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WWeek 5
                                                                 Week 5eek 5
                                           Weeks 3 and 4         Week 5
                                           WWeeks 3 and 4
                                           Weeks 3 and 4eeks 3 and 4
                                           After playing         Had to work late and completely for-
                                           and re-               got to play. Gained no new ground.
                                           playing, ar-          Wife heckles me when I get home. I
                                           rived on the          vote her off the island.
                                           island again,         Tribal council has spoken.
                                           this time with
                                           plenty of wa-
                                                                    Week 6 & 7
                                                                    Week 6 & 7 7
                                                                    We
                                                                           6 &
                                                                        ek
                                           ter and food.            We  ek  6 &  7
                                           Was bitten by            Found a scrap piece of paper and a bit
                                           a cobra al-              of pencil near the Atari and began
               most immediately and died. Rebooted                  mapping out the island. Discovered
               and began exploring the island. Much                 poisoned water, poisoned mushrooms,
               to wife's chagrin, I begin playing the               and poisonous snakes. (Discovered
               game naked.                                          them after eating them or being eaten
                                                                    BY them.) Found lots of creative ways
                                                                    to die (like trying to walk through a
                                                                    lava pit) and ended up restarting the
                                                                    @$#% game a bazillion times. Found
           W e e ks  8,  an                                         gold coins scattered across the island.
           Weeks 8, and 9d 9
                     an
           WWeeks 8, and 9d 9
               ks
              e
                  8,
             e
           Getting tired of                                         No idea as to their use. Also found a
           running out of my                                        compass, but am so horribly lost, it
           meager supplies                                          does me no good. I walk into a lava pit
           while exploring                                          from the nearby volcano and end it
           the island. Noticed                                      all... at least for this week.
           much back-
                                                              Week 10eek 10
                                                              WWeek 10
           stabbing and du-                                   Week 10
           plicitous behavior                                 Remembered the two groups on
           going on between                                   "Survivor" island had merged into the
           my television co-horts. In keeping with            tribe"Rattana." The tribe on "Survival
           the spirit of the competition, I decided to        Island" still consists of only me. I name
           be just as sneaky. Went on the Internet            my tribe "Gilligana." Found out the coins
           and found a list of passcodes for the              are used to bribe bridge guards
           game. Now I'm maxed out with supplies,             for passage into deeper parts of the is-
           health, water, and food. Ha! Victory               land jungle. Heard there's a temple to
           shall be mine!                                     the far north that holds a way off the is-
           Trudged through the wilderness.                    land. Found a lantern that might be
           Got killed by a cobra. Twice.                      used to illuminate the dark passages of
                                                              the forbidden ruins.




                                                Week 11
                                                WWeek 11
                                                Week 11eek 11
                                                Found an amulet this week! I think this is an impor-
                                                tant artifact. Reminds me of the Immunity Totem
                                                my TV compatriots occasionally win and wear
                                                around their neck. I tie a shoelace around my Bira
                                                Bira icon and wear it. Found out that hanging a 20
                                                pound plaster tiki idol around my neck is a bad
                                                idea. The crick in my neck takes days to abate.



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