I woke up today feeling pretty good, but then I logged into the forum and..


Did you ever have one of those days where you all of a sudden become really pessimistic? I took a long look at the 6 faces left on the banner and got a sinking feeling that I could be on my way out sooner than later. I calmed down when I remembered with was going to be some sort of posting/endurance challenged based on the treemail information, but then I saw the challenge.

I am going to suck at this. I've got a terrible feeling about the upcoming vote too :[

I hate this challenge so much, which means it's great. I'm sure if I was able to see the answer key, they would all make sense but there are a good amount I am completely lost on.

I don't think it's possible for me to catch Leann at this point, so I'm just going to get some sleep and hope for the best tonight at TC. Regardless, this has been an amazing experience. I hope it continues, but if not, thanks!

You're welcome!

Boobear @ 16/2/2014 18:00

You're welcome!

except you


screw you boo

I have an uncanny ability to take naps at the worst time of day. My schedule is all messed up because I have been watching the Olympics non stop for the last week and a half. Anyway, I know I have John and Jamie no matter what, but Todd was giving me some weird vibes this past week.

PreNap:

can i say something between us two?

Sure

i trust Todd for now but not too much later down the line

I've been thinking it but I didn't want to upset you by bring it up

lmao probably and really?? hell no it wouldn't upset me haha

I know you've both been together almost the entire game so I didn't want to question anything unless you felt the same way

no i totally feel the same way 100%

he is too emotional of a player

As long as we get him or Leann to vote for Kelly, there's nothing to worry about with this vote

and then we would have control of the vote next round

we could tell Leann that Todd is worried about Leann's idol

would help us gain favor IMO for next round

**other pleasantries before I go away to take my nap**

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5 hours later, right after I wake up, PostNap:

hey I got news when you get back!

hey

:john:hey

so this happened while you were napping

todd wants to break us up and leann is on board with it

:/

but jamie doesn't want to do that and got kelly on our side

whattt

yeah todd has been running around going to people and trying to play people against each other

I got a chance to talk to kelly earlier and she seems like she's down, she knew she was on the chopping block so I think she'll do whatever to save herself

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And with Jamie:

hey man

i have stuff to catch you up on

todd/leann want to break you/john up but i'm 100% on your side and i pulled Kelly in so we could boot Todd instead and think we should keep it between us four so Leann doesn't use the idol on Todd since she's already safe

O_O

Kelly's definitely in?

10000000%

I told her that they wanted her out first

and she swore to me she would vote with us and say nothing and she also spoke to John and confirmed she's voting with us

And she hasn't lied to me about her vote yet, she even voted out Ciera so yeah she's good man

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That's the best convos to summarize what has happened so far. There's been some other back and forth, but it's a lot of the same things being said/rehashed.

Leann made it seem like she still wanted to go after Kelly, but now is the time to strike against Todd.

Of Todd and Jamie, Todd was the one I always worried about. I didn't think he would flip though. Jamie John and myself are the ones who have screwed over some of the jury [Rich, Ciera, Dave] and I think he would have stood a better chance against us in the finals if the jury was going to vote based on emotions.

Jamie bringing all of this to me confirms what I had already suspected, that he was 100% tight with me. I think he realizes he needs me and John in order to win, or else Dave, Rich, and Ciera will throw their votes at Kelly/Leann/maybe Todd

Jamie and John both say that we have Kelly's vote this round, but I still feel the need to and speak with her.

Just finished speaking with Kelly too, and I played stupid. [I made John and Jamie privy to this convo as soon as it ended]

*smalltalk*

where's your head at this roind?
round*

Jamie and John kind of spoke to me and said they had talked to you as well

I just wanted to make sure they had and weren't feeding me a line

yeah, they talked to me earlier. I was like super nervous coming into this round, and I thought I was a goner to be honest. haha

but I definitely feel comfortable with the four of us teaming up

Okay, me too!

I knew you werent always on so I wanted to talk and make sure they were telling you the same thing

I feel a lot better now

yeah, i was on tonight when you were napping!! haha :-) But yeah, I feel better because I know we both talked before about how uneasy we felt

but I really want this to work, and I think it will!

^_^ oh my goodness I feel so great right now

I was worried for both of us this round. I wasn't sure if there was a big alliance of those 4 that we were just on the outside of this whole time

yay

that's how I felt too!!

I was going to approach you anyway actually because I was like Chet and I need to try to pull something

and then this popped up so i was like oooh perfect!

I had planned to as well, but this is even better than us trying to approach the others. They came to us!

yeah, it worked out so well! So now we only have to worry about leann's immunity thing that she apparently has

and hopefully she doesn't give it to Todd or something


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So I played dumb so Kelly thinks she has me as a solid partner moving forward, when in reality I would only need to be close with her if Kelly and Leann held both immunity idols in the next round. Having her vote will avoid a tie in which there is a challenge and not a random draw. I expect to be getting the votes from Todd and Leann, but based on everything I do not think Kelly will be writing my name down. We also agreed to agree to anything Todd and Leann say if they approach us.

Should be interesting, fingers crossed.

This is a make or break vote for sure.

Hopefully everyone follows through as planned. I'm glad that the relationships I've cultivated while trying to toe the middle line during the swaps and early merge may have paid off in not only keeping me in the loop, but making others want me around.

As long as Kelly follows through and Leann doesn't hand off her extra idol, things should be looking good.

youtube upload has the sound off too -___-

how do I internetz, sorry guys.

What? The sound got turned off? It was working before, I'm still listening to it

Host Brett @ 17/2/2014 21:25

What? The sound got turned off? It was working before, I'm still listening to it

off = lag

sry

Oh!

Always love videos so much more than reading!

Oops

The reaction video was slightly embarrassing and will not be posted.