Kathy - thanks for that link. It's good to see them all at once like that.

I loved Big Chris's purple dress!! (I feared that he wouldn't get what he wanted in the mad dash for fabric.) And that blue just popped on the black and white dress.

Those were my two favorites as well. The other outfit that I thought looked amazing on the runway was the one with the pants. Very polished looking.

I really didn't like the winning dress. I thought it made the models boobs look saggy and I didn't like the color. Of course, that may be because his model's coloring was probably one of the worst for that dress.

Survivor last night was really lame. All the sudden I was hit with, "Oh. These are the people I'm supposed to be watching?" I feel like the blindfold has been ripped from my eyes. There's only two more episodes, though, right?

What made the Elisa think that those boots went with her dress? The jangling of the greener boots against the bluer dress is just off-putting. And the dress (when you can't see the train) is otherwise pleasing.

That black and white dress with the blue details IS very nice. I think that one is Jack's.

I'm disappointed because I'd read some stuff about Frosti -- oh he's great! he can do parkour (or however it's spelled) and can do challenges! before the show, but there haven't been any kind of physical individual challenges and so I feel that was a dud.

Actually I'm really bored by all these non physical challenges, watching someone do a memory game isn't as fun as watching an obstacle course.

Yeah, I feel disappointed never to have gotten much out of Frosti. I think the challenge designers are generally brilliant, but they have not favored the athletic so far, and I miss the water challenges. Cook Islands had much better challenges.

I think over all Survivor does better closer to the ocean. There's more a chance to get food so you have less of the starving aspect (unless people just can't get the hang of fishing) and the challenges are generally more interesting with the water aspects.

Well, they have had water challenges this season (and quite a bit of fishing too!)

Very meh on last night's episode. I get frustrated when people don't at least TRY to think stategicially. Frosti and Erik's strategy both seemed to be... um, maybe they think I'm cuter? So I can stay another week? Hell, it's a 50-50 chance, right?

There is some serious weakness in that "dominant" alliance that could have been very well exploited by Frosti, Erik, and Pei Ghee. But Frosti and Erik seem to think it's better to hang with the cool kids than be seen talking to the pariah. I do *not* understand why they didn't try to get James out again! I don't understand these folks.

Denise, why EXACTLY are *you* protected by sticking with the dude with the Hidden Immunity Idols?

People sure do get some loopy thinking going once they are starving and exxhausted.

I do *not* understand why they didn't try to get James out again! I don't understand these folks.

Seriously. And the primarily alliance could have gotten Frosti, Erik, and/or Pei Ghee to do the dirty work, while they still voted for Frosti or Erik in case James played an idol.

I think it's too hard to vote James out. I can't recall how the numbers worked out, but I remember seeing a persuasive summary -- something like you have to have two targets, who cannot be privy to your plans; you're going to need at least five votes-- three for James and two for the other guy, in case James votes for someone else-- and there's always a risk that someone will defect. In the case of James, that person can join James in the final tribal and have a good case that James just got lucky with his idols. Or PG, Frosti and Erik (probably two of whom would needed for this plan) could turn James and make sure to vote someone out of James's former alliance. I could be wrong, but I think that's the problem.