Surf's Up

Letter of the Week

Dear Andy,
I wanted to drop you a quick line and tell you that you made a mistake in one of your recent posts when you used the word their, instead of they're. Secondly, I wanted to ask you what you would do with the money if you ever won the million?
Cindy Lewis - Providence, Rhode Island

Dear Cindy,
The first thing I would do with the money would be to go out and buy you a dictionary so you know how to spell the word "Road" correctly. Are you an english teacher by chance, if so that would be so ironical.
Ahndy Fhairbanks - Cholumbus, Hohio.

Upolu
Brandon feels bad for lying last week and Coach assures him he is still got his back. Always a good thing to stay close to a liar I always say.
Savaii
Papa Bear sees the writing on the wall as he says he isn't clicking with anybody so he will be voted out next. How about doing something about that rather then laying in the hammock and complaining to the camera? Because the camera doesn't have a vote and neither does the hammock. Ozzie then does what about 99% of the people do who find a hidden immunity idol, he tells someone about it. Dude, have you not learned anything on your two previous trips playing this game not to mention getting blindsided when holding an idol before? Do you even watch this show when you're not combing your hair or flexing your muscles? Ozzie tells Keith and it takes Keith about one minute to tell Whitney who tells three friends, who tell then tells three friends and soon it gets posted on Facebook and the only people on God's green earth who don't know Ozzie has an idol are the fourteen people in New Guinea whose internet and cable is down through next Wednesday. I'll take a breath now.
Brandon is the 2nd craziest person
Lest we forget, Semhar wins first prize for being a nut. I wish I had a DVR to go back and listen again to her pre-Redemption Island challenge chant. It went something like, "I will disrobe in front of him and have ten of his children without use of drugs...........................I am just going to stop there and say, Good Night, Good Luck and Good hunting for a good head doctor.
Upolu
Mikayla confronts Brandon about last week's attempt to take her out. He then parades her in front of the entire tribe to make her look bad. Mikayla breaks down and Brandon continues on his battle between good and evil. Brandon can't decide if he wants to follow God or Uncle Russell. What I found interesting was Brandon went on his rant and no one stopped him or stepped up to the plate. They are scared of him just like other people were scared of his uncle Russell last year.
Challenge "Surf's Up"
Great challenge. Run over a water bridge, get one of five buckets with a flag in it and get surfboarded back to shore, what fun. One part that I didn't understand, Upolo put Brandon, probably their heaviest player on the surf board and they had to haul him back to shore. Even though they won the challenge, wouldn't one of the smaller girls been a better choice? Coach did a great job with the grappling hook and Upolo won in a blowout.
Savaii
Ozzie, Ozzie, Ozzie. He says the vote is between Cochran and PaPa Bear. He goes to PaPa Bear and tells him they are voting for Cochran and vice versa. Dude, let someone else do the heavy lifting here. When you lie to people in front of your alliance it does two things. It takes away from your credibility down the road as sooner or later these same peopls you lied to help to protect will question your response when you say, we're voting for someone else. Secondly, let someone else share the work load. PaPa Bear finally takes a run at looking for the idol, and God love him, shoves a sock bundle down his shorts to make people believe he has an idol and some actually believe he has an idol. (Yes I said he shoved a sock bundle down his shorts, go ahead and laugh)Cochran realizes this and replies, now the vote will probably come to me.
Tribal Council
Three and five theory is discussed. Basically it is three people against five. Yeah, like I couldn't figure that one out. The hidden immunity was discussed and then Papa Bear is sent to Redemption Island.
Side Notes
Has anyone else noticed that no one from the Upolu Tribe is even looking for the idol at their camp? It seems the game has evolved to the point where, while it is cool to have found a hidden idol, it is almost taboo to be caught looking for it.
Next Week
Is Cochran really thinking of going after Ozzie? Apparently he has Jim on his side.