I watched Marty’s Ponderosa videos several days ago, but it being November Sweeps I didn’t have much time to write about them. That’s OK though, because my thoughts can easily be summed up with two words: Poor. Alina. 

It’s not that I think Marty is a bad guy. He seemed very nice on the conference call interview. A little egotistical, very talkative, but generally seemed nice. But the thing is, Marty is clearly the kind of person who would replay the ins and outs of the game over and over and over at Ponderosa. That’s totally understandable. But as the only other person there, that meant Alina had to listen to it all. All the time. That can’t be easy. Especially because she and Marty were on opposing sides in the game. 

Other than that, the videos didn’t really provide great material. Their trip into a local Nicaraguan village was pretty cool, so I recommend checking that out. And Marty lost 22lbs., which seems like quite a bit. Alina had lost a lot too, for someone with such a small frame. These people are definitely hungry, which is why it’s so shocking that food-stealer NaOnka is still around! OK, not that shocking. I’d like to sit next to her in the end too.

I bet Alina was happy to get a new Ponderosa friend after a few days with Marty. Any predictions on who it will be? (No spoilers, though!) Just for kicks, I’m going to guess Jane.