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Brains Tribe: not impressed with the ageist attitude. Debbie is annoying. I like the former FBI guy (maybe because he didn't get much screen time). The Obama appearing guy seems like a jerk as does the ice cream guy. Why were so many of them just sitting in the sun? I would have been worried about sunburn, dehydration and heat exhaustion. Anxiety/heat-exhaustion woman was annoying but then she redeemed herself by being great in the challenge (I'll like her and the FBI guy) Beauty: the gardener seems fake---I looked carefully on re-watch and those where living trees he pulled up. In fact he struggled to get one out of the ground and had to use a lot of torque or twisting movement to get it out. So on first watch he was charming but on re-watch he came across as fake imo. How does a gardener function if he can't cut grass, prune plants, edge hedges, weed yards, etc... The tall ugly guy with the small head is the WORST! Walking around holding the chicken by its neck....just kill it first rather than slowly strangle it/stretch it (all that weight pulling on the neck). When I first saw him I thought he was ugly and looked like big bird (big body with small head compared to body). The 3 girls seemed ok. To my surprise I really liked Caleb. He was petting the chicken which was sweet. He also was honest and said he was worried they would recognize him from BB and he worried it would hurt his game. They even put in subtitles so it was clear he said was was worried they WOULD recognize him not WOULDN"T recognize him. Brawn: I like bug ear and maybe bodybuilder. I'm not thrilled with anyone else. They voted off the wrong person and should have kept strength. Blondie (Alecia) isn't strong or smart imo and I dislike her and Scot. I think I dislike bounty hunter but he did vote Alecia (he wanted to keep Darnell) so I can't fully dislike him. Hmm, bug woman voted against Darnell both times. I can understand them all voting the same on revote but it's bugging me that she acted like she was going to change her mind and keep Darnell the first time around but we saw at the very end that it was bounty hunter who was pro-Darnell. I wonder if they were trying to split the vote. I liked seeing the strategizing about who does what during the competition.

I'm liking him so far. He seems like a loyal guy and would be good to align with (plus he makes a good shield for others to target).

Hypochondriacs do go to the doctor a lot. I think of them as people who are preoccupied with normal bodily functions and misinterpret them as something wrong. That's just my own personal summary of it. It's been reclassified as Somatic Symptom Disorder. Here's an interesting description of hypochondriacs/SSD: https://www.anxiety.org/hypochondriasis-replaced-by-two-new-disorders-in-dsm-5

So the "farm house" is as nice as Erika's house....LOL. I found this interesting: "Yolanda’s dream house in Montecito was located on a large horse farm with a grand stable. The property was owned by the Monty Python star – John Cleese whose wife at the time and daughter – were both avid horse riders, as was Yolanda and her children. The property had a series of riding paths that connected with neighbors. From the property – you could ride your horses through the mountains or down to the nearby beach. Yolanda’s house sat at the entrance to the horse farm, circled in red." Was I the only one, who when viewing the photo of Kyle and Yo on the stairs coming down from that area that she did the will scene, have the thought "push her Kyle". Ok, I'm a sociopath;-) Those pictures are pure house porn! Her "farm" mansion and her Malibu mansion are gorgeous. I still don't get how she traipses up and down all those stairs when bedridden but I guess YoHo is to superior to develop muscle atrophy after 5, 7, 9, 12 months in bed. Hell, Kim had a more consistent time line since she stuck with 5, 7, 9 (like that store.....does that even exist anymore....).

Several reasons why I don't think Yo's book will actually help anyone if they are looking for treatment (I won't even get into the clusterf*ck that is Yo's crazy doctor--Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt since that is next level crazy). Stop now if you are bored by medical talk (I realize it maybe very dry and boring to many people): When Yolanda describes how she responds to a treatment you have to realize she isn't factoring in prior treatment(s) having a potential delayed benefit AND prior treatments affecting the response to subsequent treatments. For example if one gets infused with IVIG and then later undergoes plasmapheresis (or plasma exchange; PE) then that later treatment (PE) will clear out the immunoglobulins from the IVIG and effectively cancel out that treatment. Also Yolanda lies and exaggerates. Also the PLACEBO response needs to be factored in. Rule of thumb, the more invasive a procedure is, the higher the placebo response (where a person perceives an improvement or actually experiences and improvement in symptoms or overall health from the psychological effects of receiving the treatment rather than from the treatment itself). Most studies factor this in by having a control group. For example, if you are studying a medicine to abort (stop) migraines, then you take, for example, 50 patients with migraines and give them Drug X and 50 patients with migraines and give them a Placebo (sugar pill or some inert pill). About 1/3 of the placebo (or control group) group will response to the placebo (sugar pill). What the researchers are interested in is if the group that took Drug X had a statistically significant improvement compared to the placebo group. If so, then Drug X works due to the drug and not just because of the placebo effect. Basically you want randomized double blinded placebo controlled trials (account for bias and placebo effect) and NOT just some crazy lady's anecdotal opinion (in other words, not Yolanda's crazy "brain dead" opinions). In case anyone is interested: Signs & Symptoms Production Motivation Malingering Conscious Conscious Factitious disorder Conscious Unconscious Conversion disorder Unconscious Unconscious Somatization disorder Unconscious Unconscious Hypochondriasis Unconscious Unconscious The DSM 5 now lumps Somatization disorder and Hypochondriasis together under the disorder: Somatic symptom disorder (SSD). "The DSM-IV disorders of somatization disorder, hypochondriasis, pain disorder, and undirerentated somatoform disorder have been removed, and many, but not all, of the individuals diagnosed with one of these disorders could now be diagnosed with SSD. The DSM-IV diagnosis of somatization disorder required a specific number of complaints from among four symptom groups. The SSD criteria no longer have such a requirement; however, somatic symptoms must be significantly distressing or disruptive to daily life and must be accompanied by excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors." edit: trying to align the table but unsuccessful :-(

Haven't we all overdosed on her lyme journey--between this show, her interviews, the articles, and her social media--what makes the publishers think we want more. She can't even communicate her lyme-escapades on those platforms so how will she communicate it to a ghost-writer or will she just let Daisy make shit up? Does anyone want to read about a bedridden brain dead woman traveling the world for the latest quack treatments--none of which worked? Let's pretend that Yo says she is cured. How will she know what cured her? Could it have been a combination of 2 or 3 of the billion "treatments" she has had? Could it be a delayed benefit from a "treatment" she had a while back? Who would believe this liar anyway? ARGG! Do the non-Gigis have "chronic lyme"? Are they getting the same treatments? I guess I will need to read the book--NOT! I only ask these questions since I think Yo is full of shit (I'm just not sure if she had conscious or unconscious motivations...probably both). I really don't think the non-Gigis are sick.

but how is she finding them a cure? by testing every wacky thing suggested to her? by funding research? by participating in clinical trials (lol). She is nuts!

I like the kid Justice but I worry that he is going to get hurt. His family is definitely OTT but he seems like a great kid. I hope his dad give accolades to the other players on the team...I wish I heard him give shout outs to some of the other kids (I'm sure he does). The other kids seem to like Justice so it seems like he hasn't got big headed about everything and has good social skills. I find the family interesting--lol, good tv. Same goes for that Marcus Goodloe (sp?) guy who now is on that snoop team....dude who cusses all the time. He is made for reality tv. The kids that they focus on--the talented ones--are great and I enjoy seeing their highlight plays. I bet they get a kick out of seeing it on tv once it airs.

So if the non-Gigis get better then YoHo will kill herself? Promise? j/k, but seriously, that is a burden to put on the non-Gigis and she is basically saying stay sick or I will kill myself. WTF?!

I wonder how many times they had to film that argument scene. How did the HWs keep a straight face with all the bullshit spewing from Yo's mouth. I would have laughed or rolled my eyes or argued back. Maybe they are just better people than I am. I don't think they are all friend friends and some are likely work friends but it's not like they are all close. Yo getting pissed and shutting down anyone trying to correct her (Rinna saying "no, it wasn't everyone, just Kyle and LVP" and more). I loved the extra clip on bravo where LVP calls her out on this (not letting others talk). Yo probably did it to Rinna since she knew Rinna hates to be shushed. How any of them kept a straight face when Erika got loud since her safety blanket Yo was next to her when she was such a pussy at the after show. Yo's comment about her having integrity would have had me giggling. I find it annoying that all the HWs are doing the "we love YOU and believe You..."...PUKE! I can see them being professional and saying something like "I care for you and wish you well" but the OTT ass kissing just seems like they are scared of either Yo and/or her fans or something. Why did Erika give Kyle shit for wearing a gown when she wore a Cavalli gown (kaftan) to her "BBQ"? Freaking hypocrites everywhere! I've seen that old photo of Erika and she looks like a different woman imo. I would not have recognized her. However that painting in her library did look like the old Erika. Interesting. Did she have plastic surgery and/or is it the make up? I like her current nose. Sometimes she looks really beautiful and other times she doesn't (not a fan of how she looks in her THs---not ugly but also not beautiful....I think it is the hair and make up that makes a big difference in her appearance.

She still puts on sick make up for her sick vic pics

LOL! I kind of feel guilty for laughing;-) Do you think she is generous enough to donate her lyme riddled organs? Corneas may be ok depending on the height of the jump.

So is YoHo trying to find the cure for Lyme (and if so then how? Is she funding research) or trying to raise awareness for Lyme Disease (if so then how? shouldn't she spread information rather than misinformation) or just using it as an excuse (for feeling crappy, for being stupid, for being a liar, for a shitty marriage, etc) or ....what? Also, what is up with YoHo's suicidal threats? She would jump off a building except for the fact (?) that she is trying to save her kids from Lyme (how?) or what? What exactly is preventing her from suicide (in her words please)? Does anyone remember? My non-lyme brain is just having the normal brain farts we all have from time to time.

Mohammend never came out strongly denying he said the kid's don't have Lyme. He has a vague carefully worded statement that did not say the kids have Lyme and didn't say they didn't have it--it basically didn't say much of anything. He mudded the waters and basically said "I'm not going to answer any questions and I support my family". In other words he didn't clear anything up and didn't refute anything LisaV said. Nothing said to make Lisa feel like back tracking. Nothing for her to own or even apologize for imo. I can see her apologizing just to get the crazy YoHo to shut up (to pacify the bully) and who would want to get involved with crazy bully YoHo aka the compulsive liar and the biggest hypocrite. YoHo needs to apologize to all the housewives for her lies and playing the victim yet alternately being the bully. Maybe for her next "treatment" YoHo can be institutionalized (white room with padded walls). LisaR is a people pleasure so she apologized to YoHo to avoid conflict (but it didn't work since YoHo is nuts).

That's a fairly well articulated/versed email from someone with lyme brain :-)

How do we know that isn't faux fur? Lisa Rinna is a supporter of PETA so I would find it strange for her to be wearing real fur but I don't know....

Amanda's kids are probably crying in fear of this strange woman (Amanda) in their home! is "literally" the new "like"? It seems like every other word is "literally", even Ben says it a lot.

Kini FTW!!!

I can't stand her. Her treatment of Natalia on UTG was atrocious. She is also bad at construction. She had one really good outfit, some decent ones and some hideous ones (she made it to the finale so she made a bunch of outfits). I wasn't impressed with her designs in general, construction or behavior. I suspect she will go far :-(

I think at the time of filming Kim's behavior was still in the news and people were continuing to be concerned and curious about her....they still are. It's fairly scandalizing--actress arrested, later leaves country misses scheduled check in for rehab, reports of partying in Mexico, shoplifting, lawsuits. I don't blame them for talking about her and while they should respect Kyle's wishes not to discuss with her if she indicates she doesn't want to, there is no reason they can't discuss it amongst themselves. They have been pretty decent imo on what they have said on camera regarding Kim~~they could have been much worse and I wouldn't have blamed them.

so it may lead to a fake romance like it does with The Bachelor and with The Bachelorette. I think she has been divorced longer then they were together and it sounds like she is just using it to try to stay relevant. Her issues (real or otherwise) about the divorce are bound to affect her kids. Never mind, she isn't worth talking about.

whoever came up with "mercial" must have watched Survivor (about 2 seasons ago) were they kept saying "merica" instead of America. I still don't like Kim! I can't stand Nene but for some weird reason I like her and Kenya together. I can't believe I'm still watching this show. I keep thinking, this will be the last episode (especially with Nene coming back).

Please tell me she doesn't really have her own show and that it's more like "Kim's new show" which also isn't really her own show. Aren't they just one of many cast on a single season of a reality show (different shows for each). Kind of like doing a season of Marriage Boot Camp but not that show. It's probably just a minor technicality but I don't think they deserve the accolades of having their own show. I'm probably just bitter that they are going to be back on tv!

Gigi is beautiful but her droopy eyelids (if she had Lyme disease affecting her central nervous system I'd say she had mild bilateral ptosis) bothers me. I guess some would say they are bedroom eyes but I think it makes her look sleepy or stoned. Regardless, she is beautiful.

Natalia was ostracized and made to feel worthless by the others (beaten down) so she basically self-eliminated. I was so hoping the judges would send Asha home! Even on re-watch a year or so later, I still get pissed off. I can't stand Asha, Mondo, Anya (never liked her) and Tim. I also couldn't stand Michelle and was so glad she went home last week! Under the Gunn sucks! Wow, he still sounds like a total douche bag! Any issues he had with her he could have addressed them when they came up rather then how it played out. I stopped respecting Tim during the Under the Gunn season, same goes for Mondo (never liked Anya). I wish Asha wasn't on All-Stars this season since I regret re-watching Under the Gunn