Survivor: Samoa, As I See It – Galu Who?

We’ve only seen glimpses of others than those on Foa Foa. We saw someone named Laura when she commented about the ocean being full of fish. We have seen Good Russell, the dreadlocked peacenik, sweet-talking, and mild mannered attorney. We had a glimpse of others by the names of Erik, Brett, John, and Monica, but I sure couldn’t tell you who any of them are.

The only one we’ve had a glimpse of on the Galu tribe is one who stands out, namely Shambo. Now, besides her weird choice of nicknames (I think Shannon is a lovely name), Shambo has already given us an idea of her disdain for the non-workings, non-actions of her tribe.

In the first episode we saw her criticizing the tribe for swimming rather than working. In this past episode, she must have decided that if there were fish to catch, she was the one to find them. Once I saw her swimming around, oblivious to all the fish swimming with her, I was sure that the Galu tribe was going to have a feast. So much for my instincts, eh?

I knew (and I know you did too) the moment Jeff said something to the effect of, “If you can’t catch fish with this equipment, you may as well go home”, that someone was going to screw it up. While I did foresee that the tribe would be fumbling at fishing, I did not foresee Shambo breaking and losing the fishing gear. It’s a good thing for her the Galu tribe keeps winning immunity.

I cannot help but wonder what advantage Shambo saw in bathing in a swamp? Given the choice between a swamp and the ocean, I sure know which one I’d pick! “Swamp” conjures up images of Shrek to me.

I cannot help but wonder if Good Russell knew that his “African Princess” was a pain the rear end of the Galu tribe since he didn’t hesitate to send her to Foa Foa. He said her name so fast I almost missed it.

Speaking of the one others are calling, “Sassy Yassy”, there’s one in every Survivor season, isn’t there? One who is such a know-it-all, who decides to let everyone else know how superior he/she is, and how he/she knows how badly others are playing.

Yasmin doesn’t belong on Survivor. How is it that, of the hundreds of thousands of applications the casting crew gets, they always manage to pick one who doesn’t get it and shouldn’t be there? The one who thinks that camping out means slow room service. The one who is horrified by bugs and cannot swim (before you say the name Cirie, I know, but Cirie was delightful, Yasmin isn’t).

The funny thing is, I never heard her offer any assistance or solution to the tribe. All I heard was who she was and how awful they were. Then, to add insult to injury, the “African Princess” had to single out Ben to let him in on her displeasure at his game play.

I have to admit that Ben is not one of my favorites. He is right up there with Bad Russell on my list of “people who can’t leave quick enough.” But, he was playing a game. I didn’t hear Jeff say that the men couldn’t tackle the women. I didn’t hear him say, “Hands off the women.” Anytime there has been a physical challenge, the women play as hard or harder than the men.

I am in no way condoning Ben and/or his actions. They speak for themselves. I think Ben is vying mightily with Bad Russell for camera time and I wish him well in his verbal confrontations with Jeff. No one wins in a war of words with Jeff Probst.

Yasmin made it clear that Samoa was not for her, unlike Betsy, who waited six years before finally being accepted and was booted off merely for the fact that Bad Russell figured out that she had his number. Both Ben and Bad Russell had it in for Betsy and off she went. It just doesn’t seem right, does it?

Now, just a word about Bad Russell. Rumors on the internet have it that the lie Bad Russell told about losing his beloved canine companion in Hurricane Katrina is not the only lie that he is propagating. I wonder what the name of his oil company in Texas might be?

I have a pressing question regarding Bad Russell also. Although His Sneakiness found the hidden immunity idol, can he use it? I was under the impression that the idol was for the opposing tribe to find and use. How I will laugh if that idol is useless to him!

Peace!

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