My favorite place to shop growing up in Washington D.C. was a place called Value Village.
It was a thrift store where you could buy awesome stuff for next to nothing.
I got a Village People trash can there for $2.
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(Suffice it to say, that promise was not delivered.)
Maybe its my way of honoring pioneers like Shabba Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp.
Or maybe I just enjoy looking like an idiot.
Whatever the reason, its still in semi-regular rotation.
I want Lyrsas jacket, she informed us.
(MINE IS!)
Nick thought this ultimatum amounted to bullying by Natalie, and he may be right.
Why make enemies who then may want to target you in retaliation?
Especially if the jacket is not evenfor you, as we later learned at Tribal Council.
You should see the jackets!
Natalie explained to Jeff Probst as to why all this fuss had been made.
But the best was yet to come.
However, as she did so, a plea came from the far corner of Tribal Council.
Natalie, is there any way I could have your jacket?
Now the tables had been turned and Natalie was being asked forherjacket on her way out of the game.
Oh, the irony!
But there was no response.
Angelina asked again timidly.
Natalie never broke her stride or looked back.
Nothing, said Angelina to nobody in particular.
I dont have to.
And I chose not to.
So Im wearing it.
This was a bit of an odd takedown for Natalie, however.
Her previous modus operandi had been to follow a savage takedown with a confusing compliment.
Take her vote-off of Jeremy two weeks back: That stinging sensation you feel in your eyes right now?
Get off of my island.
By the way, your skin is gorgeous, darling.
Or her final message to Lyrsa: Take your lime green Members Only jacket back to Boston.
I like your purple hair.
Its kind of genius.
All that other stuff is water under the bridge!
Finish it with a flourish and leave them remembering only the good stuff.
All else is forgotten.
The cast will no doubt not miss Natalie Napalm, but we, as viewers, certainly will.
She was a unique player and not one who came out there to be a character.
You just get the sense thats who this woman is.
And God bless her.
Her hair is amazing.
(Guess who taught me that strategy?)
You all saw the rain.
You saw the tribe flags being blown down.
You saw Davie telling us that Im ready to go get my black ass out of here.
This was a massive storm closing in on the contestants a cyclone, in fact.
But here she is!
I feel like I have lived a lifetime out here, says Alison.
And I feel like I have lived a lifetime since I heard you speak.
The destruction at the camps does look major, however.
Clearly, the producers made the right call in getting them out of harms way.
The question becomes: How many more times will this have to happen?
Questions like: Where did they go?
What did they do for those two days?
They could have all gone Members Only jacket shopping for an extra day and still been okay.
Wait, did somebody say something about launching sandbags to hit targets?
You mean, like this guy?
Its the gift that keeps on giving.
But Elizabeth isnt buying it.
I dont even know if shes really listening to Karas pitch or if shes off daydreaming about squirrel hunting.
Either way, Karas screwed.
But it could be worse for Kara.
Give it up for the Jabeni tribe, ladies and gentlemen.
But seriously, Members Only jackets?
Next thing you know theyre going to be arguing about whether Bud Lite tastes great or is less filling.
The whole thing is absurd.
For Gabby is most assuredly not a Brochacho.
Shes not even the avocado of the Brochachos.
And because of that, Dan tells us she needs to be the first one to go.
Say it aint so, bro!
Its a cool challenge.
I could write a whole bunch about it.
But instead, I am going to focus on something much smaller yet no less fascinating.
I am going to focus on that moment right after Jeff Probst asked FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME Survivors ready?
Its a rhetorical question.
Youre not meant to answer it.
Instead, you are supposed to look intense and steely and then go when he tells you to Go!
Only something different happened this time.
Probst asked in his baller orange baseball cap.
And then a lone voice called out in the wilderness: Yes.
This was no Hell yeah!
or even a Yeah!
I have no idea why Angelina decided to respond to Probsts query.
And why would the producers even include this moment?
It has nothing to do with anything.
Its pointless to the action on the screen and pointless to the story.
God bless that most likely chemically enhanced editor and God bless Angelina for saying it in the first place.
Weve already covered what happens next but there is one interesting thing worth getting into.
But if Mike turned on Angelina, that could be bad for his game.
That woman REALLY wants a damn jacket!]
Anyway, that makes two straight tribes where Goliath strong has disintegrated like the Avengers right before our eyes.
Alecs move last week seemed highly suspect and Mikes this week is also questionable on a strategic level.
Mikes a massiveSurvivorfan and a guy who doesnt really need the money.
Even if it doesnt appear to make the most strategic sense, I get it.
And now here we are all even at 7-7.
Not that those numbers necessarily even matter anymore.
But Ill tell you something thatdoesmatter.
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Did you ever own a Members Only jacket?
Did Mike make the right or wrong move?
And are you enjoying this season as much as I am?
Hit the message boards to weigh in and Ill be back next week with another scoop of the crispy!
