reality blurred + Susie Smith: “I certainly don’t plan on apologizing every time I screw up”
September 4th, 2008 | by cwalton |reality blurred + Susie Smith: “I certainly don’t plan on apologizing every time I screw up”
Survivor Gabon has a fantastic character and perhaps a very strong player in Susie Smith, who won me over instantly. She was the first cast member to use my name and engage me in her answers, rather than sounding like she was saying the same things to yet another stranger; a strategy, perhaps, but it didn’t seem at all artificial. (And I certainly can’t blame many of the others for giving rote answers considering how many interviews they’d been through by the time they talked with me, sitting in a plastic chair overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.)
Susie has a high school age son, and said family is “everything,” she said. “This is the most selfish thing I’ve ever done. I have never been away from my family for seven weeks.” She’s also committed to trying things for herself, and convincing the world that everyone else needs to literally just try things. “I cannot believe people do not know what the word ‘try’ means—T R Y,” she said.
Susie’s likability—and warmth and clear devotion to her family—is matched, as you can see, by clear conviction and confidence, which would come off as arrogant in someone who wasn’t as thoroughly nice as she is. She’s also fiercely competitive, and said she couldn’t really understand people who lack competitiveness even in everyday games. I really think she has the combination of skills to win the game without anyone noticing that she’s won.
She loves to talk, although unlike Bob Crowley, she didn’t tell long, lingering stories, but jumped from idea to idea to idea. It makes sense, then, that’s she’s a teacher—she teaches students for whom English is a second language, and English is her second language, even though she grew up in Iowa. Susie is also a hairdresser, the profession CBS is using to identify her. And she also worked for a nonprofit organization where she worked with the elderly.
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One Response to “reality blurred + Susie Smith: “I certainly don’t plan on apologizing every time I screw up””
By wendyjo on Sep 5, 2008 | Reply
Seriously, you are right on about Susie. Susie nannied for me last summer for my three little kids and she was awesome. I have never met anyone more sincere. Susie takes everything she does seriously and is successful. She told me last year her New Year’s Resolution this year was going to be to do somthing for herself. WOW, she was serious! She is so competitive and I have no doubt that she has what it takes to win this year. I will be cheering for her every week. GO SUSIE!!!!