Challange time was interesting this week. The teams were to put together an instructional demonstration for The Home Depot of something customers could build. Ok…not being handy myself, I could see where this would be a problem for some of the team members, but was it fascinating to see how it effected each team.

Net Worth – All the team members were gung-ho except for Erin, who was upfront from the get go that she had no clue how to do things like this. There was plenty of other things she could have done, but she seemed to think her lack of tool knowledge just excused her from the whole thing. The rest of the team was jazzed though about their project which was a movable Kitchen shelving unit.

Manga Corp – Craig was project manager, and while he was enthusastic, he seemed to have no easy way of communicating his thoughts to the rest of his team. And none of them were excited about his choice for the demonstration which was just a simple storage box.

So when it came to demonstration time, how did the teams do? Well Net Worth bungled everything about their demonstration. Assembled it incorrectly, didn’t involve the audience and took to long to do it.

Manga on the other hand, who were not hyped about their box project, got into it when they saw how excited the kids got about it. They wanted to be involved and do it with their parents. This in turn jazzed the team, and they performed much better in the actual crunch time.

Winners….Manga Corp. Even though the team was not excited at first, they had to admit Craid stayed true to his vision and it paid off. And HUGE kudos to Kendra for even saying the only person on the team who deserved the reward was Craig. Wow…a player who admits they screwed up. Good for you!

In the boardroom it was refreshing to see George and Carolyn bluntly told Trump that Angie, the project manager for Net Worth, did not deserve to be fired even though she made some poor choices. Wowzers…go lackeys!

So in the end, Trump bluntly told Angie her butt had been saved by the lackeys and it was down to the two she had brought back in with her…Erin, the slacker and Chris the hot-headed tobacco chewer. How do we know this about Chris? Well his team constantly reminds you he is a hot-head and Trump freaking obsesses constantly over the chewing. GET OVER IT TRUMP! Yes, it is disgusting, but there is more going on here. Like all your personal habits are wonderfil *coughhaircough*

In the end, Erin and her slacking ways went…no big loss…adios!

Oh, and on a side note, the Home Depot they went into at the end to announce the winner is on 23rd street in New York City. It used to be the building that housed Hasbro Toys NYC offices and Toy Fair showroom…..that hurt to watch. I loved that building, and have some really fond memories of that building. Oh well…time moves on.

Wow….Ulong won reward challange! Yay…go Ulong! Oh wait a minute…it was only reward. Silly me.

So off we go to immunity challange….oh Koror won that one….what a shocker! At least this time Ulong got rid of James.

There really is nothing else to say. This losing streak of Ulong’s is just depressing.

I hate recap episodes…what a waste of a week! Yes, we got to see extra clips of the Apprentice’s being cry babys…NOTHING NEW THERE! Oh well….guess nothing to really say until next week.

Mark Burnett is an amazing, amazing bastard! Both teams go to tribal council, only one gets food and the losers have to watch the winners eat? OUCH!

The challange was pretty tame…go out on a raft, dive in, bring up a Sake bottle, first team to 6 wins. Not a huge deal. Unless your name is Ibrehem that is. He went down three times and was never able to get a bottle….*slaps forehead*. So again, Ulong falls behind. They almost caught up when Ian from Koror couldn’t spot the bottle.

So off to tribal council both tribes march. Koror first where they vote off Willard. Not a big surprise, he couldn’t contribute much. Then Koror moved over to the jury side, had stew and biscuits and watched Ulong have their tribal council.

Low and behold though, Mark Burnett stikes again! Before Ulong can vote, they are told Koror will get to give one member of Ulong immunity. So who do you think they choose? Why Ibrehem of course….d’oh! Talk about a way to screw over the other tribe.

So with only 4 tribe members up for vote they end up in a tie between Bobby Jon and Angie. I thought for sure Bobby Jon would go, but for what ever reason Stephanie voted for Angie in the second round. WHY??????????

Oh well…it’s not like I really expect to see any of Ulong there at the end of the game anyway.

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I have been watching ER since episode 1 and haven’t missed a one of them. So that being said…just let it die. It was good, but it jumped the shark a LONG time ago.

This season has been especially lackluster with only a few pearls tossed in. (The Cynthia Nixon episode and the recent episode with the letters back and forth to Iraq.) So instead of extending just for the sake of extending it….let it die a graceful death.

And if Noah Wyle is really leaving at the end of the season, which is up in the air at the moment, what better is there to end it than with the departure of the character that started the series?

Sometimes you just have to know its time to cut and run. Sadly the ER folks didn’t.

Been a long weekend folks, but here I am finally with my weekly whining about The Apprentice.

So it’s time for the corparate reshuffling to make the Book Smarts and the Street Smarts work together. Several changes were made, but as each is booted, I will tell you which side they were originally on.

This week each team was sent out to talk to an assortmant of famous rockers such as Barenaked Ladies, Lil Kim, Little John, Moby and so on and get them to donate items for a charity auction on FUSE TV for the Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Each team talked to different musicians and the prizes got to be pretty wild. (A week on tour with Moby for example) In the end Manga Corp (the former all book smarts team) won with a total of $21,654 to Net Worth’s (the former all street smarts team) total of $11,325. Happily all of it went to an excellent cause.

So what caused the loss? That’s easy, one word, John. Formerly of Street Smarts he had one concern, and one concern only, in the meeting of the celebrities and gabbing with them. He was rude, ballsy and all around unproffesional.

When it came town for the boardroom I did get concerned that Chris, the project leader, was going to go in usual style because he kept insisting on raising his voice to Trump and his cronies. Never wise. In the end though the right person went.

Adios John….he truly were a worthless lump.

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bwahahahahahaahaha Nice Apptentice slam

I…just….what…how…can…any tribe…be…this FREAKING STUPID? I am not even going to mention Koror this time…It’s pointless!

Ulong, with the exception of Angie and Steph, should just be lined up and shot. So when they did lose immunity….AGAIN….why didn’t they kick out James? Yes, Kim does nothing, but at least she isn’t a screaming, bossy pain in the butt!

Even Jeff Probst mentioned Ulong is setting a record for a losing streak. *bangs head repeatedly against desk* This is just painful to even watch at this point.

The woman pictured above is Rachael Ray. She hosts three shows on The Food Network. They are $40 A Day, 30 Minute Meals and Inside Dish.

So why am I writing about her you may ask. It’s an easy answer…..I CAN NOT STAND HER! Has there ever been someone on tv that the moment you see or hear them you just want to run screaming from the room? Well that’s my relationship with Rachael. She has NO talent, her little girlish giggle is something akin to nails on a never-ending chalkboard and quite frankly….she makes my teeth hurt.

Let’s look at each of her shows shall we?

$40 A Day – If you have seen one episode, you have seen all of them. “Watch as I go to some town and stuff my little chipmunk cheeks with three meals for just $40 a day!” And if you will watch this show you will also come to the conclusion that she has the MOST amazing luck. Wanna know why? She has never ONCE gone to one of these resturants “recommended” by locals, taken a bite and gone “Dear Lord this is crap!” Anyone who has travelled AT all knows this is going to happen at some point.

30 Minute Meals – I will give her this, I like this shows concept. Failry decent meals, all of them cooked in…*gasp*….30 minutes! Good concept, just can’t stand her!

Inside Dish – END MY PAIN! END MY FREAKING PAIN! They should retitle this show, “Watch Rachael Kiss Celebrity Ass For 30 Minutes”. Truth in advertising…it’s a concept folks. She spends time with celebrities discussing their choice in foods and sometimes having them cook. Trust me boys and girls…it is FAR more painful than it sounds.

Tell me, someone for the love of all that is holy, tell me how this woman has gotten 90 minutes of television to her name! Not to mention she has books out! (no link…I am done promoting her)

If you see this woman on your television screen, run, do not walk to turn the channel. Protect yourselves first and then assist your children.

Welcome (back) to ‘Deadwood’

This folks, is poetry. Any thing I could ever say about Deadwood would falter in comparison to this review. If you read no other part of the review though, you must see this:

“It is, in no particular order, a western, a gangster picture, a political drama, a lewd farce and a comedy of manners; an operatic potboiler chock full of sex, violence and profanity; a sustained long-form narrative that interweaves parallel plots tighter than hangman’s rope; a satire on American hypocrisy and greed; a portrait of needy, ambitious people who see through other people’s illusions but cleave tight to their own; a revisionist look at frontier life; a case study of a civilization struggling to create itself, and a weekly showcase for characters and dialogue so rich in complexity and contradiction that they deserve to be called Shakespearean.”

To me, that sums up this series. I have said it before, and I will say it again to anyone will listen, the first season may very well be the 13 greatest hours of television ever aired.

With a whack-whack here and a whack-whack there, here a whack, there a whack everywhere a whack-whack.

That is the sound of me whacking Net Worth in the back of their collective heads.

Back to the random business concept, this week it was mini-golf. Yeah, whatever, fine. Still can’t decide if I like the product placemant episodes or the random business episodes better. Not my say though, I have to take what they give me I guess.

Like last week, let’s get the praising out of the way. Book Smarts…good on ya. You came up with a decesive plan, you locked in exclusive promotions, you got out there and you did your thing. Beyond that I can’t say much about you because this was very much a Net Worth episode to show the extent of their stupidity. But congrats to Book Smarts on the win.

To borrow an old Chevy Chase line from Saturday Night Live…”Net Worth, you ignorant slut…”. What were you people doing??? Ok, first off we had the Audrey freak-out which was…well…freaky. You wanted to scar your face because you were too pretty? What?!?!?!? Are you psychotic? After that little outburst I had to wonder.

As to the actual task….see, this is what annoys me lately about The Apprentice as a whole. The teams spend WAY to much time about covering their own behinds. No one thinks in a team spirit way. Sure, I understand it is a competition with only one winner, but you will get further cooperating with each other.

The clown idea was fine for the theme, but with no promotion, what did you expect? Apparently no one respected Audrey and that is why no one felt the need to work. I mean, come on Chris…chewing tobacco while in a clown suit? What in the world were you thinking?

Ugh…I can barely even write about this episode it angered me so much! All of Street Smarts were idiots. (by the way Angie, Audrey brought you into the boardroom for backup, not to ambush you…think before you speak and assume the worst)

And for once, Donald Trump and his cronies got me angry. Ok guys, yes, the project manager is ultimately responsible, no argument there. However, as a boss myself, when I assign someone to a management postion, I expect broad reports, I do not expect to know every little detail, and watch every little step they make. If I did that, why would I bother having them do the job? I am NOT going to micro-manage my people and the projectmanagers on this show shouldn’t be expected to either.

Anyway, Audrey’s gone…good riddance.

Ulong, Ulong, Ulong! What is with you?!?!? You have won 2 reward challanges in a row, but you can’t win an immunity challange to save your lives! Yes, Jeff injured himself before the challange, but you could have still won the immunity challange if you had used ANY strategy. (and btw, both challanges rocked tonight! Both were very innovative)

So before I go TOTALLY off on Ulong, let’s talk about Koror and their animal killing. Yes, you need to eat, but trading the snakes you had for the POSSABILLITY of getting a shark was just stupid. You are so rich in food you can afford to just toss food away so you might be able to catch something else? Thats just stupid. You had food, you need it, don’t “gamble” it away. Idiots.

Ok, so back to Ulong. The whole episode started off with Kim being all upset over Jeff Probst drawing attention to her and Jeff cuddling at night. HELLO! IT’S HIS JOB! Probst has gotten bolder with each passing Survivor on how much he calls the Survivors on, and I think it has made him a better host with each passing episode. Good for him! Mix it up, make them jumpy!

So the night before Immunity, Jeff did injure his ankle. You could see it was swollen, he was certainly not faking it. So he had to sit out the challange which involved carrying 20 lbs back packs in water. (And congrats to Stephanie for being the only woman to stay in the second challange and kicked ass in the reward challange also.) No way he could do it, he knew it, his tribe knew it, so he didn’t.

They get back from losing the challange and Jeff sacrafices himself to the tribe. “Evict me, I am going to be useless”, but yet people still looked to Kim and her lazy butt. I must admit, I was torn, but Jeff really did need to go. So, adios Jeff!

Next week, Ulong angers Probst again! YAY!