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Like all players should.

Go Colleen!

Yeah see I've always loved players like Nick. He went on the show, he added it to his life resume, then he moved on and you never heard from him again. He never turned into a SEG shill. He never turned into a fake reality "celebrity". He just used Survivor for his own personal gains and then went on with his life. And I say bravo to him.

Note: If you want an update, Nick is a military lawyer now. He finished his ROTC training and graduated from Harvard and last I heard, he was over in Iraq. And I'm guessing that Survivor is probably the last thing on his mind these days. My brother knows Nick because they went to law school together.

I wish we had more Survivor alums like Nick Brown.

As many people have said, the whole cult of "Survivor alums" and their "celebrity" has gotten a little bit tiresome the last few years. Back in 2001 or 2002, there were only like one or two alumni events a year. Maybe there would be a reunion before a finale show, or maybe there would be an Elisabeth Glacer fundraiser. But these days? Good lord. I swear, people like Lex and Big Tom seem like they're headlining a fundraiser every month. In fact they aren't even Survivor alums anymore. Now they're just professional fundraiser shills. If you want a Survivor to appear at your event, all you have to do is sponsor their "celebrity" appearance fee and they'll show up. Why, nowadays they even have celebrity dodgeball tournaments and Survivor theme cruises! Nowadays, being a celebrity Survivor alumnus is basically a career option.

And this is why I've always appreciated alums like Nick Brown, Colleen Haskell, and Greg Buis (among others).

Like Nick said, Survivor isn't supposed to define you.

Survivor is just something you did for a few months in your life, and then moved on.

It's always annoyed me because it perpetuates the belief that "reality TV contestant" is a career option. I've always had a problem with that idea. I've never liked the idea that people like Jonny Fairplay or Adrienne Curry or William Hung exist, who are famous just because they are famous. I feel like it creates this whole weird cult of "I was on TV-itis" fame that lures lots of young people towards these shows because they think it could be a career. And you wonder why shows like American Idol draw eight hundred billion viewers per week. It's because this is now the epitome of what makes a celebrity. You just have to be seen.

I can't explain it any better than that, it just bugs me.

Maybe I've just been reading too much US Weekly lately.