Round 2 Confessionals

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It's way past due for me to get this confessional up and running with the goods. Let's start by saying, my forte is not to scramble right out the gate. In the words of mi amigo Julian....ay de mi!

So the first round...in a nutshell...was weird. Suspicious. To be honest, I didn't really do *that* much scrambling. I turned to the only person available yesterday morning...Dion...and pretty much grabbed on to her leg and went...."waaaaaaahhhhh!" And suddenly she was working for my benefit. Thanks! But...huh?

Dion: Your name is the only name that has come up, but if you have something different, I’d be willing if the numbers were there.

Mark: Well, having only met about 5 people so far, I’d just be throwing out a name.

Dion: You would probably do well to focus on one of the ones that wasn’t at the challenge. Bree, Julian, Knox, Zac…

Mark: Have you met any of them? Any of them strike you as someone to vote for?

Dion: Well, Knox was hard to talk to. One of those slow-replies, single answers. He was pretty much like that for everyone.

*Come to think of it, he was hard to carry on a conversation with. Knox it is!*

So I turn to Zac, who is in much the same position as I am, and he’s like….but I’m friends with Knox! Can’t we find someone else? I mention Bree…and Starr’s all…but she’s so sweet! All the while, I feel like Dion is goading me to mention names. Which I’m fine with. Ain’t skeered. Anyways, I said all that to say somehow Starr and Dion came up with Naomi, and I said, ger ‘er done. And they got ‘er done. Interesting. Interesting indeed. While I appreciate that I’m still in the game, I don’t necessarily think it was for my benefit, and Starr and Dion are more in the know than they really should be.

Suffice it to say, I owe nobody…anything. 

Through all this, I bonded with Zac and Knox. Could possibly be a team there. Then I bonded more with Thiago, who I actually like most of all so far. Now it’s time for me to fade back into the shadows and sniff out the inner workings of this mess. I mean…now that I’m a cool cal, as Gabriel says, I should be fairly ingratiated for a bit.

Survivor, it’s been too long, my friend.

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Aye yi yi, I'm no longer shocked that we lost the first challenge. Reading comprehension and uptake is not....ahem...our tribe's best suit.

We are totally going about the challenge the wrong way.

*face palm"

What do I do....sit there while it happens? Or take it upon myself to fix it?

#firstworldproblems

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I feel like I need a tiara and a sash. Just two days ago I was on the hot seat. Now I feel very popular. *waves* At this point I feel very safe with Zac and Thiago. I've bonded with them and opened up with them the most. In turn they've opened up to me, and they've said things to me that I don't think they would if they didn't trust me. Knox falls into this group too, but I have my reservations. He was the first name Dion threw under the bus the other day. That could mean either A) one doesn't give flying frack about them or B) They are close and playing off their relationship. What I mean is, Knox was apparently "hard to talk to." Naturally I told Knox this, so I don't know if he worked on that little trait to better himself or what, but now he's indicated that he and Dion have connected more. That's all well and good, but I want him to be more connected with us. The other thing that gives me pause is that Dion asked me to work with her, Julian and Starr...not mentioning Knox.

Ok...don't over think. Just roll with it.

Names left out of any group are Gabe, Reese, Bree, and Pilar. In fact, Reese is not mentioned anywhere...and that is odd to me.

But whatever, after the results went up there was a flurry of convseration, including Reese on my jock about how good I'd done in the challenge. It's nice to be on this side of things. That's why I feel like Miss America.

Ok....so these are just the mice in my head. Just thought I'd share, so you'd know what was going on this oh-so-cluttered compartment of mine. I'll update more when I figure out the lay of the land...and I will. ;D

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Quick, random idea.

From what I've gathered so far, Reese didn't want to vote for Pilar and *may* have ruffled some feathres along the way? I don't know...by telling Pilar she was in danger to give her a chance to haul her cookies down to the tree.

Since I don't really care who goes tonight between Pilar and Bree....*what if* I throw a random vote to say, Reese, and then make a suggestion later that someone may have been pissed off that he warned Pilar? My subtly imply that it could have been Dion or Starr? I don't know...could be risky. But Reese is a wild card right now, and I'd love to reel him in on my side at the expense of someone else.

Does this make me evil? *does the sign of the cross*

Lord forgive me, for I might sin.

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That knucklehead Thiago, came up with the same idea of throwing a vote idea...even specifically to Reese. The bad part is he actually ran it by Knox and Gabe...who of course were against the idea. Now I can't do it, risk Gabe getting mad at him.

It was a good strategy to wrangle in Reese. Oh well. I think he'll be wrangleable after the craziness of today. And yes...it's a word. I just made it up. :-)

These people are nuts. If they play this awkwardly, I have nothing to worry about. It's good to know that Dion and Starr aren't exactly allies. But Starr is the one to keep an eye on. She's savier. Dion's just as batty as Pilar is. Hopefully between myself and Thiago, we can keep Starr under our thumbs. And I fully intend to subtly drum up some animosity towards her.