I don't know if I dig the name, but maroon is my favorite color AND it's a shoutout to Hayden's time at ASU! Go Sun Devils!

J'tia and I sent these messages to each other at the exact same time.

^ Sorry that ended up being so big ^


........ that's what he said. -_-

So my confessional in this round hasn't contained a lot of "meat" if you will. Part of me was kinda feeling like you were getting all the juicy tidbits from other places, and I've been busy doing things like sucking in the challenge and chatting with the new people.

I think I already went over my merge strategy in that questionnaire. I was gonna see if my Dadès team could pull something together, but if they couldn't, I was going to completely distance myself from them to the former Sebou's by talking about how my closest ally was Dan and how I've been floating near the bottom of the tribe dynamics. My logic was that, if they wanted to send home a Dadès member, at least it maybe wouldn't be me.



Eddie started things off by telling me that he wanted to get the two of us in some sort of deal with Bill. I said yes but I was so not about that plan. I don't really think Bill is very interested in me and vise versa. It's clear Eddie had some early game alliances with these people, and he's drawing a clear path to get himself to the end. Sorry Eddie! I think you rock, brah, but I'm not gonna just sit and help you win this game.

Eddie's plan was to boot a reject, someone both Dadès and Sebou could agree on sending out of the game.



I hoped Yul was going to be my ace in the hole. No one else on Dadès really likes Yul, but he and I connected earlier in the game and I hoped he'd have a plan for me. He pretty much only wants to go the route of "keeping each other safe." That strategy doesn't help in the numbers game at all. It's the polite way of saying "I like you, but I'm good."

Things could still take off with Yul, but I'm kinda over him.



My biggest surprise was how well I got along with Betsy. She came to me a little perplexed that Dadès hadn't approached her about voting together. I told her the truth, it's because Eddie kinda wanted to boot her. I told her I was going to keep her name off the chopping block, and we both expressed interest in an alliance in the next round of the game. I would like working with Betsy and putting together some sort of rejects alliance.



Today, J'tia explained to me that it looks like Betsy and JR are going back to their Sebou tribe members and voting off one of us. It prolly has something to do with the fact that Eddie was targeting them. Bad move, Eddie.

J'tia thinks Eddie or Charlie is going home, but I wouldn't be shocked if it was me. My strategy with Sebou was to show them I wasn't connected to Dades... they might look at that and feel confident that I won't get an idol played on me. We'll see how it all plays out, but it looks to be out of my hands on this one. Sebou won't talk game to us.

Hayden Moss: (2:18:03 PM) oh! we're both finally datable, kelly!
Hayden Moss: (2:18:11 PM) ;-) ;-)
Kelly Shinn: (2:18:15 PM) LOL I forgot about that ;-)
Kelly Shinn: (2:18:17 PM) oolala
Kelly Shinn: (2:18:22 PM) whew
Kelly Shinn: (2:18:26 PM) i was nerv
Kelly Shinn: (2:18:51 PM) i was all like, i just met you, and this is crazy, but if you don’t make the merge, don’t call me baby


Hayden Moss: (2:23:14 PM) Well I hope you aren't voting for me so I can ask you out on a date before we get to the end of this :P
Kelly Shinn: (2:23:38 PM) LOL where are you gonna take me on our date
Kelly Shinn: (2:23:50 PM) a romantic rendezvous in the jungle?
Kelly Shinn: (2:23:58 PM) a gourmet coconut dinner?
Hayden Moss: (2:25:32 PM) I'm going to have to hunt down the waterfall
Kelly Shinn: (2:25:51 PM) one of those nice waterfalls too! i’m no cheap date
Kelly Shinn: (2:25:56 PM) crystal clear waters
Hayden Moss: (2:27:01 PM) but not crystal cox waters

I went against my tribe's wishes and told Yul that he's getting votes. I'm the only person from Dades, I think, that even kinda likes Yul, so I wanted to try and look as honest as possible with him. Our votes aren't a blindside because we don't even have the numbers... so I don't feel like I'm ruining anyone's plan.





Hayden Moss: (5:29:42 PM) I have something bold-ish to ask you
Hayden Moss: (5:31:28 PM) Would you wanna tell me who you're voting for so I can vote with you? I completely understand why you shouldn't, cuz of idols, but if I have no other name to vote for then I just have to vote for the only other person I know votes are going to.
Hayden Moss: (5:32:17 PM) I feel like it could be a way to share some trust?
Yul Kwon: (5:33:42 PM) I understand, but if it gets out that I leaked the vote i could be in a lot of trouble man.
Hayden Moss: (5:34:19 PM) ok well I'm gonna have to vote for the other name I know, then
Yul Kwon: (5:35:00 PM) That's fair dude, hope it's not me :<
Hayden Moss: (5:35:11 PM) Unfortunately its gonna have to be =/
Hayden Moss: (5:35:52 PM) But I hope you aren't voting for me! Cuz who you vote for will be the one going home
Yul Kwon: (5:40:13 PM) Yikes man, that's not cool :/
Hayden Moss: (5:41:12 PM) well since you guys won't tell me I have to vote with them
Hayden Moss: (5:41:37 PM) So I hope you don't take that like I wanna do it
Hayden Moss: (5:41:49 PM) But I can't just vote all by myself
Hayden Moss: (5:42:08 PM) And like I said I totally understand why you DONT want to say anything
Hayden Moss: (5:42:22 PM) I just hope you're understanding as to why I'll have to vote you
Yul Kwon: (5:43:30 PM) Yea I understand where you're coming from man. I hope i don't end up getting voted out man :/
Hayden Moss: (5:43:46 PM) I mean we'll see if an idol gets played
Hayden Moss: (5:44:05 PM) but I'm fairly confident its either myself, Charlie, or Eddie getting voted out
Yul Kwon: (5:45:33 PM) Just so you know. I wouldn't consider voting for you dude. I told you I had your back and I'm sticking to that
Yul Kwon: (5:45:40 PM) That
Hayden Moss: (5:46:08 PM) I do appreciate that, and I wouldn't vote for you if I thought the numbers were there for you to go