So, my friends and I watched the season premiere on Thursday. Here are a random collection of questions, hopes, and other thoughts on this season premiere I had after watching. Yes, jump off the boat! When Jeff said that the two themes (if you will) of the season are "permanent uncertainty" and "open era," I at first thought that meant that the show would have brand new twists and there would be no returning players (and none had been announced, so this made sense to me), but then Jeff explained later that it meant that any twist or element from any season could come back (which...isn't that always true?) and that there would be some elements in the hands of the players (he made a long speech about how at the start of the game the power transfers to the players, and I wanted them to be like "Well, we're the hosts now"--c'est la vie) I ended up feeling so bad for Lewis who ended up on exile island, had a chance to chop down a tree for an idol, b...
Long ago, I thought of one parody lyric for this song, so now I'm challenging myself to do the full parody. I call it "SCL" (summa cum laude). Na-na-na, read on Na-na-na, read on Na-na-na-na-na, read on Na-na-na, read on, read on, read on Na-na-na-na-na, read on Na-na-na, read on Na-na-na-na-na, read on Na-na-na, read on, read on, read on Na-na-na-na, read on Feels so good being smart (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) There's no way I'm ceasing books (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Now the cram is for pleasure 'Cause nothing can measure (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Love is great, love is fine (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Only genius is my shrine (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) The researching of a scholar leaves me wanting more (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) 'Cause I may be sharp, and I'm perfectly apt at it Facts in a book, I don't care, I love the smell of it Sophistry may anger me But brains and wits excite me 'Cause I may be sharp, and I'm perfectly apt at it Facts in a book, I don...