Luke Judge

Good day my friends,

Before I get too far in today’s Survivor blog I need to take a moment to wish a very happy birthday to my sister Lynda, the Duchess of Palmetto.  Now that we have taken care of that let’s move forward. 

Last nights episode of Survivor was not one of my favorites this season, but it certainly did have its moments and what had to be two of my favorite all time Survivor lines.  We start though at the beginning when one tribe got a key and the other got a trunk.  This could only mean one thing and that one thing is merge.  So our friends at La Flor trekked over to Espada where hugs and love ensued.  It would not last long. 

The trunk was opened and they found food & liquor, which Fabio felt they should drink all at once.  They had new red buffs and needed a new team name.  Marty decided that the new name should be Libertad, which meant liberty according to Marty.  Since Marty had been known for telling us tennis players were really chess masters I decided to look it up.  According to Wikipedia it is the Spanish word for freedom, so I guess we’ll give him this one.  As they raided the food NaOnka took it upon herself to stuff peanuts in her top, which just did not seem right to me.  Later, when she was giving a little interview, she decided to fart for the camera.  What a treat she is.

The next morning, NaOnka went completely bonkers because people were eating the tortillas she made for them and taking “big ass bites”.  That left her with the smallest tortilla (which makes no sense, why not just make yourself a bigger one or eat more peanuts out of your ass?) and made her crazy.  So naturally the only thing to do was bury the flour.  Yep.  Bury the flour.  But since that was not enough for our terror of a PE teacher she decided to bury the pan and the fruit as well.  Do you ever wonder what kind of psychological exams they give these people before they let them on the show?  Do you think they got results for NaOnka and it said certifiably insane and the producers realized they had a gift from the Survivor gods? 

About this time we had an altogether too brief shot of Kelly sunning herself on the beach.  I just need to mention this for a few reasons:1. She looked incredible.  2. Except for a brief shot of her failing miserably at the challenge it was pretty much the only time we saw her.3. Have you seen those legs? 

Back at Libertad Fabio realized that stuff was missing and NaOnka was the one they figured was guilty of the crime thanks to Holly having witnessed her putting the flour in her bag.  Fabio was going nuts trying to figure out why she would have put the flour in her bag, but NaOnka was swearing up and down that she had nothing to do with anything disappearing.  Well, a little while later NaOnka fesses up and may have sealed her fate.  Not tonight, because we are dealing with a lot of stupid people here, but eventually.

At the immunity challenge Jeff had an immunity necklace for two.  Well, he had one for the men and one for the women meaning that two people would have immunity at tribal.  The challenge was a test of endurance.  They had to hold a metal rod over a tile with these two things keeping pressure on it lest it fall and break the tile.  Got that?  Well, our fair Kelly lasted about two seconds and useless Dan last about 2.1 seconds, but Jane and Fabio outlasted them all and won immunity.  Jane even kept playing after she won so she could say she beat all the men as well, which she did.

Back at camp the battle began to see who would be voted out.  Jane wanted Marty gone now, but Sash said they could not go with Marty since he had promised him he’d keep him safe at the next tribal council if he was in trouble.  Frankly, that is just dumb, but then again look who we’re dealing with.  Jane made a feeble attempt to get the idol away from Sash for safekeeping so he would not have to feel guilty and not technically be going back on his word.  However, Sash would not give it up.  Shocking. 

So useless Dan asked Chase what was going on and he said either Marty or Alina, since pretty much everyone decided they hated Alina.  Useless Dan immediately realized he had to tell Marty what was going on, which made Marty so angry his hair stood on end.  No, wait…Marty’s hair always stands on end.  Marty started playing hard to stay in the game, as was Alina, but only Marty confronted Holly and demanded that she give him the “South Dakota Word of Honor” that she would not vote him out.  I have to say that I am not the least bit familiar with the SDWoH, but I will tell you that it amused me.  Probably more than it amused me that Jane & Chase bonded over being from North Carolina and having accents.  If Chase does go over to Jane’s house I do think that in itself would be a fun reality show.  Sorry, back to the SDWoH.  If any of my South Dakota readers can explain that one to me I’d appreciate it.

So they went off to Tribal Council and Marty declared himself to be bonkers when he attacked Jane.  NaOnka was singled out for her thievery and stayed just as wacky as ever.  Alina continued to make a plea to stay in the game by selling herself short and saying she was no threat at all.  I had a feeling there was no way this would work, but for crying out loud why not?  She put herself out there as a pawn and she technically was.  Oh you stupid people.  Pretty much everyone else was ignored, but that’s okay because Benry was able to use the line of the night after he had written down Alina’s name:  Benry told Alina she was “a 100% grade A dirt squirrel”.  I love that line albeit I admit to having no idea what that really means. 

Alina was voted out with little fanfare and she wished them well even though she should have told them they were idiots before walking away.  Alina became the first member of the jury and we will get to see how she cleans up next week when it appears that Jeff will finally be all fed up with Naonka. 

Stay thirsty my friends.

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“I have nothing right now, just a body”, said Juanjuan. I consoled her by saying: “Aren’t you going to graduate soon? Find a good job, your future will be very bright.” Juanjuan replied: “Just before leaving school, I’m in a dreadful state, [I] have nowhere to go.” I consoled her again: “Don’t worry, someone will hire you.” Juanjuan started crying: “You understand my family, but you don’t understand what I’ve been through, my fate is very cruel.” I knew that she really wanted to get something off her chest so I encouraged her: “If you have something to say, just say it, don’t bury it inside.”

Juanjuan enrolled in a Nanjing university starting in 2007 and will soon be graduating. Since we’re both from Yangcheng in Jiangsu Province, I visited her family during last year’s summer vacation; we understand each other relatively well. Juanjuan’s family situation is not very good, her parents are good-natured farmers who have little means of supporting themselves, their lives are very hard. I once sighed: It’s not easy that this kind of family is able to produce a college student! Surprisingly, Juanjuan called me yesterday and was choked with tears, what she said astonished me.

18-year old Girl Uses Chastity to Fulfill her University Dreams

Even though Juanjuan’s family is poor, she can sing well and dance, and her physical appearance is very good, especially after she went through puberty. As her beauty became more enchanting, people in her village began describing her as “a golden phoenix that arose from a grass nest”. During the spring when she was 18, Juanjuan was in her third year of high school, and the county government held a literature and art festival for the purpose of commending local entrepreneurs who made a great economic contribution. Juanjuan represented her school in this performance and was even awarded a prize. When going on stage to receive her prize, she tripped due to her nervousness and was helped up by a young person who was also on the platform. Just like that, these two met each other.

Later on, it was discovered that this young person, named Wang, ran a clothing factory in a neighboring village. The scale of the business was not large, but in Juanjuan’s eyes he was a very rich man. Boss Wang would often go out with Juanjuan, letting her try on clothes at the factory, and one time, he even kissed her in the changing room. Boss Wang had a girlfriend, but Juanjuan was in love for the first time and did not mind. After all, he didn’t marry her yet, so Juanjuan herself still had an opportunity. What Juanjaun did not anticipate was Boss Wang unexpectedly got married during that year’s Tomb Sweeping holiday, and Juanjuan was not the bride.

A leaky roof gets rained on [i.e. bad events happen in succession], a fleeting first love came to an end on top of her family’s difficult financial situation. Juanjuan’s parents tactfully told her that they were not able to support her to go to college, and she should just quit school. These two setbacks quickly sent her into the depths of despair. One day, a vacillating Juanjuan suddenly got a call from Boss Wang asking if she wanted to go on vacation with him with the promise of helping her take care of her schooling fees. Juanjuan agreed without the slightest hesitation, she needed to go somewhere to reconcile her melancholy, as for whether she could continue with school, that was another matter.

Traveling over the course of a week, Juanjuan stupidly stupidly stupidly stupidly gave everything to Boss Wang. She seemingly had forgotten that Boss Wang was already married and also forgot that she had the body of a virgin. She didn’t care about anything and didn’t want to think about it, as if everything was frozen numb. The heartless Boss Wang did what he had to do and whatever he wanted to do. After getting back, she received a card, on the card was 15,000 RMB [i.e. about US$2200 or €1780].

Juanjuan fulfilled her university dreams, as for whether this sort of action was an exchange, she never thought about it. Juanjuan’s thinking was if she didn’t go to college, she would be married to a farmer in the village, and shed rather hand over her body to her first love than to a farmer.

University Professor was Really a Wolf

While going to college in Nanjing, Juanjuan basically worked part time to support herself, it was very hard, but she was content. During the second year there was a biology professor who started to pay attention to Juanjuan. Supposedly, this professor did not have such a good reputation due to a scandal about harassing a female student, so Juanjuan was very vigilant and kept her distance.

One time, the professor invited Juanjuan to his home for a meal, saying he also invited quite a few neighbors for a gathering, and this can help Juanjuan find a few tutoring jobs. Due to this reason, Juanjuan could not decline since she desperately needed to find some tutoring jobs. After arriving at the professor’s house, she discovered there was no gathering, and there was no one else attending. Out of politeness and respect towards the professor, Juanjuan did not leave immediately and accompanied him for dinner with poise. The professor kept urging her to drink more and promised to help her improve her living standards and help her find a job after graduation. If she wanted to attend graduate school, he would help out as well. At that moment, Juanjuan sensed something would happen, she wanted to leave, but the professor’s hand already firmly held her arm.

That night, everything that should have and should not have happened did happen. From the beginning, the professor’s actions in bed nauseated Juanjuan. His skin was like something from a novel, like worn out cotton wadding hanging down, poor physical stamina, yet he pretended to have prowess. Afterward, Juanjuan went to his home a few more times, other than occasionally getting two to three hundred in cash as charity, everything that the professor promised was never fulfilled.

Juanjuan said: This time, my luck was not very good, I didn’t get anything except my classmates’ rumors and slanders. Juanjuan was furious and wanted to rip the professor’s old face into shreds. Junajuan already considered herself shameless, this professor turned out to be even more shameless.

Juanjuan’s classmates also said this professor was just a wolf, how can Juanjuan get mixed up with him? Is it because [her] eyes started growing on her butt?

In Order to Find a Job, Offer the Body Once More

During the third year, classmates are busy applying to graduate school or finding a job, those with money rely on connections, those with connections will use their connections. But there are too many graduates, the students like Juanjuan without connections nor money can only be at a loss. Juanjuan went to job fairs all over the place, handed out countless resumes, went through innumerable interviews, even dreamed about the multitude of interviewers with their disfigured, smiling faces. The initial salary requirement went from 2000 RMB (monthly salary) down to 800 RMB and even 500 RMB, yet this still wasn’t [low] enough to land a job.

Through a friend’s introduction, Juanjuan met a guy who worked at a newspaper. According to the friend, this person was at editor level, had great capabilities, extensive connections, boundless potential, considered to be the type of person you couldn’t not socialize with. Juanjuan, filled with great esteem, began to get in touch with this man, and gradually discovered this person really knew how to brag and repeatedly bragged about the same thing. Juanjuan could not resist thinking it was funny but still kept a good rapport, pretending to admire his bragging.

Juanjuan said: The editor wasn’t even as masterful as the professor at picking up girls. Too old-fashioned, other than helping to find a job, it’s still just helping to find a job, not the least bit creative, yet still pretends to be a gentleman. Juanjuan had two previous experiences, [she] has already seen through men, so she wanted to see how long this “gentleman” can pretend. She calmly and quietly spent time with the editor and listened to him brag about his capabilities.

The editor said he had some close brothers [i.e. friends] in a county on the outskirts of Nanjing who can help Juanjuan resolve her job search problems. [He] asked Juanjuan if she wanted to go interview, and she agreed. That day they went, and apparently he did not lie. Sure enough, his brothers invited them out to eat, but not a word was spoken about the job. [They] stayed at a hotel at night, it was an apartment style where the editor and Juanjuan had their own rooms. After getting ready for bed, Juanjuan wanted to sleep, but the editor dillydallied and didn’t want to leave Juanjuan’s room. In Juanjuan’s mind, she knew clearly what he wanted to do, what he had no courage to say and even less courage to do. Juanjuan thought, men are very pitiful, can’t even match that lustful professor.

Wasting time like this definitely won’t work, and in the end, Juanjuan took the initiative and said, “You just wanted me all along, right? What are you waiting for?”

The editor finally got Juanjuan, as for the job, that never materialized. It wasn’t because he didn’t try to help, but because no one answered his ad. Juanjuan knew she was depending on the wrong person, so [she] didn’t count on him anymore.

Epilogue

Juanjuan’s story is basically over, [she] will graduate soon, but her job still hasn’t materialized. She says in her young body there exists an aged and hopeless heart. I asked her if she regrets the things that have happened to her body. Juanjuan asked rhetorically, “Taking what you have and exchanging it for what you don’t have, what’s there to regret?” Don’t they say “youth has no regrets”? She feels that all she has right now is her body, and there is really a lot she doesn’t have. Whether in the future she wants to exchange her body for something will be decided one step at a time.

What this author wants to say to Juanjuan is, actually, to possess a young body signifies having potential, for example, youthfulness, vitality, courage, motivation, a pure heart, positive view of the world, to face an uncertain world with unlimited desire, etc. Isn’t all this important as well? Because of youth, [we] can possess valuable riches. [I] hope in the future Juanjuan will take the path of a good person!

By Fauna

Editor’s Note