Post-Survivor

I could do with a few hour's extra sleep today. I stayed up to watch the 3-hour Survivor finale last night, which ended after 11 (WAY past my bedtime!). My son did too. (He's off sick today after throwing up early this morning - has had a bad throat/chest all week)

Amber and Rob - weird... She didn't look terribly excited at either the million or the engagement, but perhaps that's how she is. I'm just glad Rob didn't win (though he's got his hands on the money via matrimony anyway), and that Rupert got a nice fat cheque. He deserved it, he's super!

I enjoyed seeing the "best of" clips. I've only watched the last 2 runs of Survivor, so picked up stuff I hadn't caught before. And who knew Jeff was a ordained minister? That's plain freaky! :)

Next week one of my favourite reality shows starts up again - Amazing Race. Looking forward to that one. I'm not really one for reality TV of the back-stabbing, using and abusing variety. Rather give me something like Eco-Challenge, where the contestants have to work hard for their prize.

But we'll probably be glued to our TVs again when the next Survivor arrives (wonder if they'll run into any cannibals) ...sigh... addicts all are we.

PS One fun thing last night was a series of ads, specifically made for this last episode, putting 2 "cartoon characters" into a South African version of "Saliva" on a traffic island, and giving them tasks such as crossing the busy road for a mielie (maize ready-cooked, sold by the side of the road), or making it around the entire island alive in a taxi (notorious for bad driving, unroadworthiness and numerous accidents). They finally voted Jeff off the traffic island... :)