alice and Nathan at 7 p.m.; make dinner at 7:30 p.m.; watch “Rock of Love” at 9 p.m.; fall asleep at 10 p.m.
It’s safe to say our society tends to fall into a repetitive schedule and most days pan out a similar way. But thanks to the fresh and intuitive minds at networks such as E!, VH1 and MTV, we can watch other people live a completely different life. Imagine how exciting it would be to escape your average 9-to-5 life and spend 30 minutes watching Kendra do laundry and bake a cake, all while being pregnant.
Sounds exhausting.
It seems our lives have become so hectic and repetitive that we feel the need to escape into a fresh and separate personal struggle that Kim Kardashian consistently finds herself in. “Should I wear my $2,700 pair of Gucci flip-flops today or my $700 pair of New Balances?”
Give up on living through another meaningless individual that’s seen on television every evening and bring some variety into your personal struggle.
And with that ramble, my girlfriend has just left the house and I get ESPN all to myself.