Kimmi Watch

Our Finger Lakes femme Kimberly "Kimmi" Kappenberg -- the Burdett gal with the Long Island accent, is still in the Outback as we write this newsletter (Feb. 17). But Web-watchers say she's obnoxious, and soon to be voted off the island.

To bring you up to date, Kimmi can swim (anyone who attended Watkins Glen HS is an expert), run (so-so), jump off cliffs (good) and really shows her teeth when she grimaces, which is all the time.

She's a devout vegetarian, so she refused to eat the cow brains. But in a tie-breaker, she did consent to slurp down a foot-long, live worm, which coated her mouth black. With this act of nutrition, Kimmi saved the day and won the immunity challenge for her team.

Things are getting ugly for Kimmi, though. She's meatless in a tribe of Hannibal Lecters. In last week's show, her teammates slaughtered a chicken, then ran down a defenseless pig, which they knifed to death in a blood-splattering act stolen from Hitchcock's Psycho shower scene. Kimmi is mad as hell, and won't take it (or eat it) anymore. While Kimmi was off in the outback bush, probably looking for sprouts or digging a latrine, everyone else ate the pig.

Coming attractions show Kimmi in a verbal cat fight with pissed but "buff" personal trainer Alicia, who is very concerned with pulling her swimsuit out of her butt whenever the cameras are rolling.

Maybe when Kimmi returns to Seneca Lake, she'll put in a guest appearance at Virgil Mountain Madness -- right after her Letterman appearance. Go Kimmi! Stay tuned.