While it might seem strange to
do this, I will be sharing Fridays with other blogs. You are certain to only
see this season’s blog posts on some Fridays and not all of them. Even if I did
have enough written to cover all of the posts for all of the Fridays, I still
wouldn’t be able to get it done since I’m yielding at least the first Friday to
The Good Wife blog and probably the second one to The Good Fight blog. Know
that if I roll Survivor, I will have to update my TV blog and that still
includes Fridays getting priority for that blog instead of this one. It is hard
to juggle things around and blogger is already getting more complicated as we
speak with the next set of changes that they are forcing on us.
Now, I feel like venting a bit
about the new blogger that I and everyone who uses this site are going to have
to put up with. For some reason, they are trying to make it better for mobile
users. Who is going to use blogger from a phone? You aren’t going to get much
of substance or value from doing this on a phone. How and why would someone do
this on a phone? It would make writing things very difficult and you’d only be
able to do shorter posts. It might work and make sense for others like Jim
Brickwell or Hyperbole and a half, but it doesn’t make that much sense for me.
At first, I wasn’t sure that it
would be affected too much, or at all, since they said that legacy, or the old
blogger, would still be optionally available. It still says that on the legacy
blogger. But there was a note that said that they would be getting rid of this
in September. Of course, this is after saying that the new blogger would be the
default in late June, only that didn’t happen when it did.
Still, perhaps even more
worrisome was an email that Google sent that said if I didn’t start using the
new blogger (and I’m sure this goes for every blogger writer, including the
inactive ones), it could take the existing posts away in some way, making me
wonder how much I’ll have to back up in some way. (They did say that it would
either go to be stored on my Google Drive account, which I naturally have
having a Google account, or some other thing would happen that I don’t remember.
I don’t know how to control which of those two things would wind up happening.
I would prefer it on Drive instead of the other thing.) I want what I write to
remain visible for sure.
Now if this were just an issue
I had with a new format, then there wouldn’t be anything worth putting in this
blog and complaining about as a result. But when I try to use the new blogger
on this laptop, I could not do the most basic thing that is pivotal to having
this blog or any others: publishing a new post. It was at this point that I saw
five options that were going to have to happen with my blogs.
Option one: It would seem that
the issue might only exist and happen with a laptop that I’ve had since 2009.
I’ve had a newer one since 2017 that I use at times that could potentially do
blogs on. I did test it to see if the newer blogger might work with it, but
haven’t done an actual post with it. It would be a bit tedious to transfer all
my blogs from one laptop to another since I might need another word processing
document on the new laptop or see if things would work with the documents
there. Thus, this option would have me using the newer laptop for all of the
blogs in the future.
Option two: I start using a
new blogging format such as Word Press instead of blogger. If I did that, this
would mean that things aren’t over but just transitioned. I’m not sure that I
like this option as much as people might not like the domain suddenly changing
to something new.
Option three: I stop all blogs
immediately. If they are making it impossible for me to make new posts, then I
see no other option than simply giving up all the bloggers that I do. I don’t
know if this would solve the visibility problem at all, but I’m okay with that.
Seriously. I spend far too much time blogging and should be doing more
important things like a job search or maybe finding romance. While I’d hate for
everything to be over, it might be good for me to detox from this addition.
Option four: Hope that the
issues go away. I mean, for a good chunk of time this year, it kept saying that
I would not be able to get on YouTube anymore with this outdated laptop, but I
still can today and the warning seems to have gone away. I can only hope that
maybe I suddenly can use the new blogger on my current laptop if I keep trying,
even if and when the transition becomes permanent. The email that I talked
about said that it would be September of 2021, even though blogger just says
September, which implies the one that’s happening this year.
Option five: See if legacy
winds up staying after all. It wouldn’t be the first time that backlash was
able to change something that blogger was forcing on its users. I mean, after
backlash to a ban on pictures with nudity in blogs, they were able to change it
back so that users could allow that. Maybe if I complain about the issues with
the new blogger and enough other users feel the same way, then it would be here
to stay after all.
Right now, it seems that
option one might be the one that I’m going with right now. I mean, you should
have already seen a post done on my other laptop and posted on this blog
through the newer blogger format. I can only hope that much of what I’ve
written and still plan to write stays around.
Still, I’m planning to do a
process of backing up posts of all of my blogs. I’ve already done that with
this blog. I might as well do this with all seven of them. I plan to roll for
what to back up so that I can copy and paste it to various documents on my
laptop for the future. It shouldn’t be hard to work out seven options since one
can go away after rolling it with a list of the other six given for this later.
I doubt that I will ever get to a complete list since all are still active in
some way and I’d want to write all of one year’s post before I start backing
them up.
Now let’s get to the links
that I have from Survivor fandom about the challenges that start with a where a
is not an article this time around. I don’t know if I will have done this post
or the next one on Gabon so you will see the other a challenges in the other
post, depending on which one is done first. Now let’s get to this next grouping
of challenges to see if they can be done while social distancing or not.
This challenge is also known
as Gone Shootin’. In this challenge, the contestants would have to get over
obstacles and shot targets with sandbags with a slingshot. This could possibly
be done in some way while social distancing if parts are done one at a time or
whatever disinfecting they could do before the challenge in question.
This challenge is also known
as Rope-a-Dope, Connecting with Loved Ones, Brains and Brawn, The Bottom Line,
Tangled up in Blue, and Don’t Call it a Comeback. In it, the contestants have
to make their way through rope tangles quicker than others. But that was too
boring a challenge Survivor producers so they combined it with other
challenges. It twice had a connection with a challenge called Paddle Out which
I’ll get to in a later post. David versus Goliath combined it with Pyramid
Scheme. I’ll skip to the p challenges for the next post of this season’s blog
updates. Note that this is not the pee challenge that was done in Nicaragua
called Jump Shot, which only became that because of what Fabio did during it.
Note that this challenge could probably be done while social distancing, or at
least the basic version of this challenge could be which doesn’t combine it
with anything else.
TV shows I watch on DVD
update: Power Rangers season 1 volume 1 is replaced by season 1 volume 2.
Winnie the Pooh graduates to oldest list with Power Rangers season 3 replacing
the other Power Rangers season and mystery choice #5 replacing Winnie the Pooh.
You will have to read my Good Wife blog to see what this mystery choice is.
Survivor: China is now the sixth option on the rolling list.
After whenever you see this
post, I think that I will start a process with my YouTube channel to ensure
that something gets done with it. You see, on certain Fridays on YouTube, I
review episodes of the TV show Moonlight. I’m posting a playlist of these
Moonlight episode reviews here. I’m planning to post one of these reviews every
Friday you don’t see an update of my Survivor blog until I’m done with doing
all of them. I do plan to share more videos I do on YouTube in at least one of
my blogs at some point in the future, since I’ve already shared one before.
Note that I finished watching
Rare: Creatures of the Photo Arc and replaced it with Flashpoint season 4.
There is some confusion and differences with the Flashpoint collection that I
have and I have already watched a lot ahead on it already. Also note that Power
Rangers season 3 is off of the list again in favor of Power Rangers season 1,
volume 1. This choice remains number 6 on the list.
I rolled this episode on
Tuesday, August 25, 2020. This will mean that my TV blog will be updated today
and, since that was a vacated day (if that makes sense) then I will be updating
the TV blog on every Tuesday for the foreseeable future again. I really need to
have more of them ready, but think that I can get that and other posts done
soon.
We begin with Dave talking
about his leadership role in the tribe that he has now. Some don’t like the
ways that he is bossing them around. Peih-Gee is like the second in command of
the tribe now from what is seems based on the current dynamics. There is enough
rain as they try to get fire going or at least talk about doing it.
Courtney talks about
Jean-Robert and how he seems to be lazy a lot. Amanda talks about having an
alliance with Todd. They are trying to pull in Aaron as a patsy. Jean-Robert’s
work ethic is brought up. I would bring up my own, but I don’t feel like it. He
says that he wants to do more.
Meanwhile, Jamie talks about
trying to start a fire and a mess is made by mistake. She talks with others
about trying to make fire and food as well. Ashley is annoyed at the lack of
things going on. She is then accused of bitching as she claims that she just
wants food.
The tribes then gather for a
challenge. Jeff says that there will be a twist after the challenge that will
be revealed once it is over. The challenge starts with it raining. Clothes come
off during the challenge when others try to defend. Amanda being topless for a
moment makes her comment the name of the episode. But she is able to score a
point for her tribe, Fei Long, as a result. Another match up sees similar
issues and James scores the point, winning the challenge for his tribe. Fei
Long then gets to kidnap a member of the other tribe. They kidnap Jamie. She is
also given a message in a bottle.
It has been raining a lot.
They seem to live on a lake now. They talk about certain issues with the camp.
But a fire area remains set up and standing. Jamie talks about being on this
tribe. She is given a bamboo container that she has to give to someone on this
tribe container a hidden immunity idol clue. Jamie isn’t sure how her tribe
isn’t winning since the other one is dysfunctional.
Meanwhile, Ashley and Dave
have a battle of words, constantly bickering. She finds him patronizing and
annoying. Leslie talks about how she feels sick and knows that God has her here
for a reason. Jamie gives her the idol as she wants to pick the weakest player
to keep this tribe weak. She tells Todd about the idol. It is said to be in an
obvious place. Todd wants to be the only one with knowledge of it.
We then gather for the
immunity challenge. The challenge is six on six. It seems a bit early to do
that. They could have waited until the next episode to do that. Zhan Hu
struggles in the challenge, largely due to Dave being tired at the battering
ram phase of the challenge. They never catch up and lose as a result. Both
tribes then return to camp.
Dave talks about how he feels
that he is behind their challenge loss. He wants to move forward now as a
result. Ashley wants to get rid of Dave, but doesn’t want to be a crazy person
about it, wanting to wait until tribal council to make her case. Others on the
tribe agree that either Ashley or Dave has to go, but they don’t know what will
happen yet.
At tribal council, Ashley
admits that she and Dave keep fighting with each other. Dave is trying too hard
to prove himself when he could be leading the tribe more. Sherea gets into a
disagreement with nearly everyone over not enjoying this thus far. Ashley
admits that she’s voting for Dave yet Dave admits that he thinks he’ll get more
votes than just her. Jeff thinks that they have a good group therapy session.
When the votes are cast, Ashley is the only one who votes against Dave. Dave,
Sherea, Peih-Gee, Erik, Frosti, and Jamie all vote Ashley out of the game.
On the next Survivor, Dave
still has issues with his tribe, Todd and Courtney are potential targets on
their tribe, and the game gets even more brutal on both tribes. As the bear or
whatever it is from the Ambergers and Wootbeer song would say, that’s about it.
Total confessional count:
Aaron- 3, Frosti- 2, Jean-Robert- 2, Leslie- 7, Dave- 6, Sherea- 1, Erik- 1,
Ashley- 5, James- 1, Amanda- 2, Courtney- 3, Todd- 5, Jamie- 5, Peih-Gee- 4,
Denise- 1.
New confessionals this
episode: Denise- 0, Aaron- 1, Frosti- 1, Jean-Robert- 1, Leslie- 5, Dave- 4,
Sherea- 0, Erik- 1, Ashley- 3, James- 0, Amanda- 1, Courtney- 2, Todd- 2,
Jamie- 5, Peih-Gee- 1.
Whether or not Zhan Hu made
the right choice by getting rid of Ashley instead of Dave will be seen soon
over the course of the season. Were they both poison or was just one of them? Regardless
of how you feel about Ashley, I am obligated to tell you about what has
happened to her since she played Survivor. It was literally the day after Edge
of Extinction aired its finale when she was found dead by what was believed to
be a suicide and has not, to my knowledge, been ruled anything else. While I
like to keep track of what I feel is a contestant’s possibility of returning to
play Survivor again, she is certain to have a 0% chance of playing the game
again.
As I figure out the new
blogger in the future, should that still be happening like I think that it is,
I will have to see how or if it will work in the future. I’m hoping that I can
still include tables like I do to show you the planned schedule of when I’m
posting each blog in future months. I also hope that I can still do different
fonts of blogs, like I rely on for four of them now. And while you don’t see it
much in blogs, I do like having the ability to post pictures in them like I’m
used to. Anyways, here is the planned schedule of the blog posts that I plan to
do in September.
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Not September
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Not September
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1: Madam Secretary
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2: Survivor (if not on Sunday)
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3: TV
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4: The Good Wife
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5: CSI: Cyber
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6: Survivor (maybe)
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7: Elementary (if not on Sunday)
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8: TV
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9: Survivor (if not on Sunday)
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10: The Good Fight
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11: Survivor (maybe)
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12: freebie
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13: Survivor (maybe)
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14: freebie
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15: TV
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16: Survivor (if not on Friday or Sunday)
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17: Madam Secretary
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18: Survivor (maybe)
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19: freebie
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20: Survivor (maybe)
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21: freebie
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22: TV
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23: Survivor (if not on Friday or Sunday)
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24: TV
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25: The Good Fight
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26: freebie
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27: Survivor (maybe)
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28: freebie
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29: TV
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30: Survivor (if not on Sunday)
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Not September
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Not September
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Not September
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There’s not too much else to
say as I end this post. It will be weird not having Survivor at the fall as I
still don’t know when they will be filming a new season or even if they will. I
doubt that the show is over, but we’ll see what goes on with it. I am planning
to do weekly posts where you would have seen me cover random topics like during
the usual hiatus if you aren’t seeing a post like this on an episode of an old
season. Hopefully the transition to the new blogger doesn’t screw me over. If I
ever decide to scale back to just one post a week, I will let you know. For now,
this is Adam Decker, signing off.
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