Burning questions entering the finale:

1) Will we see chest bumping by jury members Rupert and Christa when Jon is voted off?

2) Will Jeff Probst let Sandra and Jon wrestle for the Final 3 with Lou Albino, errrrr Rupert, as ring announcer?

3) On second thought, how about if Darrah buries Jon's grandmother in the final immunity challenge?

4) Every time someone refers to the Outkast tribe, can a clip of "Hey Ya!" be played?

5) Right before the final vote, will CBS put up a "Lillian's family" graphic so it ruins the whole finale like they did last year with "Jenna's family?"

6) How many years will it take Burton to figure out all the options on his GMC Envoy? Over/under is 47.

7) Will Richard Hatch make a fuss when Probst calls Jon, "the most devious player" in Survivor history?

8) How much makeup will they put on Rupert to cover all the mosquito bites he got on all-stars up until last week?

9) Maybe Jeff Probst can ride in on a motorcycle with Elizabeth Hasselbeck on it and give gifts to all the Survivors?

10) Will David Caruso, Shelley Long and Barry Sanders be at the post-production party for a quitters' welcome?

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TRIBAL COUNCIL VOTING
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Burton (votes Lill): Lill, you broke our alliance and you're not someone I want to go up against in the final 2 so your time has come.

WHOA!? SHE BROKE AN ALLIANCE? YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE HER OFF! BEGONE!

Darrah (votes Burton): Burton, I'm voting for you tonight because of my new alliance. And this is our only chance to get you out. If you win immunity then we won't have a chance, so umm, thanks for the fish and thanks for the good times.

DARRAH'S VOTES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME EVERY TIME. PERHAPS THE REAL DARRAH DISAPPEARED SOMETIME BETWEEN EPISODE 1 AND EPISODE 6 AND THEY JUST RE-INSERTED A ROBOT TO TAKE HER PLACE? SERIOUSLY.

EVIDENCE THAT DARRAH IS A ROBOT:
1) Won four immunity challenges in a row requiring intelligence, athletic effort, shooting accuracy and deformed arms to fit in small spaces. None of which the real Darrah had.

2) Word-for-word exact votes. Saves on MB's production costs.

3) Remarked about how daddy will pay George Lucas for her boob job.

4) Told Burton to "oil her back down."

5) Mortician...death...Terminator robots...do I need to go further? What's next? Darrah for governor?

6) At the family reward challenge when asked what her favorite movie was, boyfriend Bradley said Britney Spears' Crossroads. Darrah's response? Short Circuit.

Lill (votes Burton): Eagle Scout Burton, I’m very proud you made that. But because of the nature of this game. I have enjoyed our conversations together. I've enjoyed our company, but because of the nature of the game, you've backed out of some agreements with me. And now this is the reason why you I have to write your name down.

I CAN'T BELIEVE DEMI VOTED OUT ASHTON!

Sandra (votes Burton): We got rid of you once, but then you came back. This time there's no second chances. You said I would be a fool not to keep you, but actually I'd be a fool to keep you around. Adios.

Jon (votes Lill): I'm hardcore. I'm hardcore. I'm hardcore. You're nice. Have a nice day.

ONLY ONE MORE WRESTLER REFERENCE TO GO...

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BURTON'S PLAN
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Clip description: Having burned many bridges along the way, Burton revealed his strategy for the final stages of the game. How did he see the end actually playing out? Insiders get the answer.

Markopolo's note: THIS IS A SPOILER VIDEO! Here are the spoilers!

-- Burton talking about a Jon-Burton final 2 vote guarantees that they are not in the final 2. So Johnny Fairplay is gone F4 or F3.

-- Darrah was the tattle-tale on Lill. She told Burton that Lill approached the ladies about a girls alliance. YET DARRAH VOTED OFF BURTON...HMMN.

-- Burton has a good quote for F2 voting. "Without me, Lill would have been gone a long time ago. She has no strategy."
... "I like my chances a lot better than Lill's because I don't think she can get to the final 2 with a map and a compass."

-- Burton quotes Lill...Lill got all, "Well, I just don't like Sandra. I don't think Darrah should go first. Darrah's a nicer person."

-- This is also a SEVEN-MINUTE video. People, you really have to start paying me to do this. I thought Tijuana was bad....noooooo way. Listening to Burton over and over again in clips that were 7, 5 and 12 minutes long (see below)...HELP ME!!!!!!!

Burton (confessional before immunity challenge): When I look at getting to the Final 2, you have to get to the final 3, final 4, blah blah blah backing up. Jon and I have talked about being in the final two a lot. I do think I can beat him if we get there. I definitely think other people might be easier or harder to beat. I think Lill would be a little more difficult. Sandra might be a little bit easier. But my thinking is Jon and I have burned a lot of bridges so far in this game.

The way we see it playing out, we will burn three more bridges to get to the final two. We have five people right now, three more have to go down. Don't plan on them really expecting it. Umm. If Jon and I are in the Final two, the jury will have to vote not on a good guy and a bad guy, but between what they most likely will perceive as two bad guys that have been deceitful, that have lied and have backstabbed throughout the whole entire game.

Now, I personally think I have driven a little more strategy than Jon has. But I've been very careful about who has the last word and the last promises to the people who have gone. Jon has promised the world to everyone who has gotten out of this game. I have tried to keep myself a step back from that.

I'm hoping that the thinking will be, "Jon you screwed me over. You never gave me a warning that I was going. And if anything, you said on the way to tribal council, 'don't worry, don't worry. You're fine' "

So I think there's a pretty good chance I'll beat Jon in the Final 2. I think it could be close, probably a 4-3 vote. Umm. But I think I can beat him. And you know what? If I can't beat him, I don't want to see the three people left in this game win the million bucks. So, Jon would be the one I would rather see win that.

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My approach to talk to Lill today was to go in with an apology. That I was sorry I was kind of barking at her the other day. I said we should vote Darrah off, quit questioning. I was really doing it as a way to begin a conversation. Me going and giving a concession to her, hopefully to make her open up more. And to make her feel like she has more say in the game than she really does. Because she has no say in the game. At least no say in terms of how Jon and I vote. But I wanted her to think there was more to it though. So that's why I went in saying, "Lill, I'm sorry. Like everything's good. We're still friends."

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The only things that I promised Lill was that I would be honest with her in this game. I did, I think I promised her top three. But never went beyond that because we hadn't gotten there. She did ask me at one point. I said I'm not going to talk about it. We've got a lot of moves to make until then. She did not like that answer. Which is something I still have to address. But you know, Lill, she said that to Darrah about forming a girls alliance. She broke our bond. So I'm going to lie to her as much as I lie to anyone at this point. It completely shattered my promise to her. So Lill has no promises anymore (laughs).

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Lill is physically, mentally, emotionally, she's a wreck. She wants to get home to her family. She doesn't sleep at night. She has bites and itches and scratches that annoy her and really bother her. I mean she won't admit it, but age is kicking in with her. And ya know, we're not getting much sleep, it's harsh conditions and she's not holding up as much as the others.

At the same time, Darrah weighs less than everyone. She doesn't do much. But she's really tired.

Lill's also working herself to death. So that's her fault.

Darrah's not doing much, but she's really exhausted.

So the weaker everyone else is and the stronger I am, the better I have a chance in immunity and reward challenges and the better chance I have moving farther in the game.

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This immunity should be pretty important. There's a lot of variables up in the air. I think as long as Darrah does not win, it should be OK. But there's a lot of stress lifted off those shoulders if you have that belt on going into tribal council. Cuz I hate tribal council....

But I think the big thing is for Darrah not to win.

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The only bond I made to Lill out of the outcasts was that I'll get you as far as I can. As far as makes sense. I'm not going to take Lill past a point that's detrimental to my position in the game. That’s stupid. It’s an individual game.

Without me, Lill would have been gone a long time ago. She has no strategy and if she lied to me and went against our bond. Which she did according to Darrah. The outcast bond is gone. But I'm still fighting for the outcasts. Only one person wins this. It's not a team thing. So I like my chances a lot better than Lill's because I don't think she can get to the final 2 with a map and a compass."

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Yesterday morning, we went out mussel hunting. You send the girls mussel hunting and they bring back 20 mussels. OK, everyone gets 5 mussels (sarcastic tone). It's like OK, where's the rest of the meal. I've been fishing for hours every day and getting a lot of fish. And it's great, I like it and everything. But I wanted a situation to be where if I didn't fish for a day we still had food. So I go out with Lill and Jon showed up later. And we got a decent amount of mussels. Turns out the girls ate them all because Jon and I took off. But we talked a little about voting either Darrah or Sandra off and the top 3. And Lill got all, "Well, I just don't like Sandra. I don't think Darrah should go first. Darrah's a nicer person."

She's getting emotions mixed up with strategy and mixed up with the game. And that's my big concern with Lill. If she starts making decisions based on irrational thought, in a strategic game, and bringing in emotions, it could hurt our alliance. I don't think it went that well. But it was said and done, we couldn't do anything about it. A little bit of damage control this time.

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BURTON'S FINAL WORDS
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Burton (after TC): It's amazing to get an opportunity just to have the challenge to possibility win a spot or two on the Outcast tribe to come back into the game. Having been voted in by that tribe meant a lot to me (WHAT, WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO LET RYAN S BACK?). Every day I really relish because it was one more day that I was given to continue on in the game. I definitely learned a lot in the nine, 12 days I was out here. And I had a lot of time to think, came back into the game and did very well strategically hooking up with Jon.

It did get down to a point of the game where I knew that if I didn't win immunity, Jon and I both knew, that we would have to pull a lot of strings to keep going. And you know, every odd-numbered tribal council, it's a tough one.

I was really shooting for immunity. Impossible in this case for me to win, due to the nature of it. (YES, YOUR HANDS WEREN'T SMALL ENOUGH UNLIKE SOME OTHER PART OF YOUR BODY. OH, I AM NOT SURE, THAT'S JUST WHAT LILLIAN TOLD ME.)

You know, I expected it tonight. The girls were acting funny. Lill broke every trust, alliance thing she promised. So I knew that I was probably going to be going from the vibe around camp. But you know what? I made fifth place, prior to this it was 13th place.

SORRY BURTON...BUT DUE TO THE NEW BCS SURVIOR RANKINGS...OUTCAST STATUS HURTS YOUR OVERALL STRENGTH OF SURVIVAL RANKING. INSTEAD, YOU GET NINTH PLACE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TALK TO RYAN SHOULDERS AND HIS COMPUTER IN THE BASEMENT OF THE SHOULDERS' HOUSE. JUST BE SURE TO KNOCK IF YOU HEAR PORN IN THE BACKGROUND.

So, all said and done, quite an improvement. I'm very proud of what I've done here.

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In the beginning of the game, you're thrown in so quickly you don't have enough time to make decisions that could affect later in the game. A lot of it is by chance -- who you're paired up with versus actually thinking about who you're forming an alliance with. What tribe you're in. You don't choose that. The second time around, I was more careful in my thinking. I tried to think everything through as far as possible having to backtrack to make decisions. And knowing the people prior was able to do so more completely. The beginning of the game -- it's a lot of luck.

Nothing for me in terms of myself. I've been through tougher situations. I've been through more physically demanding situations. (YEAH, I HEAR THOSE EAGLE SCOUT MASTERS CAN BE TOUGH ON LITTLE BOYS. MUCH WORSE THAN PRIESTS.)

It's amazing to me how lazy some people can be and how little work they can do. And the fact that they do ride the coattails of others. I'm used to competitions where if you don't do the work, if you don't push hard, you're out.

This is a strategy game where three of the top four girls have no strategy. Or have had no strategy up until the last four days. They don't contribute around camp. Well, Lill does a lot. But Darrah doesn't do a lot. So it's a very different situation than what I am used to. Umm, but you know the game gets boring sometimes. You fight boredom. There's only so much you can do. And you don’t eat much. Those are the two biggest things. But emotionally, physically, mentally, it didn't push me past my limits from before.

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I knew coming into the game, I was here to try to play down how I am. How I am as a leader. A physical threat. A mental threat. You can't really do that in a game that lasts so long. Temporarily maybe, but in a game so long, you can't hide a physical threat. You can't hide leadership abilities. I knew coming into it, it would be a matter of time until people put all the pieces of the puzzle together and said, "We've got to get Burton out." UHHHH TRY DAY 1.

That's part of why I'm out now, that's part of why I was out before, but other reasons also. But I am who I am. It works well for me. I wouldn't change a thing. And in a lot of things in this game, who I am is a disadvantage.

THIS GUY IS SO STUCK UP HE'S TALKING TO THE ASTRONAUTS.

All things considered, I'm very proud how I did.

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BURTON: THE DAY AFTER
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Markopolo's note: This clip is almost 12 MINUTES LONG! Burton just LOOOOOOOOOOVES talking about how great he did, how great he is, and how everyone else was threatened by the fact that he was so great.

Burton (day after): As a member of the outcast tribe, it was going to be very difficult for me to make it to the top 2. My original alliance with the former Drake tribe looked like a good alliance at first, but then I had to flip on that because that would have only gotten me probably to the top four. (HEY BURTON, YOU TOOK FIFTH...MAYBE YOU SHOULD RETHINK THAT "GREAT THINKING" OF YOURS)

Well, maybe fourth or fifth place.
(OK, YOU CAUGHT YOURSELF THIS TIME...LUCKY)

We figured out a strategy that was able to work us up five spots. But it literally took talking multiple times per day, figuring out every different scenario that was going on. And we were going to have to play this game and execute a ridiculous amount of moves and have a lot of luck on our side that everything worked correctly in order to get to the final two.

It was very risky. It was very difficult to do, but I knew it gave me a chance. So, as it got down to it, a couple days ago and yesterday and before I got voted out, that it wasn't going to work. I saw how the girls were acting. I knew they had talked. So, you know, last night, I knew it was a 50-50 shot I would be going home. But coming into the game, knowing that I would be a physical threat and that my head would be on the chopping blocks early, all things considered, I think I did pretty well.

The frustrating thing for me is that I look at the four remaining people in the game and three of them, Sandra, Darrah and Lill, have not had a strategy the entire game, have not caught any food, have not pulled their weight around camp. And they've literally ridden the coat tails of one or more people throughout this game.

On a stranded island, with no help, they wouldn't make it a day or two. I mean they couldn't do anything on their own. None of them got much food besides a few mussels here and there. And they um, I don't think any of them understood how the game was really played. The full strategies behind it and what went into it. (REMINDS ME OF HUNTER'S SPEECH, THOUGH I LIKE HUNTER AND DISLIKE THIS EGOMANIAC).

I imagine Jon will get kicked off because he is the smartest person in the game. Probably the smartest person to play the game this round. And it's going to be one of those three. And in my mind, none of them are deserving to win but that's the nature of the game.

It's not as much survival in terms of life survival, as it is social survival or being around until the end. And those three have just been around. They haven't done much to get themselves there.

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After I got voted off the first time there were a lot of questions I had that, over time, I got answered. Umm, the reasons I got voted off: 1) I was seen as a threat later in the game, but that was awfully early to vote a threat off. The other thing was people starting spreading lies about me. That I was going to defect from the Drake tribe and go to the Morgan tribe. So they said, "Let's just get rid of Burton."

Well, once a lot of the lies were clarified, and I was threat, but there were two people in the game who could catch fish, Rupert and myself. When Rupert was gone, I was the only one in the game that could catch fish. Even though I was a threat there was a definite need for me to be around. Some of things that I learned from getting voted off the first time -- I kinda got caught up in the wrong alliance in the first go-around. But in this game you have to make things happen quickly and luck plays a big part of that.

In the early days of the game, you don't know people. Who you can trust, who's going to be a good alliance partner or not. I made some bad decisions but there's not much I could have done with that. I have to say going back in the game, I thought things were going to go a lot differently as far as my relationships with the former Drake tribe and then working with the Morgan tribe. But you know; I did learn to analyze things more. Think everything I could possibly and find someone else that's doing the same thing that is smart. SO working with Jon, I mean we played five or six tribal councils. Every single vote for the entire deal. The people we wanted voted off were voted off. And we manipulated just about every person in that game.

And without Jon's help, I don't think I could’ve done that and vice versa. So finding one other person that's smart, that's a strategist and wants to go far in this game was a huge key to go long.

And I also had Lill, who would do anything I told her to. (DOES DEMI DO EVERYTHING ASHTON ASKS OF HER?) Which was a huge asset to me. But Lill ended up breaking that bond and I'm sure she'll be voted off sooner or later because she doesn't even know the rules of the game.

But ya know, it was really learning about picking the right people, getting matched with those people and working together. And you really have to put a certain amount of trust into someone and it's really hard to do in a game where you can't trust anyone.

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To me, I came out here to play this game because of the overall experience it provided, being stranded on an island for this amount of time, meeting new people, the challenge this game was going to bring physically, mentally and emotionally. But the biggest thing was to play a strategic game and one of the most complicated strategic games I can think of. IF DARRAH WINS, THIS GAME CANNOT BE CLASSIFIED AS STRATEGIC.

In terms of taking that back to real life, the problem is this is a game, not real life. (QUOTE OF THE YEAR).

I don't lie in real life. I try not to be deceptive. And I don't backstab. So I'm not going to use half of these tactics I've used in the game. But, if you come across a strategic choice or decision you have to make. This game teaches you to think through every single possibility about every choice you make. So I barely slept at all in this game because I was thinking about what could potentially happen.

So it really taught me to focus and think on options and reactions and repercussions to those that I make.

But this game isn't real life, which is good because I wouldn't want it to be. (TOO BAD BECAUSE A LOT OF GUYS WOULDN'T MIND PUTTING ELIZABETH FILARSKI'S TORCH OUT)

But a lot of it is an experience, and a great one. But I'll keep this as an experience and my real life as real life.
Something completely different.

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BURTON: THE DAY AFTER PART 2
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Markopolo's note: Here's part two of the 12-minute clip of Burton's egotistical rant.

Burton (day-after contd.): So the experience itself of being stranded on an island for over a month. I've never done that in my life, especially catching your own food. Boiling your own water and things like that. I've done it for short periods of time, but nothing like this. I can't imagine any situation where I can do that again. (WHAT ABOUT SURVIVOR ALL-STARS TWO? THEN AGAIN, YOU WOULD NEVER BE PICKED FOR THAT UNLESS MARK BURNETT WAS ON CRACK.)

So that was awesome and I'm glad I got to do that.

In addition, we were basically in paradise, with our own island, our own cove. I've been able to go out fishing every day. I've been scuba diving and snorkeling kinda around the world, so a lot of these experiences were new to me. I've been spear fishing maybe ten days in my life up until now. Now, I'm doing it basically every day. So it was doing things that I really love to do, which is great.

THIS GUY IS REALLY PISSING ME OFF.

At the same time, you get to play the game, so it's the best of both worlds. In terms of mental and physical. Adventure racing pushes you harder mentally and physically, especially the EcoChallenge. (WHERE I WAS HAND-PICKED BY MB).

So I didn't push myself real hard. I wasn't at my limits, while others were breaking and I could tell they were deteriorating. Those are the aspects of the game that didn't affect me as much, which is great because I didn't have to worry about them.

AT THIS POINT, I WANTED TO SWITCH TO THE CLIPS OF TRISTA AND RYAN'S WEDDING. THAT'S HOW DELUSIONAL WATCHING BURTON MADE ME FEEL. BUT, BECAUSE I AM PROVIDING A SERVICE TO YOU, THE LOYAL SURVIVOR FAN, I WILL CONTINUE.

The experience itself was so unique. I couldn't do it again if I wanted to. So that was a cool aspect.

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I guess the disappointment I have is that if you look at the beginning of the game, the 16 people that started the game, Rupert and I, I would place a large bet, are really the only two people that could live on their own and only on own. No one else could catch fish. And maybe 1-2 people caught 1-2 fish each. While some people did get mussels and oysters, the Morgan tribe was, over time, just deteriorating. It was not sustainable. People were getting so tired they couldn't get water, couldn't make a fire, couldn't take care of themselves.

SO from a survival aspect, it's a shame to me that the strongest true survivors, of being able to survive in the outdoors, are not rewarded. And if anything in this game, are considered threats. Their biggest strengths are weaknesses and therefore they end up where Rupert and I did, which is out of the game and not even in the top four.

YEAH GO COMPLAIN TO GRETCHEN, FRANK, HUNTER AND THE REST.

That was a little disappointing to me. But because it's a social game, that can change any time. You never know what you're gonna get. On average, you're gonna have more weak people than strong people. And you're going to have a bunch of strong people who have strong strategy. They are going to be worried about getting rid of each other, while the other people tend to slip underneath the cracks and slide by and don't do anything will end up in the end. And the next thing you know, you're outnumbered by weak people.

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I thought a number of times if I were to do it again with all new people, how I would go about it. It's a really hard question to ask without seeing the people and getting back into it. But to be honest, I would help out less. I would fend for myself. I would eat more of what I found. I wouldn't support people who couldn't support their own weight. Let them drop out of the game. Let them wither away and not even participate in challenges.

NEXT ON SURVIVOR, BURTON EATS FISH WHILE JON DIES OF STARVATION. SOUNDS LIKE GOOD TELEVISION TO ME.

That could get you voted out right away, but it may not. The other thing I think is being a strong, mentally and physically competitor, I think you need to align yourself with others of the same type. Make pacts and say, "I know we're going to battle it out at some point, but let's get rid of these other people first, then battle it out at the end."

I tried that at the beginning of this game with Rupert (AS I MADE FUN OF HIS DRESS) then he got taken to the Morgan tribe, we got split up and I got kicked out. There weren't too many strong people left to have the numbers.

So I would definitely do it again. I would definitely have to think about what strategy I would go with. But I said it before and I'll say it again. You can try to hide your true self, and in the short run you can. But in a game that lasts 39 days, it takes a very skilled person if they're going to try to hide their true abilities that long and not have them come out. Especially if they're dominant, they're very strong mentally and physically or a threat in the game. And that's hard because at some point you have to pull that out to help you individually or in the tribe. So it's a tough one.

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JON'S FAVORITE DISH
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Clip description: Watch as Jon describes the amazing adventure as he and Burton enjoyed their excursion away from camp amongst the ancient ruins of Panama. What was his favorite delicacy? Find out now!

Jon (confessional): So we arrive and the ruins and there's this huge feast set up for us. It was a huge table with an overhead device of some kind -- and candle lights. (HMMN...ANY HANKY PANKY, JON?).

There was a pig. Wasn't big on the pig, not because I didn't like it but because when you took a bite you'd see his little face, "Like thanks buddy, you're eating me."

And I’m not down with that -- there was a beef stew that had no head going, "You're eating me."

So I kind of preferred that route.

Uhhh. Umm. Oh god I can't remember what they're called now. Oh. The plantains were awesome. That was the coolest part of the thing. They were this, almost like candy-yam style plantains that rocked. The baked potatoes were so filled with butter they were amazing. The corn was so buttery it was amazing. There was no butter anywhere, which was weird. Not amazing.

The broccoli tasted a little funny. (MAYBE THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL YOU, A LA HOMER).

The chocolate cake was the bomb -- Not mentioned to the rest of the tribe.

The marshmallows inside part of the cake used over the candles which created smorers were awesome.

There was this custard pie thing that was pretty great as well. A little too rich.

And there was bread, which I didn't do too much of. There were breadsticks, which were awesome. And the cheese rocked.

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I love the corn. It was so buttery. It was like KFC, man. It was the bomb. I love it.

NOTE FOR ALL THOSE JON WANNABEES, KFC NO LONGER SELLS CORN.

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I ate a lot the first go around -- a little too much sweetwise. I pretty much knew how to treat my stomach.

Burton was a little too brave dessert-wise, swinging them in between some of the meats and stuff.

And I knew I shouldn't of, but I said, let's roll the dice. But it's cool. I started again and did well. Then I started again and did well.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EATING, RIGHT?

I ate like four more times after that and I was doing alright. That was the key. No booze. So that made it a lot easier. But dessert, don't force it in between stuff. Bad move.

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I always use the rewards to get a strategic advantage over my tribe as far as nutrition. Always. I could care less about the experience and all that. I look for an edge. I look for an edge I can get in this game at any period of time. SO food is no different. It’s one of the main advantages.