Post by mark on Apr 19, 2013 11:55:08 GMT -5
Where to begin? First off, I'd like to start off with prayer...God can you stop spinning the world for just a moment, or at least slow it's roll? People with things to do can't keep up!
Amen and Amen.
So yeah, I barely got up to realize that not only was the "24-hour, non-endurance challenge" completed, but Judgment was underway. So starting this thread, I'm realizing that round 3 is half over.
Ok, griping over. What? Even Jacob, one of the patriarchs of God's chosen people, wrestled with God, so don't knock me.
Anyways, I have a lot to say. Thiago has put a lot of trust into me. Thiago has put a lot of work into this game. Thiago knows just about everything that's going on. That's fine because he's my ally, and by him telling me everything makes me believe he does trust me. But it's disconcerting. It's ok for now, but later on, should I find myself still in the game, it will have to be dealt with. And know this isn't a power struggle. More power to Thiago for doing all the work and feeding it to me...becaue I will use it later.
But, as if yesterday wasn't a tricky enough vote when it shouldn't have been...this vote is going to be just as hard. Thiago and I had a brainstorming session to figure out the network of connections and come to the most beneficial boot for us. What I think it came down to was the most beneficial boot for Thiago. Note taken, but I won't gripe about it...in front of him. :-)
Here's the layout as we see it:
Julian/Starr/Bree - tight threesome (which really annoys me)
Starr is trying to be Sneaky Sneakerson, but I'm watching her. And I'll smile and flirt the whole time I do. As far as she's concerned I'm indebted to her and I have no idea what's going on. Contraire mon frere. Oh wait....I should have said that to Bree.
Zac/Knox
Gabe/Dion
Conjecture, basically because Gabe felt the need to moderate the catfight yesterday between Pilar and Dion. Hissssss hissss!
Reese - one is the lonliest number that you'll ever....sorry
and of course Thiago/Mark
I have closer ties with Zac, Thiago has closer ties with Starr, which puts him directly into that trio. And then we both have worked on Reese. After all, why not snatch up the lone duck for yourself.
Apparently, that lone duck is a sitting duck because he's so much easier to pick off. Well, I beg to differ, and I won't let Starr get the benefit becaus she's trying to be sneaky and Zac was easy to stear toward Reese beause of yesterday's debacle. Well, Thiago and I came to the conclusion that Dion would be the best bet to target because neither of us want Reese to go. I didn't really agree, but I didn't tell him that. His job was to work on Starr and Bree. My job was to work on Zac and Reese. As I suspected, Dion wasn't going to be an easy sell for Zac and the conversation quickly turned on Bree. To be honest, I'd much rather Bree go becuase I want to break up Starr/Julian/Bree.
But this is going to cause a lot of problems. Thiago's going to think I directly undermined him, which is not the case. I just have to be careful in how I push things. Becaue I don't want to *push* anything at all. Mark needs to be the easy going guy that has no clue what's going on and is always a step behind everyone else, completely and totally in Starr's and Dion's debts for saving him the first round. That is where Mark will stay. Because even then, in the event of a switch or something, I should appear totally usable to the favorites.
But even still, when Zac asked Dion if she'd go for Bree, she just responsed with some vague answer followed by an elypsis. And you know what an elypsis means.
So I said all that to say, I'm gonna sit back and see where all this leads.
Amen and Amen.
So yeah, I barely got up to realize that not only was the "24-hour, non-endurance challenge" completed, but Judgment was underway. So starting this thread, I'm realizing that round 3 is half over.
Ok, griping over. What? Even Jacob, one of the patriarchs of God's chosen people, wrestled with God, so don't knock me.
Anyways, I have a lot to say. Thiago has put a lot of trust into me. Thiago has put a lot of work into this game. Thiago knows just about everything that's going on. That's fine because he's my ally, and by him telling me everything makes me believe he does trust me. But it's disconcerting. It's ok for now, but later on, should I find myself still in the game, it will have to be dealt with. And know this isn't a power struggle. More power to Thiago for doing all the work and feeding it to me...becaue I will use it later.
But, as if yesterday wasn't a tricky enough vote when it shouldn't have been...this vote is going to be just as hard. Thiago and I had a brainstorming session to figure out the network of connections and come to the most beneficial boot for us. What I think it came down to was the most beneficial boot for Thiago. Note taken, but I won't gripe about it...in front of him. :-)
Here's the layout as we see it:
Julian/Starr/Bree - tight threesome (which really annoys me)
Starr is trying to be Sneaky Sneakerson, but I'm watching her. And I'll smile and flirt the whole time I do. As far as she's concerned I'm indebted to her and I have no idea what's going on. Contraire mon frere. Oh wait....I should have said that to Bree.
Zac/Knox
Gabe/Dion
Conjecture, basically because Gabe felt the need to moderate the catfight yesterday between Pilar and Dion. Hissssss hissss!
Reese - one is the lonliest number that you'll ever....sorry
and of course Thiago/Mark
I have closer ties with Zac, Thiago has closer ties with Starr, which puts him directly into that trio. And then we both have worked on Reese. After all, why not snatch up the lone duck for yourself.
Apparently, that lone duck is a sitting duck because he's so much easier to pick off. Well, I beg to differ, and I won't let Starr get the benefit becaus she's trying to be sneaky and Zac was easy to stear toward Reese beause of yesterday's debacle. Well, Thiago and I came to the conclusion that Dion would be the best bet to target because neither of us want Reese to go. I didn't really agree, but I didn't tell him that. His job was to work on Starr and Bree. My job was to work on Zac and Reese. As I suspected, Dion wasn't going to be an easy sell for Zac and the conversation quickly turned on Bree. To be honest, I'd much rather Bree go becuase I want to break up Starr/Julian/Bree.
But this is going to cause a lot of problems. Thiago's going to think I directly undermined him, which is not the case. I just have to be careful in how I push things. Becaue I don't want to *push* anything at all. Mark needs to be the easy going guy that has no clue what's going on and is always a step behind everyone else, completely and totally in Starr's and Dion's debts for saving him the first round. That is where Mark will stay. Because even then, in the event of a switch or something, I should appear totally usable to the favorites.
But even still, when Zac asked Dion if she'd go for Bree, she just responsed with some vague answer followed by an elypsis. And you know what an elypsis means.
So I said all that to say, I'm gonna sit back and see where all this leads.