What an eventful round! I have more than enough stuff to talk about!

- First, how about all the shit that went down in a matter of a couple hours last night. I was working all day yesterday, so I missed pretty much all of the action as it was taking place, but I was certainly intrigued by what I saw when I was finally able to sign in and catch up. For starters, the old Sebou was a little bit predictable in the way things played out in the challenge and Sausage Link. They went after NaOnka first and then I was right on her tail in terms of catching their heat. While I wanted to believe that the last tribal council really wouldn't mean anything, I'm realizing now how naïve that was. What could've been a disaster with me, Jean-Robert, and NaOnka in the final three turned out to be a hilarious irony when we got moved to another tribe. I can't help but laugh at Sebou's misfortune now. I will look forward to seeing one of them go; I just hope it isn't Yul.

- Being on a new tribe of misfits really has been a dream come true. I desperately needed some new faces, and I think we ended up with a good group of people who aren't too firm in staying loyal to their old tribe lines. If anything, most of these people have an agenda of people they want to take out, so our views and strategies work together pretty well as of right now. Not only does this tribe work out better for me socially, but it also works out pretty well in challenges too. Despite what many would probably expect from a tribe of outcasts, I feel like we could probably hold our own in most group challenges. NaOnka and Jean Robert would probably be my top two picks of people to bring with me in a tribe swap anyway, so this twist really did nothing but work out wonderfully for me - or at least I hope.

- I'm excited to see that we're going to be down to fifteen after this round. I made a little bit of a snarky remark last round that making the final eighteen wasn't really an accomplishment at all, but there's something about final fifteen that feels like more of an accomplishment. Surviving this tribal council would be huge because you would have to feel like you're at least pretty close to making the merge within a few rounds. But I need to just keep taking things one step at a time and let those things worry about themselves.

- Okay, so here's the big news, I suppose. I usually try to keep specifics about people to my bootlist comments, but I need to make an exception here and talk about how things have played out since we found out we're going to tribal council. Last night, Nay nor Jean-Robert were online at first, so I decided to strike up a conversation with Abi. She was surprisingly kind while also having a very clear vendetta toward her old tribemates. She pretty much confirmed right away that she was willing to vote for Peter or Debbie. After a quick conversation with Jean-Robert and NaOnka to make sure we really were all on the same page, I went to bed that night thinking it would probably end up being Peter. I sent a couple quick messages to Debbie and that was it for last night. Today, I signed on to find a completely different dynamic. Now, most people were leaning more toward Debbie, while a select few were thinking NaOnka. Much to my surprise, NaOnka was undecided. Not only was she undecided but she was also being noticeably short with me. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her or why she wasn't sure about voting for Debbie when her name was also potentially in danger. She gave a couple bullshit excuses and really avoided giving me any sort of straight answer (mind you, that was the same bullshit that drove me nuts on Sebou). When Jean-Robert signed on, he informed me that he had talked to Peter about a potential foursome of me, him, Peter, and Debbie. We decided we both really liked Abi and even kind of appreciated the flair she brings to the game, so we decided we wouldn't want to vote for her if we did decide to go with that four. While all of this was going on, I decided to push the Debbie vote even more, suspecting that she likely has some pretty good connections on her old tribe - or at least more so than any of the rest of us. So, that's what has led up to this tribal council. Clear as mud? Perfect! It doesn't make any sense to me either. What I suspected to be a pretty close tribal council with two groups of three voting against one another has proved to be just a mess of votes that could go any direction. The potential chaos and NaOnka's bizarre attitude toward me obviously have me thinking the worst, but I'm remaining hopeful that this vote really will be for Debbie tonight. I'm not ready to hang it up just yet.

That's all I'm going to write for now. Hopefully I can follow this up with another confessional here when the round ends. Wish me luck!


Betsy