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Zelda | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:07 pm  Part One AOL LIVE: HEllo, and we are all here at AOL LIVE: America Online live, key word AOL LIVE: bigbrother2000. AOL LIVE: 55.2% of you said this guest AOL LIVE: does not deserve to be banished AOL LIVE: from the house, but she's here AOL LIVE: anyway. AOL LIVE: Hi, Cassandra. AOL LIVE: Welcome to America Online. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Hi. AOL LIVE: Thanks for the welcome. AOL LIVE: Host: I've been checking the AOL LIVE: board. AOL LIVE: It is overwhelmingly positive. AOL LIVE: Have you gone on line yet? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I haven't. AOL LIVE: Since I left the house last AOL LIVE: night, I haven't had a chance to AOL LIVE: check things out. AOL LIVE: I have to say my family printed AOL LIVE: out a few things, and they're AOL LIVE: all so supportive, it's amazing. AOL LIVE: Host: This is your chance, fans, AOL LIVE: to talk to Cassandra. AOL LIVE: Please send surquestions in at AOL LIVE: AOL live or bigbrother2000 AOL LIVE: on-line. AOL LIVE: Let's take our first question. AOL LIVE: Wyatt says, now that you are out AOL LIVE: of the house, how has it been AOL LIVE: not having the camera on you AOL LIVE: 24/7, not counting this, of AOL LIVE: course? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: You know, it's a AOL LIVE: strange feeling. AOL LIVE: I have to keep reminding myself, AOL LIVE: particularly when I'm going to AOL LIVE: the restroom that nobody's AOL LIVE: watching. AOL LIVE: It actually is a good feeling, AOL LIVE: because I can really relax. AOL LIVE: I was always aware of the fact AOL LIVE: that someone was watching. AOL LIVE: I tried to be as natural as AOL LIVE: possible, and as true to the AOL LIVE: person that I was on the AOL LIVE: outside. AOL LIVE: But obviously, a little voice in AOL LIVE: the back of my mind said always, AOL LIVE: Cassandra, people are watching, AOL LIVE: everything you do. AOL LIVE: So -- AOL LIVE: Host: Did you think then you'll AOL LIVE: become like one of us and not AOL LIVE: wait to get on line and see what AOL LIVE: they're doing? AOL LIVE: Incognito says, will you watch AOL LIVE: the live feed? AOL LIVE: Behind sus a live feed of what's AOL LIVE: going on in the house. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Wow. AOL LIVE: I probably will do that. AOL LIVE: But I'm a little too concerned I AOL LIVE: get too focused on what's going AOL LIVE: on in the house. AOL LIVE: I got to begin to reconnect with AOL LIVE: the outside world. AOL LIVE: I care deeply about those people AOL LIVE: out there, and I certainly want AOL LIVE: to see how they're doing and AOL LIVE: adjusting to my departure, see AOL LIVE: how life is going for them. AOL LIVE: But I also want to put energy AOL LIVE: into getting reconnected with my AOL LIVE: life. AOL LIVE: So I'll check in on them AOL LIVE: periodically, but I'm not going AOL LIVE: to become obsessed about it. AOL LIVE: Host: You've had one day, a AOL LIVE: couple hours, really. AOL LIVE: Who did you connect with, then, AOL LIVE: from the outside world went you AOL LIVE: got back to the hotel? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I talked to family AOL LIVE: members. AOL LIVE: I talked to a couple of friends AOL LIVE: of mine. AOL LIVE: An aunt called from New York, AOL LIVE: etc. AOL LIVE: It was really important for me AOL LIVE: to talk to my inner circle. AOL LIVE: That's what I did. AOL LIVE: As you know, my mother is here, AOL LIVE: along with my cousin and two AOL LIVE: very good girlfriends. AOL LIVE: So they kind of grounded me and AOL LIVE: helped me understand what's been AOL LIVE: going on since I left them. AOL LIVE: Host: Absolutely. AOL LIVE: Here's a fun one, Cass, we love AOL LIVE: you, in bold, did you get your AOL LIVE: shake yet? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I got the shake after AOL LIVE: I left the live show. AOL LIVE: I was able to take a tour of the AOL LIVE: control room and have a look at AOL LIVE: behind the scenes of the house AOL LIVE: and, surprise, surprise, a AOL LIVE: chocolate shake showed up. AOL LIVE: I had that on the tour. AOL LIVE: I haven't had the ribs yet. AOL LIVE: I hope to get them tonight. AOL LIVE: Host: That's fascinating that AOL LIVE: you got a chance to see behind AOL LIVE: the scenes. |
Zelda | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:12 pm  Part 2 AOL LIVE: So what are your thoughts about AOL LIVE: this? AOL LIVE: Was it what you expected? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I have to say I was a AOL LIVE: little surprised at the number AOL LIVE: of people that work back there. AOL LIVE: I just thought, my God. AOL LIVE: Then I looked at the toilet cam, AOL LIVE: and I thought I can't believe AOL LIVE: that that was always on and all AOL LIVE: of those people saw it all the AOL LIVE: time. AOL LIVE: You know? AOL LIVE: Host: Well, justine did go to AOL LIVE: the chicken cam every time it AOL LIVE: happened. AOL LIVE: The next question, qual junior AOL LIVE: says, Cassandra, first, I think AOL LIVE: you were the only one in the AOL LIVE: house who stayed true to AOL LIVE: yourself. AOL LIVE: I would like to ask if you AOL LIVE: considered the possibility that AOL LIVE: "Big Brother" tried to cause AOL LIVE: controversy among the house AOL LIVE: mates. AOL LIVE: I know you talked about that a AOL LIVE: little bit. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: We did. AOL LIVE: I hope you guys know that I'm a AOL LIVE: realist and I think of all the AOL LIVE: possibilities. AOL LIVE: So certainly that crossed my AOL LIVE: mind, and we did discuss it in AOL LIVE: the house. AOL LIVE: But I trust the producers in the AOL LIVE: show, and I know if they tell us AOL LIVE: they haven't done that, they AOL LIVE: haven't done it. AOL LIVE: We asked, and they said, we AOL LIVE: haven't done that. AOL LIVE: I believe it. AOL LIVE: I don't know who's behind those AOL LIVE: banners, and I'm actually going AOL LIVE: to stop thinking about it, AOL LIVE: because it was such a huge issue AOL LIVE: in the house and it caused so AOL LIVE: much concern for us. AOL LIVE: I would like to take this AOL LIVE: opportunity to say, though, to AOL LIVE: the fans who are sending the AOL LIVE: positive banners, the supportive AOL LIVE: banners, that we appreciated AOL LIVE: them so much and they mean so AOL LIVE: much to the house mates. AOL LIVE: Hopefully, more of those will AOL LIVE: come and fewer of the other kind AOL LIVE: of. AOL LIVE: Host: People probably don't AOL LIVE: realize you're all alone for AOL LIVE: such a long period. AOL LIVE: Time. AOL LIVE: What was the impact of something AOL LIVE: something -- of seeing something AOL LIVE: from the outside world? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: It's a little AOL LIVE: strange, but we got into it. AOL LIVE: As you can imagine, life guess AOL LIVE: mon -- life can get monotonous AOL LIVE: in a house for three months. AOL LIVE: You've got the yard, the AOL LIVE: compound, and you like the AOL LIVE: people and enjoy their company, AOL LIVE: but things can get a little AOL LIVE: slow. AOL LIVE: So the highlight of our day AOL LIVE: sometimes would be a banner AOL LIVE: flying overhead, particularly if AOL LIVE: it was something positive and AOL LIVE: supportive of someone in the AOL LIVE: house, or of the show, or AOL LIVE: whatever. AOL LIVE: Host: It's really a game, and AOL LIVE: everybody wanted in. AOL LIVE: Who's going to be banished next? AOL LIVE: D-i 055 says, who do you think AOL LIVE: will be the next banished from AOL LIVE: the house? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I don't know the AOL LIVE: answer to that question. AOL LIVE: There have been so many AOL LIVE: surprises on the show. AOL LIVE: You guys will just have to watch AOL LIVE: to see what happens and help AOL LIVE: make your own decision, make the AOL LIVE: decision, basically. AOL LIVE: Host: In the last moment of AOL LIVE: truth challenge you all had AOL LIVE: questions you had to conclude AOL LIVE: together as group, and actually AOL LIVE: Curtis, I think, was the one you AOL LIVE: all decided on would be the next AOL LIVE: banished from the house. AOL LIVE: That hasn't changed, your AOL LIVE: opinion hasn't changed on that? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Obviously, he wasn't AOL LIVE: the next one, I was. AOL LIVE: I think that the -- you can't AOL LIVE: predict what the public is going AOL LIVE: to do. AOL LIVE: Things change from day to day. AOL LIVE: One day the public might be AOL LIVE: thinking let's banish this house AOL LIVE: mate. AOL LIVE: The next day it may be another AOL LIVE: one. AOL LIVE: I think it really depends on the AOL LIVE: dynamics in the house, what's AOL LIVE: going on it. AOL LIVE: It may also be people think that AOL LIVE: a certain personality has run AOL LIVE: its course. AOL LIVE: It may not be they dislike that AOL LIVE: personality. AOL LIVE: Maybe they're tired of seeing AOL LIVE: that person. AOL LIVE: And that's fine. AOL LIVE: There's only 2 1/2 weeks lef AOL LIVE: evident -- left in the show, so AOL LIVE: whoever leaves next won't see it AOL LIVE: as a personal affront and AOL LIVE: they'll feel they got the full AOL LIVE: experience. AOL LIVE: Host: You managed to escape the AOL LIVE: first two banishments without a AOL LIVE: nomination, the first two times. AOL LIVE: Debra brooks 500 says, who do AOL LIVE: you think will win? AOL LIVE: And probably then, why? AOL LIVE: Why do you think you moved AOL LIVE: forward and who do you think AOL LIVE: will ultimately win and why? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I'll take the part AOL LIVE: about moving forward. AOL LIVE: In the beginning of the show, in AOL LIVE: the first month or so, as AOL LIVE: everyone knows, we had some AOL LIVE: personalities that were very AOL LIVE: controversial in the house. AOL LIVE: And that certainly benefited me AOL LIVE: in terms of being able to stay AOL LIVE: in the house and developing a AOL LIVE: role for myself, as well, AOL LIVE: because I was able to mediate AOL LIVE: and get involved in helping to AOL LIVE: bring different forces in the AOL LIVE: house together. AOL LIVE: That probably helped me avoid AOL LIVE: nomination. AOL LIVE: As time went on, we lost those AOL LIVE: personalities, we lost Megan, we AOL LIVE: lost Jordan and people had to AOL LIVE: look elsewhere, and that happens AOL LIVE: as the group shrinks. AOL LIVE: I think that's fine. AOL LIVE: Host: Do you think -- AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Despite all the jokes AOL LIVE: we make about her being a little AOL LIVE: unintelligent and a little lazy, AOL LIVE: she is such a joy to have in the AOL LIVE: house, and she really makes AOL LIVE: everybody laugh. AOL LIVE: So I think that she's kind of AOL LIVE: the groove, yes. AOL LIVE: Host: Incognito would like to AOL LIVE: know, are you going to get a pug AOL LIVE: now? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I live in New York, AOL LIVE: and my life before I moved into AOL LIVE: the house was really quite crazy AOL LIVE: with my job at the United AOL LIVE: Nations development program. AOL LIVE: I never had time for a dog. AOL LIVE: I couldn't bring that into my AOL LIVE: life. AOL LIVE: Now I've got to get reinserted AOL LIVE: into my life, so it wouldn't be AOL LIVE: smart of me to do that right AOL LIVE: now. AOL LIVE: Though I'd love to take her AOL LIVE: home. AOL LIVE: Host: Mickey d's would like to AOL LIVE: know, what was the most AOL LIVE: intellectual conversation that AOL LIVE: you had while were you in the AOL LIVE: house? AOL LIVE: And what was the most inane? AOL LIVE: I mean, after so many days, AOL LIVE: we're now day 72, it's probably AOL LIVE: marred to remember some of them. AOL LIVE: What were the most important AOL LIVE: ones for you? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: One of the most AOL LIVE: important ones was very early AOL LIVE: on. AOL LIVE: It was a conversation between AOL LIVE: Brittany and Megaabout racial AOL LIVE: issues, which was controversial AOL LIVE: both in the house and outside, AOL LIVE: and I was a part of that. AOL LIVE: I hope in some small way I AOL LIVE: helped bring the two of them AOL LIVE: together to understand each AOL LIVE: other's points of view. AOL LIVE: I hope it was a moment that was AOL LIVE: important in the lives of the AOL LIVE: viewers, as well. AOL LIVE: It was certainly important for AOL LIVE: me. AOL LIVE: In terms of the most inane, it AOL LIVE: probably is the recounting by AOL LIVE: the younger guys in the house AOL LIVE: over the weekend of their Friday AOL LIVE: night conversation about passing AOL LIVE: gas in their bedroom, or AOL LIVE: something. AOL LIVE: Host: Yes, we all were witness AOL LIVE: to that. AOL LIVE: We won't be going to that clip AOL LIVE: anytime soon. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Thank you. AOL LIVE: Host: Let's take another on-line AOL LIVE: fan question. AOL LIVE: Xavier dogwood says, have you AOL LIVE: seen what George did in the red AOL LIVE: room, pretending to be an AOL LIVE: Indian? AOL LIVE: Would you characterize his AOL LIVE: actions as racist, even if in an AOL LIVE: ignorant way? AOL LIVE: I'm not sure you've seen that. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I haven't. AOL LIVE: Let me say, I decided not to AOL LIVE: view of the majority of the AOL LIVE: tapes until after I complete my AOL LIVE: interviews, because I don't want AOL LIVE: to taint my feelings about the AOL LIVE: experience. AOL LIVE: I want to stay true to the AOL LIVE: feeling I had as I walked out of AOL LIVE: the house. AOL LIVE: I heard, obviously, about the AOL LIVE: things that George did in the AOL LIVE: red room from other people, from AOL LIVE: people that I trust. |
Zelda | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:18 pm  Part 3 AOL LIVE: I -- my gut is that George is AOL LIVE: not a racist. AOL LIVE: He may not understand as much as AOL LIVE: he could about different AOL LIVE: cultures and different people, AOL LIVE: but I don't want to comment any AOL LIVE: further because I haven't seen AOL LIVE: the skits. AOL LIVE: He was good to me in the house, AOL LIVE: and that's all I can say. AOL LIVE: Host: Without having seen the AOL LIVE: skits, you certainly experienced AOL LIVE: George. AOL LIVE: So ihhxkranem says do you think AOL LIVE: George is unstable? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Again, you guys, he's AOL LIVE: a human possibility. AOL LIVE: That's all I can say. AOL LIVE: He made me laugh. AOL LIVE: He's totally wacky sometimes. AOL LIVE: But he was always good to me, AOL LIVE: and he made me happy in the AOL LIVE: house because I could look at AOL LIVE: George and say, oh, my God. AOL LIVE: What is sedoing now? AOL LIVE: I think that's as far as I can AOL LIVE: go with that. AOL LIVE: Host: If I'm not mistaken, I'm AOL LIVE: being told right now that -- and AOL LIVE: because you have not been able AOL LIVE: to make any outside contact with AOL LIVE: people while you were in the AOL LIVE: "Big Brother" house. AOL LIVE: We have someone on the phone you AOL LIVE: might recognize. AOL LIVE: It's Brittany, if I'm not AOL LIVE: mistaken. AOL LIVE: Brittany? AOL LIVE: Brittany: Hello. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Hi! AOL LIVE: Brittany: How are you? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I'm good. AOL LIVE: How are you? MrLiveGuy: WE HAVE BRITTANY ON THE LINE!! AOL LIVE: Brittany: Good. AOL LIVE: Host: Brittany, welcome back to AOL LIVE: the show. AOL LIVE: You went through this experience AOL LIVE: with us already. AOL LIVE: Probably quite an exciting AOL LIVE: weekend after that, and weeks to AOL LIVE: follow. AOL LIVE: Any advice to Cassandra now that AOL LIVE: she's out of the house? AOL LIVE: Host: Just -- AOL LIVE: Brittany: Try not to get too AOL LIVE: overwhelmed. AOL LIVE: Cassandra will handle it just AOL LIVE: fine. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: You sound so good. AOL LIVE: It's great to hear your voice. AOL LIVE: Brittany: It's been wonderful. AOL LIVE: It's just been great. AOL LIVE: And just so you know, I'm so AOL LIVE: sorry. AOL LIVE: I had two seconds to talk to AOL LIVE: Josh on the phone and he AOL LIVE: interrupted me and I didn't get AOL LIVE: anything else. AOL LIVE: So everybody out there, I think AOL LIVE: Cassandra's honest, she's not a AOL LIVE: liar. AOL LIVE: I like didn't get a chance to AOL LIVE: say everything I wanted to say AOL LIVE: on the call. AOL LIVE: I'm sorry. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: It's sweet of you to AOL LIVE: say that. AOL LIVE: Don't worry about it. AOL LIVE: Like I explained, I'm not AOL LIVE: dealing with those issues. AOL LIVE: Everything's cool, really. AOL LIVE: Brittany: OK. AOL LIVE: Host: Brit, what have you AOL LIVE: noticed about the on-line AOL LIVE: audience since you've had a AOL LIVE: chance to chat every Wednesday AOL LIVE: night with them during the live AOL LIVE: chats, tonight as well? AOL LIVE: Are they pretty on the ball with AOL LIVE: who's next? AOL LIVE: Brittany: Yes. AOL LIVE: They're very on the ball. AOL LIVE: They don't worry about what AOL LIVE: happens in the house, but I do. AOL LIVE: I've been there. AOL LIVE: Host: Cassandra, I know this was AOL LIVE: one of your concerns. AOL LIVE: Brittany, you too. AOL LIVE: How you guys would be viewed by AOL LIVE: the public, in the house and AOL LIVE: when you got out. AOL LIVE: How do you think you'd be viewed AOL LIVE: by the public? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: In the few hours AOL LIVE: since I left the house, the AOL LIVE: response that I've seen so far AOL LIVE: has been quite positive. AOL LIVE: Obviously, we're all going to AOL LIVE: have detractors. AOL LIVE: I'm not naive about that. AOL LIVE: But I think what I've seen so AOL LIVE: far is that people think I'm a AOL LIVE: good person, and that's all I AOL LIVE: ask, that they think I'm a AOL LIVE: person who has integrity and AOL LIVE: that I conducted myself as I AOL LIVE: should have. AOL LIVE: And that's all I can ask for. AOL LIVE: Host: Brittany, have you had a AOL LIVE: chance to look at all the tapes, AOL LIVE: and have you decided whether AOL LIVE: you've been portrayed as AOL LIVE: Brittany should be portrayed? AOL LIVE: Brittany: I have had a chance to AOL LIVE: look at the tapes, and yeah, AOL LIVE: they definitely -- I mean, it is AOL LIVE: a TV show and they have to edit AOL LIVE: for interest. AOL LIVE: Not always the most positive. AOL LIVE: But I mean, they did a pretty AOL LIVE: good job. AOL LIVE: They still had certain aspects AOL LIVE: of our personality, not AOL LIVE: everything. AOL LIVE: It's not so bad. AOL LIVE: Host: What has been your AOL LIVE: favorite Cassandra moment from AOL LIVE: the show so far? AOL LIVE: Brittany: My favorite Cassandra AOL LIVE: moment? AOL LIVE: Just when she laughs. AOL LIVE: Because she cries when she AOL LIVE: laughs. AOL LIVE: I think that's funny. AOL LIVE: Just pretty much anytime she AOL LIVE: laughs. AOL LIVE: Host: Excellent. AOL LIVE: Brittany, thank you so much for AOL LIVE: joining us. AOL LIVE: Cassandra, anything else to ask AOL LIVE: Brittany? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Brit, we have to talk AOL LIVE: about everything that's gone on AOL LIVE: in your life. AOL LIVE: I saw part of your bifert AOL LIVE: celebration. AOL LIVE: I want to talk to you about it. AOL LIVE: Brittany: I can't wait to talk AOL LIVE: to you. AOL LIVE: Host: Brittany, thank you so AOL LIVE: much for joining us at AOL live. AOL LIVE: We'll talk to you soon. AOL LIVE: Brittany: Thank you. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Bye. AOL LIVE: Host: Wwwdiamond says, AOL LIVE: Cassandra, you have good common AOL LIVE: sense. AOL LIVE: Will you start an advice column? AOL LIVE: It was nice to see your family AOL LIVE: saying how proud they were of AOL LIVE: you. AOL LIVE: I agree. AOL LIVE: That it was a very special AOL LIVE: moment. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Thank you. AOL LIVE: That was a sweet comment. AOL LIVE: I appreciate that. AOL LIVE: I've just come out of the house, AOL LIVE: so I need time to look at all of AOL LIVE: my options. AOL LIVE: Obviously, I have a life I need AOL LIVE: to reinsert myself into it. AOL LIVE: I have a job to return to. AOL LIVE: I intend to do that. AOL LIVE: I'm looking at all opportunities AOL LIVE: that come to me, but I'm getting AOL LIVE: accustomed to being on the AOL LIVE: outside. AOL LIVE: I need to take time to do that, AOL LIVE: then I'll look at everything AOL LIVE: that might be presented to me in AOL LIVE: terms of options and AOL LIVE: opportunities. AOL LIVE: Host: If you're not running a AOL LIVE: company by the time you're off AOL LIVE: of this show -- I mean, after AOL LIVE: that it was really incredible. AOL LIVE: Was your work at the U.N. AOL LIVE: helpful in keeping your calm and AOL LIVE: sorting things out with AOL LIVE: everyone? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Absolutely. AOL LIVE: In more than one way. AOL LIVE: First, I do believe I'm a AOL LIVE: diplomat by training. AOL LIVE: So that certainly helped, the AOL LIVE: fact that I can deal with AOL LIVE: complicated situations in a very AOL LIVE: calm manner. AOL LIVE: The other thing is that I spent AOL LIVE: so much time living in AOL LIVE: developing countries where you AOL LIVE: were not always as comfortable AOL LIVE: as one would be in the United AOL LIVE: States. AOL LIVE: So it made it easier to deal AOL LIVE: with the logistical issues in AOL LIVE: the house. AOL LIVE: From the fact that we didn't AOL LIVE: have hot water all the time, we AOL LIVE: had it only two hours a day, and AOL LIVE: the rationing of food, all those AOL LIVE: kind of things. AOL LIVE: It enabled me to cope with those AOL LIVE: issues in a very easy way. AOL LIVE: Host: I'm going to put a twist AOL LIVE: on this question -- did you ever AOL LIVE: take a shower without your AOL LIVE: bathing suit? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I did not. AOL LIVE: Host: And the twist for me is, AOL LIVE: you know, I was very impressed AOL LIVE: with this, they wanted you guys AOL LIVE: to put bathing suits on, to AOL LIVE: paint yourselves. AOL LIVE: But some people believe you held AOL LIVE: your ground to it, and there AOL LIVE: must have been peer pressure, AOL LIVE: other than just Big Brother to AOL LIVE: do things you didn't want to do, AOL LIVE: and you held to the things you AOL LIVE: didn't want to do. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: The thing is they AOL LIVE: early on certainly -- certainly, AOL LIVE: one of the reasons I think I was AOL LIVE: nominated so regularly was that AOL LIVE: I was very staunch in my belief AOL LIVE: of how I should be in the house AOL LIVE: and how I should interact with AOL LIVE: people. |
Zelda | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:26 pm  Part 4 AOL LIVE: Very early on I made it clear I AOL LIVE: was not going to be willing to AOL LIVE: do certain things, such as take AOL LIVE: a shower without my bathing suit AOL LIVE: on or do things that I felt were AOL LIVE: inappropriate for me. AOL LIVE: I think the house mates knew AOL LIVE: that from the first week and AOL LIVE: began to respect that. AOL LIVE: Every now and then there might AOL LIVE: have been peer pressure to take AOL LIVE: part in some kind of activity. AOL LIVE: I will say very openly, you AOL LIVE: guys, I'm going to bed, or I'm AOL LIVE: not doing that, I'm not going to AOL LIVE: play that game, whatever it was. AOL LIVE: As soon as they saw me say that, AOL LIVE: or heard me say that, they'd AOL LIVE: back off. AOL LIVE: I think everyone respected that. AOL LIVE: They may not have liked it much, AOL LIVE: but they certainly respected it. AOL LIVE: And I told the house very openly AOL LIVE: that I appreciated them allowing AOL LIVE: me the space to be who I am and AOL LIVE: not trying to change me. AOL LIVE: Host: You would not get into AOL LIVE: that love bed. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: No. AOL LIVE: Brittany and I went back and AOL LIVE: forth, and I would not get in AOL LIVE: the love bed. AOL LIVE: That was not for me. AOL LIVE: Host: Cassandra, can you tell us AOL LIVE: the funniest moment in the AOL LIVE: house? AOL LIVE: And you laughed pretty hard when AOL LIVE: you saw that moment with Julie AOL LIVE: Chen live. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Oh, my God. AOL LIVE: At that time I didn't realize AOL LIVE: how funny that was. AOL LIVE: That was hilarious. AOL LIVE: You know? AOL LIVE: I thought that was so funny. AOL LIVE: Brittany, for me Brittany and AOL LIVE: probably Curtis were the source AOL LIVE: of a lot of the funny times. AOL LIVE: I can't think of anyone that AOL LIVE: really stands out. AOL LIVE: But we laughed a lot in that AOL LIVE: house. AOL LIVE: And George, too, also was the AOL LIVE: source of a lot of laughs for AOL LIVE: me, as well. AOL LIVE: Host: Cassandra, you mentioned AOL LIVE: wanting to stay in contact with AOL LIVE: your former houseguests after AOL LIVE: the show is over. AOL LIVE: One of the specific houseguests AOL LIVE: was Meg. AOL LIVE: Will you contact him? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: We come from the same AOL LIVE: community, the African-American AOL LIVE: community. AOL LIVE: He's much younger than I am, and AOL LIVE: I think I have a responsibility AOL LIVE: to maintain contact with him as AOL LIVE: a support for him. AOL LIVE: As long as he is interested in AOL LIVE: that. AOL LIVE: Certainly, I look forward to AOL LIVE: hearing from him what he's doing AOL LIVE: and getting his ideas on the AOL LIVE: things I'll be moving into. AOL LIVE: And I look forward to that. AOL LIVE: But there are other people in AOL LIVE: the house as well that I feel I AOL LIVE: want to do the same thing with. AOL LIVE: Host: He was great. AOL LIVE: We had a good time here. AOL LIVE: In your different ways, you AOL LIVE: really both were role models to AOL LIVE: certain people. AOL LIVE: I think you'll be pleasantly AOL LIVE: surprised when you check out the AOL LIVE: AOL board. AOL LIVE: You have completely become a AOL LIVE: role model for most of these AOL LIVE: people out there. AOL LIVE: They're so happy you had a AOL LIVE: chance to be on the show. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Wow. AOL LIVE: I tell you, it was a great AOL LIVE: opportunity for me. AOL LIVE: I feel so blessed to have had AOL LIVE: the chance to be a part of "Big AOL LIVE: Brother." AOL LIVE: And I am also flattered that AOL LIVE: people would even consider me as AOL LIVE: a role model. AOL LIVE: I was just trying to be AOL LIVE: Cassandra and share a bit of AOL LIVE: myself with people. AOL LIVE: So I'm really pleased about AOL LIVE: that. AOL LIVE: Host: Do you have any celebrity AOL LIVE: role models before you went into AOL LIVE: the house? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Gee. AOL LIVE: Oprah comes to mind simply AOL LIVE: because she's such a strong AOL LIVE: person who has taken control of AOL LIVE: so many things that, until now, AOL LIVE: a woman, or a black woman, was AOL LIVE: unable to do. AOL LIVE: But there are others, as well, AOL LIVE: that I think have just been AOL LIVE: strong in terms of their AOL LIVE: character. AOL LIVE: I love Denzel Washington, for AOL LIVE: example. AOL LIVE: I love Carole simpson from ABC AOL LIVE: News, for example. AOL LIVE: There are a number of others who AOL LIVE: have provided for me a model to AOL LIVE: follow, just in terms of their AOL LIVE: character. AOL LIVE: Host: You never know. AOL LIVE: Maybe they were watching you. AOL LIVE: Bigger d says, do you still have AOL LIVE: your job at U.N.? AOL LIVE: And are you anxious to get back AOL LIVE: to work? AOL LIVE: Wow, that was kind of -- was AOL LIVE: that a vacation for you at all? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Let me tell you what AOL LIVE: it was. AOL LIVE: I had a lot of vacation time AOL LIVE: saved up, which I used. AOL LIVE: Then I went on a leave of AOL LIVE: absence during the last six AOL LIVE: weeks or so. AOL LIVE: It was a vacation for me in the AOL LIVE: sense that it was a break from AOL LIVE: my daily life. AOL LIVE: It was something totally AOL LIVE: different. AOL LIVE: I mine, I said this on the live AOL LIVE: show, my life is very exciting, AOL LIVE: working for the U.N. and what AOL LIVE: have you. AOL LIVE: But I was looking for something AOL LIVE: that would be a challenge for AOL LIVE: me, as well. AOL LIVE: Something a little different. AOL LIVE: "Big Brother" did that for me. AOL LIVE: So it was definitely a break. AOL LIVE: It was stressful many times. AOL LIVE: I was angry many times. AOL LIVE: I was frustrated many times. AOL LIVE: But it was a great opportunity AOL LIVE: for me to spread my wings in a AOL LIVE: different way, and I appreciated AOL LIVE: that. AOL LIVE: Host: So do you think that AOL LIVE: people at the U.N., at your AOL LIVE: work, saw a side of you that AOL LIVE: they hadn't seen before? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: They probably did, AOL LIVE: because, you know, when you work AOL LIVE: with people, even if you spend AOL LIVE: 12 hours a day there, it's a AOL LIVE: professional setting. AOL LIVE: So there are only certain AOL LIVE: aspects of your personality that AOL LIVE: you let come out. AOL LIVE: I'm not sure that my colleagues AOL LIVE: knew that I had a sense of AOL LIVE: humor, which sometimes came out AOL LIVE: in the house. AOL LIVE: I'm not sure, even, that they AOL LIVE: knew how determined I would be AOL LIVE: to sem bark on an adventure like AOL LIVE: big brother, because it was a AOL LIVE: process getting involved in "Big AOL LIVE: Brother" and following it step AOL LIVE: by step. AOL LIVE: None of them knew until I made AOL LIVE: it onto the show. AOL LIVE: That might have surprised many AOL LIVE: of my colleagues, and I heard it AOL LIVE: was a pleasant surprise. AOL LIVE: Host: Mo Bryant 2 says, Cass, AOL LIVE: you are 100% class. AOL LIVE: I was sorry to see you go. AOL LIVE: What was the best part of being AOL LIVE: one of the "Big Brother" AOL LIVE: houseguests? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Gee. AOL LIVE: For me, having an opportunity to AOL LIVE: live with nine other people and AOL LIVE: spend some intense time with AOL LIVE: them. AOL LIVE: I haven't had that since AOL LIVE: graduate school, many years ago. AOL LIVE: And I was really looking forward AOL LIVE: to just sitting down and talking AOL LIVE: with people about issues and AOL LIVE: getting to know them. AOL LIVE: That probably was the best part AOL LIVE: of it. AOL LIVE: And sharing a little bit of AOL LIVE: myself with them, as well. AOL LIVE: Host: Well, how's it been for AOL LIVE: you with everybody that comes up AOL LIVE: to say hello to you today, or AOL LIVE: yesterday, that they know AOL LIVE: everything about you and you AOL LIVE: don't know anything about them, AOL LIVE: but it's still so very personal? AOL LIVE: Has that been an odd experience AOL LIVE: for you? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: It is. AOL LIVE: Last night I was out having a AOL LIVE: drink with my friends and family AOL LIVE: and people were coming up, AOL LIVE: "Cassandra, we love you." AOL LIVE: I was like, "gee. AOL LIVE: That is so great. AOL LIVE: Thank you very much. AOL LIVE: " it's a little strange. AOL LIVE: It takes a little getting AOL LIVE: accustomed to. AOL LIVE: I am a little bit of a private AOL LIVE: person, so I'm going to have to AOL LIVE: adjust to that. AOL LIVE: I really appreciate it. AOL LIVE: Host: Well, there is one here, AOL LIVE: if I could take one from a post AOL LIVE: earlier, Kate says that she AOL LIVE: thinks that you should run for AOL LIVE: president. AOL LIVE: Who would make a better AOL LIVE: president? AOL LIVE: She has great integrity, AOL LIVE: intelligence, honesty, AOL LIVE: composure, common sense, AOL LIVE: self-control. AOL LIVE: Can you think of a better person AOL LIVE: to run for president? AOL LIVE: You've got your audience. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: That's sweet. AOL LIVE: Host: You've got one up on a lot AOL LIVE: of candidates out there. AOL LIVE: You won the popular vote, AOL LIVE: Cassandra. AOL LIVE: Laura j says, looking back, if AOL LIVE: there's anything you would have AOL LIVE: changed or would have done AOL LIVE: differently in the house, what AOL LIVE: would it be? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Gee, I don't know AOL LIVE: that -- I don't second-guess AOL LIVE: myself like that, frankly. AOL LIVE: When things happen, they just AOL LIVE: happen. AOL LIVE: I mean, I tried to use my best AOL LIVE: judgment with things that I did. AOL LIVE: If I made mistakes, so be it. AOL LIVE: But I haven't looked back to AOL LIVE: say, gosh, I really misplayed AOL LIVE: this or misread that situation. AOL LIVE: If there were things that I AOL LIVE: thought I did in the house that AOL LIVE: were totally offbase, I tried to AOL LIVE: rectify them. AOL LIVE: But I don't -- nothing stands AOL LIVE: out as something I wish I could AOL LIVE: change, you know, that I wish I AOL LIVE: hadn't done. |
Zelda | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:30 pm  Part 5 AOL LIVE: Host: I know a big issue for you AOL LIVE: too was how people were AOL LIVE: contributing, whether they AOL LIVE: helped do the laundry or AOL LIVE: whatever it was. AOL LIVE: Is that quite possibly something AOL LIVE: you would have changed, been a AOL LIVE: little more lax? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Thank you for the AOL LIVE: clairification. AOL LIVE: I think I was speaking to things AOL LIVE: I would have changed, that I was AOL LIVE: involved in. AOL LIVE: Certainly, it would have been AOL LIVE: nice for some of the other AOL LIVE: houseguests to contribute a AOL LIVE: little more to the chores. AOL LIVE: In one of my reverend sessions, AOL LIVE: id said I was becoming AOL LIVE: physically tired as the number AOL LIVE: of houseguests dwindled, the AOL LIVE: chores increased, the stress AOL LIVE: level around the chors increased AOL LIVE: because there were fewer -- AOL LIVE: around the chores increased AOL LIVE: pause there were fewer people to AOL LIVE: do them, and some of the AOL LIVE: houseguests weren't doing them. AOL LIVE: I could have encouraged everyone AOL LIVE: to sit down and say, houseguest AOL LIVE: x, you do the chicken today, AOL LIVE: tomorrow you do the garden. AOL LIVE: I never got to that point. AOL LIVE: It would have been nice if AOL LIVE: people had pitched in a little AOL LIVE: more to help with keeping the AOL LIVE: place clean and cooking, what AOL LIVE: have you. AOL LIVE: Host: Four guys, one girl, who AOL LIVE: do you think will cook the meals AOL LIVE: now? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Frankly, George does AOL LIVE: most of the cooking and Curtis AOL LIVE: brings up the rear with the AOL LIVE: cooking. AOL LIVE: I think the two of them. AOL LIVE: Host: H-pin says, are you AOL LIVE: planning to get right back to AOL LIVE: the real world, or are you going AOL LIVE: to enjoy the limelight for a AOL LIVE: while? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I think that you AOL LIVE: can't -- I'm scared of the AOL LIVE: limelight, frankly. AOL LIVE: I don't think you can sit around AOL LIVE: saying you're going to soak up AOL LIVE: the limelight, because I think AOL LIVE: that you end up thinking you're AOL LIVE: more important than you are. AOL LIVE: I'm going to return to my life. AOL LIVE: If there's a light that follows AOL LIVE: me back to my regular life, AOL LIVE: that's fine. AOL LIVE: But I'm not going to sit around AOL LIVE: thinking, boy, let me enjoy my AOL LIVE: 15 minutes. AOL LIVE: It's wonderful when people AOL LIVE: recognize me. AOL LIVE: It's wonderful to receive all AOL LIVE: these great comments. AOL LIVE: But you also have to come back AOL LIVE: to reality fairly quickly, or AOL LIVE: you begin to have a swelled head AOL LIVE: and just think that you're AOL LIVE: something that you're not. AOL LIVE: Host: Well, I think it's going AOL LIVE: to continue a little bit here, AOL LIVE: because -- the next question, AOL LIVE: are you going to be on "the AOL LIVE: morning show" with Julie and AOL LIVE: Bryant? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: As far as I know, I AOL LIVE: will be there on next Monday AOL LIVE: morning. AOL LIVE: So you guys can see me Monday AOL LIVE: morning. AOL LIVE: I don't know what time yet, but AOL LIVE: I'll be on. AOL LIVE: Host: Seeing the cameras, AOL LIVE: actually seeing the cameras must AOL LIVE: be a little bit different than AOL LIVE: knowing you're on the camera. AOL LIVE: But, you know, not seeing all of AOL LIVE: this -- so, are you going to be AOL LIVE: nervous when you do this AOL LIVE: interview with Bryant gumbel or AOL LIVE: Julie or around town? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I don't think so. AOL LIVE: I felt more comfortable on the AOL LIVE: live show last night. AOL LIVE: Host: No, you were good. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Thank you. AOL LIVE: But I feel fairly comfortable in AOL LIVE: front of the cameras. AOL LIVE: And as I mentioned earlier, I AOL LIVE: was aware of the presence of AOL LIVE: cameras all the time in the AOL LIVE: house. AOL LIVE: So I think that I am prepared to AOL LIVE: be able to express myself in an AOL LIVE: appropriate, concise way in any AOL LIVE: interviews that I do. AOL LIVE: I hope so, at least. AOL LIVE: Host: Again, the U.N. comes AOL LIVE: back. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: Yeah. AOL LIVE: Host: Pele says, aloha, AOL LIVE: Cassandra. AOL LIVE: In the 24 hours since your AOL LIVE: liberation, have you gotten a AOL LIVE: feel for how much women AOL LIVE: appreciated your being in the AOL LIVE: "Big Brother" house? AOL LIVE: Cassandra: I haven't heard AOL LIVE: anyone dealing with issues AOL LIVE: around women and their AOL LIVE: appreciation of me. AOL LIVE: I'm glad to hear that. AOL LIVE: I hope that the fact that I AOL LIVE: tried to be a strong presence in AOL LIVE: the house made women feel good, AOL LIVE: and I hope that periodically I AOL LIVE: did deal with some issues around AOL LIVE: gender equity in the house and AOL LIVE: what have you, and people felt AOL LIVE: that I did so appropriately. AOL LIVE: Host: Well, I am looking forward AOL LIVE: to see what happens next. AOL LIVE: And thank you so much for being AOL LIVE: a part of AOL live. AOL LIVE: We appreciate you coming in. AOL LIVE: Cassandra: It was a pleasure. AOL LIVE: Host: Thank you very much. AOL LIVE: Take care. AOL LIVE: Thank you all for joining us all AOL LIVE: at AOL Live. AOL LIVE: We'll see you soon at AOL LIVE: bigbrother2000. MrLiveGuy: Great chat everyone! |
Judy | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:41 pm  Thanks Zelda !! |
Princess | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:56 pm  Thank You Zelda!! |
Elisa | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 05:40 pm  Thanks alot! |
Jellak | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 06:19 pm  The full interview video can be seen at the Big Brother 2000 official site at the following url: http://www.bigbrother2000.com/NON/video.html |
Scribe | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 06:25 pm  Thanks Zelda. I found out cass would be on but I was at work. I hoped someone You) would do this. I appreciate it. |
Sara | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 07:35 pm  Thank you Zelda! |
Frome2u | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 09:08 pm  Thank you very much, Zelda! |
Judy | Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 09:09 pm  Just watched the video- noticed things I didnt in the reading - so for the first time I am convinced that AOL actually uses questions we submit because they used 2 of mine! Granted they were the two most benign questions I submitted but oh well... |
Zelda | Friday, September 15, 2000 - 01:17 am  Judy ... thats great they used your questions ... I kind of wondered about that. This is the 3rd or 4th chat that I have posted...Cathie helped with the first one. Now I can be known as the 'chat log lady' and part of the TP team! |
Judy | Friday, September 15, 2000 - 08:16 am  Well Zelda, I know you have a lot on your plate - and I always log the AOL chats too, so if you ever get overwhelmed and can't - don't worry I will have it too. NEIL'S TP ANGELS ROCK!!!!!!! |
Bernie | Friday, September 15, 2000 - 12:13 pm  Zelda, thanks so much for your work in posting the chat transcript. I haven't been able to register on AOL so it's very helpful, and much appreciated. :-))) |
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