1. You've had an interesting few rounds to say the least! What do you think was the cause of your downfall?
Well, definitely trying to rock the boat and make a big move to take out J'Tia. She was literally in the middle of everyone's plans, and I knew that I was going to have to take her out if I wanted to make it to the finals myself. Attempting such a bold move is kind of like throwing a rock at a hornets nest - It got the Queen Bee stirred up, and it left her followers scurrying around in a frenzy, too.

2. Anything you wish you had done differently at these last two Tribal Councils?
I'm torn on that one. On the one hand, I could have been a good girl and just obeyed what everyone else told me to do and quietly marched my way to the final five or final six. On paper, I would've advanced further, but I wouldn't have been giving the game my all or staying true to myself by doing that, so I honestly have no regrets. You have to go big or go home in this game - in my case, I did both.

3. Any regrets throughout the game in general?
Nothing huge but some small stuff. I think I made some good connections and made some strategic moves when necessary, but I regret conceding to voting for Hayden in that first round of the merge. I'm not sure if he was being real with me in our discussions, but it certainly seemed like we had the potential to work together. Idol paranoia got the better of me (and others) that round. I regret not listening to Charlie when he was making a push for Ken to be voted out the round that Bill left; I knew I had a few votes already for J'Tia, so I made up my mind that voting out Ken wouldn't have been possible. In hindsight, we probably could have made that work had we really put our minds to it. I also wish that I wouldn't have put so much time into rebuilding a relationship with Ken at the merge. He's a nice guy, but he kind of proved to me in the later rounds that everything he was saying to me previously was just a load of shit. We weren't as close as I thought we were.

4. Who are you rooting for? Against?
Obviously, I would love to see JR do well if at all possible, but I'm also a pretty big fan of Charlie's, despite the fact that we were never able to get on the same page and work together like we had planned. I appreciate how genuine and to the point Charlie is and his physical strength in challenges kind of speaks for itself. I'm rooting against Jonathan more than anyone. He seems like the dud of our season. He has yet to make a big move on his own and always seems to just go along with whatever he is told to do. He's had opportunities to make big plays but always chickens out and opts for the safer route.

5. Who do you think is playing the best game at this point?
Hands down, I think that has to be Charlie. I'm curious to see how he does now that the game has been flipped upside down a little bit, but he is a great strategist and even better in challenges.

6. Any final comments?
To Lex and Brett, thank you both so much for such an enjoyable game! You don't get enough credit for the time you both put into planning, creating graphics, updating the board, posting challenges/tribal councils/results in a timely fashion, and generally just making the game enjoyable for all of us. There's a reason this is one of the greatest series' around, if not THE greatest. I thoroughly enjoyed my Sausage Island experience.

To the Sausage Island 8 cast, I really think we had a great group this season. I'm not sure how we stack up in comparison to the other seasons of the series, but I enjoyed chatting with everyone in this cast and getting to know many of you better. The people in this game really added a lot to my experience. I'll have many fond memories to take with me from this season.

It's been fun!

I totally would've been down to get Ken out, Yul had told me Charlie was trying to get the "bottom feeders" together, but he told me it was more Dadès people and some Sebous just strung onto the end and nobody from their side ever came to me about it. Wish I would've known more, we possibly would've both still been in had it happened.

I wish I'd spoken to you more. :(

You are the best.

I was looking forward to the prospect of working with you, Betsy! We were robbed by only having one round together. Welcome!

Betsy I was pulling for you the whole time and I will dearly miss your #longreads in the confessional.