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Kappy

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 11:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
She played a good game. And I am sad and angry to see her go. But like Seamonkey, I too was happy to see Christy greeting her darling boyfriend while the two self-proclaimed beauties only had their parents ~ NOT that there's anything wrong with parents!! :0)

Tasha

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 11:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Do the people voted off do a live chat sometime within the next few days? For some reason, I thought that happened, but maybe that was Big Brother. My son has a moderately severe hearing impairment in both ears (he's at that range right between moderate and severe) and I'd love to get in on a live chat. I'm so sad that she was voted off tonight, I guess I just can't say goodbye!Also, there might be a lot of reasons why people are just now noticing Christy with a hearing aid. Remember, that a lot of things can happen to them. They need to be cleaned a lot and kept dry and the batteries only last a week or so. She might have decided to just not wear it too since they are dang expensive to replace when they wear out and virtually no insurance company covers them. Also, a girl in my son's school has a profound loss in one ear and a severe loss in the other and only wears an aid in her one ear that has good canals. From what Hermione69 wrote, it sounds like Christy has a similar type of hearing loss. If for some reason she only wears one aid, we might not see it much if the camera catches her other side a lot.

Hermione69

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 06:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tasha, I'm in a rush because we have a busy day at work and I shouldn't even be here, but I just wanted to let you know that Christy will be chatting today at CBS.com. Go there for the details.

I think she was completely deaf in one ear, like I am, so a hearing aid would not have helped in that ear. But you right about the one hearing aid not liking the Amazon conditions. I bet she had trouble with it. If mine gets too damp, it buzzes. Very annoying!

I love this girl to pieces. A student at my school who is also deaf came by this morning to talk to me and we agreed that Christy should be nothing but proud. What a lovely young lady with a lot of gumption. (I love that word!) If anyone ever sees an address for her, email me. I would love to write her.

Seamonkey, Lanzee, Pamy and everyone else, I hear ya! {{{HUGS TO YOU ALL}}}

Sheilaree

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 06:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Did she stick her tongue out at Heide and Jeanna? When she lost the game I am not going to watch the game if Heide or Jeann wins. They don't deserve it.

Theowl

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 06:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Christy on the Early Show was FANTASTIC!! She's still really pissed, but the last caller was a woman with a 5 year old deaf daughter. She was telling Christy what an inspiration she is for deaf kids. I couldn't tell if Christy was tearing up, but I sure was!! If you get the chance, watch it. I'm sure going to miss that ray of sunshine on the show!!

Grooch

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 07:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
When she gave her goodbye speech, did she say "I'm not going to let these evil stepsisters win?" or did she say "I'm not going to let my 3 evil stepsisters win?" The third stepsister being Rob?

I heard 3 but I see references that she said these. Can someone confirm what she said?

Texannie

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 07:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i thought she just said "THE evil stepsisters"

Spygirl

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 07:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch, here is the word-for-word of what Christy said in her speech. I recorded the show for a friend and posted this last night into the show thread:


Christy's speech: I'm so pissed off. I didn't deserve to be voted out. I didn't. I developed trust and I knew from day one don't trust anybody. I can leave here knowing that I am a role model and that I can make a difference. I am gonna make sure that those freakin' evil step-sisters of mine are not gonna win the million dollars.

Weenerlobo

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 07:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Welp, I was pretty bummed last nite. REALLY bummed is more like it. I really wanted Christy to be in F2. Looks like Matt's gonna be the one in F2 and that's ok. Also looks like Butch has the bullseye on his back now. I will really miss Christy's smile while watching the Evil Stepsisters and I've got a feeling that Christy will let the rest of the jury know what kind of blood bath is going on.

For all the hot air that Jenna and Heidi were blowing about their "morals" (making me choke on my melon), Christy is the one with no dirt on her hands. I'll really miss her.

Grooch

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 07:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Spy & Texannie.

I thought it was hysterical when she referred to them like that. She hit the nail on the head.

Tabbyking

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 07:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
when jenna made her comment about being judged by her good looks, i almost choked on my melon, too, and i wasn't even eating any.
all i could think was she must be judged for her good looks cuz it certainly 'ain't for her good deeds'. whew, this gal needs a dose of reality!!

christy, now christy was great. beautiful spirit, beautiful looks, beautiful attitude. she actually got pretty far for not being a backstabbingprettygirlstepsister. kudos for being a nice gal and getting as far as she did with her good graces intact. kudos for not kissing up in her departure speech. now get to work on that jury, christy! i am glad she got quite a bit of money--she earned every penny of it!
and it was pretty telling that she had a boyfriend come to brazil while the pretty girls had family. nothing wrong with family, don't take that wrong, but i'll bet they were shocked that christy had a cute, loving boyfriend.
"cause, like um, she's not really like a whole person ya know. you know how she can't hear, well, like she must be missing so much from like, yeah, like life and if she has to read lips, she won't be you know, like able to look at our entire pretty or cute girl faces. so it would kinda be a waste, you know what we're saying here? like why get close to someone when they can't appreciate our bodies and faces, just like, uh, our lips. you know?"

Djgirl5235

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 08:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's a pic of Christy on the Early Show:

Christy

Gidget

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
She looks cute all cleaned up. I'm thinking a little Jodie Foster.

Thanks DJ

Kaili

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Absolutely- she's a doll.

Squaredsc

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 09:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
good game christy. you go girl!

Hermione69

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 09:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Peeking in on my lunch break (VERY busy day in the library)

LOVE the picture, Deej! She is darling! Thank you for posting that!

<and if I don't get a chance to email you back before the day is over, have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DJGIRL!!

Djgirl5235

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 09:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you sooo much Hermione!!!

Pottedplant

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
as much as I like Christy, she did become fair game by announcing that she was unsure of her vote.
However I look forward to seing her at final TC..she should have something interesting to say ;)

Maris

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 10:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree potted plant. She got caught up in holding the power of the vote and let it blind her. Just as Alex let his position blind him and Dave did the same.

I think she enjoyed the idea that Heidi and Jenna wanted something from her, wanted to play with Rob a bit. She would still be there if she had just told Rob that he was safe.

I know everyone likes Christy, but I was only impressed by her towards the end. In the beginning I found her to be whining and complaining that nobody was making allowances for her. Then her final speech I wasnt impressed with. She was once again crying and whining and blaming Jenna and Heidi. I hate to say it, but it was her taking no position at the end that did her in. She got screwed by Rob just as Alex and Heidi did.

Mygetaway

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 10:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My local station cut in right in the middle of the interview.. (GRR) There is no video at CBS, but here is the transcript..

Christy Gets Canned

NEW YORK, May, 2, 2003

It's back to the Rockies for 24-year-old Christy Smith, a children's adventure guide from Basalt, Colorado. (CBS/The Early Show)

"I had a lot of power, I thought, and I didn't. And my ego just went a little bit bigger at the wrong time."

Three contestants and two "evil stepsisters" are still in the running for the million dollar prize on "Survivor: The Amazon."

On Thursday night, the evil stepsisters won out. Rob, Butch, Heidi, Jenna, and Matt remain in the game, while Christy went to sit on the jury.

Christy Smith, the 24-year-old adventure guide for the deaf from Basalt, Colo., became the 11th person voted out of the tribe, on Survivor: The Amazon. She joined Julie Chen on The Early Show to talk about the experience.

So what went wrong, Julie wanted to know.

"I don't know," Christy replied. "I had a lot of power, I thought, and I didn't. And my ego just went a little bit bigger at the wrong time."

Rob had come to her and asked her to join the alliance. Why didn't she give him a straight answer? In fact, why didn't she give him an answer at all?

"Well, because of that whole conflict that I have with Rob and Jenna and just going back and forth," she explained. "And I'm like true. Rob is not the one person to be trusted. He is a snake. He went against Alex. So I was like, I wasn't sure."

"Is it safe for me to say that you were not sneaky enough, and that you played the game openly and honestly, and that's why you're sitting here?" Julie asked.

"Yeah. I was too honest. I should have been a little more tricky. But that's not my personality. So my day came and I got voted out."

In the end, Heidi came to her and acted as if she were her best friend, Chen noted. What did Christy think then?

"I don't trust them," Christy said. "I didn't like the fact that they ignored me for so many days, and then they wanted to get together with me just in that time. And I was like "No, no, no.'"

So why did she sign up for "Survivor?" Was it to try and win the million dollars? She didn't seem to really be playing the game – she was being nice. And hadn't she learned from seasons past that nice doesn't win the game all the time?

"My main goal was to provide deaf awareness," she replied. "And I feel I did that. I feel that I was able to show the struggle that a deaf person lives through different challenges.

Is she still bitter? Julie asked. "Because you were bitter last night."

"Yeah, I was hurt," Christy admitted. "I was. I didn't like the fact that I was surprised I got voted out.

A viewer called in wanting to know why Christy was more angry at the girls, when it seemed that the men, especially Rob, betrayed her?

She said there was a lot of background stuff behind the scenes.

Another viewer wanted to know, if she had to spend an extra week with one tribe member alone, whom would she choose?

"If I could stay with one tribe member I would stay with Janet. I didn't get the opportunity to get to know her," she said. "Janet (a homemaker from Manchester) was just an older lady and she just had a lot of energy."

Yet another viewer, this one with a 5-year-old deaf daughter, called in. She wanted to let Christy know that "she is a total inspiration for deaf people. Seeing Christy on "Survivor" really proved that a deaf person has it in them to actually push on and to achieve her goals."

And even though she didn't win the million dollars, Christy said, she made a difference in people's lives.

Link To Story

Mygetaway

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok.. I went to the Christy chat, and I *tried* to get the whole thing. You can't copy & paste or log it. (At least I couldn't figure out how to do that.) I tried taking screen caps. Here are the ones that I didn't lose. I hope this works..

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Mygetaway

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 01:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cool, it worked.. Sorry I lost a couple of the really good ones.

Micknrc

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 01:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Best line ever from a survivor chat:

Grumby: Christy, I was really hoping you would win the game. Laying low seems to be a good strategy. now that you are voted off, in hindsight would you have done anything differently if you could do it all over again?

SurvivorChristy: I would makeout with Dave!


(me too, christy, me too!)

full transcript at s-fever

Sia

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 01:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Was unable to get through the toll-free number at CBS this morning to ask a question. I really admire Christy and was extremely sad to see that she got booted. I think her "freakin' evil step-sisters' quote is a classic! I just rolled on the floor last night when she said that.

Go, Christy! I'm certain you'll be successful in anything you do. I admire you.

Hippyt

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 02:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Heads up! FYI,Christy is on Nickelodeon's Slime Time Live this afternoon. Kid's network. She's been answering questions and playing games,she looks great,and seems to be really enjoying herself. The host was doing some sign with her earlier. She still has the same shirt on from The Early Show,she's having a busy day!