Hearts <3

Damn, I highly underestimated the number of chocolate I could eat. If I continued at that rate, I probably could've done at least 250 total. Oh well.

Also, totally not regretting my drunk posts at all. <3 everyone

Okay, this shit is crazy. Just a few minutes after Aaron announced that TC is up, there's been a barrage of chats from 4 people.

Because I have to go soon (as usual...), I'll try and summarize what's going on:

Jacob: wants to take out RJ or Lindsay. He says RJ approached him for a F4 between me, Jacob, him and Spencer. We're basically swing votes right now, and need to be really, really careful when talking to people.

Eric: is down to vote out a threat this round. I asked him who he thinks the threats are, and he says RJ and Lindsay. I agree. He thinks RJ would be easier to take out than Lindsay. He's a bit skeptical of my relationship with RJ, and now I'm worried about that.

RJ: worried about getting out this round. He was talking to Mike, and said that Mike wanted Kate or Jacob out. I tell RJ that that's ridiculous and I'd go talk to Mike. I think he feels like he needs me and Jacob - Mike/Eric/Stacey probably won't ally with him, and he knows the Pinkerton 7 is breaking apart this round.

Mike: is just paranoid in general. I'm gonna wait a few hours to talk to him again.

In general: I'm gonna let people chat themselves up for a few hours before going into talks again. I don't want to expose myself as a swing vote right now, especially since we don't even know who the target is (Mike, RJ, Lindsay?) This is the point where we really see peoples' allegiances and how they plan on playing the game. I'm doing my best to stay under the radar and not be a target for now. Thankfully, there should be 4 targets above me - RJ, Lindsay, Jacob, and now Mike.

Ugh, my head hurts. It might also be the hangover. Sigh.

See y'all in a few hours,
TSiu

This game is hard. Why did I sign up for this?

So for the run-down of the day: it's between Mike and RJ.

Mike is adamant about getting RJ out. He was not down to vote out Lindsay when RJ suggested it; when Mike suggested Kate or Jacob, RJ got upset. So the two of them are at each others' throats at the moment.

Jacob, Kate and I are the swing votes. It looks like if we vote against RJ, the rest of the Rockefellers (Lindsay, Anthony, Mike, Eric) want to wipe out the Carnegies. I'm worried about this because - well, numbers. If we take out the rest of the Carnegies, it's 4 Rockefeller, 3 Vanderbilt - and I'm not even sure we still have Kate on board at the moment.

On the other hand, if we vote off Mike, we would alleviate the Rockefeller threat and keep RJ/Spencer happy for the time being.

Jacob and I were also talking about F4. An F4 with RJ/Spencer is risky - RJ is smart; he's good at challenges, and would probably choose to take Spencer instead of either of us. Going F4 with Mike/Eric is easier for us - they're not as capable in challenges, though we don't trust Mike too much right now.

Personally - I'm not even sure I want to take Jacob to F4. He would beat me out no matter what happened - unless I play brilliantly the next few weeks. My best bet would be Mike/Eric/Spencer/Stacy/Anthony - my fellow UTR players. I think I do have an edge on the rest of them - I'm situated more like Kate. Both Kate and I are in a good position where we hear lots of in-game talk and can make decisions from that. People seem to generally like us enough, and trust us enough to want to work together.

In an ideal world, I'd like for Lindsay to be out this round. I'm still trying to figure out if that can happen - maybe we can get RJ, Spencer, Eric, Jacob, Kate, and myself - that's 6, and we could do it. The only problem is, no matter how the permutation goes, we'd need to pull over at least 1 former Rockefeller - and I think they're all working together still.

Well, maybe not Anthony. I had a good chat with him for the first time. He's definitely playing an UTR game - if he's not talking to too many people, he can't be a target. I think we could work together at some point - if not now, in the next few rounds. People are forgetting about him, but when the numbers get smaller and every vote really counts, it'll be important to have a connection with Anthony.

Finally, Stacey. Damnit, I still have not talked to her! I need to do these things in order to win! Okay, I will talk to Stacey some time in the next 24 hours.

Omg. I can't count.

I was like...why are we at Immunity Challenge 8, when I'm at Confessional 9? Y'all must be LAGGING.

But no, joke's on me. Like usual. =(

Did you end up running??