1. First Impressions - we all have 'em. Who were you excited to see when you got on the beach? Who were you not excited to see? Who did you have no idea existed?
I was excited to see Garrett! It's been four years since we last played, and I know this kid has done a lot of a growing up since, so I will not hold him to his personality I vaguely remember from our season. He did say he plays up his character for his fans, so hopefully I am not caught in that crossfire haha. Although I do feel like people will pair us up together quickly and that might hurt my game. I basically have no idea who everyone else is, so should be a fun game, since Garrett is giving me all the information, he is the biggest asset for me.
2. More First Impressions - after a night of socializing, who has impressed you? Who do you want to work with? Who do you absolutely not want to work with?
I will rank everyone who I like and compare them to a drag race queen. This is also my current trust list.
1. Garrett(Socotra/14th) -
He is my number 1 in this game for now. I totally trust him 100% and he is smart. He is already talking game with a lot of people, and I am not even trying.
2. Hannah(Turks and Caicos/15th) -
She seems really cool, I enjoy talking with her, and she's self-deprecating. I found out she was a former host so she probably knows a lot of other people's games. She also loves Drag Race.
3. Stephannie(Faroe Islands/12th) -
Seems super sweet, has a dog, worried about getting labeled inactive cause she was late to the premiere, I thought that was totally funny. We connected a little on sobriety and being millennials, she's from an earlier season and she might be in the same boat as me.
4. Aurora(Kuril Islands/13th) -
Vegan, gay, fun to talk to, and interesting, she knows a bit about my area which is cool.
5. Stephanie(Morroco/12th) -
I like her cause she plays games and goes to the gym, Garrett told me she potentially could be tough to work with, but I will make that decision for myself.
6. Jed(Morocco/15th) -
He's Canadian, seems to have a dark sense of humor, which I like, got straight to the point. I think he would make a good ally if he is already willing to share some information with me.
7. Jessica(Tanzania/17th) -
Seems super nice, love that she worked a cocktail server, only reason why she is this low is because she likes trash board games lol. Don't have too much of a vibe from her yet.
8. Wardog(Kuril Islands/17th) -
Politically active, love that he has gotten a better life, one thing that stuck out to me was that he did not want the dossier vote to be totally unanimous, but I don't know why? Seems like he would be a sneaky person.
9. Rocker(Indonesia/17th) -
Don't know too much about him, he says he is inexperienced and used to talk shit 10 years ago and that's all he knows.
10. Missy(Tanzania/13th/Removed) -
Apparently she got DQed from her season and screwed other people over! She came back for a reason and the host granted her that chance, so she must be something special. I am not going to let other people influence my view about her at all though. That does not mean that I won't vote out her out though cause she might be crazy for cheating.
11. Eddie(Idol) -
The troll that came onto our tribe with an idol. Possible first out personally for me cause I want to get rid of that idol asap. I don't know anything about him and have not spoken with him yet.
Also Elizabeth(Tanzania/16th) - Didn't get to talk to her too much
Of course I am the legendary Crystal Methyd
I want to ultimately play with people I enjoy talking to, even if they are not in my alliance, that usually dictates my votes for the most part. I got into a Day 1 alliance with Garrett, we pulled in Hannah, and apparently Garrett added Jessica, Jed, and Aurora, which I don't hate. I like being in a majority.
3. Opening Twist - were there any intros from the other tribes' dossier that stood out to you? And do you have any plans for your newly-minted tribe member?
I actually gave a rating for all them with notes. Now that I saw that this was the challenge, I would have added so much more and been less generic and boring....
#1 - 3.5/5, Average, has somewhat of a personality
#2 - 1/5, Boring with typical answers
#3 - 1.5/5, Eh, has a dog, I like that. Doesn't really go into specifics
#4 - 1/5, I was annoyed that they used pretty too much
#5 -2/5, kinda funny but generic
#6 - 1.5/5, I believe you, but same answers as everyone else
#7 - 1/5, yikes, I was distracted for some reason reading theirs
#8 - 1.5/5, the joke saved it a bit from being not too boring
#9 - 5/5, seems genuine and smart
#10 - 2/5, full point for the Pokemon reference, but typical answers
#11 - 4/5, Funny, has personality, but I'm not sure if I would like playing with him(these notes were written before the swap twist lol)
#12 - 3/5, I like that they are a preschool teacher, sweet although generic, seems real
I would personally like the idol to go out, that's my main thing, I haven't spoken to him yet, but he seems like a rocky character from his dossier. If he has to go out with an idol, so be it, if he uses to save himself, then hopefully I don't get taken from it, but I think I had good social bonds with practically everyone. I definitely want to work with Stephannie and I will try to pull her in. So far, there isn't anyone I would not want to work with, but I do have a negative impression on Missy, but only time will tell if I like talking to her or not.
