Episode 09

[Ashley Underwood]

You survived the first boot of the merge! Stacey has joined the jury - who will be next?

What did you think of that tribal council? Did everything go as you expected?

[Tina]

So I survived that vote. Not likng having to play as forward and as hard as I have had to, but so long as my name has been doing the rounds, and being discussed either getting or actually receiving votes it has to force my hand a little here as well. Hopefully after thsi I can ease off.

Anyhow, finally the Kirati people secured Denise, got th msg about 630 - 7pm? saying she was on board. Tlk about taking their time! That still left it at a tie. Jeff had said to me a few times he was intending to vote for me, but then vote for Stacey on the revote. So I used the vagueness of Probst's msg (see previous ep confesh) to get him over the line as I really did not want to have a tied vote, especially one where it was tied on me.

Debb finally got in touch to say she was on board also, and had I heard from her before I probably would have left Jeff to vote against me, as it would seem that all the Madhesi are voting together now, but hey,, I can live with that.

So that is how it went from a 6-5-1 (where wasnt sure where Denise fell into place) to a 6-6 tied vote to 8-4 blowout.

Stacey's reaction to being voted out was pretty petty but dd fit with how she had played the game. Volatile and a bit immature. I don't bare her any ill will and hope that when the game is over can just eave what was said during the game stays in the game. She has some ability to play this game and had me more than a little nervous given how much of a loose cannon she is, but if she really hasnt seen Survivor before she does have some natural touch for it, but needs a lot of polish. There were more than one occasion where I likened her game to that of Lil in PI or Dreamz in Fiji.

So glad that is not going to happen here. Because if anyone is going to do that sort of damage, I want that person to be Tina Wesson. icon_grin

I wasnt lying at TC when said I had not heard from any of the Rai since Sat night, so have written to them all also, but only got a pretty spiky reply from Ramona saying it wasnt personal.

[Jeff Probst]

You mentioned this a bit in your paragraph, but I wanted to know ab it more. Do you think you have a good amount of visibility right now or would you prefer to be more UTR? Does being more UTR hurt your chances at winning the game?

Also, what is your individual plan as it relates to the alliance of 4 kirati and 4 madhesi?

[Tina]

Not sure if this was noticed, but Stacey could still post in our camp site - at least until aftrr midnight. Is this still the case?

I need sleep. These all nighters... well, i won;t be able to tomorrow. Have to go through to Glasgow on Tuesday morning, and need to be getting uparound this time, not going to sleep around now, lol.

In terms of board presence I am UTR for sure 100%. Have been kickng it in overdrive in PMs though - you saw on of the voting comments for me was about the length of my PMs.

Maybe that is why Rai doesnt like me and none of them have messaged me, except for that one from Ramona, and it hardly was th friendliest, nor most forthcoming.

But have not been around a grreat deal over the weekend. I am not saying that I was in ful throttle, but you dont win the game at F12. You win it at F3 or F2... but as the Jury has started I am more inclined to speculate it will be an F3. In which case, I can point to both pre merge and post merge, and even tonight -turning a locked vote into a landslide. Cant claim all the credit, but it is plausible. But now is not the time to make bold moves. Rai are pissed with Jeff, and probably with Debb and Kimmi also. Dont need to play hard all the time. I have at times had to step it up and ease it off but never kicked it into absolute overdrive. I work better when I work subtle anyhow.

Even within the hpneymoon with Karate and Madhouse there is tripwires to watch. Know Denise has tied with Debb & Jeff (not sure how strong they are), also has a strong old tie with Carter and Angie. Angie and Kimmi were visible in this last round so will be interestng to see how that evolves.

I like Chris, but sometimes dont always ge the feeling like he is as invested in me as I am in him. It cud simply be that he is not online as often, and he has admitted his studies have been over for a while, but has used the excuse still. But he is still an asset, for sure. And have always really liked Kimmi and Debb.

Jeff post merge seems a very different Jeff from Madhesi days.

[Ashley Underwood]

Stacey's posting abilities are not supposed to be that way so until it's fixed (if it isn't already) just ignore what she's written. She's been told not to post anymore.

[Tina]

I know I said I couldnt be on much tonight, but I genuinely do have a shocker of a migraine. Can barely stand to have the computer on, and the voice that reads whats on the screen to me is like nails on a chalkboard right now.

I believe the vote is on Ramona. Even though my head was pounding, I did ask if anyone had given any thought to a split vote, 4-4-3, in order to offset any Rai HII play. Apparently if there was any thoght given to it, it was dismissed as 'they dont have an HII'... where have we heard this kind of stuff before? You know? Like seriousy. Apart from Artis only a Rai could have got th Rai HII... and there are just 3 of them left in at this point, so why are those people thinking that there isnt a fair chance that one of them doesnt have a HII... Maks no sense.

But then again, that coud just be my head screaming.