Todd's best chance to get James out was when they voted out JR. They had the element of surprise on their hands -- James wasn't going to believe they'd vote against him over PG, Erik, or Frosti so he would have been totally blindsided and wouldn't have used the immunity idols. Todd was sure the other players were going to vote for James, plus JR came up with idea and Todd wouldn't have even been blamed for it. Of course he wouldn't have gotten credit for it, which is why he went after JR but it was a stupid thing to do.

It's too hard to try and figure out a way to throw over James, because they'd have to figure out a way to tell people and keep the knowledge away from James, which is hard on Survivor.

He's already my designer to hate.

Awww...I kind of love Christian. But probably mostly because he is a local boy. My fave dress was the b & w & turquoise one although it was maybe a little safe. It's just something I could see wearing.

My two favorite dresses was the purple one by the heavy set guy and the white and black fabric with the blue trim.

yes, I liked both of those. I love rami's because I'm a sucker for good draping and soft fabrics. They're more forgiving.

The loser and the rain-goddess were the only real disasters in this challenge. All of the others were made well, and some were quite good. I think this bodes well for the competition.

okay the lady, Tamara, on last night's new What Not to Wear episode had my exact same glasses I think. And what was funny was that all the way through, prior to her makeover, I was thinking, "Well, at least her glasses aren't too bad." hah!

Thank goodness they finally got a fun person! Maybe they should do more self-nominations -- maybe the person's own clothes aren't as bad, but at least they'd want to be there.

Oh! That reminds me -- yesterday I was walking on the street listening to a woman tell someone on the phone about how she is about to be on Ten Years Younger. It's like Semi-Extreme Makeover -- she was saying she had gotten an eyelift and botox and had just left the dentist. Sadly, she was just behind me, so I didn't feel like I could turn right around and stare!

Okay, I in no way want Jennifer and Nathan to have that great advantage.

At least all the other teams are in the same boat. (I wonder if there are flights to that town which I can't spell or pronounce from other countries?)

Africa already? They're doing some serious traveling on this race.

Poor Ron. He was a pill last week, but herniaa are not of the good.

Hate these two teams. Ugh. Can one of them be gone?

Oh, exotic name fun. How I haven't missed you at all.

ETA: Cell phones! Smart teams are fun. Also, did not know that H&A were Ethiopian. They make em pretty, wow.