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Car54

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 03:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Pamy, I think she is still half asleep and just clicking on any ol thread and posting!

Tabbyking

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 03:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
no, pamy... why?

Tabbyking

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 03:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
car, that hurt my feelings. no more posting for me.

Halfunit

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Pamy

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 03:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Car. Tabby..because I didn't understand the last part of your post(maybe I am just on the outside of an inside joke)

Spygirl

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It seems that Tabby asked if she was dreaming about reading a particular Survivor spoiler in the same way that she dreamed her and her stepfather (Milton) won the Amazing Race. Then she shared her dream, pretty simple

Tabby, I don't think anyone meant any offense, but they just didn't quite understand your post. If it is any comfort, I read it and found it to be quite funny. If you did have to carry Milton half way across NY, I'm betting you might even whine more than whats-her-name from this past season! LOL (dang the memory is the first to go!)

Pamy

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Spy...Tabby..I didn't know about the previous dream that is why I was confused. I am hoping your last post was a joke cuz I know Car meant no harm
XOXOXOXOOX

Twiggyish

Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 06:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Milton sounds like a sweetie. Your dream sounds fun Tabby.

Catfat

Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 10:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am now for Shawna for two reasons.
1. I think she is playing a strong, UTR game amd willl slip through.
2. I like her hair-do.

Realbiz

Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 01:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not only did she come around from illness very quickly when she met Alex, she actually looked good(clean and pretty) too, on last night's show.

Compared to Heidi who started out marginally pretty and gone 'bad' with each passing episode, Shawna has maintained her beauty("i'm glowing" as she claimed), maybe love really has something to do with one's physical appearence?

Tabbyking

Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 01:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
well, i thought shawna was dippy and i wish i didn't because she is from near here and i was kinda rooting for her. for about 6 minutes. i am trying to think of anything that would bring me out of my deathbed funk as quick as hearing a man was in camp resuscitated shawna! what a step backward for women! right into doggy stuff!
it seems the young self-described cute gals base their entire existence on how they come off to men. phoooey. tabby spits.

oops, wipes off front of shirt.

Squaredsc

Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
tabbyk, here is an aubergine kleenex.

Whoami

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 01:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So, did Shawna do the Early Show? I taped the next day, but what I taped had 100% Iraq coverage when it was showing ES stuff, and 100% blizzard coverage when it was on local stuff.

Tabbyking

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
who, i don't know, but debbie did dallas.

i think shawna was rescheduled. (?)
thanks for the aubergine kleenex, square!

Mygetaway

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 05:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There is a write up of Shawna getting booted at The Early Show site, but no links to video like they normally have after an interview.

Lyn

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 06:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Debbie Does Dallas - we got that for my sister and BIL as a gag wedding present my picture

Son says Shawna is the sexiest of the ladies because her bones aren't sticking out everywhere. (Didn't quite get the boob remark that came with it though, because he "coughed" when he said it)

Seamonkey

Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 01:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gag, indeed

Djgirl5235

Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 05:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There was a thing on ET on Thursday which had Shawna commenting on the fact that she hadn't been on the Early Show yet, and she stated that given the state of affairs right now, she was glad that she wasn't on it because it just wouldn't feel right to her. She'll be on at a later date.

Gina8642

Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 05:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It definately would have been a little odd to have had Shawna on. I had visions of Julie Chen interviewing Shawna with her chemical weapons outfit on. As much as I love survivor, I think they all made the right decision.

I do hope that Shawna will do some of the on-line interviews soon, like RNO. I really do want to hear her take on the game.

I don't think the U.S. media should abandon all entertainment. I just think something like the morning show should revert to all news during this time. RNO can keep doing stuff like they always have.

Essence

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 06:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
San Mateo County Times

Shawna not as bad as believed
By Susan Young

Monday, March 24, 2003 -

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So was she really that pitiable, or did the producers just choose to show her in that light?

``That's a tough question,'' says Shawna during the phone interview from Los Angeles, where she now lives. ``Everything they showed, I said or did. I think I have a much lighter side than what was shown, but I was on such an emotional and physical roller coaster, at times I guess I was portrayed as worse than what I was. But other times I was probably portrayed better than I was.''

Mitchell says she was sick with the flu before she even hit the tropical purgatory and that she suffered a relapse because of the horrible living conditions.

``There are things you don't want to put in a newspaper, but I'll say that we weren't constantly washing our clothes because we felt like it. We were a bunch of women all on the same cycle and you can imagine how that was,'' Mitchell says. ``I was sick, I didn't have any support from my team and I literally just spiraled out of control as you can tell by the Coke debacle. I just wanted out with at least a shred of dignity left.''

Mitchell says no one can image how difficult the experience was.

``It was gross. In the morning, when I woke up gnats had crusted my eyes shut and there would be worms crawling all over me,'' MDNMMitchell says. ``I don't want to offer any excuses for myself, but it was a harsh environment. My mind just checked out.''

And then along came the next twist: The two youngest members of each tribe were chosen for a night out - and afterward had to pick new teams that would mix the men with the women.

Suddenly, when the three men arrived in camp, Mitchell seemed to make a John Travolta comeback.

``Ah, my miraculous recovery. It was kind of pathetic, wasn't it?'' Mitchell says. ``Right before that, my mind was so dark. I never had a lower moment in my life. Then the guys came and there was this infusion of energy. We went from the most negative tribe to being light and airy. It was worth it then for me to stay on, but I kind of knew it was too late, that I'd written my own ticket out at that point.''

But she'd also met Alameda High School grad Alex Bell, and there were Fourth of July fireworks sparking between them. Of course, people who had been online and reading gossip columns already knew that the two had become an item.

``I have no idea how they found out about us,'' says Mitchell, who signed a confidentiality agreement. ``It literally scared me to death when I heard about it, because I thought that (CBS) would have someone go after me, thinking that I was leaking stuff. I don't know how the spoilers hit. It was just weird.''

Part of the mounds of paperwork the contestants must sign is an agreement that they won't see any other contestant until after the final show. That doesn't mean that the fires don't still burn bright between Bell and Mitchell.

``We're good friends. He's going to be a good friend for a long time, we have great chemistry,'' Mitchell says. ``What Alex and (the boys) did for me, I couldn't do for myself. They snapped me out of it, made me stop whining and start having fun again.''

Mitchell says she was attracted to Bell the first time she saw him.

``Oh, yeah. Alex is very much my type,'' Mitchell says. ``I thought, `Oh, my gosh. This guy is great. I want to be hanging out with him.' What does it say about a 23-year-old that in the middle of a game, I can only think about food, water and guys.''

As for the other Bay Area contestant, Roger Sexton, Mitchell said she only saw him at the challenges.

``Since we were never on the same team, I never talked to him but at the challenges he always had this cocky attitude, and I like a cocky attitude, girls or guys,'' Mitchell says. ``I saw him, and you know he's hard-headed and cocky, but he's smart and articulate in the challenges and I thought from the start, `I like this guy.' ''

Mitchell says Bell knew she was going to be voted out, yet he still voted to oust another team member. Which meant only Mitchell and Bell didn't vote for Mitchell in that final vote.

``I was surprised that Alex voted for Matt (Von Ertfelda). To save his own butt, I would have thought he would have gone along with it,'' Mitchell says. ``I wouldn't have blamed him at all.''

In that last vote, ``Survivor'' teammate Rob Cesternino said that he was voting for Mitchell because she was too nice to be a ``Survivor.''

``I was a terrible `Survivor,' '' Mitchell says with an infectious laugh. ``I'm someone who thrives on fun. I was all about playing the games, being competitive. I know I signed up for `Survivor,' but it took a mental toll on me, and I went into a depression of sorts. By episode four, they could have slaughtered me.''

Now, Mitchell says she can just kick back and enjoy the show.

``I love hearing those confessionals,'' Mitchell says. ``I thought we were getting along, I was building a campfire with Rob and we'd sing these TV theme songs and I had no idea he was scheming. And I'm glad I didn't.''

So, did she move to L.A. to be closer to Bell, who also lives in L.A.?

``No, I was moving down there anyway even before the game,'' Mitchell said. ``I want to make use of my business degree and, after `Survivor' I realized I enjoy the entertainment field. I may try public relations, or casting. I don't really know yet.''

But right now, she's getting back in shape.

``I lost 22 pounds in the Amazon and when I was voted off, the producers told me that I needed to eat well and take care of myself. I had three Snicker bars, a Coke and a beer and just chilled,'' Mitchell says. ``I literally gained 35 pounds in the three weeks after I was voted off. I've only lost about 10 of those, so I need to get in shape.''

Essence

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 06:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Shawna Mitchell's CBS Webchat
"Shawna's web chat was cancelled yesterday due to technical difficulties. She will be on cbs.com this coming Wednesday, March 26th instead at 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 PM PT to chat live on the site"

Squaredsc

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 09:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks essence for the article and chat info. i wonder if she watched the previous survivors to know how harsh the conditions are and now i realize why they were washing their clothes.