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By Gordon Pepper
Reality Editor, StormSeeker.com

Well, I guess before I start this column, Im going to rant a little...So one of us writers gets voted off after the merge, eh? Well, let's see...almost ALL of the focus of the show has pretty much been on Boran. Look at what Mr. Alexander has to work with - people suffering from dehydration, a klepto, a racist goat farmer, lying, stealing, and more dysfunction than the Simpsons. What do I get? Team Beanie Baby, who hate the old geezers, and Team Metamucil, who think that the young'uns need to start working and stop playing with their Rubik's cube. He gets all of the drama of having people getting voted off - The only drama I get is whether our group meets the lost tribe of Tampono and which side Silas will be swayed to. Isn't this ironic - his team is getting wiped out and I may be the writer eliminated. Go figure.

Alright, enough bitching...on with the episode...recap time - the only thing they talk about with Samburu is how Silas is getting swayed by the old folks - BUT I JUST SAID THAT. ARGH!

Day 7 - Our camp gets up - we have more differences between the generation gap - the old folks, who wake up hours earlier than their counterparts, go get water - while the young ones decide to make breakfast.

Brandon reminds the group that the old fogies made them miserable for the first week:'They are conniving miserable people...they are probably talking about us now'. Sure enough, they are talking about them - the old folks are saying that Silas may be having the young people split the vote while they vote in a block, but Teresa is wondering whether or not Silas is playing both groups against each other. I'm wondering whether Teresa realizes that she is
being tabbed to be the next Tina, because she is acting not nearly as smart as her - Tina would have had Silas wrapped around her finger by now.

Meanwhile, Brandon is making them breakfast - or was, until the young ones accidentally ate all of it. Oops. The old group gets the table scraps. Frank's stare makes it look like he wants to take Brandon and put him on the skillet and cook him at 350 degrees.

Carl is fixing stuff with Brandon watching on while Kim and Lindsey are repairing  a bead necklace. This pisses off Frank and Carl, who is tired of Team Beanie Baby making necklaces and sunning themselves. Silas right now is tired of straddling the fence - he's going with the young group. They are trying to get under the old groups skin - why in the world do you want to do that? If you all work as a team, and win the immunity challenges, then you are all guaranteed to be in the tribal jury, at least. Duh.

So they're talking about the money. Silas just wants $20,000 to buy a set of wheels. Meanwhile, Carl is talking about his Mercedes and Porsche - and he's glad about not being part of Genration X. Uhhh....generation X may be the key to your sticking around, Mr. 46 year old.

Reward Challenge - The team has to roll a boulderaround an obstacle course - they are playing for 100 gallons of water - which is enough for the team until the merge. Our group has to sit out 2 people - Kim and Brandon get to sit down. They both start and it looks like Uncle Jeff is right in the way of both teams - don't trip there, Jeff, or you may be the next elephant stomping ground =).

Boran is leading - they have led every challenge and then have done something stupid to screw them up. This time, it's our tribe that does something stupid - and not navigating around the flags. Twice our group misses flags and Boran finally capitalizes and wins a challenge. I'm sure the other group is idolizing the gallons of water and praying to the water idol. No fresh water for our group - wow - we may actually get some angst after the commercial break. Whoo-hoo!

Well, we get no angst - but what about a sandstorm? Brandon is afraid of the bugs - Kim is afraid of the immunity challenge - create a SOS sign, and the planes that likes it the best will drop the immunity idol to them.

Frank immediately has a plan, which the kidlets immediately don't like - Silas has an idea, which everyone likes.

OPINION - Of course, for all of the conspiracists out there who are waiting for a way to even out the tribe - what about a challenge based on objectivity instead of a set of rules? I'll call it now - Boran wins, just to satisfy the conspiracists that think that the tribes must be even come the merge.

Lindsey was kicking a branch, and she goes down - she may be the next person to be dehydrated  - and Linda of the old fogies see her down - and needless to say, its time to tell the old people that she's hurt. While they are making the sign, Lindsey tells Kim that she wants Frank out, big-time, and that she wants Frank toi 'Drop Dead'.

The conspiiracists are satisfied, as Boran does win the challenge, and our group will now be going down by one member. Linda says that The Gods are angry and the Gods will not stay in a place that have two tribes divided. I wonder who in our camp is getting sacrificed to please the Gods. Your forerunners are the following: Frank (the annoying leader), Lindsey (Ms. Wounded), and Brandon (The Carnivorous Chef).

All of Team Metamucil are smug that 'Barbie went down in Africa' explains Frank, who wants to get rid of the excess baggage. The attitude it 'let's get it over with' - this will be real interesting to see which force will be the new dominant group in Samburu. This is our first trip here, so we get the full spiel from uncle Jeffy on getting along. Brandon and Lindsey feed Uncle Jeffy a steaming line of Monkey Crap, saying everything is well Silas says - 'you have to bend - if you don't bend, you'll break' uh-oh - this is not foreboding well for the young ones - let's see if that is bad...Kim is voting for Carl - uh oh - wasn't she supposed to be voting for Frank? I think Silas did split that vote - let's find out as uncle Jeffy counts the vote...

1. Lindsey,
2. Lindsey.
3. Carl
4. Carl
5. Cart
6. Carl (four votes Carl - I guess they voted in a block after all)
7. Lindsey
8. Lindsey

We have a tie. They both get to plead their case, then we have a revote - let's see if anyone changes their mind. Carl says that he worked his tail off and that he's a valuable asset. Lindsey is willing to learn - and it's a game for money and he doesn't need it. Here comes the revote...

1. Carl
2. Lindsey
3. Carl
4. Lindsey
5. Carl
6. Lindsey

We got another tie - now what? Tiebreaker time - answer a question on the survival bush - the first time someone is right and the other is wrong, youre out. The power of the tribe depends on a bush quiz. They both get one right, and two wrong. Deciding question: Putting hot water on a tick will force it to leave its human host - Lindsey true - Carl False - the answer is.....



True.



Lindsey stays on, Carl goes Iloveouybuhbye, as the Beanie Babies now have control of the tribe thanks to Lindsey. I got the cool tiebreaker tribe - whoo hoo! And now we get some angst too - yay =).  Will the old geezers stick around, or will they become pagonged?