Aol Chat with Cassandra

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Zelda

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:07 pm Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

Thanks Zelda !!

Princess

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 04:56 pm Click here to edit this post

Thank You Zelda!! :)

Elisa

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 05:40 pm Click here to edit this post

Thanks alot!

Jellak

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 06:19 pm Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

Thank you Zelda!

Frome2u

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 09:08 pm Click here to edit this post

Thank you very much, Zelda!

Judy

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 09:09 pm Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

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 Click here to edit this post

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. :-)))