Week 6 - Diary Room

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7/19/2015


_{Me, when I win HOH this round.}

Seriously though, I feel like Boog and I have a great shot at this comp!  The two of us are going to go all out and I can guarantee you that our teamwork is gonna be second to none.  The only pair that I can see giving us any sort of challenge is #Mifia, but even those star-crossed lovers aren't as in sync (able to do this competition together on Skype) as #Boother!

It's funny too how quickly things change in this house.  Yesterday I was ready to throw #Caneda on the block if I won this week, but now I'm not so sure.  It might be time for a power shift in this game... stay tuned!

[heather]

7/20/2015

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[heather]

7/21/2015


_{Who wants to see our HOH Room?!}

Buckle up everybody it's gonna be a wild ride this week in the Big Brother Rise & Fall House!  I had such a good feeling about this competition going into it.  This just felt like our moment to win!

I've been thinking for a while about what I'd do in this scenario and up until recently I honestly would have nominated #Caneda ... but as you all know, this game changes constantly!

In the early morning hours before the last eviction, Candice and Neda pulled Boog, Nick and me into the storage room for a last minute strategy meeting (Skype call) about whether or not it was worth flipping the vote off of Christine and onto Rachelle.  Nick and I shut things down of course, not wanting to go behind Zach's back, but there was a certain level of trust that was shown during that conversation and I don't want to sever those ties just yet.

So with those two now off the table, that kind of makes my options limited!  I have tight relationships with Hayley, Keith, Memphis, Nick, Ryan and Zach, so from my end, I don't really want to put any of them (or their partners) on the block.  There's also a lot of pressure on Boog and I from pretty much everyone in the house to make a move on 'The Trio' this week.

I want to clarify that I hate the mob mentality that's going on in this game.  I don't like looking at Heaven, Ryan and Sofia as one single entity because I have very different relationships with all three of them.  I refuse to base my game on targeting them as a group.  Sofia though... she doesn't really factor in to my plans going forward.  I like her but ultimately she's a big threat.

Boog and I have hashed out what we'd like to accomplish this round, and she sort of has an out to put up #Bryan since Brian nominated her.  While ideally I want Ryan safe, I can't really do anything about Boog's noms... for me though, I think that it's best to put up #Mifia.  This gives the house the perception that a big move is being made on 'The Trio' but I can assure you that Ryan (or even Heaven) leaving is in no way part of my ultimate plan for this week.  Not only am I close with Ryan, but if all of the so called threats leave now, all eyes are eventually gonna be on Nick, Zach and me.

After we won, I had an alliance meeting with 'Gatorade' and the four of us all verified that we'd rather Mike go home over Ryza.  The trickiest part will be if #Mifia wins the Veto, but we discussed every scenario, and if worse comes to worst, my backup plan at this point will be to backdoor Rachelle.  Ash might have been a douchebag, but most of what he said about Rachelle in his  speech was 100% true.  We also discussed flipping the second target off of Ryan and onto Brian in that scenario (with votes from Heaven, Keith, Memphis, Nick, Sofia and Zach.)  Bases.  Officially.  Covered.

Most people seem to think that one or two of 'The Trio' are leaving under the #Boother HOH reign, and I'll let them think that, but I'm not playing the house's game, I'm playing my game, and there's a whole lot more going on than meets the eye.

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7/21/2015

SPOILER: Click to show

_{Ugh... I have such a girl crush on her TBQH.}

I know that Sofia is trying to intimidate me but I have to admit that she's got some good points.  I was pretty fake with her.  In my defense, we can't all keep it as real as Sofia, since some of us can't rely on competition wins to get us through the game.  I wasn't actually gunning for her until very recently either, but I probably did lay it on just a little bit too thick.  I made my bed and that's fine.  I'm going about this way better than Christine and Shilpa did though.  I have the backing of pretty much the whole house right now.

The silver lining of this explosive little exchange is that it gives me all the ammunition I need to get Mike out along with Sofia.  That little worm groveled to me to please keep him in a tie and then he told Sofia everything that we'd discussed.  At least now I have an out to break a tie in Ryan's favor (which I would have done anyway lol!) 

[April]

Congrats girl - <3

[heather]

7/23/2015


_{Me in that Veto...}

Of course... the worst possible scenario happened!  I'm beginning to believe that Sofia put a hex on me or something because that POV was just one fail after another for #Boother.

I'm in a pretty awful position right now because the majority of the house would love for me to put up #Zeaven.  I've said it before though and I'll say it again, I'm not playing this game for the house.



If I put up #Zeaven and say Heaven and Ryan go, then what?  Who is Mike going to target if he wins?  What about Rachelle?  I've already got Sofia gunning for me, but my relationships with the other two members of 'The Trio' are salvageable.  I'm not playing this game from the perspective of them all being a single entity.  Maybe if other people took the time to reach out to Heav and Ry, they'd realize how awesome the two of them actually are.

On the other hand, getting rid of a sleeper threat like say, Rachelle, is exponentially better for my game.  She's just as much of a threat as any of 'The Trio,' but without all of the attention on her.  Rachelle is also closer to Mike and Sofia than she lets on and will continue to play the middle for as long as possible (which is brilliant and smart, but hasn't gone unnoticed.)  Rachelle might not come after me directly, but she won't bat an eyelash watching Mike and Sofia do it.  I have nothing against her, but I have to protect myself.

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Partners Assessment

Boog and I seriously work SO well together!  Winning HOH with her will definitely go down as one of the highlights of this season for me.  I just wish that we could have pulled it out with the Veto, but the game goes on.  I feel bad in a sense because I'm going behind Boog's back to make sure that Ryan stays this week, but I have to ultimately watch out for myself.  Still, I'm looking out for Boog, and I will do everything that I can to protect her in the coming weeks.




I'm sticking my neck way, way, way out there for Ryan this round but I don't care!  Am I getting soft or what?  I used to be way more cutthroat than this!  He's just such a good guy and I refuse to sit back and watch the wolves devour him.  I have six voters locked that won't vote against him and then five voters locked to evict Rachelle so he should be safe no matter what.  If people are lying to me then I will know it too, because of the joint DR situation.  I wouldn't be surprised if Brian sticks around with him either... I feel a closer personal bond with Hayley, but Brian does have a weird attachment to me, and Zach brought up a great point in that he's the more malleable of the two.  #Bryan might very well make it through this round in tact!




I'm feeling better with these ladies lately, but ultimately my loyalty is gonna be to the Gatorade Alliance, and then to Boog, Keith and Ryan.  I trust #Caneda short term I guess, but sooner rather than later, both of them need to go.




I feel awful about putting Hayley up, but sometimes difficult cuts have to be made in this house.  Rachelle is a huge threat to me long term and unfortunately, Hayley is shackled to her right now.  If both of them are evicted, Hayley's departure will definitely go down as collateral damage from my ultimate goal (Rachelle leaving and Ryza staying.)




My guys!  I'm really pulling for them to be the next Heads of Household, and if it's an endurance comp like I think that it might be, I really believe that they can do it!  Memphis has it in him to beat Mike and it could really be his time to shine.  I will be screaming to Memphis while he's up on that wall to hang on and think about the big box of Slim Jims in his goody basket.  I trust them both completely.




I can't with Matt.  Part of me fees bad for the kid because he's so out of his element here, but damn, he is so awful at this game sometimes.  His attempt at forming an F2 with Zach was cringeworthy and desperate to say the least.  His read on the climate of the house and the dynamics within it are just completely off too.  Matt told me that he's evicting Ryan because it's better for his game... okay Matt, good luck with that when Ryza stays this week!  Nick and I on the other hand are getting pretty tight I think.  The two of us are basically bridging two groups right now (Boog, Candice and Neda and then Gatorade,) so hopefully, no matter what happens, he and I can maintain a good position in here.




I'm so over both of them... Jesus, when will the honeymoon stop?  Sofia and I had an okay relationship prior to me taking a shot at her (a swing and a miss!) but she now wants my head on a silver platter... and Mike, Mike is just infuriating.  The fact that he keeps reiterating in public forums that he's not working with Sofia is just making it obvious that he actually is in fact working with Sofia.  He's insulting everyone's intelligence and is basically the worst actor on the planet.  We're All-stars, we aren't idiots (for the most part.)  I can't wait to see them both gone.




Zach and I established a lot of trust this week.  He's helping me get Rachelle evicted and keep Ryan and I probably wouldn't be able to accomplish either of those things without him.  I still need to be wary of his bromance with Nick, but I feel great with both of them for the time being.  I just can't let myself be Britney or Keesha.  Heaven is still an angel, and I'm so glad that I chose to backdoor Rachelle over her.  I really think that Heaven will have my back going forward regardless of her relationship with Sofia.  I don't feel like I could have said the same for Rachelle.

[heather]

7/23/2015



Well this round is a fucking mess.

So everything was laid out perfectly. I had the votes that I needed to both keep Ryan here and send Rachelle packing... but then, because we can't have nice things, shit started hitting the fan. Mike blew up over the prospect of a 'Trio' member not leaving, Keith told Candice that I was campaigning for Ryan to stay (which spread immediately to Boog and Neda of course,) and a push to keep Rachelle in the house reared it's ugly head.

After he initially tried to tell me that the votes wouldn't be there to save Ry, Keith promised me that he'd keep him in the vote this week. I had to spell it out to Keith but I knew that I was right and I pushed it.  After #Haychelle went up though Keith started backtracking and getting all worked up over Heaven, Ryan and Sofia having some sort of competition monopoly for the last half of the game. How many frigging rounds are left anyway? Like ten at least? Mike was obviously getting into his head. I definitely didn't handle the news of a potential coup well... I sorta freaked out at Keith for even considering it, but eventually I was able to calm myself down.  After a powwow with Keith and Zach in the HOH Room, where Zach and I reassured Keith, everything was back on track for Rachelle to GTFO and for Ryan to stay... for like two seconds anyway...

Candice and Mike started losing their minds because Keith and Memphis weren't telling them what they wanted to hear and the panic only escalated when they couldn't get Nick (who was avoiding them) alone to try and get him to vote their way.

Matt and Mike then decided to spontaneously form an 'alliance' with Brian and Zach so that they could push their agenda for the week and thus, 'Bro-down Showdown' was born.  So.  Transparent.



Can someone please hold my hair back while I vomit?



Shortly after I got news of all this from Zach, Rachelle's campaign to stay started to gain a little bit of momentum. Matt and Mike started to proclaim that they'd keep her if the votes were there, but ultimately nothing came of it because Memphis and Zach were never actually gonna keep her in the first place.  All of this royally pissed off Sofia though, who shocker, is actually tighter with Rachelle than she is with Ryan.  She apparently wasn't buying that Zach doesn't have the votes to keep Rachelle here if he wants... and she's not wrong (he just doesn't want to!)

Amidst all the chaos I felt completely validated by the decision that I'd made with my replacement nom.  Rachelle needs to go and Ryan needs to stay... my future in this house depends on it.

A late night alliance meeting of 'Gatorade' had the four of us settling on an 8-5-4-3 vote split plan that would (sadly) send Hayley packing along with Rach but ugh, everything is so unstable right now and it could all easily blow up before eviction. I'm gonna need to run major damage control on Keith if he gets wind of things because he really wants Hayley here.  If voting out Ryan means accomplishing that then I don't trust him not to do it.