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Such a humble charmer, and playing a great game.

JT <3

Blatantly Oblivious wrote:

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Read an article today from February on Al.com. It was an interview with J.T. right before the first episode of Tocantins.

"I've always watched 'Survivor,' but this was the first time that I actually applied, and it worked out for me," Thomas says. "I filled out a written application and then went to Dothan to do a video. They called back and asked for a two-minute video of me on the farm. And then they flew me out to California ... When I started the process, I thought that if I ever get to California where people actually talked to me, I thought I'd get it."

So Thomas, who owned his own fencing company while at Troy, brought in a young man who had worked for him then to train him to manage the cattle farm while he was away.

"I told him I had to be out of the country for family business," Thomas says. "I go to Mexico with my stepdad on business, so that was a good cover for me."

Thomas is eager to see "Survivor" begin airing, saying he's worried more now than he was then about how he'd come off on TV.

"At the time, I wasn't worried about stuff like that," he says. "I was worried about living. .¤.¤. I always wondered do they really starve? Do they help them out any? But what you see is what you get.

But now, I think, do I really want my mom to be watching this with a bunch of people?"

She and other family, though, will be watching at a party in Samson, says Thomas, who doesn't plan to be there.

"The first episode I'm going to watch at my house with a couple of friends," he says. "I think I'll just be in Mobile, hiding."