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Seems a bit weird that there hasn't been any interviews with Colton today after he left last night... Strange indeed.

Oh, agreed. I have no sympathies for Colton at all. He was a great TV character, though. Him leaving with the idol? Priceless and just basically encapsulates what a person he is. He has a chance to give it to Alicia, a girl he seemed to legitimately like and that could legitimately move her ahead in the game. His response? Fuck that bitch, I wanna hang this on my wall at home.

I was torn! I really really really wanted him to get his ass handed to him. But in the same breath, there was something rewarding about him saying "she can fall in the fire" and than he himself being removed from the game re: health problems. The one thing I will say - as somebody who would love to be on Survivor, I completely empathized with him not wanting to be removed from the game. Especially for Colton, who was in a decent position to make it deep in the game (albeit with no chance at winning). That must have been tough. But still, he deserved it and had it coming and it was complete poetic justice. Kim's going deep. I expect a brilliant move with the idol. The recaps made a big deal about her big moves and finding the idol being key. I said it from episode 1 - she is gonna win or come damn well close to it.

Spoiler re: end of the series.

Interesting season 25/26 spoilers...

Going by this year's line-up - Black Keys are the Pretentious Hipster Band, Radiohead are Sellouts who Think They are Indie, Bon Iver is a One Hit Wonder, and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg are Past their Prime.

Scheiße hum drum? It's the only good song on the album and is by far the weirdest thing she's done.

The finale is, without hyperbole, epic.

Saw Passion Pit live. Wasn't a massive fan, but after I saw them live, I kinda got the whole appeal. Not my cup of tea, but definitely fun and interest. Excited to see what they've got planned for a follow up.

New Beach House leaked and it's not due until May. Doesn't even have an official album cover yet. Damn!

I agree with GoGo. I haven't really been wowed by Tate outside of the Office, but when she was brought in to be boss it seemed to just click and she felt like a great predecessor for Michael Scott. Andy's been OK, but I just don't think he's the type of character meant to run the Office.

That Office was really really good. Catherine Tate really should take over the role as head of the office. "That is the American Dream... it's really just... random."

Agreed 110%. Alicia made the best move possible. I just call her clueless and numbskull because she's been edited in a very poor manner - from her stupid vote with Christina in episode 1 to her constant bickering with Kat as of late. I will say, this swap saved Jay big time. Not Mike, who was already being targeted by Kim/Troyzan/Jay. But Jay swapping now means that Troyzan has no option other than to align with him and Jay also has the chance to make in roads with the girls. Colton on the other hand got screwed big time by the swap. His great position in the men's tribe was thrown off and the girls he got on his tribe were arguably the least valuable to him as they hold no power from their former tribe and the men he got was Tarzan, a crazy old man, and Leif, somebody who is probably not the best in challenges and seen as a flip flopper.

Jonas is playing a great game at this point, but he's in a really shitty spot. He's in a tribe with a flip flopper (Leif), a crazy person (Tarzan), a sociopath (Colton), a numbskull (Alicia) and the woman who is next on the shit list (Christina). Jonas is going to be hugely disadvantaged after a merge, having not made the same bonds/in-roads that Jay and Troyzan have made into the woman's alliance. At this point, Jonas best move is to keep players like Leif, Colton and Alicia in the game, who are much bigger targets post-merge. Jonas would be dumb not to knock off Tarzan or Christina next.

LCD Soundsystem. I didn't love them so much when they were still actively making music, but hot damn, they've got some great songs.

Hmmmm. Sometimes I like swaps, other times I don't. On one hand, I like them because they can shuffle up alliances and alter the game significantly, which it sorta did on episode 5. But it can also significantly disadvantage one tribe because the other tribe is stacked - which also happened in episode 5. So while it's awesome that there was a swap, I'm not so happy that it seems as though one tribe is going to just be a sitting duck. Kim is playing a fantastic game. She knows how to make friends, socialize, and position herself in a fantastic way in the game. She's a pragmatic player who holds so many cards and knows the right people to talk to. Jay, I feel, is the same way. When the young guys got targeted before, he was definitely in the best position out of everybody and made sure to get the misfits feeling like he was with them. Cutting a deal with Kim and Troyzan was very smart. On the Manono tribe... there is just a misfit of personalities. Tarzan is insane. Alicia is clueless. Jonas is just dead pan, but probably the best player on the tribe. Leif is the little person nobody can trust. Monica as the likeable, challenge threat who was in the wrong place, wrong time. And Colton is "the queen". I actually like Colton has made the best moves he could in the game thus far, just his social skills are horrible. Taking out Matt, Bill and Monica were all his best moves, he just went about it in the worst ways possible. I understand the rational of blindsiding Monica - too many question marks in a post-swap, too many chances to gain the numbers. He's just too catty and smug about it. I love it, because heck... somebody needs to be playing for the camera rather than the million dollars.

In terms of vinyl and CDs: Antony & the Johnsons - 4 LPs, 4 EPs, 1 single Blur - 8 LPs The Clash - 7 LPs Kanye West - 5 LPs + 1 with Jay-Z Kraftwerk - 7 LPS

The only reason I'm loving Colton right now is that everybody else is just boring as all fuck. Leif, Jonas, Michael, Troyzan. None of them have personalities. Colton is a riot. He's a sociopath, racist, socially maladjusted ticking time bomb. He is being set up for a huge fall and it's going to be so lovely when his ass gets booted.

Yeah, that was pretty crazy. EDIT: And I'm completely on team Colton. Racist? Probably. Entitled brat? Definitely. Completely obnoxious? Oh hell yeah. But great television. The dude is running his tribe. A swap next week?!... holy shit. One World is picking up. I think we are headed for a great run of eliminations and episodes.

Apparently tonight's episode features some huge, never-before-on-Survivor moment at tribal council. I'm trying to figure out what it possibly could be, but still at a loss. Maybe the winning tribe decides to go to tribal even though they won the Immunity challenge? EDIT: From Facebook... "and for the first time, a play will be made that will change the game forever!" Hmmm... this could prove to be a great episode.

My friend lent me Oblivion to try out. Not loving it right now. Very slow moving and, while I love the concept, it just seems to be constrained by it's limitations. I'll probably play a good part through the game, but I don't know if I'll end up finishing it.

Fallout 3. I actually thought that there was a mistake. I couldn't believe that's how the game ended. Such a horrible, horrible ending.

Kid Cudi's rock album, WZRD, is the worst thing I have ever heard. EDIT: If you care to sample... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1w5cU64uxE

I've tried to find Heavy Rain on multiple occasions, but no where close to me has new or used copies of the game. I'll probably order it online one of these days.

Is the story really good? I don't want to get into another Fallout 3 case where the story was such a huge let down.