Board Thread:Survivor 43: San Andrés/@comment-32935626-20200522031853/@comment-26156957-20200524062935

Okay, I was originally gonna make my own video for this as my final response but this portion of the FTC has dragged on and I'm sure most of the jury is ready to vote. Plus, how I wanted to address this speech got put into my response for Chieko's speech instead so it would've felt redundant.

Anyways, I apologize for making this late af, I'm a slow-ass writer and I just don't enjoy doing it (which is why I'm an engineer lmao). That's a major struggle I was gonna encounter going into FTC so I hope you and all the jurors were able to bear with me. But I might as well finish this now knowing we're way past the original deadline for open jury speeches and I'm ready for this shit to finally end so we can all hang out again.

Real quick, I know you just wanted to give me a hard time during your speech Izzy and it was iconic. But still, I wouldn't be lying if I said the way you ostracized me felt kinda spiteful, especially with your reaction for if I do somehow win this game. I feel you may be over-reacting a bit, and you even said you knew I meant well. I'm not gonna let that animosity get to me since I'm just a forgiving person, but I think the irony is that you're asking me to not take it personal and yet you let what happened get to you more. That's just my stance on all of it.

Anyways, here’s my response to listing what I know about every juror.

Jack - I never learned his profession but I can tell he has a committed work ethic. Despite the timezone differences due to living in Malaysia, he always woke up early to dedicate his free time to this game even when working which I can respect.

Jay - Looking back, I wish we spent more time chatting casually and sharing our interests since 90% of our talks were dominated by strategy talk. Jay has played a lot of Tumblr Survivor and we both enjoy playing sudoku. Also, his wikia profile pic is a Weavile so something tells me we need to geek out over some Pokemon!

Matthew - He’s practically obsessed with Animal Crossing and even discovered his secret sense of fashion design. I still look forward to viewing his pixel art skills when we all play AC together. He would also favor Uber Eats to eat Outback Steakhouse, most likely to try a Bloomin’ Onion haha.

Chieko - We know she’s a gifted artist but she’s also had a passion for pursuing graphic design for years now. Chieko is also into gaming and even knows how to play games with emulators. Did I mention she’s even into Pokemon? Oh I think yes! She also still has a baby face according to her family haha.

Aaron - Aaron plans on attending medical school and is also a huge weather geek, especially having an interest in tornadoes and knowing plenty of their history in America. He also loves geography and even has a spreadsheet with ideas for over 200 different Survivor tribes and locations.

Jacob - He seems to be a very dedicated writer, having just written 6 chapters of fan fiction at one point. His sleep schedule is also wild like mine. He also dislikes America and there have certainly been times where I don’t blame him at all.

Zeebem - Zee has family in Dallas but resides in Nashville for college. He also once did church camp at his youth group in middle and high school, but not after enduring a bus ride that was practically 19 hours long.

Izzy - I could list a lot, so I’ll stick with the highlights. We first bonded over my introduction to Lost. Izzy LOVES Insomnia Cookies and is quite a gamer, having played tons of Smash Bros. and Animal Crossing. Lastly, I know you went to school for musical theatre, so I hope you’re willing to share more performances!

Abi - She is a mother of 6 children, one of which is already grown up with a child of her own. Abi also works as a nurse, enjoys working as a photographer, and as some of us sure know, can write some real poetic limericks.

And of course, to answer your unrelated question, I still haven’t watched anymore episodes of Lost since when we last spoke. I recently learned that my family is getting rid of our DirecTV for Hulu + Live TV so I cancelled my subscription since we’re getting that installed very soon. After that is when I’ll resume watching Lost. Also, I think Jim has the right idea when it comes to which character is a true fave ;)