Episode 43.10

Since now seems like the best time to do it, I will tell you about the Wednesday shows that I watch. I see the shows of Survivor (obviously), Stargirl, Home Economics, Kung Fu, Lego Masters, and Chicago PD. I also await what CBS will air at 9 in the future, which I think is revealed by now. It won’t be relevant for this blog at this point in time anyways.

 

Let’s get to the one time challenges from the thirty-fifth season. If only fandom had more info. Then I wouldn’t be two posts behind so far with this. But that doesn’t matter too much right at this point in time. I can only get caught up to the season right before whatever the current one I’m covering is.

 

The Color and the Shape (immunity challenge from I Don’t Like Having Snakes Around): In this challenge, tribes will have to maneuver puzzle pieces through a table maze and under a cargo net. After unlocking a second set of puzzle pieces, they must solve the puzzle at hand. An individual version of this challenge could be done while social distancing.

 

Driving Wheel (second immunity challenge from Buy One, Get One Free): In this challenge, players would have to drive a key that’s on an urn through obstacles. The key will get them puzzle pieces. The driving wheel will transport the pieces to the finish where a word puzzle will be solved. This could be done while social distancing.

 

Love on the Rocks (reward challenge from Not Going to Roll Over and Die): In this challenge, each player must draw the same color marble as their loved one. It is named after the Neil Diamond song of the same name. I’ve always felt that this was the least effort they ever put into a challenge. It was like they forgot to do a challenge and came up with this shit on the fly. While it could be done while social distancing, this challenge of pure luck is incredibly stupid and doesn’t belong in the game. It seems more like a dumb event than an actual challenge.

 

Might as Well Jump (penultimate challenge from Million Dollar Night): In this challenge, the players have to swim to a crate, get a bag of keys, swim to then cross a balance beam, get more keys, unlock their puzzle, and move balls around so they match the right color. The name of this challenge is taken from the last line of the Van Halen song Jump. I think that it could be done while social distancing since people could be far enough away from each other doing this.

 

Я очень сильно отстал от написания этого абзаца на иностранном языке. Я отставал почти весь 2022 год с тех пор, как впервые начал делать это в своем блоге Survivor, который вы читаете. Мне повезло с абзацами на украинском языке. И вот мне снова повезло. Видите ли, с тех пор, как я начал делать эти абзацы на русском языке в этом блоге, у меня была только одна цель: закончить их выполнение. Я хочу отказаться от России из-за ее вторжения в Украину и вместо этого переключиться на то, что я обычно делал на русском, на персидском языке. Таким образом, это последний абзац на русском языке, а также первый абзац на персидском языке. Я хотел осветить персидский язык, язык Ирана, поскольку он также хочет повлиять на выборы в США, как Россия даже признала это в 2022 году. Таким образом, остальные абзацы этого сезона на иностранном языке будут на персидском языке.

 

من خیلی از نوشتن این پاراگراف ها به زبان خارجی عقب مانده ام. من تقریباً تمام سال 2022 را پشت سر گذاشته ام از زمانی که برای اولین بار این کار را در وبلاگ Survivor خود که در حال خواندن آن هستید شروع کردم. اتفاقاً با پاراگراف‌هایی که به زبان اوکراینی گذاشته‌اند، شانس آوردم. و حالا دوباره شانس آوردم. ببینید، از زمانی که شروع به انجام این پاراگراف ها به زبان روسی در این وبلاگ کردم، فقط یک هدف داشتم: انجام آنها را تمام کنم. من می‌خواهم روسیه را به دلیل تهاجم این کشور به اوکراین لغو کنم و به جای آن، کاری را که معمولاً به زبان روسی انجام می‌دادم، به زبان فارسی انجام دهم. بنابراین، این آخرین پاراگراف به زبان روسی و همچنین اولین پاراگراف به زبان فارسی است. من می‌خواستم فارسی، زبان ایران را پوشش دهم، زیرا می‌خواهم بر انتخابات ایالات متحده تأثیر بگذارم، مانند روسیه که حتی در سال 2022 اعتراف کرد. بنابراین، بقیه پاراگراف‌های این فصل به زبان خارجی به زبان فارسی خواهد بود.

 

There was one last video that The Odd Ones out did on his old job at Sooubway. It is even subtitled the final sandwich. This is the fourth video that he did in this series and he won’t be doing anymore, although it might be possible that he will cover this old job of his in other videos at times.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rB7zgPlC5M (Sooubway 4)

 

I am both too tired and still don’t have enough time for more football team updates. Don’t count on it being in next week’s posts, but we’ll see. With team #15 being decided, I have to figure out how to rank the teams of the Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, and Cincinnati Bengals by seeing who all played who starting in the 2020 season to see if and what certain teams have had match ups to the current season this year. But while 16-19 are still unclear, it is known for sure that the lowest rated of this grouping which thus isn’t included in it is the Green Bay Packers as number 20.

 

Getting back to what I promised in the last post, it turns out that Dan from Survivor: Nicaragua has died. This is now the second Dan who has died. Maybe I should post his last name sometime just to be clear who is who. While I have already revealed the ranking of that season, I will share it again. I will compare it to the ranking of a previous season that’s older than that. Nicaragua is 19 out of 42 seasons with the most recent not shared incidentally being the one right before it. Heroes versus Villains is 13 out of 42 seasons. But enough of my ramblings.

 

In the first segment of the show, we have Karla and her group coming back from tribal council. She was not left out of the vote, but did reveal that she acted like she wasn’t by how she voted in the end. There were a lot of people confused about the various votes that happened at the separate tribal councils. We then cut to the next challenge already. Jeff is back in black. Is he Darth Jeff? It is weird to see a reward challenge again since they are constantly being edited out now.

 

Noelle struggles a lot throughout the challenge due to her fake leg. But since only one sandbag needs thrown onto a target, she does wind up doing that well and getting the win in the end. She picks Sami to join her and then Jesse. The last person that she picks to join her is Owen. She talks about how she is glad that she won and proved that she can do what those goodie two legs can.

 

In the second segment of the show, Noelle talks about visiting this sanctuary. Owen is glad that he got letters from the outside. Jesse is emotional since he has been without talking to her family for such a long time. Sami, talking strategy as usual, wants to target Cassidy. People talk about splitting votes between her and Karla. Cody is depressed at the loss. Someone always seems to be. Cassidy thinks that every cloud has a silver lining so it’s more okay to lose reward. Gabler is too much of a loose cannon. How has he made it this far? Gabler talks about both sides wanting him. Is he in an ideal situation? Not every swing vote is.

 

In the third segment of the show, we go straight to the immunity challenge. There are a lot of setbacks for everyone. It is Cassidy who wins the challenge in the end. She talks about her win. That’s about it for this part of the show.

 

In the fourth segment of the show, we return to Gaia, the merged tribe. Noelle talks about the plan being different due to Cassidy’s immunity win and Karla’s potential idol. Noelle thinks that she is in a good position still. Jesse thinks that he has to take out Noelle now. He thinks that you have to be careful when blindsiding someone. He goes through the plan. 1- Have a cover story. He tells her that Sami is the target. A snake is seen slithering in the sand. It must be Jesse and he must win. This leads to the next step. 2- Throw the fall guy under the bus. That’s done as well. 3- Have a backup plan. It seems to be good, but Gabler talks to Karla about getting rid of Jesse and Cody who seem safe.

 

In the fifth segment of the show, we get to tribal council. Jeff starts at the reward challenge. He wants Noelle to talk about the odds against her. She wants to be a model for those with disabilities. She is happy to have this win. Jesse talks about ugly crying because of the letters. Gabler still does his weird, technical speech. Owen thinks that trust is what matters most. A one-two, a one two three four. Wait. I got distracted there thinking of the Billy Joel song A Matter of Trust.

 

Ryan isn’t sure of what all is going on since so much is happening at once. Gabler thinks that everyone is a killer and that they are all working with silencers. Can they get in the target zone? People can’t figure out what’s happening in advance of what’s going on. Noelle thinks that they could miss their target. Ryan thinks that today could make the rest of his game. But will it? I guess we’ll see. No idols are played after the votes are cast.  It is Noelle that gets voted out of the game.

 

On the next Survivor, Gabler has a plan to get to the final three by hiding in plain sight, everyone starts to scramble when a boat arrives, and there is tough immunity challenge. What else can I say? There ain’t no disguising the truth.

 

Total confessional count: Gabler- 20, Owen- 21, Noelle- 14, Sami- 14, Jesse- 20, Cody- 20, Cassidy- 10, Karla- 17.

 

New confessionals this episode: Jesse- 3, Cody- 1, Cassidy- 3, Karla- 1, Gabler- 2, Owen- 1, Noelle- 4, Sami- 0.

 

Planned January blog posts

 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1: TV	2: freebie	3: freebie	4: Survivor (maybe)	5: CSI: Vegas	6: Madam Secretary	7: CSI: Cyber
8: TV	9: Elementary	10: The Good Wife (maybe)	11: Survivor (maybe)	12: CSI: Vegas	13: Madam Secretary	14: CSI: Cyber
15: TV	16: freebie	17: freebie	18: Survivor (maybe)	19: CSI: Vegas	20: Madam Secretary	21: CSI: Cyber
22: TV	23: The Good Wife (maybe)	24: Fadam Secretary blog (maybe)	25: Survivor (maybe)	26: CSI: Vegas	27: Madam Secretary	28: CSI: Cyber
29: TV	30: The Good Wife (maybe)	31: The Good Fight	Not January	Not January	Not January	Not January

 

There are two things to note. One is that I’m not sure if the planned blog schedule will stay the way that it is now because I am hoping that things will change on Fridays even if things not changing then would mean that I could do my next post on China much sooner. The other is an explanation as to why this blog was late. Basically, I couldn’t get it done with all that was going on the week of Thanksgiving with all of the family visits then that I was dealing with and still might affect my blogs like this one going forward throughout the future. I should be back to normal tomorrow with a post on tomorrow’s episode then. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.