TR & Jim won!

I have to confess, I was addicted to Survival of the Richest and now it is over. Sad to see it go but so happy with the outcome. TR learned a lot, changed for the better and I hope the lessons last and he really does get his butt out there and help people. He alluded to this in the final episode when he had to plead his case to the others on the cast.

You haven't watched Survival of the Richest well here is the set up (copied from their web site): "SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST matches people from opposite ends of the American dream to see if rich and poor can work together. Hosted by Hal Sparks (Queer as Folk), the six-episode series takes a group of seven wealthy young people, with a combined worth of over $3 billion, and pairs them with seven working class individuals who have a collective debt of $150,000. Forced to live together, the well-to-do contestants have the chance to prove they can survive without their parents' money for the first time in their lives. For the working class folks, the experience is a chance to dramatically improve their lives. Challenges vary from living richly at the race track to cleaning up the spectator stands following the event, as well as contributing to the construction of a house for Habitat for Humanity. Each week, one team will be eliminated until the final team walks away with a large cash prize."

The cash prize was $100,000 to each member of the winning team. The poor boy (Jim) made a pact with 2 others saying he would share with them. Those who didn't win will get $5000, which isn't bad for losing.

I don't remember seeing anything about a Habitat for Humanity House -- but they did renovate a youth center in South Central LA which as one of them said on the show "supposed to be worse than the Marine Corp". The other challenges included...

1. working as wait staff at Medieval Times
2. cleaning up at the track
3. picking peppers in the hot sun (TR suffered heat stroke and Jim still picked more peppers than some other teams)
4. working on a commercial fishing boat
5. Marine mini-boot camp and a military obstacle course

It was great fun to see the rich working hard and hilarious to heart warming to hear their comments about having to do things the rest of us just do because they gotta get done: housekeeping, grocery shopping etc.

The online profile says TR now lives in Chicago. Doubt we will ever see each other -- we run in different circle. : )

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This was a nice test and good learning experience in html.