Survivor

Survivor is a popular reality television series on the CBS network. The show consists of 16 contestents isolated in a remote location. The contestants are subjected to numerous competitions involving mental and physical challenges. The game is a strategic one in which contestants compete by voting one member off each week until the winner (the survivor) remains.

Survivor I was set on the remote island of Palau Tiga in the South China Sea.

Survivor II was set in the Australian Outback.

Survivor III is the most recent installment, and is set in Africa.

However, this is completely wrong.

The book Survivor by Mr Palahniuck has nothing to do with this crappy tv show.

It's a cynical book about a man named Tender Branson who is in the Creedish death cult. In this cult, every member learns how to be a servant for the human race--most of them are butlers--and fear most human pleasures. They are waiting for a sign from God to tell them to deliver themselves unto Him--that is, commit suicide. The sign finally comes, and Tender is the last surviving member of the cult. He's thrown into mainstream culture and becomes a personal icon for many people. It's a fantastic book. You guys have to read it. Chapter 25 is one that i did for my monologue:

"This one time, the agent asked me where i saw myself in five years.

Dead, I said. I see myself dead and rotting. Or ashes, I can see myself burned to ashes.

I remember i had a loaded gun in my pocket. Just the two of us were standing in the back of a crowded, dark auditorium.

'I see myself dead and in hell.'

I remember i was planning to kill myself that night. It was the night of my first big public appearance. I told the agent, I figured i'd spend my first thousand years in hell in some entry-level position, but after that I wanted to move into management. Be a real team player. hell is going to see enormous growth in market share over the next millenium, and I wanted to ride the crest.

The agent said that sounded pretty realistic."

go read this book. I promise you wont be disappointed. I think it's even better than fight club!

-dani, [email protected] -