Yesterday may have been the first time in my writing career that I submitted the same story twice within an 12-14 hour period. I sent it out in the morning, got a rejection in the afternoon and found a new market for it in the evening.
It feels good to be back behind the wheel of my car again, after two weeks. Back where I belong.
Has anyone ever quit Survivor before? For other than medical reasons, that is. I know there have been people like Chet and that first guy this season who’ve asked to be voted off, but I don’t recall anyone else just getting on the boat and riding off into the sunset like that before. I liked James’ attitude about it—basically, it ain’t nobody’s business but hers. I half expected a surprise vote for Ozzie last night. I think Tracey did, too.
I also thought that Matt might survive on Big Brother, too. He did a pretty good job of working the room, and Sheila’s argument was compelling, too. For all his moaning about being in a familiar place on the block, Ryan has done his fair share to get other people evicted, too. Matt may have cast votes against people, but he really hasn’t schemed the way Ryan has. Adam is a hoot—buzzing in when he has no clue of the answer and then running his finger down the list desperately hoping to find the name he needs. He did it twice and guessed right both times—the second time without even hearing most of the question. It’ll be interesting to see what he does as HoH. He’s a bit of an enigma, but this week he’ll have to make a stand.
It was fun catching up with Evel Dick and his daughter again. His daughter is always hesitant in describing their relationship, as if she’s wary of him still, but it’s good to see that they spent time traveling and that they’re much closer than they would have been if not forced together on BB. Score one for reality TV.
Another chapter down on the novel in progress this morning. I’ve had a working title since the beginning, but it seems much less appropriate now than it did when I set out. Yet I’m still hooked on it. I’m not sure I’ll finish the first draft by the end of the month, but it shouldn’t be long after that. Depends how much work I get done over the long weekend. I’m tempted to take a day off tomorrow and go on a Torchwood marathon. I have eight episodes stacked up waiting to be watched.
To answer your question: “Yes.” One person quit (don’t ask what season/who it was, my memory is on vacation, and Jeff Probst got pretty upset about it at that time, though. He went on a rant about how many people had tried out to be on Survivor and here this person was *leaving* just because.
Another person left because she had a “feeling” that her mother was ill. Sure enough, the mom died just weeks after the girl went back home.
So, it does happen. Kathy had a total mental breakdown and needed to go home. She wasn’t going to be doing herself or her tribe any favors by staying. Chet was useless. Jonathan–I hated to see him have to leave the way he did.
Eh..my 3 cents worth.
Jonathan’s departure was hard on him. He was obviously a serious Type-A competitor type and it galled him to have to surrender. Thankfully, he saw the necessity and didn’t try to soldier on despite the severity of his injury.
I guess it depends on your definition of “quit” … one of the girls (Jenna?) left because her mom was so sick.
Big quitter: Osten. He tried for the “hey guys vote me out” route, but then Jeff pretty well handed him his ass at Tribal and denied him the ritual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ugbru6sV44&feature=related
– C.
Thanks for that — I came fairly late to Survivor
Osten is credited as the first quitter, but he really did just ask to be voted out. It simply came out in tribal council, and Probst verified that the other players did indeed intend to vote for him, and then snuffed his torch and tossed it aside.
Not only did Jenna quit All-Stars, but Sue quit two episodes later, after the “rubbing up against a nekkid Richard Hatch during a challenge” incident.
Janu quit in Palau, and this time the other players were emphatically NOT planning to vote for her, but instead they wanted (audience favorite) Stephenie out. There was some controversy when the episode aired because it came off like Probst talked her into quitting. If nothing else, she certainly got treated better than Osten, who was even left out of the “tribute to fallen tribemates” in the finale.
So four official quits. The not-a-true-quit but “vote me out” thing is actually fairly common, especially in the early episodes of any given season.
I watched the YouTube snippet of Osten’s tribal council. Jeff was pretty harsh with him. “Go home,” he said!
Did you see Janu’s tribal council?
Just watched it. Did it do Stephanie any good in the long run or did it just delay the inevitable for her for a week?
Janu’s case was a little different in that she didn’t get to go home—she was stuck hanging around until the end as a juror. At least the woman this week (Kathy?) gets to go back to the mainland.
It just delayed Stephenie’s departure by a week.
Players who get voted out don’t actually get to go home. They just hang out at a lodge until all of the non-jury players are out of the game, and then they send them all on a vacation. (Though I suspect that in Kathy’s case, they let her make a phone call home.)
Snx for you job!
It has very much helped me!