Live Blogging Episode 8

Here we go, I'm gonna live blog this episode because I'm avoiding writing on other projects. Plus I'm super excited to see what who the final male eliminations will be.

9:58 - I tune in a bit early so it's the end of the last episode. The gang is going to Argentina! In celebration, Adam gives Jenn a huge hug after vaulting acros the room. The rest of the guys do little celebration dances. Everyone is happy and there is great togetherness. Paula gets all fancy with an accent on "Bueno Aires," I hate people who do that. Then again, Cara Maria butchers the pronunciation of "aires" so maybe it's better to just say it right, accent and all.

10:02 - Cara Maria suggests a toga party and people actually listen to her! I love how everyone comes together to party one last time before things turn nasty. What are the chances Leroy and Mike get thrown into the Jungle? 1000% right? Mike is currently kissing Paula. I wish they blurcled that out. And Adam gouging Jenn's face out with his kisses too. Please blurcle that MTV.

10:04 - The guys are harassing Mike, slapping his bare butt when he turns around. He seems to be pretty annoyed. Are we headed toward a verbal explosion from the meek? "Chucking cookies at me! They always throw cookies at me!" Yes! A verbal tirade from Mike. Even if nobody gets points for his outburst, it was worth it.

In a "I hate you guys, you're so mean" move, he goes into the pool house where CT and Wes are staying. Wait, Wes and CT are the only remaining people in the pool house? They've been sleeping together since the last male elimination? Does that mean it's been CT, Wes, and Mandi all in one room? Wow. Put a sock on the door knob guys. I bet the only reason they haven't killed each other in there is because the suspect list for the homicide would be pretty short.

10:08 - Having just watched the first episode of Jersey Shore: Italy, it occurs to me that the Challenge cast always live it up. Regardless of the show, they always get a big ass house. The first three seasons of Jersey Shore, Snooki and Co. were trapped in a shitty beach dungeon. I'm glad Sitch and the crew got to go Real World gaga over a nice house this season in Italy. Back to the Challenge.

10:09 - Whoa, Laurel and CT are friends again. How can she trust him? I guess the attraction is just there and she understands where his game is at? I love that CT adds "...or a woman" after he says that it's "every man for himself." See, he's not a misogynist! I do have to say, in the context of this season, CT has been the most understanding guy on the show. He defends the underdogs, he stays (semi-)loyal and all of his actions make sense. CT is Mr. Rationality this season.

10:11 - Why are they trashing their new house? Because they know they won't have to stay there too long? It's like a rock star trashing a hotel room, but without drugs or groupies. Although there are blurcles aplenty. If we add blurcles next year, it could be the number one bonus category. Again, we have to do it!

10:12 - Oh no, Wes pours two bottles of soda all over Cara Maria and her white dress! There's gonna be tears for sure. I have no doubts about that. I'll just mark it down now. Cara Maria's red hair dye is dripping off onto her dress. What does that mean? She freshly dyes it every few days? Or are the powers of Coke enough to erase hair dye? Hum.

Wes chases Cara Maria into her room to tell her that nobody likes her. What an asshole. Why's he picking on her again? She's in the alliance. There's no reason he should be doing that. I wish Abram was here to fuck Wes up. I think I've had enough of Wes. Laurel comes to the rescue! Wes calls her "amazon," Laurel shoots back by calling him "fire crotch." Point for Laurel.

10:15 - "I don't want to let them see me cry," Cara Maria says. Too late, I think they've seen that before dear. Kenny saunters in to assess the situation. Laurel tells him to get out. He tells her to shut up. Laurel backs down though. Sometimes Kenny is nice but most of the time his smirk betrays him. He knows exactly what happened with Cara Maria, but he's just coming to add more fuel to the fire.

Wih the new bond that Laurel and Cara Maria share, I think they come back next year and start to take over the house. Once they can dethrone Jenn, are there any other strong female personalities left? Laurel is chasing Wes around, trying to pour soda on his head. An eye for an eye, I like that. Of course, Tyler is insisting they don't pour soda around the piano. As a man of culture, I can respect that. Of course, I have to question why there's even a piano in this house. Which of these goons are going to play the piano? That's just a bad decision by MTV. I hope it's a prop piano. Oh no, Johnny throws a water bottle at Laurel!

10:17 - Bully Laurel has arrived. I love it. This time around, instead of picking on Eric, she's using her powers to defend Cara Maria. This is so great. Laurel calls Paula old, noting that she's been on these shows forever and never won anything. And then she says that her life is pathetic for doing all these shows. Careful Laurel, in a few short years that line will be thrown back in your face. Here we go, Laurel is going for it, bringing up Paula's anorexia, her inability to keep a husband, her advanced age (39! haha), and fake boobs. Bingo, Paula breaks down! That's what you get for sticking your ugly mug in other people's business and ganging up on Cara Maria. Wait, Why is Evelyn rubbing Paula's left boob while comforting her? Is that what you do when someone with implants is emotional? Duly noted.

10:18 - Deep moment, brought to you by a teary Cara Maria: "Why are people this hurtful to other people?" Hum, good question. Maybe we'll find out the answer by the end of this episode. Who says MTV doesn't tackle real topics? Teen pregnancy, the inherent evilness in people, it's all here on channel 710.

10:20 - The next morning, Paula gets no apology from Laurel and she's upset about it. This is after she admits that she's the queen of doing shitty things by day and then running around the next morning apologizing. Newsflash: apologizing doesn't mean anything! You were still shitty yesterday and being drunk doesn't excuse it. The only thing drunkenness excuses is random hookups. This public service announcement is brought to you by me. Being drunk is not an excuse! Tyler is kind of a dick this season. He helped instigate Mike into his tirade, he's bitchy to anyone not on his team, and he's been throwing his social weight around. I don't like that.

10:25 - This episode's challenge is terrible. Isn't the point of rivals to have them working together? Show some teamwork? The past two challenges have involved one person hanging while the other one does all the work. That's lame. The first couple challenges took coordination and communcation, these last few are just boring. Whoa, I forgot how strong Evelyn is. She squirrels up that rope ladder. There is a random white spotted horse in the background as the helicopter flies around. Did MTV place this horse there? It sure is pretty.

10:28 - "We made the decision that CT will climb." Really Adam? "We" made this decision? I'm pretty sure there was no question that CT would be climbing. Oh they have a different rope for the men. Oh wow, CT is having some issues climbing. Is CT about to DQ? Whoa. Would a lighter and more agile Adam have been a better choice here? There's no way CT and Adam get dumped before the final episode though, because he is featured on a later elimination where they get to tackle people. Right right? Please don't leave now CT! Man, he falls off and he and Adam DQ. This is huge.

10:30 - I just realized that there are two episodes after this one, meaning the last episode is a two parter. I knew this but yet it tremendously saddens me. I'm gonna hate next Wednesday when it says "to be continued." What do you think the demographics of people who watch this show are? Based on the tampon, contacts, and Glee 3D commercial, I'd say it's 90% female. The only male centric commercial I've seen so far is one for Axe shower wash. Which doesn't really count actually. Axe is for douchebags.

10:33 - Leroy can't swim but he sure can climb. Maybe he was ROTC in school. He gets up that rope super fast and finally shows off some athletic prowess. We're looking at a huge male elimination coming up. If Leroy/Mike win immunity then one of the alliance guy groups will have to go in. Exciting. It's pretty unfair that the helicopter was so low for Adam and CT. Wes already proved that he can climb a rope, the question is if he can do it faster than Leory. Nope! Leroy and Mike win the challenge!

10:35 - Civil war. Oh boy! Johnny is getting upset about Kenny letting Wes run the politics of the game. He's got a good point there. Wes and Kenny have been in the Jungle twice already, but they should go in again because Tyler and Johnny really have done so much better overall. Of course, Kenny and Wes would never volunteer. Johnny thinks the four of them should just settle it. I'm not sure how that would work as a vote would be tied obviously. Maybe they should play rock paper scissors for it? That seems fair.

10:37 - OMG they are voting people into the elimination before they get a chance to chat. What happens now? No way Eve and Paula turn on Tyler right? I feel like they sacrifice Kenny in order to dump Wes. But that means nobody can beat CT. When will we see the CT vs Wes showdown? Wow, this on the spot voting is going to change everything. I love the pressure it puts on people.

10:39 - Evelyn leads off by tossing in Johnny and Tyler. Everyone jumps on that wagon. There goes all the alliances! Strangely, Jenn and Mandi are the only ones to vote for Kenny/Wes. Aren't Jenn and Kenny friends? Isn't Mandi hooking up with Wes? Very strange. Otherwise the vote isn't really that close. Cara Maria would love to send Wes into the Jungle versus CT but she doesn't want to hurt Kenny. This is actually where Kenny is showing his value to his partnership. Without the fact that everyone likes and owes Kenny, Wes would have been thrown into this pre-finals elimination. They are showing clips of CT backpacking Johnny. This is so great. Adam should just start talking trash. He's gonna be a non-factor tonight.

10:41 - Tyler is pissed and hurt. He tells Evelyn that he thinks nothing of her. He calls her a backstabber. Johnny probably feels the same way about Kenny. There was a right way to handle this and Kenny didn't do it. I so need to get into a Challenge, to see if my bonds of real life friendship would be tested under these circumstances. I want to test my friendships!

10:46 - Adam and CT will have a moment of brotherly support. I wish Adam had finally said that CT was his friend. He must be holding that back for the finals. The one chance Johnny and Tyler have of winning is to use Tyler as an anchor versus CT. Actually, that's not a bad idea. They suggest that CT's confidence is at a low. That's relatively speaking, because he's pretty much ready to destroy Johnny and Tyler.

10:50 - Real life friendships are fraying here. Paula says that she's been closer to Kenny for longer, which really hurts Tyler. Poor babies. I see a real friendship fracturing here. Again, I need to get on this show with thirty of my "closest" friends! Tyler is going off the tracks. He's provoking Cookies Mike again. Ooooh, Leroy steps in to defend his boy. Did Tyler just "yo yo yo" Leroy? That's racist right? Johnny saying that Tyler is fragile emotionally right now is quite the understatement.

10:52 - The next eight minutes here could determine how excited I am for the next two shows. It would be ratings disaster for MTV if CT gets dumped right now. Actually ratings probably doesn't matter, but I sure want to see CT make the finals. Please please! Okay, Tyler isn't angry anymore. He's manic. CT is going to eat him alive.

10:56 - As much as I hate Wes this season, he is a strategy master. He brings up a great point about Adam's confidence being an all time high and he gets everyone ready to bring Adam down. Savvy move. Wes is by far the most strategic of all the players, and while his tactics may be obvious, he is good at game think. I just lost my eyesight. Adam and Jenn are making out. Geezes MTV, a little warning?

10:58 - Wait, who did CT beat up that was gay? Everyone is ganging up on Adam now and it's definitely true, the Kenny alliance is all full of bullies. I love that Laurel and CT, the strongest individuals in the game, are fighting for the small folk. Holy shit, is this really going to end here? Oh dammit. They always do this! Why did I think they made "to be continued" during the finals? Stupid me. I can't wait for next Wednesday! (I think CT kills Johnny, maybe literally)