I knew I came off pretty bad in the first episode when my sister K called me up and said she loved me. She's on the east coast, so she saw the show before me. Anyways, I know she loves me, and the fact that she had to call me up to remind me meant that I didn't come off too well on the show.
I'm not really worried, I don't take the show too seriously and I don't care what most people think. So, I don't want to give away that I'm actually a decent guy, and lose my villain status. But, I gotta post some of my insights into the first episode in order to save the family name.
1. When I read my card, the editing made it look like girls were shocked. All the girls laughed. Also, the producers kinda set me up for that one. When I first went out, I didn't even read my card. I just went out and said: "My name is Christopher, and as you can see by my shirt, I'm creative and funny." And then Amanda asked if I played sports, and I said, "Yeah, I played volleyball in high school." Then I went inside and Amanda picked me. Then the producers made us both go out again and I had to redo my intro, because they wanted me to read one of my cards too.
2. I don't actually think that I'm too buff to be in the spa. I actually think I'm pretty scrawny, and whenever i go to the gym, I'm usually the smallest guy there. The real reason I didn't go to the spa was because I was tired. We had to trek over to the mansion at 6am, and that means i had to get up at 4:30am that day and shave and get ready. Then, we had to film the intros and pick partners. By 10pm I was exhausted and I just went to bed. It was tough sleeping because they don't turn off the bright lights til later. I remember specifically saying in the interviews in the mansion that I was tired, and that that was the reason why I didn't go to the spa. The shots of me flexing were in the other room [after the switch], and it was probably a few seconds cut into ten shots. Joe and I had been exercising [running, swimming push ups and sit ups] and I wanted to see the results. It's a little embarassing, but everyone who exercises looks for the results.
3. The first challenge: I actually answered 8 questions correctly, not two. I didn't let Amanda answer cause I thought the guy questions were easier and because Amanda told me she didn't know much about politics. Towards the end of the game, Amanda actually
wanted me to answer the questions. And halfway through, I felt like I was protecting her, because I had already attracted attention to myself, but she would be better off laying low. Also, we thought that we would be able to switch all the teams, but the producers had explained things to us wrong.
4. The interrogation: I'm a psych major, and that's how I know it's cake. And it is cake if you look at the number of hours you have to put into it, and the percentage of A's and B's given out, compared to other majors like bio, chem, math, physics, etc. The reason I was tough on people was because A: we only had about an hour to decide, and I didn't have time to be tactful and B: I had realized I had already ruined the game for myself, and at the time I thought it was best to intimidate people.
5. The switch: Amanda really wanted to stay together with me, even after the interrogation thing. I wanted what was best for both of us, but her especially. I had to explain to her for 20 MINUTES why her staying with me would make her a target too, and that anyone who was with me would go to elimination for sure. If she went with someone else, they would be able to lay low and cruise to later rounds.
6. Now, I'm not trying to say that I'm a saint or anything. I'm really competitve. Also, I'm sometimes harsh and just don't realize it. I'm working on becoming better. And, when I am wrong, I own up and apologize. For example, after the "interrogation," my partner said that I came of pretty harsh, so I apologized personally to each person in the mansion.
Well, there's my view of episode one.
