Post by Sammy on Apr 24, 2007 0:24:18 GMT -5
I'm growing a lot closer to Jon. We seem to be on the same track as far as most things go, and it's great to have someone like that in the game. I've grown a lot closer to him, already, than I have Torah. I think if the decision between the two ever came down to it I'd have to vote for Torah. Nothing against her, she's a great girl, I just feel like I'd be able to trust Jon a lot more than I would Torah, even though I trust her a great deal as it stands.
Memphis was eliminated from the immunity challenge as soon as it started. That's rather embarrassing, honestly. I'd hate to have a team like that. Thankfully enough, my team is active and dedicated, even though we all have our own lives. Jon's finishing school. Torah's in Australia. Robert has school and track. Then there's me with school and trying to graduate. Our schedules clash just enough to where we barely get to talk to each other, but we manage to get the job done. Annoyingly enough, though, Robert knew he had a track meet today and decided to participate in the challenge regardless.
Last night he posted a message saying if he received the scroll between 7am and 5pm that we would lose because he wouldn't be able to pass it. Why would you ever participate in a 24-hour challenge if you knew you couldn't fully participate (unless you had to)? Granted, he didn't know what the challenge was, but even Torah could have participated more so than he. That decision was one of the factors that led us to lose tonight's immunity challenge. The other was Conny.
I'm pretty sure Conny's still out to get me any chance she gets. As long as it hinders me or even gets me voted out... I think she'd take that opportunity. Who knows, though. Maybe she'll want to [seriously] work together since we're both returning players and could be at a disadvantage because of it. I'll have to see how things go when we both make the merge because I know she'll make it unless her tribe has a Jenna Lewis wanna-be on it.
I was talking to Jon, though, about the whole situation. He's not holding me returning against me. If anything, he said he'd help me out to survive and outlast Conny. Seriously, even if I don't win, I just want to be able to surpass her again. I'd like to win or at least make the Final 4 and I know I have my work laid out for me, but the longer Conny stays in the game the harder it'll be for me to surpass her. She' s rather good at being the nice girl on the outside but the deceptive devil on the inside. She did it in China, except the devil came through and was what got her voted out. I'm sure she's learned from that. Jon's a sweetheart for offering to help me out, though. He's probably one of the best players I've ever met in a game personality wise - or at least one of the players I've cliqued with extremely easily. I'd do anything to help him out in the game, except end my own game to keep him in. Anything else I'd do. Unless Giza loses again [which I'd think Jon and I would vote out Torah], I couldn't imagine ever writing his name down unless it was to win the entire game.
So now Giza is faced with Tribal Council. I haven't talked to Torah yet about it, but I'm almost 100% certain that Robert will be voted out. Torah has yet to talk to him and he's the least active of our four. I'm pretty sure he'll be voting for Torah, but I could see him voting for me if he really thought I'd be voted out. Jon already voted and I'm doing so soon. It looks as though Robert will be our first casualty and I'm thinking Dakota will be voted out of Memphis.
As far as voting is concerned, I can't be emotional when I'm voting people out anymore. Unless I have a exceedingly strong bind to them I can't not vote someone out simply because I like them. Look what it did to me in China. Instead of taking Chelsea out any opportunity that I had, I kept her because I liked her and believed that she could help me out. Even though it happened in the Final 4, she's the reason I was voted out. She felt that she owed Rich more. It's a game. You can't owe anyone anything. You play the game, you play to win. I always let my emotions get a hold of me in games and it prevents me from making game-changing moves that could ultimately help me. If Chelsea had been voted out, I most definitely would have been in the Final 3. But it's over, I can't speculate. I can only learn and restrategize. It'll be a tough game... but I think I can get by.
Memphis was eliminated from the immunity challenge as soon as it started. That's rather embarrassing, honestly. I'd hate to have a team like that. Thankfully enough, my team is active and dedicated, even though we all have our own lives. Jon's finishing school. Torah's in Australia. Robert has school and track. Then there's me with school and trying to graduate. Our schedules clash just enough to where we barely get to talk to each other, but we manage to get the job done. Annoyingly enough, though, Robert knew he had a track meet today and decided to participate in the challenge regardless.
Last night he posted a message saying if he received the scroll between 7am and 5pm that we would lose because he wouldn't be able to pass it. Why would you ever participate in a 24-hour challenge if you knew you couldn't fully participate (unless you had to)? Granted, he didn't know what the challenge was, but even Torah could have participated more so than he. That decision was one of the factors that led us to lose tonight's immunity challenge. The other was Conny.
I'm pretty sure Conny's still out to get me any chance she gets. As long as it hinders me or even gets me voted out... I think she'd take that opportunity. Who knows, though. Maybe she'll want to [seriously] work together since we're both returning players and could be at a disadvantage because of it. I'll have to see how things go when we both make the merge because I know she'll make it unless her tribe has a Jenna Lewis wanna-be on it.
I was talking to Jon, though, about the whole situation. He's not holding me returning against me. If anything, he said he'd help me out to survive and outlast Conny. Seriously, even if I don't win, I just want to be able to surpass her again. I'd like to win or at least make the Final 4 and I know I have my work laid out for me, but the longer Conny stays in the game the harder it'll be for me to surpass her. She' s rather good at being the nice girl on the outside but the deceptive devil on the inside. She did it in China, except the devil came through and was what got her voted out. I'm sure she's learned from that. Jon's a sweetheart for offering to help me out, though. He's probably one of the best players I've ever met in a game personality wise - or at least one of the players I've cliqued with extremely easily. I'd do anything to help him out in the game, except end my own game to keep him in. Anything else I'd do. Unless Giza loses again [which I'd think Jon and I would vote out Torah], I couldn't imagine ever writing his name down unless it was to win the entire game.
So now Giza is faced with Tribal Council. I haven't talked to Torah yet about it, but I'm almost 100% certain that Robert will be voted out. Torah has yet to talk to him and he's the least active of our four. I'm pretty sure he'll be voting for Torah, but I could see him voting for me if he really thought I'd be voted out. Jon already voted and I'm doing so soon. It looks as though Robert will be our first casualty and I'm thinking Dakota will be voted out of Memphis.
As far as voting is concerned, I can't be emotional when I'm voting people out anymore. Unless I have a exceedingly strong bind to them I can't not vote someone out simply because I like them. Look what it did to me in China. Instead of taking Chelsea out any opportunity that I had, I kept her because I liked her and believed that she could help me out. Even though it happened in the Final 4, she's the reason I was voted out. She felt that she owed Rich more. It's a game. You can't owe anyone anything. You play the game, you play to win. I always let my emotions get a hold of me in games and it prevents me from making game-changing moves that could ultimately help me. If Chelsea had been voted out, I most definitely would have been in the Final 3. But it's over, I can't speculate. I can only learn and restrategize. It'll be a tough game... but I think I can get by.