Gloria Query is a woman on a mission, a gal with a goal. That goal is to make it on the reality television show Survivor. Although I'm a huge fan of the show and have written about it since its first season, that's not a goal I share with her. Reading her history of casting calls that she sent to me via email makes me prefer to sit back, watch, and write even more.

Fourteen tryouts and seven years of her life invested, she's still actively trying to make the cut even if she may have alienated the show's executive producer, Mark Burnett, and the casting director. She thinks that they might think she's a "nut" and that she may scare them a bit. All she really wants is the chance to be on the show, that's all. And, apparently she'll do just about anything to make her dream come true.

Her infatuation began with the first season and an attraction to Rudy Boesch, the gruff third-place finisher who became Richard Hatch's one real ally during the season. Why Rudy? Well, he reminded Gloria of her personal father-figure, a man named Sarge. Not owning her own video camera to submit tapes for casting, it was off to the flea market to pick one up. Her first submission may or may not have resulted in a callback, she doesn't know. Her son claimed someone from the show called, but they never called back.

And, that was the sign of things to come for the next seven years. Although she's currently a furniture sales consultant, Query has plenty of experience in the "different" realm including ex-cop, ex-bounty hunter, ex-car repo woman, and even ex-go-go dancer. She drew on her past experiences to be different enough to get her foot in the door at casting calls. She's been a veiled Gypsy looking into the crystal ball and even created a turtle race (thankful that she didn't have to vote off the turtle with three legs) in audition tapes sent to the show.