"I enjoyed the game for what it was"
-An Interview with Joni Newman





Christopher: I’m back, after a brief stay on the other side of the desk! Once again – the interviews are conducted live – so everything you see isn’t planned...the answers are all spontaneous, all the time. Let’s welcome one of my very favorite castways...

...Miss Joni Newman!

Joni Newman was the odd girl out on Kamiya. She was the only teenager, she was Mormon...and, well – she wasn’t particularly evil. Nonetheless, Joni managed to leave her mark on the game in a huge way – she was a member of the Angels...she was the last surviving member of the switch...she was instrumental in convincing Sato to turn on their own tribemates, not once – but twice (Henry & Matt)...and finally – she managed to make it to the Final Five. On top of all that, Joni is one of my closest friends from the game, so let the love fest begin!


Christopher: Welcome Joni! *hug*


Joni: *hugs* Thanks Chris


Christopher: And thank you so much for sitting down with me!


Joni: No problem. Anytime!


Christopher: As one of my favorite players...I can't wait to hear your perspective on all things Okinawa!


Joni: Not that you're biased at all...but I won't argue with you. *laughs*


Christopher: So, let's start right in with a big one: Was your experience in Okinawa what you expected it to be?


Joni: It was what I expected it to be, and then some. I hoped that coming into the game I would be able to make friends and connect with people, but I didn't expect to. Survivor isn't a game for friendship. I did, however, make a few friends, and that was great. I was able to go farther than any person did who experienced the twist. I was able to play the game, and maintain a level of sanity, however small it might have been. I didn't know how emotionally taxing it would be for me, though. Looking back on everything that happened, I've realized how involved everyone was. Some more than others, but still involved. For me, it was always an internet game to play for the experience. Just to say that I did it. For others, it was Survivor. It became personal. I didn't expect that kind of reaction, though, in hindsight, I probably should have expected it. It was fun, it was stressful, it was emotional and full of lies, backstabbing, mean tricks and all sorts of other things. Yeah...it was Survivor. And it was a blast.


Christopher: Had you played in any other online games before?


Joni: Yes, I played one other hosted by Pat from S-C. He'll hate me for this!....Anyway. He only hosted for about three tribal councils before he quit, and more than one person left the game, so I would hardly call it a game. Tenzil from Tonga was in it..(waves!) ...but it was an empty victory really. Sure, I won, but it didn't mean anything. It's apples and oranges...both fruit, but nothing alike.


Christopher: Ah - a former winner in our midst.


Joni: Hardly! It doesn't count. That's actually why I wasn't put on Sato.


Christopher: Because you won?


Joni: Because Liz was also in the game. Liz and I were very good friends in the other game, so when she applied, we had to be put on separate tribes. I was very nearly not cast because of her. I'm ...almost...glad that we didn't end up crossing paths in Okinawa though. I love her dearly, but I was able to play the game fairly, without having former alliances set up. It wouldn't have been fair to everyone else.


Christopher: Ah...right. I actually think you worked out on Kamiya just fine, though.


Joni: Yeah. I was sent to the wolves, and I ended up liking them a great deal more. Too bad really. Sato is fine and great, but the games we played on Kamiya were way fun.


Christopher: Kamiya's parties were a ton of fun. Clearly - having won a previous game...you know how to scheme a little. **winks**


Joni: Only a little


Christopher: So, tell me a little more about the game: about a few of the more unexpected events that occurred. What threw you for a loop?


Joni: The biggest loop...Ryan's oust.


Christopher: Wow. That was such a shocking moment for me in the Lodge.


Joni: I had been weary of 'Emma' for a while, but that made life interesting at camp. Yikes. Just when I'd started to like Ryan too! Such a shame.


Christopher: Anything else?


Joni: Winning the Ice Challenge. *laughs* As you can tell, I wasn't very adept in the challenges...


Christopher: That was AWESOME - would've been something to see on real TV!


Joni: Though in my defense, the last few were because of scheduling problems. One was during finals week and I was so stressed that I forgot to send in stats. That was the Tomato bit. The other was the auction. The time for the auction ended in the middle of my pointe class. Made me look like a fool, but...so it goes. We all have our moments.


Christopher: Ah. I never could quite figure out why you were such a poor tomato picker. Altho I gotta say, that was, by far, the oddest challenge to me...


Joni: I know! So embarrassing. We have a tomato garden in our back yard. My dad only grows tomatoes so he can have a year round salsa supply. Weird. Tomatoes and a few peppers. It was weird. Didn't really seem, Japanese.


Christopher: To me either... Did anything play out exactly as you predicted?


Joni: My downfall. I knew that I would go down on trust. Read it in my pre-show interview! I did say it.


Christopher: Well...let's talk about that for a second...for me it was one of the hardest things to watch.


Joni: Yeah. ...sighs...


Christopher: You had saved Kamiya at the merge


Joni: Well, now, I don't know. I don't know that I really did "save" Kamiya. I helped, but it wasn't just me. Bella showed us later that she was perfectly ready to turn.


Christopher: Without you...they'd have been dead at that first vote. I was truly surprised and dismayed that they opted to blindside you. Especially Michelle... Tell me what was going through your mind at your Final Tribal Council as your name came up.


Joni: I'd expected everyone else. I knew Mike didn't want me around, and that Amy and I were still at odds. Bella had turned before, so she'd do it again, but Mich...that was hard. First I was a bit numb, then I was furious. I knew that my time was up...people had been really distant to me. Michelle had been acting weird...something was up. So I was prepared for the possibility, but I was surprised that no one had told me. Especially from Michelle. I talked with her about it after the game. Since when had she been taking orders from Bella?...longer than I knew, apparently.


Christopher: Mario gave me a heads up as it was happening. He definitely felt for you.


Joni: Yeah, he told me before too. Just to warn me.


Christopher: In fact - he actually did something quite sweet, much like he had for Amy early in the game.


Joni: Yes! Your letter!


Christopher: My letter.


Joni: That was the one time I got relatively emotional during the game. I might have cried, I don't remember. *laughs*


Christopher: I thought that was really quite wonderful of him. Something that you guys don't know is that Mario was pretty upset on Joni's behalf. He didn't like the way her vote had gone down...so he approached me and told me I could write her a letter, and that he would give it to her at the Jury House.


Joni: Mario is great. It was really, very nice of him.


Christopher: Every once in awhile the "Dad" in him overtakes the "Producer".


Joni: Yeah, he does.


Christopher: I was really appreciative - I wanted you to know that you had a friend.


Joni: Aww...*grins*


Christopher: And I hope it was a good cry. **winks**


Joni: **laughs** Us actors have to stick together huh? Every once in a while, crying is great fun. Weird as that is...


Christopher: We do! Do you remember we did some weird talent show at Kamiya one night? *laughs* I forget what we performed. It might have been for "Emma's" birthday party.


Joni: Ooooooooooh no. You had to bring that up! I seduced the gnome while singing Old MacDonald. Man. Good old days at Kamiya?!


Christopher: You gotta love Kamiya.


Joni: I was so glad that didn't make the cut for the show. Yikes!


Christopher: Agreed. Altho it would have been nice to see some of our parties make the air...


Joni: Didn't someone sing "My Heart Will Go On"? *chills* What a waste of music.


Christopher: Someone did. Probably Murtz Even tho he is a toughguy - he loves schmaltzy music. Since we are talking about Kamiya...In retrospect - How did you feel about the “good vs. evil” aspect of the original teams?


Joni: It was a very interesting idea, really. It's almost funny how it worked out. Who would have thought that Kamiya would become the tighter group? Let me rephrase. I think it was the fact that we were willing to backstab each other that made us so strong, if that makes sense at all. Take out the other side, and then have at each other.


Christopher: Right.


Joni: We were all so paranoid of each other that we stuck with the paranoia we knew, rather than the great unknown of Sato.


Christopher: Kamiya operated like a business. Kamiya was like a well oiled machine when it came to tasks.


Joni: Very much so. Everyone had a different task to do. I tried making eating utensils, but they didn't work out so well. I stayed away from building after that!


Christopher: Oh my god. How different was Sato when we got there! I wanted to cry


Joni: Oh, I know. I couldn't believe it when they said we didn't need another water run, and the water was only half full. Yikes. I was stunned.


Christopher: Oh my god. I forgot about that. We'd wake up with no water because the people doing the water runs would only do like one run. That's about the time I went all Jerri on the tribe. But, in Sato's defense, we did pull it together.


Joni: We did. Sato was full of drama, but it came out alright.


Christopher: It was pretty frustrating


Joni: I know. No one wanted to work. When people got mad at Sato, it was like Preschool. The way to punish everyone else, was to stop working. Which works well in Preschool, but not when you need food and water to stay healthy. *laughs*


Christopher: We were hurting for quite some time on Sato.


Joni: Yes we were.


Christopher: Jones - did anyone on your tribe not deserve their “good” or “evil” moniker?


Joni: Depends on the mood. You and Mich sure had some evil moments. Mike is amazingly nice when you get to know him. I've had a few chats with him, and think he's great. Same with Ryan. I don't think Murtz will ever speak to me again, but that's alright. Bella can be very nice when she wants to be. Outside the game she's very nice. Inside the game...man. I still can't believe it took us that long to catch on to her. Stupid wheel! Saved her over...and over...same with Amy. What a pain.


Christopher: Oh the wheel...How did you feel about the wheel?


Joni: Interesting idea, but a pain in the butt. It was downright annoying for me. I never intended to vote off Hogan as early as I did, but the wheel messed with it. It kept us on our toes though. It's a great way to pull out the strategy in some cases.


Christopher: So...since we've been talking about tribes - that leads me to a big question


Joni: *cracks knuckles*


Christopher: You were the last survivor standing who was switched. In fact, after the switch...4 of the 5 who left pre-merge were switches. So you survived it...


Joni: Joni is just lucky, I guess. Lucky that you caused more trouble than me! *grins*


Christopher: Hey now! But how difficult was it to be taken away?


Joni: It sucked. Seriously though, there was good and bad with it. It was hard, but that's Survivor. It's not designed to be easy


Christopher: You & I had been close on Kamiya. But the switch really sealed the deal for us.


Joni: That it did. I kept you sane, and you kept me entertained. It worked out.


Christopher: It did. In fact - it is the one reason I am grateful the switch happened. I am honestly grateful that we had a chance to become close.


Joni: Aww...shucks.


Christopher: We had some good times.


Joni: That's one thing that wasn't shown a lot. We were really close. My friendship with Michelle was shown a bit more.


Christopher: We were close – amazing times...*coughsbootinghenrycoughs*


Joni: Ooooooooh boy.


Christopher: Henry! That whole debacle. The letter he sent you!


Joni: That was so much fun! ...Horrible...*tries to hide laughter* but fun. Oh man. I almost feel bad for having so much fun booting him. Maybe that's why I was on the evil tribe...


Christopher: *laughs* The switch also brought you into pretty close proximity with Hogan.


Joni: Oooh dear. *sighs*


Christopher: And you two developed quite the friendship according to the story. How'd you guys keep that under wraps so well?


Joni: See, one thing that people have to understand about me, is that I don't get involved with boys at all. I've been on...maybe two dates...I've never held hands, kissed, anything. Because I'm not interested. So I was completely blind to the fact that Hogan liked me as much as he did. Sure, I liked him, but he was still Sato. He was really nice. Fun to be around. But I had no idea of how much control I really had over him, a severe oversight on my part. Though, in the end, I'm glad I didn't realize it. I never meant to exploit his vote, even though that's how it came off. He'll never believe me, but I simply had no idea whatsoever that he thought of me the way he did.


Christopher: He's come down pretty hard on you in public. What is your response?


Joni: He has!...Yikes. After I was booted, Lance and Hogan both came down on me pretty hard. Said that I brought my boot on myself and that I never should have trusted Michelle, that I should have stuck with people like them who were honest...etc. I replied that it was simply a game, that it was over, that I came to play, and I did. After that, Hogan asked me about why I voted him off. I told him, honestly that I voted for him because I wouldn't vote for Michelle.


Christopher: He didn't care for that answer, it seems.


Joni: In further discussions, I told him that I had also been threatened, though I hate to use that word, into voting for him by Isabella. Which was also true. He took it as changing my story, but I wasn't. I was coddled into it by various people. No matter how the vote went down, I was going to make people mad at me. I decided to vote the way I did because of my friendship with Michelle, and because Kamiya still had more power than Sato. Sure, it was selfish, but that's why I did it. *shrugs*


Christopher: You were playing the game.


Joni: I was.


Christopher: Which is what we all signed up for...


Joni: So I feel bad that he is so hurt by it all, but I have told the truth. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. I've put grudges behind me.


Christopher: Sometimes I feel like people fault you more than anybody for actually playing. It was like they didn't expect you to for some odd reason...So when you did, rather than give you props, they seemed to get pretty angry.


Joni: I know! I was surprised about that. Very surprised


Christopher: Like, for some reason, a 16 yr old girl isn't allowed to scheme, too.


Joni: *laughs* We like to think that. I don't know if that's what it was, but it's a nice idea. I knew that I had made people mad at me, but I never expected backlash like I got from so many people.


Christopher: Murtz is another person who seems to have issues with you. What is that about?


Joni: I wish I had an answer for you, really. I have no idea! I think it has something to do with the fact that many people in the game saw me as a fake. Seemed to think I was putting on some sort of front, that I wasn't genuine. *shrugs* Murtz was probably upset that I reacted to him the way I did, which is understandable, but after he left I had nothing but respect for his game play. The dying mother may have been a bit much, but I'll never say anything bad about Murtz. David, ...yes. Murtz, no.


Christopher: Good to know. Let's assume you'd have been an Outcast...what 3 Sato's would you have brought back?


Joni: I probably would have pulled along Hogan, because of age similarity, Matt, because Kamiya was already willing to vote him out, and Amy. Simply because she seemed nice. Good thing I didn't choose! Talk about stress. I'm glad the only Reward I won didn't require me to bring anyone.


Christopher: Who would you have tried to pawn off on Henry?


Joni: Yikes. I have no idea, really. Because much as I disliked Mike, Murtz, and Ryan at the time, I knew we needed their strength to continue winning.


Christopher: Interesting. Would you have sent an Angel on his/her way?


Joni: I probably would have gone for Murtz, Ryan...and either Bella or Mike. It'd be tough. If I was being smart I'd send Bella. But I probably wouldn't have been smart. I probably would have sent all the boys packing. Once again, good thing I didn't choose.


Christopher: *laughs* So if Joni had the power to pick a tribe of 8...who'd be on it with you?


Joni: You and Mich, obviously, Matt because I think he's hilarious (I still have no idea why I was so horrible to him my voting comments. Yikes!), Ryan, Mike, Bella and Amy. It'd be an interesting thing to watch...Funny people, angry people...Acting people...strategic people...Never a dull moment.


Christopher: Mike and Ryan are surprisingly great guys. It is funny what the game does in terms of dividing some and uniting others.


Joni: They are! I wish that I'd have taken more time to get to know them in game.


Christopher: Me too. I really like them both.


Joni: Though in game, it's all so superficial.


Christopher: It is.


Joni: Especially at the beginning when first impressions are made.


Christopher: The Big 5 formed too fast.


Joni: It did.


Christopher: If it had all waited a bit - maybe we would have been a more united tribe initially. Reading the episodes, who was your best ally? Who did you think it was at the time?


Joni: You were my best ally until you left. After that...probably Hogan. It's a shame I didn't realize it. I thought it was Michelle, but I realized too late that she wouldn't take me anywhere with her. Not that we aren't amazing friends, but it's like playing Uno. You lie as much as you possibly can to win, even though you're playing with friends. No hard feelings whatsoever to Michelle. We talked it out, and we're still great friends.


Christopher: Which is what I thought would happen with everyone post game...but it didn't really turn out that way for us, did it?


Joni: Nope! ...*nervous laughter* Not at all.


Christopher: Reading the episodes, who was your biggest “nemesis”? Who did you think it was at the time?


Joni: That's harder, because it was always changing. In the end, it was Emma. I assumed it was one of the boys, and Amy...which was partially true. But mostly Emma.


Christopher: She is the one who wanted you out...


Joni: She's good. I give her credit for it. She knows what she's doing. It works well on the internet, but I don't think it would work in the real game.


Christopher: The whole disguise thing? Probably not!


Joni: Yeah. *laughs* It's easy to type a few y'alls here and there, but I'm using a Southern Twang in a play right now, and it isn't easy to keep it up all the time.


Christopher: Oh. I hear you there...And certainly during stressful times...the real voice might have slipped through.


Joni: Absolutely. Not to mention that I think they are fairly annoying. No offence to anyone from the south of course! But I'll take Scotland over Alabama any day.


Christopher: What was your favorite challenge?


Joni: My favorite challenge...I'm partial to the Ice Breaking...*laughs* ...though the log joust was pretty cool. Granted, the way it turned out wasn't so good, but I didn't do as bad as I thought I would.


Christopher: Very cool. Any challenges you loathed?


Joni: All the rest of them?....I really didn't like the strength ones. And it took me *forever* to figure out how to work the points system. I wasted lots of will points in early challenges that I didn't need to use. And I just wasn't as good at the bulk of the challenges. I'm useless in the water and horrible with strength. There seemed to be quite a few of those.


Christopher: I loved the water challenges! Watching the episodes, is there anybody you would not have cast on the show?


Joni: Not really. It all depends on what kind of cast you want. Some people are harder than others, some people have more personality than others, some add drama, some don't do anything...you need a mix. And we had a mix. So it worked. I do wish that Dani would’ve had more time though. That huge mix up at the beginning was un-neccessary.


Christopher: That was a hard one to watch unfold.


Joni: I feel horrible for her...


Christopher: Me too. Hope she gets another chance someday. If she wants it!
Watching the episodes, has anybody surprised you in a positive way with their strategy and/or confessionals?


Joni: Bella's strategy is brilliant. Ruthless, but brilliant. Mike is more of a strategist than I gave him credit for. Michelle played much too emotionally. I wish I'd have been able to control her a bit more...and Lance's lack of apparent strategy in game wasn't so bad episode wise. He did try. It failed, but he tried.


Christopher: Watching the episodes, has anybody surprised you in a negative way with their strategy and/or confessionals?


Joni: I wouldn't say surprised for this one. Most everyone I had bad impressions of in game as far as strategy (or lack of) have stayed close to how I saw them.


Christopher: So I know you already answered this one...but everyone wants to know - especially with how you & Hogan were portrayed: Did you find yourself having a crush on another castaway?


Joni: Oooooooooh no.


Christopher: *laughs*


Joni: I don't have crushes in real life! Hardly over the internet. But you know I love you Chris. **winks**


Christopher: *blushes* Moooving on!


Joni: **laughing**


Christopher: So this is the part where I toss a bunch of adjectives your way...


Joni: Ok cutie.


Christopher: Ok pretty lady - Smartest?


Joni: Isabella


Christopher: Trustworthy?


Joni: Chris


Christopher: *smiles* And I must say - first time I've had THAT answer! Most fun?


Joni: *giggle* Oh...I can't put you for all of them. It isn't fair. I'll go Mich on that one, then...well, I'd put Hogan - but he'd probably call me a hypocrite.


Christopher: *laughs* Icky one - but I gotta do it to you...Annoying?


Joni: Eh. Henry.


Christopher: That seems to be the only answer we all agree on. Kindest?


Joni: That's a tough one. Everyone had moments of being horrid. Probably Liz. She wasn't around long enough to be mean.


Christopher: Nice answer.


Joni: Thanks.


Christopher: Social Butterfly?


Joni: Amy. Or me...but I don't want to put me down.


Christopher: Toughest.


Joni: Toughest?...Ryan.


Christopher: Wildest?


Joni: You! Definitely you. **laughing** Or the gnome.


Christopher: Sneakiest?


Joni: Bella. She's good at what she does. Too good. *laughs*


Christopher: Out of touch with Reality?


Joni: Henry...or Lance. Lance, just because he lived in denial of lots of the reality of the game. Not because he's crazy.


Christopher: I can't help but agree with you on both. Sassiest?


Joni: Oooh...that's harder. Michelle.


Christopher: and finally...Cutest?


Joni: *giggles* I plead the fifth!!


Christopher: And you KNOW everyone wants you to say Hoooogan... **laughs**


Joni: But I deeeeeeeeefinately wooooooooon't!


Christopher: Love you!


Joni: So I'll just say you. **laughs**


Christopher: Oh dear! My boyfriend is going to trip out on that one...


Joni: Just kidding!!


Christopher: Home stretch here...And it is a pretty big question. So sit back & think hard...Would you like to set the record straight about anything?


Joni: I think I pretty much covered everything in my Early Show there, actually. Just know that I don't harbor any hard feelings towards anyone in the game. I don't like the way some people played, sure...but it's just a game.


Christopher: Ok. What was your favorite moment in Okinawa?


Joni: Oh, so many!


Christopher: Well - list em!


Joni: The Kamiyan games and parties (I wish those would have been shown!), the Henry note, reuniting with Michelle, planning on getting back at Emma, the monk visit...and of course my final two speech. But no one can know about that yet!


Christopher: I was sad that the parties didn't make the story, too...we really had so much fun.


Joni: We did! But it would have ruined the "evil Kamiya" image!!!


Christopher: Hey - what really happened with monk?


Joni: Nothing. **laughs** Mario sent me this paragraph describing the setting, told me to make something up for what I'd do that day, so I did. I said I'd probably head strait for the books, and sit in a big chair and just look at them, even if I couldn't read them. So it was just a day off of the game, which was what I needed, and wanted anyway. It worked out for me.


Christopher: Was it scary to take a day off?


Joni: Yes, but I was glad to have a break.


Christopher: I'm not sure that Mario could have paid some people to take a break. They would never have left for a day.


Joni: **laughs** I was the exception, then. I enjoyed the game for what it was. I didn't obsess over it.


Christopher: I think you were the exception. In many ways - you were more adult than the rest of us...


Joni: I get that a lot, actually. I don't know that everyone in the cast would agree with that assessment.


Christopher: Well, they can come deal with me then. And you & I both know that more than a few of them would give up life & limb to avoid that! Worst moment in Okinawa?


Joni: Oh, voting off Hogan. And when you left. Your leaving was worse for me than actually leaving the game.


Christopher: Biggest Regret?


Joni: Throwing that challenge! Oh Chris, if only I could have talked some sense into you. *sighs*


Christopher: You know what, though...The challenge isn't what killed us. As much as people like to point that out - it is that I told Lance...even though Hogan warned me not to...ultimately - it was me trying to make Lance feel included that sealed my exit.


Joni: That's true. You and your temper...*shakes a finger*


Christopher: So while I know that some people think throwing a challenge is the ultimate sin...


Joni: ...It's how you handle the aftermath..


Christopher: ...It is. What, if anything, did you learn about yourself?


Joni: I learned a lot about how I handle relationships with people. But I also learned that I'm already a fairly good judge of myself. I knew coming in that I would fall because of too much trust and that's what happened. So it wasn't really that big of a surprise for me. *grins*


Christopher: Yeah...your ending was painful to watch...But at least it happened, in some ways, because you are open enough to trust. I feel the same way about mine - I threw away my own game for friendship - to save someone...dumb in Survivor, yeah, but in life - I am happy to have such a quality.


Joni: Absolutely. I agree. And, I'm glad I went out with a bang though. How boring would it have been if I knew I was going that night? It wouldn't have been climactic at all..


Christopher: Yeah - your exit was a nail biter.


Joni: Us drama people like ...drama. **laughs**


Christopher: *high five* And, finally...would you do it again?


Joni: *giggles* Not immediately. I'm enjoying a break from the game at the moment. But eventually...yes. I would like to try it out again. Preferably in the summer so I have more time to do it!


Christopher: Our 16 year old adult - STILL SCHEDULING THINGS!


Joni: Not for long 16...My birthday is next week.


Christopher: Happy Birthday!


Joni: Thanks!!


Christopher: That's it for my questions...


Joni: Prom tomorrow!!! And Tom Sawyer is opening!! eek!


Christopher: I want to end this one a bit differently than the rest - by thanking you for being such a wonderful partner and friend during my time in Okinawa. You really are a tremendously large part of my good memories.


Joni: I couldn't have done it without you either, Chris. I was TERRIFIED coming into the game that I wouldn't have any friends.


Christopher: You made more than one...


Joni: And then you came along, and made the game SO much fun. I'm really glad we were on the same tribe.


Christopher: Me too. Much love to you. *hugs*


Joni: **huge hugs** Have a great night, I'll send prom pictures!


Christopher: You'd better send pics!


Joni: I will! I promise


Christopher: As the youngest person on Kamiya...being stolen in the twist...surviving the twist...avoiding an exit at TC 8...surviving til Final 5. You are, in my mind, the Sole Survivor.


Joni: Aww! Thanks!!!


Christopher: Awesome game Jones.


Joni: You too!!


Christopher: And that’s the end of the Joni Newman interview. I hope y’all had a good time reading just a little bit more about Okinawa, and what it was like to live in Mario’s World.

Later this week, I’ll be back with another Castaway. Don’t forget to look for Part B of the Finale!

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