congrats! also, congrate to the others who were soooooo close to getting the immunity too!

Yeah - being close rules.

Wow. I am really surprised that I was chosen to recieve immunity again...but I cannot be bashful or gracious and decline.

First, its not about the money. Its about enjoying this awesome contest, and all the excitement, stress, and fun it entails.

Second, there is most certainly a devilish alliance in play. Some people have even speculated that I am part of it. I am in fact not (my consolation was real, SG). I believe that if I didn't receive immunity this time, I would not have made it to the next round. I also believe that the alliance is five people strong. This means that with myself immune, one of their members has to go.

Maybe this will make the alliance members realize that they are not safe from each other, from super-secret alliances, and from double-secret alliances! The institution of the competitive alliance is rife with corruption!

What is to be done? Will the true believer alliance members cling to the hope of solidarity to the end? But what happens now that one of them may have to go? Who can be trusted in the fiendish alliance? Backstabbing in the Blogosphere!

Play the game! Vote as individuals! You don't need the alliance, it will only break your heart!

-Tim

hear hear

To clarify, I was not implying that I was somehow "close." Only pointing out that being close is not all that great.

You earned it Tim. That Saddam picture is amazing.

Isn't there a saying about being close os only good for horse shoes and hand grenades? I don't really get the horseshoes part of that reference.

The Saddam picture was, indeed, amazing. And I love the little critter.

But I confess--and I hope this doesn't make me sound arrogant or bitter. I'm just being honest and open.

For the first time, I think I should have gotten it. I loved two of Tim's pictures, but I'm not sure what part of his personality I learned about in the first.

I think all three of my pictures displayed different parts of my personality. I really thought a woman was going to get it this time.

i'm putting it out there.

the way we vote is we have everyone voting make a top 3 list. today it was 6 people voting (mike, steve, jona, james, marv and erik from fogstock).

so, a 1st place vote gets you 3 points, a 2nd place vote gets you 2 points, and a 3rd place vote gets you 1 point.

Tim won by 1 point over Zoe and Thom. It was so close. Both Thom and Zoe got 2 1st place votes (and at least one second), but Tim squeeked it out by being in every single voters top 3.

It was brutal.

Great challenge. Zoe you did deserve it. So did Thom. So did Tim. Heart breaking.

I'm truly not trying to make this an issue (I really promise!!)--but out of all your guest judges, how many have been chicks?

I liked your pictures a lot Zoe.

My first picture may look a little content-empty, but it is subtle.
One thing you could have learned from my first picture is that I like the color yellow. I like the color yellow because I am color blind to red and green. Only someone who really likes yellow would have such a yellow sweatshirt.

Yeah, I loved Thom's too. I can see how it would be a tight race. But still...throw in a chick judge once in a while. Give us a tiny bone.

(Wait. I take that back. Chick's don't like tiny bones.)

Guest judges gender chart v2.1:

Challenge #1: wk12 (5 women, 6 men)

Challenge#2: 2 men

Challenge #3: 1 woman, 1 man

Challenge #4: 2 men

OK!! Thanks for that. See? Behind the scenes stuff rocks. I can't wait for the extended DVD version.

(Make it pink, okay?)

(Because if you don't, it means you hate women.)

Zoe, don't let it get to you. Boys are just better bloggers.

*whisper* It's because of the penis.

ok, so how about some action on how many votes and when they are due? the fanbase is dying to know.

Ha!

Like I said - close is crap. I think you get points for being close in horseshoes? I don't know.

Someones a sore loser!

In horseshoes, you get a point for being within a horseshoe's width of the stake. You get two points if your horseshoe is leaning up against the stake. You get three points if the stake is within the "U" of the horseshoe.

Or some such scoring system, similar to what I just said. It's hard to remember.

Point being: Being close is pretty cool. But being the best is coolest.

My senior thesis is about selenium toxicity (selenosis). One sympton that hass been described as far back as Marco Polo is the sloughing off of hooves in horses and ungulates. In that case, horses don't even have socks, let alone shoes. Sucks.

That sore loser comment was uncalled for.

Yes it was, and i apologize.

Pussies. All of you. And not the good kind, either.

Zoe, Your strategy: vote off all the females and then cry about being a chick?

I hardly think asking about the presence of female judges constitutes "crying about being a chick." I don't think we'll know the intricacies and whys of how everyone voted until the final few days, but I doubt anyone was voted off because of being a woman. Maybe because of not actually having a blog...

Lyova got pretty far without having a blog last year.