Top Chef: Wow, I don't agree with Marisa at all for being so ungracious about a box of freaking lychees. It's not like Otto was sneakily stealing them from the store. He just noted that they weren't paid for, and if it was an issue, someone should have brought it up at the store so it *could* be paid for. And by making a big stupid thing about it, she essentially threw off the entire momentum of her team. Moron.

Word, SA. Otto made a very stupid mistake in not instantly saying "Shit, we need to take these back" as soon as he realized they hadn't been rung up, but Marisa was the one who (a) wouldn't stop whining about it and (b) made such a crappy dessert that they lost the challenge.

Hey!

What? That's where I first heard that the universe is a hologram. And these so-called reputable scientific journals always leave out the stuff about the giant ants.

And these so-called reputable scientific journals always leave out the stuff about the giant ants.

Usually, yes, but not always:

Foraging in the giant forest ant, Camponotus gigas (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Evidence for temporal and spatial specialization in foraging activity Orr, AG; Charles, JK Journal of Natural History [J. NAT. HIST.]. Vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 861-872. 1994.

Foraging in the giant forest ant, Camponotus gigas (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Evidence for temporal and spatial specialization in foraging activity Orr, AG; Charles, JK Journal of Natural History [J. NAT. HIST.]. Vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 861-872. 1994.

In your FACE!

Kat, I'm desperately hoping you were asleep for the entire time in between your last two posts.

Jesse, surprisingly, I actually kind of wasn't. I sleep in drips of about 3 hours now. Then up for a bit then back to sleep. It's unhealthy.

Top Chef: I know! And the thing is, the judges pretty much said that if Otto owned up, they'd boot Marisa instead. So his big act to keep himself from being booted saved her ass.

I'm stealing your sleep, I swear.

I'm glad for the time change coming (though I hate the light situation in the evening ) because it's been getting harder and harder to wake up. Each night this week, I've gone to bed earlier than the night before. And each day, I've been waking up later, having slept through the alarm. It's annoying.

Top Chef: I think they cut the ass-checking on my copy of TC because it wasn't there! Sad day.

The thing is, even though Otto bowed out, which I thought was unnecessary though very honorable of him, Marisa should have gotten sent home anyhow. With Otto taking responsibility, particularly in that extreme way, it would have been both perfect and priceless to have Tom turn to Marisa and say, "We wanted to see if he would take responsibilty. It was your dish that lost your team the competition. Pack your knives and go." It would have been entirely fitting after the playground bullshit she did this episode.

I mean, if the challenge is to work as a team, and you're instrumental in destabilizing that team--to the extent of *not looking Otto in the eye* when you're working with him--your ass should be grass. It feels like Angela from Project Runway all over again.

They shouldn't have let Otto go home, frankly. If they were true to their word, they should have thanked him for owning up--even though it didn't require owning up because it was totally an offhand comment! no one would have noticed the damn lychees otherwise!--but said that it wasn't necessary for him to bow out because they knew who they were sending home.

That's what I was hoping would happen, too, SA. But alas, not.