User blog comment:Atrain73/Survivor: South Africa Fans Castings/@comment-26365443-20161218145621

Name (Age):  Bryony Cawthley

Current Residence:  Vashon, WA

Occupation:  Counterculture Commune Partner

Favorite Survivor:  Parvati Shallow - She grew up on a commune just like I did! Hopefully I do as well as her. I think deep down inside we've got similar souls.

Interview:

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Hello, my name is Bryony Cawthley, I am twenty three and I am a counterculture commune partner from beautiful Vashon Island, Washington. (cut) *giggles* A counterculture commune partner is basically someone who lives on a commune or a cooperative. Some people call us "hippies", I mean, I don't mind the term, some people really don't like it though. (cut) I was actually born on the commune, yeah, my parents were looking for something different, somewhere with people with the same views as them. (cut) The commune's totally self-sufficient, amazingly. We pump our own water, grow our own food. We're on the Puget Sound too, so we harvest oysters and clams as well. It's actually great training for Survivor *laughs*. I'm a Sagittarius, which means the astral field granted me exceptional social skills. I don't have a ton of experience with people outside the commune - I did go to college, so it's not like my first time in the outside world - but I am nervous that I might not be on the same wavelength as the others here. I've been told it takes some time getting used to my spirit...hopefully they don't vote me off before they get use to it. *nervous laughter* (cut) I am so excited to be in South Africa. This is like the cradle of humanity and I can feel the energy in this land *closes her eyes and breathes in deeply before opening them again* It's stirring inside of me. (cut) Strategy...yeesh that's kind of scary word. Some people want to be really cutthroat but that's not me. I feel if everyone could just work together the world will be a better place. But, I mean, if that's what it takes to win I guess I could try, (exasperatedly) I just don't know if I can be that without defiling my soul. (cut) I've been a fan of Survivor for...five years. I started in college, one of my roommates suggested it to me, because it was kinda what life was like on the commune. I didn't like it at first, because of the cutthroaty-ness, but I like the focus on survival and how the show reveals a person's innermost persona. It's very beautiful in a way. Oh look at me, now I'm getting sappy. Sorry about that. *giggles*.