Voted Off Ministry Island
Greg Asimakoupoulos
October 1, 2000
When I first saw "Survivor" last spring, a haunting feeling washed over me. It was eerie. The island on which those 16 castaways were foraging for food and shelter looked strangely familiar. The names and faces at the tribal councils were unknown to me, but as I watched them interact with each other, I was convinced I had been there before.
Was it a dream? Or a memory? In the recesses of my mind, I saw myself eagerly arriving in a new and unexplored location with a group of people who were convinced they had what it took to achieve what others thought unthinkable. We were all in this unthinkable thing together.
At first it was euphoric. Almost like a honeymoon. How grateful I was to arrive in this beautiful sanctuary, unlike any place I had ever seen. Against incredible odds I'd survived the process of being selected. The powers-that-be had chosen me.
I was ready to prove I could stand up against the challenges that were sure to come. Discomfort and deprivation and disagreements. Sleepless nights and a subsistence lifestyle. Feeling called and empowered, I welcomed them.
But then reality set in. My life was an open book. Every move I made was being watched, not only by team members with me on the island, but by everybody who had tuned-in to see if I could meet the challenge. It was truly intimidating.
I had seen the castaways on TV eating beetle larvae and rodents, but not me. I was having to eat crow. I wish I could say that it tasted like chicken, but it didn't. Crow tastes exactly like Humble Pie. It was hard to stomach.
Members of the tribe were starting to complain about not being fed, and there was no convincing them that I was not the one to blame.
As time went on, more and more people left the island who were there when ...
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