Week 2 - Diary Room

[heather]

6/25/2015


_{Brittany made this... OMG I'm obsessed.  It's official bitches... updates to follow!}

[heather]

6/26/2015

SPOILER: Click to show

_{How did I not get the memo about this?  It would have been nice to know!}



So I spoke with Shilpa after this because I was obviously very concerned and suddenly a lot of things started to make sense.  I guess that Candice approached Shilpa about a week before the game started and wanted to talk game.  Shilpa said something to Candice along the lines of 'oh yeah we should totally work with our friends, like Casey and Heather.'  Shilpa mentioned this conversation to Casey too apparently (very offhandedly) but of course failed to tell me, I guess because she didn't think that it was that big of a deal or whatever!  Candice however thought it was a very big deal!  Candice took it to mean that we were all suddenly bound by a freaking blood oath to a flipping Final Four alliance!



I knew nothing about this!  I was so careful to never use the 'a-word.'

Casey being targeted by Nick and Zach suddenly makes so much sense now.  Candice spilled the beans to Keith, so she must have spilled the beans to Nick and Zach too.  She felt like the obvious fourth wheel with Casey, Shilpa and me, in an alliance that never actually existed... UGH!  The worst part about all of this is that I feel like I could really be screwed now, and through no real fault of my own.  I came into this game not wanting to rely on my outside friendships.  I just formed a legitimate alliance with Brittany and Memphis for Christ's sake...

Seriously, with friends like these in this house, who needs enemies?


_{I'm still in my pajamas... it's way too early for this, fuck.}

[kevin]

Love that you're posting convos like this, very convenient to read! Just wondering how you do it cuz like if i would ever do it like that it would take me hours to make screenshots, upload them from my phone and then copy paste them one by one to proboards eep

[heather]

Jun 26, 2015 12:55:20 GMT -5 kevin said:

Love that you're posting convos like this, very convenient to read! Just wondering how you do it cuz like if i would ever do it like that it would take me hours to make screenshots, upload them from my phone and then copy paste them one by one to proboards eep

kevin - It's not terribly time consuming but yeah that's what I do pretty much!  I screenshot by frame on my iPhone, then I just upload the shots onto my iMac and upload them from there onto imgur and put them in here in order!  Takes about ten minutes tops per convo!

[heather]

6/28/2015

So Friday was pretty messy.  After my lovely pre-coffee conversation with Keith and after following up with Shilpa, I naturally felt like I needed to get to work ensuring that all of my bases were still covered.  The last thing that I need in here is for people to think that I'm double-dealing or overplaying, especially when I'm not!



My first order of business was to get some facts straight, so after lunch I cornered Candice in the storage room (translation: I made her get on Skype with me lol) and I just point blank asked her about what Keith had said to me.  I was really careful to not seem aggressive or angry about things, just concerned that my name was being thrown out there.  Candice acted really surprised and swore to me that Keith must have grossly misinterpreted something that she'd said to him about Shilpa.  She promised that she would clarify things with Keith and then... she started bawling...



Being a somewhat decent person my first inclination was empathy.  I spent the next few minutes consoling Candice and promising her that everything was gonna be okay.  I assured her that I wasn't mad at her at all, just confused, which was why I came to her directly to talk.

She told me how it was so hard for her to vote out Casey and how she had cried herself to sleep the night before his eviction because she was so upset.  We talked about how stressful the game was getting and I listened to her and I soothed her as best I could because even though I was peeved at her, I was trying to be a good friend.

After calming her down I asked Candice, very casually, if she'd said anything about Shilpa's so called 'core group' to anyone other than Keith, specifically to Nick or Zach, and she swore to me that she hadn't.  Taking her answer with a grain of salt and feeling satisfied with her repaired emotional state, she and I parted ways and I made a beeline for the backyard hammock where Shilpa was waiting for me.

Shilpa had just had her own conversation with Nick so the two of us compared notes and guess what?  It turns out that Candice had indeed told both of Nick and Zach about the whole 'Shilpa's core' nonsense.  Nick even admitted that it had at least played a partial role in why Casey went home last week.  So yeah, Candice lied straight to my face, which was annoying as fuck honestly, since I had just taken valuable time out of my day to dry her fake ass crocodile tears.  Everyone is playing this game balls to the wall already and I really should have known better.  Seriously though, screw you though Candice, I hope you lose!



It's not the lying that really pisses me off either, I know what game I signed up for lol, it's that she nearly tanked Shilpa and my's games over absolutely nothing.  I especially was just minding my own business and doing my own thing!  Like don't bring me into this bullshit pre-game drama lol.


_{Amen, now practice what you preach ho!}

That night while Zach and I were playing chess outside of the Head of Household suite, he and I finally talked about everything that had gone down, both with Candice and her blabbing about mythical alliances, and with Casey's eviction.  Nick joined us after a while and I made sure to stress to the guys that in this game, Casey and Shilpa's feelings don't automatically reflect my own.  I think that I did a good job of subtly throwing Candice under the bus too (for running her mouth to Keith.)



 They both assured me that I was the last person involved that they were worried about, but of course they could have just been telling me what I wanted to hear.  Either way I don't think that they'll come after me for now and we all kind of confirmed that the three of us plus Candice (ew) and Shilpa need one another in this game longterm.  Yeah... I don't necessarily feel that way but whatever.



I definitely didn't come here to get cut off at the knees and be the Britney or the Keesha to some bromance and neither did Shilpa.  If they want to play hardball then so be it, game on.



Let's rumble.

[heather]

House 3 Assessment

My relationship with Ash is pretty much nonexistent at this point. I've honestly tried to reach out and get to know him, but he's just not the most engaging person conversationally.  Most of our chats have just kinda fizzled.  He calls me Decksheimer, which is sort of funny I guess.  

If he came into a position of power at some point, I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable at all.  Fortunately I think that a lot of people share my sentiments at least, so I'm thinking that maybe it's just the aura that Ash gives off.  Christine won't nominate him and that's honestly fine.  There are bigger fish to fry in this game right now anyway.



I still like Boog but I don't feel like we're talking as much as we should be these days.  Don't get me wrong, we're still friendly and all, but I just wish that our conversations were a little less small talk and a bit more substance.  I know that Candice and Chris are both close with her too, so I need to keep the connection that they all share in mind.  Right now, I don't feel like Boog poses any immediate threat to me but if I'm not careful and mindful, that could very easily change.



After Brittany and Memphis, Christine was easily the closest new friend that I made last week, so I was naturally pretty stoked when she won HOH!  I feel really good with Stine moving forward and I think that she and I are gonna work really well together!  We've been talking game and strategy more and have just been opening up to one another about a lot of things.  I know that she has some outside friendships in the cast and so do I, but we've both acknowledged that we don't want to rely on those connections as crutches in this game.



The competition queen herself!  Heaven is a huge threat and has a massive target on her back in this game.  While there's no doubt that she needs to go at the first opportunity, I can't help but feel bad for her to an extent.  Things would just be so much easier if Heaven wasn't so hard to hate but she's lovely and nice so blah.



It's a huge possibility that Heaven could win the Veto and save herself this week.  I don't really want to think about what I'm gonna have to do if that happens but I probably should be bracing myself for it since it's very likely.



I need to keep Keith on a short leash this week.  The last thing that I want right now is for him to freak out and potentially blow up my game.  He gets so paranoid sometimes and he can be a complete troll, but I do think that he has my back.  Zach hates him and is already trying to work me to vote him out over Nicole if Heaven comes off the block, but as much as I love Nicole and Zach both, that's not happening.  I need Keith here.



Matt is trying so hard in this game and I commend him for it, I really do, but the truth is that he's completely out of his league in this cast.  Matt has a great chance to go far here since no one really considers him a threat, but he won't win in a million years.  It's not that he isn't capable; he's just too inexperienced next to some of these pros.

I think he has a little bit of a crush on Shilpa too which is cute.  He's like her loyal little puppy following her around wherever she goes.  For now, Matt's in her back pocket, and that's honestly probably the best place for him to be.



#Heathole is back together, for what sadly may be a very short-lived reunion.  With Nicole as Christine's backup target and with Heaven's history of saving herself, I may very well have to evict my former partner in crime at the end of this week.



 I really don't want to do it but for the good of my game, I don't see any way of avoiding it.  I'm praying that a miracle happens but things are looking very grim right now.  The saddest part is that even if I wanted to save Nicole over Keith or Matt, I don't think that I could.  The votes just wouldn't be there.

[heather]

6/30/2015


_{The current state of the game.}

Christine and Drew tried to make some huge moves this week, and they failed big time.  Hindsight is 20/20 of course, but if they really wanted Heaven and Ryan out, then they should have tried to do it via the backdoor.  While it's true that Heaven and Ryan may have won those POVs regardless, there's just no room for damage control now, and Christine and Drew are likely screwed.

Meanwhile I've got my own problems.  Now that Keith is on the block, Nicole has been campaigning to me super hard for my vote.  It's honestly breaking my heart that I have to evict her.  I know that I'll probably get some flack for my decision, but I just want to make it very clear that none of this is based on my personal history with either nominee.  The truth is that I consider both Keith and Nicole to be very dear friends; this week I'm basing my vote to evict solely on what I think is gonna be the best thing my game in the long run.

Keith can be such a troll, but he's my troll.  He pretty much has no one in this game and on top of that if I'm ever nominated against him I feel pretty good about my chances of surviving the block.  On the contrary, Nicole is both extremely lovable and very well connected in this cast.  The fact that several people not even in House 3 have already expressed to me (with varying degrees of subtlety) that they really want Nicole her to stay, is a huge red flag.  Nicole and I worked beautifully together in Season 8 but nothing lasts forever.  If she were to stay in this week, then I have no doubt that she would scurry back to Zach and to what she believes are greener pastures.



The bitter cherry on top of this already awful week is that Memphis and I are probably gonna lose Brittany.  Drew was so close to putting up Candice too, blah.  I wish that there was more that I could do for Britt... she deserved way better than what she's getting.  The whole situation freaking sucks.

(I'm sorry that this update is so short.  There's literally so much going on in this game right now but I'm out of town for the next few days and so my ability to contribute is limited.  I'll try to post some relevant conversations and information tomorrow when I have some down time.)