Finally watched Survivor. Man, I saw all kinds of racism in Randy's rant about Krystal and her "posse" and "gang" and "arrogance." I have always thought Randy was a pig, but now I also think he's a racist pig.

Also, when Charlie was voted out, my DH turned to me and said "At least he gets to be with NMarcus." And sure enough, that's exactly what Charlies said. Charlie's OTP love for Marcus is so adorably OBVIOUS--I wonder if that will come up in the reunion show.

Man, I saw all kinds of racism in Randy's rant about Krystal

Oh, no shit.

I have always thought Randy was a pig, but now I also think he's a racist pig.

Yup. I have no idea how he makes a living videotaping weddings. He's just an all around unpleasant human being.

Top Chef: I can see the preview monkeys over at Bravo have been doing flash forwards, as the one they showed last week made it seem like Stefan was going to have immunity this week.

Fabio's dish looked really good, but I just think that it should be a handicap if you serve a dish that you've made before. A new idea should give you a edge.

I just watched Survivor from last week and I also noticed the racism. This season Jeff has targeted Kenny and Crystal for such scorn. Every single "previously on..." talks about how their tribe is the worst ever seen on Survivor, despite the fact that those are the only two people who have remained on it. Presumably because Kenny is not physically strong and Crystal fails at being as strong as she is supposed to be. So I love that they keep destroying people anyway. I can't believe they were able to get rid of Marcus, and I was shocked at this one too. So now I'm rooting for Kenny and Crystal against the Jeff Probst steamroller.

Well, I think you're new idea has to be more than, "Hey, I used an Ostrich egg!"

Oh, absolutely! but when Fabio went on about how he's made a thousand of these salads at his restaurant, it kinda took away some of the magic of the dish for me.

He was pre-emptively defensive. I wonder why?

Fabio's dish looked really good, but I just think that it should be a handicap if you serve a dish that you've made before. A new idea should give you a edge.

Oh I don't think so this early in the competition. It's not like he's Ilan serving the same Spanish-style food challenge after challenge. I'm dying to know what it is he did with the olives exactly. They didn't explain it at all but it sounds like they were amazing (olives are one of my favorite foods).

I feel bad that my hometown girl got sent packing. I liked her personality-wise anyway. I think it's not a bad idea to choose an unusual ingredient but, for gods sakes, choose one you've worked with before and do something interesting with it!

Well, I think you're new idea has to be more than, "Hey, I used an Ostrich egg!"

And it has to taste good. You only get points for risk-taking if the risk pays off. That's why it's called "risk."