... coming soon
Monday, July 12, 2004
Thanks
Thanks for an awsome round of Survivor. I want to thank all the contestants, the sponsers and of course myself and Jim.
Now your asking when the next round will happen. Not anytime soon. Give us time to plan, revamp and figure something out.
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That said, we'll start tomorrow.
hehehe
Posted by Jim on July 13, 2004 07:29 AM
right...
Posted by pylorns on July 13, 2004 09:50 AM
No, thank you!
Posted by Lynn on July 13, 2004 01:43 PM
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Prizes Split
Lynn gets: $15 gift certificate, and free web design, and the advertising.
Jimmie gets: free year of hosting, MT install/free skin and the advertising.
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Well that's a little anti-climatic. Fair though and that's the main thing. But which of the two is THE survivor?
Posted by Rob on July 12, 2004 10:03 AM
Hmmm.
CongRATS, Jimmie and Lynn!
Posted by Victor on July 12, 2004 11:25 AM
Yay! Thanks guys...It's been hell of fun! And congratulations to you too, Jimmie!
Posted by Lynn on July 12, 2004 12:46 PM
Congratulations y'all. I'll send you the codes for the free advertising tomorrow.
Who's THE survivor? Why that's obviously Miguel. He's the only one who was left on the island who didn't have any votes cast against him.
Posted by Jim on July 12, 2004 02:07 PM
So when's the next game?
Posted by Victor on July 12, 2004 03:38 PM
YAY!
Posted by LeeAnn on July 12, 2004 03:42 PM
Nicely played everyone. :)
Posted by Jimmie on July 12, 2004 09:59 PM
Congrats to both of you guys. I came so close! But never mind, i'm just wondering how I'm gonna get Miguel (raah) back off that damned island!
Anyhoo, speaking of prizes, who gets Dizzy Girl's homemade necklace etc? I reckon it should go to Miguel (raah) seeing as Jim has named him the one true survivor!!!
And i'd be more than happy to look after them for him until he gets back off Blogtiki...
Posted by Lemurgirl on July 13, 2004 05:46 PM
Jimmie get in touch with me and we'll get started on your stuff. :)
Posted by rachel on July 18, 2004 05:39 PM
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Stay Tuned
Results will be explained this afternoon.
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Friday, July 09, 2004
Judges revote.
Ok so we can do this, we'll split up the prizes or rather let you two split them between yourselves. You can plan for everything but good lord. Anyway, lemme know if you two think this is acceptable.
Ok so obviously it isnt. Hmm. Well Jim and I are not going to make a ruling over this because it wouldnt be fair. It'd prob. end in a tie that way as well. I'm calling for a revote from the judges. I hope that you guys can come to another choice.
Here is my email to the judges:
We have reached an very strange issue where not only are we tied for the judges votes but also the tie breaker tied in votes. I need you judges to vote again and Jeff I need you to give more information on why you chose the person you did or change your vote. It is up to you judges to meet a consensus.
Pylorns
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Oh, that sucks.
Posted by Victor on July 9, 2004 02:52 PM
Well, you know, it's usual that in case of an unbreakable tie that the previous champion come out of mothballs and accept the crown again.
Isn't it? :)
Another suggestion: open the voting to the viewers.
Posted by LeeAnn on July 9, 2004 03:23 PM
I say we split the prizes. I was going to do that anyway if I won since I don't need the free hosting or MT install. What do you say Jimmie?
Posted by Lynn on July 9, 2004 04:44 PM
I think a prize split will be the best thing for all. if it's still a tie after all that then it just goes to show that people can't choose between the two of you (though i'm still favouring Lynn...)
Be good to each other, split the prizes and make off in Pylorns plane, leaving him on blogtiki for a while :)
Posted by Lemurgirl on July 10, 2004 07:08 AM
Oh, wow... Well, I suppose two congratulations are in order then! So, congratulations Jimmie and congratulations Lynn!
Posted by redsaid on July 10, 2004 11:16 AM
Prize split works for me. Congrats.
Posted by So Cal Lawyer on July 10, 2004 01:23 PM
I prefer a revote, but perhaps we could include LeeAnn (Survivor Emeritus) in the voting.
Posted by Victor on July 11, 2004 03:52 PM
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The new Survivor!
Ok so here we have it. I'll contact the winner with the prize information over the weekend or by Monday.
Lemur Girls vote:
Final vote:
Well hello all and welcome back to Blogtiki for the final vote! Jimmie and
Lynn, there's no need to look so nervous... it'll be over soon *evil giggle*
So yes, on to the voting part. It was fairly easy for me to decide who to vote
for. Despite having previous conversations with fellow contestants about it I
have decided to vote for... Lynn to win. Here are my reasons:
1) Despite having her own domain, she wants to be part of MuNu. Having a
complete overhaul and redesign could be the new start she needs in her MuNu
life :)
2) I liked her a lot, her entries always made me giggle
3) she liked my writing too, and apparently i summed her up in my last entry!
I decided Jimmie should lose because:
1) Out of all the survivors I was the only one he voted for twice
2) He said i was too nice, but in a bad way
"Niceness. A lot of niceness. Too much niceness. I suspect that behind
her Hello Kitty happiness facade is a seething cauldron of treachery and rage.
You know how after a serial killer's gone off and cut up ten people and hidden
their body parts like Easter Eggs around the yard their neighbors always
say, "She was a really pleasant person - kind of nice, and she kept mostly to
herself."? Yeah. I don't want to be in the way of that volcano. "
3) he didn't want any foreign influences - i mean how shallow can you get?!
There's nothing wrong with having a brit on the island. Spread your ideas out
a lil!
4) he turned me into a wannabe porn star
5) He said i would've been too distracted in the last challenge. I managed the
first lot didn't i?!
6) he just got me well and truly pissed off.
So yes, Jimmie has to go. He pissed me off, he evicted a MuNuvian (2 in fact
if you count Victor) and now he must face the consequences.
As far as i'm concerned, Lynn deserves to win. She will be the first non-
american to do it - hows about that for foreign influences?!
She also deserves to be a part of MuNu - ya hear that Pixy?!
AxXx
Victor:
"I plead with the jury tonight, to think a little bit about the island
that we have been on. This island is pretty much full of bull poopies and
only two other things: snakes and rats. And in the end of Mother Nature, we
have Jimmie the Snake, who knowingly went after prey; and Lynn, who turned
into the Rat, that ran around like the rats do on this island, trying to run
from the snake. And I feel we owe it to the island's spirit that we have
learned, have come to know, to let it be in the end the way Mother Nature
intended it to be: for the Snake to eat the Rat."
>
> Geez, that speech was stupid then, and it's stupid now. But wasn't it
hilarious the first time?
>
> Anyhoo, I still feel this is a writing contest. Jimmie's writing was
consistently the best; you don't win three immunities in a row writing crap
like I did (heck, you don't even win one immunity in a row writing crap like
I did). Lynn, your writing was fine, you were just a little bit less good
than Jimmie. And *significantly* better than I was.
>
> So, to make it official: I cast my vote for Jimmie.
Jeff:
I vote for Lynn to win.
Jeff
Dizzy Girl:
Ack. I overslept...my bad.
My vote:
First of all, congratulations to both of you for making it to the end. You're both fine bloggers and I wish you well after you leave the island. It was a pleasure getting to know the both of you.
Now, to the vote. The person I'm voting for is someone who, over the course of the past month, has entertained me with their writing abilities. Someone who always went balls-out with the Challenges. And someone who, and this is really most important part kiddies, didn't have a hand at voting me off the island. That person is Jimmie.
Jimmie, I've really enjoyed reading your entries. They were funny and well-written. I've gotten to know you more from this contest and I think you're a swell guy. I think I can honestly say that I've gained an e-friend from this.
Lynn, I'm sorry the vote isn't going your way. In the end though, I have to vote by who was more entertaining with their entries. Well, that and the fact that I may have been in Jimmie's place had you not cast the deciding vote against me that second week. You're still a cool chick though. :)
Congrats Jimmie. Here's hoping you take this thang.
So we have a tie.
Then I went to the voting and they are tied. 50/50. Christ. The judges are putting our heads together. Stay tuned.
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What happens now? Do we go by previous votes? I'm heading off with the family for the rest of the day, so just in case there is revote...my vote stays with Jimmie. :)
Posted by Gennie on July 9, 2004 12:52 PM
That's what you get for having such a sucky tiebreaker. Suckysuckysucky. That tiebreaker sucked to the highest of suckstivity. It really and truly sucked.
Why don't you let Jim from SBD cast the vote, or at least write the next tie-breaker question? After all, the only thing he's done so far as co-host is piss off the contestents for saying they all suck because they wrote too damn much, which was a pretty sucky thing to say.
And any tiebreaker he proposes couldn't suck as much as the last one. I mean, that really really sucked.
Posted by Victor on July 9, 2004 01:11 PM
Oh, and you spliced Lemur Girl's vote onto mine, which no doubt confused the hell out of some people and made them think, "Man, Victor's vote really sucks."
And that sucked.
Posted by Victor on July 9, 2004 01:12 PM
What the hell is with Jeff? The guy barely participated for the short time he was involved. Now, when he gets one final chance to do something, he gives a one-line crap answer?
Hell, even the coconuts on the island participated in this thing more than he did.
Sure, this looks like sour grapes for his voting against me and to this I say: of course! If someone's going to vote against me, they ought to give more of an answer than I'd get from my freaking Magic 8 Ball. I have no confidence that he even bothered to follow the contest once he was voted off. But it's more than that. He's not participated more than a sentence or two in the contest at all. Letting him continue to participate diminishes all of us, not only Lynn and me. How can he have as weighty a vote as anyone here who did take this contest seriously?
We worked our asses off on these challenges. We posted links on our weblogs. We cajoled our friends and family to read what was going on and to vote. We certainly deserve more than a grunt and a semi-conscious point to one of the contestants as a "vote".
But if you can't bring yourself to disqualify Jeff, then perhaps you: pylorns and Jim, ought to be the final arbiter since you are the contest organizers.
Posted by Jimmie on July 9, 2004 01:52 PM
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Awaiting Votes
I'm awaiting votes from you guys in order to post. Please send your final votes into me ASAP.
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I sent mine--lemme know if you lost it.
Posted by Victor on July 9, 2004 12:29 PM
Mine's sent as well.
Posted by Gennie on July 9, 2004 12:39 PM
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Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Update
Final votes are due by friday not by today. I'm playing catchup from my little vacation. This will also alow all the previous contestants to be notified and the sponsers as well that we will have a winner very Friday.
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We could use the time. It's running neck and neck!
Posted by Jim on July 7, 2004 02:55 PM
Thanks for the extra time. I'm just getting off of a 16-hour shift and I can hardly think straight. *blah* I'll get you something as soon as I pass out and catch up on my sleep.
Posted by Gennie on July 7, 2004 04:23 PM
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Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Final Challenge Entry Voting Upon Time Is Here!
Okay, so I'm not my normal silver-tongued self today. Must be depression over not winning the two hundred ninety million bucks in the recent Mega Millions contest. Just like me our two remaining contestants also didn't win but at least they'll tell you what they would have done if they had. For myself I'll withold that info so it can't be used against me.
Entries and poll are in the extended entry. The polls will be open through Wednesday, at which point they'll be closed. Wik.
Also due by Wednesday are the votes from our four de-stranded competitors. Remember all y'all what got kicked off the happy isle decide who wins between whatsisname Jimmie and the strumpet Lynn. This poll result comes into play only if the four booted contestants end up deadlocked.
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Entry Number 1
Two Hundred and Ninety Million dollars, huh?
Well, it's going to be nearly impossible to do this challenge without revealing, even unintentionally, who I am, but I will try very hard.
First things first. Taxes take about half of that, so really, I'd have to figure out what to do with 145 million dollars. But hey, now that we put it that way, it's going to be a
Okay, now that Mr. Tax Man has dipped his immense, strix-like beak and sucked away half of my riches, I'd better shelter a good hunk of that and get some expertise. I'll set aside a couple million to pay for a lawyer to draw up all the documents I need and to handle media relations and a very good financial planner to handle my investments and trust funds. I'm rich so I needn't skimp on these. In fact, I'd be best off hiring the very best I could.
Once that's done and the basic unpleasantness of changing my telephone number, forwarding my mail and getting a different e-mail account are handled, I can get around to enjoying my cash.
My first impulse is to buy a huge steel bin with a combination lock on it. When I say huge, I'm talking at least four stories tall. Then I'm going to turn all my money into bills and coins and I'm going to go swimming in it just like Scrooge McDuck! Yahoo!
No. No..I can't do that. Not really. Besides, those pesky kids and their dumb Unca Donald would just come around all the time and I'd have to finance Gyro Gearloose and the troubles would never end. So, no money bin.
Let's do the investment stuff first. I'm putting 40 million dollars into a variety of medium-yield, low-risk investments that will pull down 8-10 percent a year and I'll live off of that return. I figure I can live comfortably off of 3-4 million dollars a year. It'll be tough, but I think if I tighten my belt, I can get by. I'm taking another 40 million dollars and buying into a minor-league baseball team. That way I get any seat I want to any game I want and I get to hang out in the dugout. And I get to spend some time on the radio doing play-by-play. I'd love to do that.
So, about 83 million dollars down and another 62 million to go. Okay, I'm putting away ten million dollars each into trust funds for my two kids with an administrator who will have instructions to use the interest gained from the low-yield investments (no more risky than a passbook savings account) to split between reinvesting in the funds, putting in a college fund, and taking care of their everyday needs and expenses. Split three ways, that should be about a hundred-grand for each kid for each of the three things. That should set them up for life.
Now we're down to 42 million. I have to take care of my family, so I'll give each member of my immediate family 1 million dollars apiece: my parents and siblings. There are eleven of them, so that takes me down to 31 million.
Ten million will go to a couple charities and endowments I've been thinking about for some time. I'd send 2 million each to the Spirit of America, The Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Artemis Society International, Oliver North's charity that provides scholarships for children of killed servicemen, and a fund I'd set up to use for donations to causes I'd see in the future to which I'd like to donate. That last found would also use similar investments to my own "living fund" to grow it and make sure it remained solvent for many years.
After all that, I'd have 21 million dollars. I haven't spent any on myself yet (and you bettre believe I plan on it) but I'm not done giving out the cash quite yet. I'd take 6 million dollars and establish an endowment at my local college to fund scholarships and work-study programs for its growing choral music program. I'd also allow for the endowment to fund the choruses themselves for such things as a two-week European singing tour and educational exchange for the chorus members. The fund would also be set up to be as self-sustaining as possible and I'd arrange for it to have some level of "matching funds" from the college itself - probably on a 3-2 ratio.
All that leaves me with 15 million dollars and now it's time to go shopping. I'll buy two houses: one where I live now and one in New Orleans. I'll live most of the year in the one here, which will be roomy but not too large: homey, comfortable, and furnished with good wooden furniture and earth tones - something in a Southwestern decor. Did I mention the sound studio? Oh yes, there's going to be one of those attached to the house, too. It'll have two studios - one for larger groups up to 80 people and one for smaller bands and soloists. And it'll be where I keep all my musical instruments: the quality bass guitars, Les Paul electric axes, Selmer Mark VI saxophones of each type, a couple top of the line wooden clarinets, a grand piano (oh and there'll be one in the living room, too), an electronic keyboard suite, and a good drum set. My other nod to ostentatiousness will be the "gaming room" which is where my buddies and I will get together to do our weekly role-playing gaming. It'll have a big table, comfy seats, a fridge stocked with sodas and a munchies pantry.
Okay, I lied. There's going to be one more ostentatious touch. My house is going to be wired. I'll have a house-wide wireless network and a kicking sound system controlled by the house network. No matter where you go, you'll be able to get music from the best sound system I can find.
The house will have a three-car garage which is where I'll keep my everyday car (a Lexus sedan), my gas-guzzler (a Jeep Grand Cherokee), and my showoff car (a Bentley). You'd better believe that each one of them is going to be loaded from tires to roof with every cool gadget I can get in them.
Now, back to that vacation home. The house in New Orleans will be nice, but not half as loaded as the one at my home. I'll use it whenever I feel like jaunting down to the Big Easy to catch a jazz fest or just to feast on muffalettas at the Central Grocery and beignets at Cafe DuMonde.
I'll spend some cash on a new wardrobe and various things of that nature which, including the houses and cars, should come to about ten million dollars. I'll have 5 million left. I'll save a million for now and give out the rest to my friends. They'll each get 100,000 and if they need more to pay off bills and such, they'll get what I have to give out.
The last million is going for two things. First, for travel the rest of the summer. I'm going on a grand tour: first of the US then of places abroad I want to see. I'll visit my out-of-state friends here and take in ballgames at Wrigley Field and Fenway Park. outside of the US I'll travel to England and Australia.
And I'll spend some more time with my kids who live with their Mom.
And that ought to just about blow through the whole wad of cash.
Oh! Not quite. I'm going back to school to get my music degree and teaching certificate. And a couple years from now, no one will remember that the person who's leading their local high-school choir once won the biggest lottery in the history of the country.
Entry Number 2
Well, after I checked out of the Psych Ward, (due to lottery induced shock), I'd quit my job and go out west to see my Mum. I'd get her out of her crappy, low-income housing, apartment and try to convince her to move to my city. Either way, she'd be set for life. Then I'd pay off my best friend's student loans, mortgage, etc. I'd pay off his Mum's mortgage too 'cause she's a fantastic woman who's been exceptionally kind to me over the years. I'd probably end up giving away a lot of it to various friends and loved-ones because just about everyone I know is poor.
I would set up a scholarship at my alma matter for "average students", not unlike myself, who really need the cash to off-set student loans. I would make a huge donation to the local SPCA and adopt a couple of more kitties. Knowing myself as I do, I would then go shopping and do a lot of travelling. 290 million dollars is an insane amount of money and I don't know how one could ever spend it all.
In the end, I would probably end up dying young due to various lottery induced indulgences which is why I don't buy lottery tickets and will never have to deal with this situation in real-life, thank God.
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You guys are much more practical than I am. I'd do my best to blow it all at the track.
Posted by Victor on July 6, 2004 07:41 PM
I can't believe we're tied! I think Jimmie's army of monkeys has gone on strike.
Posted by Lynn on July 9, 2004 12:35 AM
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Friday, July 02, 2004
Tie Breaker
Ok.. after much thought, I have come up with this lousy question I want you two to answer.
What would you do if you won a million dollars the 290 million dollar jackpot in the Mega Millions Lotto?
(Updated to be less sucky on 3 July.)
Due by Tuesday at noonish. It was Monday but we had a late update and Monday's a holiday here so nobody's going to be online anyway.
(Also updated with new due date.)
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That is immensely lame. You could at least have them winning the Mega Millions Lottery. Current jackpot is 290 million.
Posted by Jim on July 2, 2004 10:50 PM
When do we have to have this in by?
Posted by Lynn on July 3, 2004 12:56 AM
Sorry, I'm a little confused, (blonde moment), will there be public voting on this one or are you saving it for later?
Posted by Lynn on July 3, 2004 12:40 PM
Lynn,
The way I understand it is that this is just like the other Challenges, edxept that it's a tiebreaker. They'll only use the vote is the folks who've been voted off come up with a tie in the voting.
Posted by Jimmie on July 3, 2004 02:02 PM
1M, 290M, it's still lame. Lamelamelame. Lame to the highest of lamestivity! Just really, really lame.
Well, maybe not that lame, but Lord knows it isn't good.
Posted by Victor on July 3, 2004 06:25 PM
Jeez...We vote him off the island and still he complains! Admit it...You miss us, don't you, Victor? ;-)
Posted by Lynn on July 3, 2004 11:02 PM
Man that IS lame! It's not just lame, it's a big pile of pants.
I'm not bitter...
Posted by Lemurgirl on July 4, 2004 03:27 PM
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Thursday, July 01, 2004
Too Bad, So Sad..
Jimmie Says:
So we're down to two and unless something incredibly Victor-like
happens, my vote will decide who stays and who takes the Long Walk off
the Short Pier.
Hummm.....such power. Shall I use it for good or for evil?
Well, I'm going to have to use it to try my best to win. I have my
eyes on the prize(s) and really my vote comes down to which would be
the strongest challenge to beat me: Lynn or Lemur Girl?
So I'm voting off...
Lemur Girl.
It wouldn't have been bad to keep LG around. She's in the middle of
moving into a new place at the end of her college term, her on again
off again beau is away, she's busy. That would distract her plenty and
make her easy to gobble up in the last immunity challenge.
On the other hand, the Immunity Challenge isn't what determines who
wins at the end. The voting of my fellow islanders does. Lynn would be
better, I think, to keep around for that. She's been a tad bit harsh
in her vote-off comments for a couple of the members - specifically
Victor and Dizzy Girl. I think I can edge her out in the end vote.
That and I suspect that Lemur Girl kept having me scream and pass out
in her Challenges. Can't have anymore of that.
So Lynn stays and Lemur Girl has to board the Pylorns Express.
Lynn Says:
Well, I'm not going to pull a "Victor" and vote for myself so I have no choice but to vote for Lemur Girl. For the record, I liked her entry the best. She knows nothing about me but her portrayal of me was bang on. I still laugh every time I read it. Good luck Lemur Girl and may the best bikini win!
Lemur Girl Says:
I think you could've guessed this one. My vote this week goes to Lynn
(I'm sorry hun!) for the simple reason that Jimmie has immunity and
unlike Victor i have faith in my writing abilities and so therefore i'm
not going to vote for myself!
I suppose i could always vote Miguel (raah) off...
Lemur Girl, you are the weakest link.... goodbye.
Anyway, your goodbye letter is due to me tomorrow or over the weekend I'll post it on Friday, or over the weekend or...Monday.
Tomorrow I'll post the Tie Breaker Immunity Challenge. This will be used if and only if the judges tie in voting for the ONE true winner of Blogger Survivor. This is how it will work next week - we'll do the full Challenge and the open voting. THen the votes will be due from all of the previous contestants that were kicked off. I will post those votes and if I have to use the tie breaker, I will in order to announce the winner next friday.
I will be out of town/out of state this weekend and even on Monday but I'll be able to post (unless something crazy happens) from my remote location.
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Sorry Lemur Girl...I'll miss you!
Posted by Lynn on July 1, 2004 02:16 PM
Same here. It just about came down to a coin toss.
Posted by Jimmie on July 1, 2004 02:26 PM
Weird. I figure after her enthusiasm with the feathers and the llama, Lemur Girl'd be a shoe-in.
OTOH, Lynn did seem to enjoy being tied up. Anyway, welcome back to civilization!
Posted by Victor on July 2, 2004 08:00 AM
Dagnabbit!!!
Just managed to get a connection going kinda only to see you voted me off! Poo bum to you then!
And it was for your own good that i had you scream and pass out... you turned me into a wannabe pornstar!
Posted by Lemurgirl on July 4, 2004 03:00 PM
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