So, I'm the first one here?

Well, I thought there were some interesting twists.

* Tough break for the architect. She isn't going to be happy when she returns.

* Dre won't be around very long if he keeps talking all night while people are trying to sleep.

* Yau Man - Ah, someone with a brain for a change. He'll lose a challenge somewhere along the way and get the boot. Until then, he's got the "outsmart" part handled.

* Anthony - could be an promising contestant.

* Mookie - Not so much.

* Rocky - Dude, you look too much like Rocky. It distracts the hell out of me.

Oh well, should be an interesting season. Interesting that the idol is hidden somewhere in camp.

Hey GD....I don't think Jessica is going to win.

Boo to them for voting off Jessica! I am not watching next week!

Well, maybe a little. I have to see someone get hurt.

And Tribal.

All right, I will watch the whole thing.

But I won't like it.

If you need me you'll find me at the horse track cashing in on my prognosticating gift.

You know, if I ended up on the lap-of-luxury team, I think I'd feel a little gypped. Probably not enough to, like, eschew (sorry Rocky, is that word too big for you) the amenities, but still. If I signed up for Survivor, I'd want to play Survivor...living in a crappy lean-to, scrounging for food, etc. I wouldn't want the cushy experience.

Oh well, I'm not too upset about Jessica. As usual, the headshots fail to accurately portray the relative attractiveness. It's between Erica and Michelle now, though I think Erica's thinking too much too early. She should ditch the hat and just rock the fro.

I'm assuming that the first time they lose a challenge, the resort is history. It'll either disappear during tribal counsel, they'll switch with the other team, the other team will get to tear it down or they'll have to tear it down themselves. Unless there's some typically blatant do-it-yourself sponsor tie-in that I missed.

Funny, I found the fro totally distracting, and felt much better about her when she wore the hat. Rocky was annoying, not because he looked like Rocky, but because he wouldn't stand up for himself and say "call me James, damnit." He also seems to be one of those hotheaded Italian types and can I just say blech.

I am glad the mom stayed, and I like dorky Asian guy, of course. As usual, I can't tell any of the meaty men apart yet.

The fro just exudes confidence.

Okay, so screw whoever quit before they even got on the boat. WTF is that? How many hundreds (thousands?) of people try to get on the show and some wuss bailed before even starting?

I wonder how the team-picking would have gone if they had the full 20 people. 2 captains, each sent to exile island perhaps? Something completely different? You gotta wonder how much contingency planning they do.


Speaking of exile island, interesting twist with the immunity idol being at camp (I do seem to remember the teasers at the end of last season mentioning 2 hidden idols). Obviously Sylvia ain't going to tell anybody. That'll make for an interesting moment the next time someone on that team goes to exile and finds out. Will they talk to Sylvia about it, or will it remain an unspoken thing? And what kind of fireworks are going to go off when a few more have gone and it inevitably leaks out to those that haven't been to exile? Fun stuff.

Oh, and they all need to stop with the nicknames thing. This is turning into Survivor: Flavor of Love Edition

I assumed that they'd sent in an alternate and that they'd originally intended to start with 19 rather than 20. I was wondering who the alternate was.

I thought Sylvia should have fed that "clue" to a snake (or otherwise destroyed or hid it) so the next person on exile island wouldn't get to see it unless the producers put another one there.

Dang there were a lot of snake shots last night. I know the sea crate is poisonous, but non-agressive, but dang, too many for me to be able to watch comfortably.

Mookie is too arrogant to last the entire game. He really bugged me last night. It is as if he is trying to be like Yul from last season.

I see some surprises coming for the spoiled team. Something has to happen as soon as they become to accustomed to their lifestyle.

Our household is cheering for Stacey- she's local. Boulder CO-

(Just watched the premiere tonight)