I am guessing she doesn't yet have a bond with James. But it doesn't matter. She apparently auditioned for this show what, five times? and doesn't know about trading for value. Don't assume people will do something for you out of like! It's a zero sum game!

I guess it's been 24 hours, time to serial post about Survivor. I enjoy the Survivors Strike Back blog on CBS's official website, and apparently Bob Dawg was pretty entertaining last season. Glad to see this season he's bringing it. A sample follows (you can see his thoughts on episode one in the SSB thread on TwoP): [link]

I'm REALLY pulling for Denise's Mullet. And I have to disagree with Amy: I don’t think she should cut it off. I think she should ride that thing til the wheels fall off. She doesn’t even have a right to cut it off in my opinion. The Mullet is part of Americana. Denise may wear it, but it belongs to ‘us’. It IS us. We owe it to the Mullet and all the practitioners of the Mulletudinal arts--and to ourselves people, to OURSELVES--to worship, revere, and most importantly, PROTECT the Mullet. Cutting off a specimen of such fine quality before it’s fully matured and replicated might lead to the destruction of the entire Mullet phylum. Mulletude could disappear forever. Like the snow leopard and the platypus before it, we must dedicate ourselves to the Mullet’s preservation, lest it go the way of the Jheri-curl and we lose it forever.

Fortunately, this Mullet is particularly robust and hearty, having outlasted such Mullets as the “Billy Ray Cyrus” Mullet, ranking higher in ‘aggression’ than the “Joe-Dirt” Mullet and scoring higher in ‘ease of upkeep’ than the “Swayze Special” Mullet. This Mullet appears to be in its prime, its most perfect iteration and I think it will be longer for this game than one might initially guess.

I think we should all be pulling for Denise and her Mullet. I mean, could you imagine someone with a freshly-cut Mullet, some wrap-around Killer Loop glasses and some L.A. Gear hightops with the light-up heel winning Survivor and getting a $1M check? Seriously. I would love to see that. That would be like a dude with a Jheri-Curl winning the Apprentice.

Chicagoist interview with Dale.

President Beefcake is still one of my favorite nicknames ever.

Top Chef yahoo preview

I know it's so 2004, but we're recording the first ep of the new season (and last, if reports I've heard are correct) of Queer Eye.

Oh, I forgot that Queer Eye was starting again.

I am sad about this new twist in Beauty and the Geek. It's turning the show into just another hook up dating show. Boo.

Spoilery for Season 4 but in a way in which you cannot tell when this will happen. Top Chef filming in Chicago news! (Because it has a report of Padma taping her description of a qf.)

I hope we get lots!

I watched parts of the Queer Eye last night. Did anyone else see it?

We have both eps taped but haven't watched yet (not that I'm worried about being spoiled). Not sure when we'll get to it -- we're also a day behind on Keith Olbermann. As well as an ep behind on Torchwood.