The Puck and David Show

I shouldn't name these by missions because it's just so not about the missions. I don't know if it ever will be.

We'll start with the Julie/Melissa situation because that can be tackled really easily. I was going to comment much more on this, but it seems as though Julie got her word in on her site, Melissa got hers in on MTV.com, so considering that I have nothing to do with it at all, there's no point on my commenting on it. The fact is, everything for me is word of mouth. I never witnessed anything that happened to either of them before this, and I didn't even witness much that went on when we were all there together in Jamaica. I know that everyone knew Julie was shady except a select few - most likely the few that were in interviews. I know that Julie did NOTHING in Jamaica that anyone could witness that would illustrate the reputation she has had over the past few years. I know that it was impossible for Julie to come off looking bad because she didn't do anything wrong while we were there.

I also know that there was no question that she would be going home soon. Yes, she's a great competitor, but the girls had decided off the bat that we were more interested in team unity than individual strengths. We never saw her ever. She just wasn't around. Ellen came up to me after the mission while we were on the beach and said, "Julie is really nervous that they're going to vote her off."

My response - "Well...she should be, she's totally going home."

"But WHY? We came in 4th place! If she goes home that's totally bullshit and I'm going to say something," very Ellen of her.

"Well, she's going to go home, everyone knew she'd go home first no matter what." I was even surprised that Ellen was surprised about this.

Either way, this inner circle thing is not very informative. I've been curious to know what really went on in inner circles, and in this episode, you don't even see how they came to that conclusion. What's the point of the inner circle scene if we don't get to hear how they come to their conclusions? I mean, it sounded like they didn't think as a group that voting Julie off was the best idea, but they all then decided unanimously that she is. Melissa only says she thinks Julie should go, but I don't see her spreading rumors and trying to make people do it. I was disappointed with that editing. Now, I'll never know.

Now, Ellen. Let's talk for a sec. WHY are you crying that Julie's leaving? We've been there for about five minutes, and you two are not friends. How could you be so pissed about this? Who cares? It's the one girl no one has been talking to within the five minutes we were there. That's retarted.

So, I didn't realize the show was going with the whole "Melissa setting a bad tone" thing. I just thought no one cared that Julie was leaving. I know that no one helped her pack and we were all drinking Red Stripes and Pina Coladas down at the bar. So, I'm curious as to how this got to be so crazy. The guys don't know what they're talking about at all - they aren't involved. Shane's a sweetheart, but what the hell does he know about Julie?

Okay, topic done.

Puck/David:

Interesting. Again, how is one to know who is lying? David is screaming at Puck that he beats his wife. Now, a lot of people here know Puck very well, and they seem to believe that David is talking about of his ass about that. So I asked, "So, is he just completely lying right now?" But there was so much chaos that I don't remember if anyone bothered to answer me. We don't know how they started screaming. I don't know if anyone knows. I do know that Eric and Marc seemed to be on the side of Puck, and no one seemed to like David much at all. In my opinion, this is for good reason. I was horribly uncomfortable around him. David was never more than a ticking bomb. Who knows why he ever started screaming, but it is clear that his temper is outrageous, his mind is delusional, and his general personality is completely negative. He was the single most childish person I have ever known, and I walked out of his path every chance because he was like a storm - would wreck anything in his way. It was clear that he provoked Puck when Puck was trying to calm down and walk away from the situation. Granted, Puck would throw in some silly statements about his mom needing to shave her back, but that's Puck, I guess. Anyway, David's provoking was unacceptable to me. When Puck spit, David admitted it was his intentions to drive Puck to that point. Now, who's worse? Of course, the contract says that you cannot spit, but I think that's stupid. Spitting is nothing compared to most verbal abuse that takes place.

So, Jon Murray feels obligated and tells Puck as we are on the way to film the opening credits that he is kicked off the show. We were annoyed because we wanted to get going. Now, I thought it would suck if Puck got kicked off, of course, but after that, I really didn't care much. Not all of us cared at all. Rachel wanted this shit over with so we could get off the bus. So, people like Ayanna, Beth, and Jisella began the rally on the bus. Like motivational speakers they started telling us that we need to stand up to "the man" or whatever - about not letting production do whatever they want. People were uniting to keep Puck and someone yelled out that if Puck goes, we all go, and they have no show. So, now we have an issue. You get off the bus to support Puck, or you stay on the bus to stand against him. One problem - where do you go when you don't give a shit and don't want to be involved? I didn't want Puck to go, but I'm not one to argue with contracts. He broke the rule, and that's all I know. I was hoping Jon would be lenient because Puck was a good guy, but whatever. So, now I have to get off the bus because staying on is a bigger statement than getting off. So, one would say I'm being a follower for getting off when everyone else did. Not really - I didn't care enough to make a statement. I didn't rally around Puck and scream at the camera or Jon. I stood off on the side and made phone calls about how stupid this shit was getting. Blair thought that whoever left would be replaced without a problem. He said that he was positive that phone calls were already being put out at that very moment for replacements from the previous casts. He said that he'll go home because he'll just do the next one. I'm annoyed - we're already here in Jamaica, I don't want the show to end - this sucks.

So, David is going crazy, being the psychopath, not wondering that maybe when you're standing alone - you should consider why, that there might be a reason no one "has your back." Puck says, fine, you can spit in my face. David mocks him for stooping so low, and now David just sucks. Puck kept his end of the bargain, and now David is a super shit. David still gets to be in the opening, but he dances around people making childish noises and claiming that he got BMP to give him MORE money than everyone else was getting to stick around. Then I'm annoyed more, but I just want to move past it, so whatever. Go away.

We get back on the bus, and half the bus is crying because they are swelling with pride for having stood up for what we believed in and conquered. I didn't cry. I thought this was all boring and I wanted to get back to sitting by the pool and hanging out with the chill girls. Too much drama for me. How did I get myself into it?

What else is there to speak of? Oh God, Laterrian. He's CRAZY, but I think we touch upon this more next episode. Let's be clear of this so far though. We've been here for four days now, actually, more like three, and Laterrian hasn't slept...AT ALL. I got into an argument with him, and I never argue, so you can imagine how out of brain he was.

I don't know if there is much else, actually. A long episode, but quite self-explanatory and pretty straight-forward. People talk about how entertaining it is, but I guess it's hard for me to see it like that. I watch it and think about how fucking hot it was there, how long it took to ever get everyone together to do something. Well, more conflicts are soon to come that involve much more interesting back stories...


Add on...
I forgot to say a few things. Firstly, how Tonya became my partner. I was one of the biggest Tonya fans in the world when we got there. I knew very little of her, only that her reputation was pretty horrible from her season. The one thing that intrigued me from the get-go was that she was not bitter. Finding a Real Worlder who is not bitter, especially after a show like that, well, not only is it rare - it's downright impossible. In Tonya's case, she is not bitter because she was not a victim of editing, like most of us believe we are. She believes she acted as badly as her show illustrated, so she was able to confront herself and deal with it on her own. This makes for a better, stronger, more compassionate Tonya. I don't know anyone who had a problem with her. She was well-liked, very sweet, very interesting. She and I were inseparable during those first few days, and we picked each other for teammates immediately after it was announced we need partners. We even trained together a little with lifting and sprinting up the hill. People liked Tonya, she is not the same girl from Chicago. She was also open-minded. As a nurse-type, she took it upon herself to take care of everyone who was sick - which was everyone. A bacteria was in our food, giving nearly half the cast severe diarrhea, and it IS as gross as it sounds. People lost 10 pounds on average the whole time we were there. Anyway, whatever went around, Tonya was exposed to it, so this girl who has been healthy and sans kidney issues for months was suddenly not feeling so well, and it was basically because she was so generous with everyone else. She doesn't get really sick or anything, no more sick than anyone else, and they won't make a show of it, but that's something that was going on.