Shilpa 7:33 pm so i guess just so you know where things standddddd i feel like you and rachelle will decide this
Shilpa filling me in <333
Naw jk I don't wanna be bitchy @her but this is only a good sign really. I'm honestly not sure if she realizes that I'm partially behind this or not yet. But all signs point to her and the rest of that side thinking I'm the swing and not one of the main conspirators and kinda just...maybe a little naive/passive and caught up in the middle of this vote? That's perfect for me right now, exactly what I wanted
Houses are probablyyyy swapping but if they don't then I think I'm in a fairly good position in this one. I keep thinking after the aftermath of this vote and who each possible HoH would nominate...and I'm not sure anyone would put me up right now? I'm sure there's a lot more going on and maybe at least one of the other side is onto me but I can't really worry about that right now
Zach says he'd nominate Shilpa if he won HoH. This week will be nothing compared to next week if that happens
OKAY SO before HoH results yesterday afternoon, there were two people in particular that I really wanted to work on because my relationship with them was the weakest...Christine and Drew. Only Christine was around so I talked to her for a bit and we found some nice common ground since we both studied graphic design. Stuff like that definitely helps a lot. I would've actually felt okay with her as my HoH. Before yesterday I wouldn't have
I was at work when results went up but my phone wasn't loading images. So all I saw was Shir make 24 blank posts in a row and I had no idea who won and what was happening. YOU CAN IMAGINE MY FRUSTRATION!
I get home and see Drew is my HoH. ofc ofc. I wanted to catch him on before so very badly but never had a chance. After talking to Christine yesterday afternoon, Drew got bumped down as the person I had spoken to the least. YIKES! Reminds me of season 6 so much
LUCKILY I caught him on last night after work. I tried to find some common ground like I did with Christine and it ended up happening pretty fast, we connected over hosting Starz/Sausage and talked a lot about proboards/ndim. I always like getting into these talks instead of jumping into game talk and kissing the HoH's ass. It happened in season 6 when I pretended I was the #1 Fringe fan when talking to Memphis even though I had never seen it and we ended up being great allies. Hoping something similar happens
Drew had to rush the game talk though because he was busy last night and is gonna be super busy today, so he asked me if I had anything in mind for noms. I told him Brian/Hayley, my season 6 and AS showmances ((( how sad. They're by far the easiest names to throw out there right now though
BUT I keep hearing that Drew wants to make a bigger move, which is understandable. Praying that bigger move isn't getting me out though. I think his best bet is to do those two as initial noms, and since he'll barely be around today I can't imagine that he doesn't do that? Seems smartest to me. Then he can figure out what he wants to do after Veto
Candice has a close connection with him and is pushing him to do Brian/Hayley noms and then backdoor Ryan. Right now most are suggesting that he'd backdoor Ryan, I haven't heard anything about him targeting me but I'm super nervous. ALSO, I've talked to Ryan and I actually like him a whole lot. Honestly my conversation with him was one of the best in terms of blending personal talk with game talk. The convo flowed really naturally. Buuuuut if him leaving means I'm safe then so be it. He had a great chance to win Veto tho
Here's the part that makes me the most nervous. My convo with Drew was going well. Then he suggested that he might prefer to make a big move this week instead of getting Brian out, so I asked him what he had in mind for a big move. His response:
Drew 10:47 pm I'm gonna head to bed soon. But catch you tomorrow?
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WHAT!
So that's fantastic. I have no idea if my AIM glitch kicked in and if he responded to my IM's or not, because he said that line a few minutes later. Like earlier I asked Brian how he felt about the house and I got no answer. Then he asked me where I went and I realized the AIM glitch happened and he had actually responded. Super frustrating. I'm praying that's what happened with Drew because ending the conversation like that was so weird and made me so nervous
Okay time for work bye. Hoping I get home in time to talk to Drew, he's busy at a wedding today (shoutout to April and Kaysar who were each busy at a wedding in the last two games I played during the round that I left!!)
Didn't get to talk to Drew again before work yesterday. I came home and his noms were already up. Once I saw that Hayley was safe I knew that was probably it
When we first got houses and Drew was HoH I wouldn't have been surprised that he nominated me. But after him and I talked and from what I was hearing about his plans, I was a bit surprised for sure. SO AGGRESSIVE! Like I kinda wanna respect it but I'm still not entirely sure it was smart. If I wanted one of me/Ryan out I'd have probably done Brian/that person or something. Unless he's worried that Brian would leave over that person which is a possibility. IDK THO IDK. Him and Christine made ballsy moves. This is all stars YEAH YEAH but I dunno if it'll pay off for them long term. I can see it biting them in the ass sooner rather than later. I just hope we don't get a Keith/Brian F2 at this rate (: . Floaters are gonna float on by
ANYWHOOOOOO it's not the end of the world yet. I'm acting all fine and dandy to Drew and to others like the BB Handbook says to do when you're nominated. Told Drew no hard feelings and that if I survive we'll work through it and see if we can work together in the future etc. Tried not to lay it on too thick. He told me that Ryan is his target to make me feel better. I also heard from others that he told them he likes me so that helps a lot. He'd break a tie now that Mike bumped the voters up to six. He also told Zach that he wants Ryan gone and just wanted to nominate another strong person to light a fire under their butt and try to beat him in Veto. That's a good sign...I guess?
It's a bit of a bummer because I like Ryan a lot. Him and I talked about it post-noms and said we'd try to win veto, get someone else on the block, and get them out. As good as it would be to get Ryan out if I can...I'd maaaayyyybe consider trying to do that if I'm in a position to at all. That's a few steps ahead though, gotta see how things play out
Right now I'm working on the voters whenever I can. I'm lucky to be up against Ryan who people recognize is such a comp threat. Most seem to be saying he's a comp threat and I'm a strategic/social threat. I just hope they're way more threatened by him at this point. Hayley promised me her vote, Brian said he'd vote with majority, Brittany has told someone she really likes us both but Ryan is a huge threat, Candice should be in my corner, Shilpa who really knows after last week, Mike and I are on good terms but I gotta talk to him more, he's barely around
So if it's me vs. Ryan as final noms I miiiight be okay. Definitely not gonna get complacent. I'll be working on the voters up until deadline
Number one goal right now is Veto though. I was PRAYING I'd say Week 2 - Puzzled and sure enough. Thank god. Puzzles are what I'm best at but Ryan is such a jack of all trades and could beat me for sure. I practiced all last night and all day today. I made different practice puzzles of the memory wall on both flashgear and jigsaw planet with different piece numbers every time. Practiced like crazy. BUT OFC you trolls put it in black and white and used the original memory wall. That threw me off so much. Practicing with the current memory wall pattern too much probably hurt me. Whenever someone was in a different position from what I was used to it threw me so much. My practices went really great. My actual attempt was just okay
Gonna be super nervous up until results. If Ryan wins I have no idea what Drew would do. I'm looking at all the scenarios and seeing who I would likely stay over and leave over. I feel like at that point he would want me gone as one of his original nominees but it's so hard to say, he's really tight lipped and still not around much at all