Round 10

[porsche]

I voted out David, and Cody told me that's what he was doing. I thought he was leaving so I sent him a PM explaining my actions. I log on this morning and guess what! Sarah and Cody have both kept David! I am shocked! I am blindsided! This...

makes perfect sense. Looking back, I'm really upset I didn't catch on. I got completely fooled and I really feel like I should have seen this coming. David told me a couple of times that he "really hoped I kept him", logged off for an hour,and then logged back on and didn't say anything. I thought it was weird that he wasn't campaigning harder. Either he took it for granted that I was keeping him or he thought he had the votes. This works out amazingly for Sarah and Cody. David is mad at me now, so nobody is going to take me to the end. I'm expecting to go home if I don't win a competition. Sarah is calling Austin a "conspiracy theorist" but I've got to be dumb to believe her, right? David told me she "regretted not backdooring me" and she told me herself I was a huge threat. And am I supposed to not notice how Cody and Sarah were online at like 5 in the morning when the deadline was, all prepared for it to tie? Hmmmm.

I need to smooth things over with David. He's upset with me and I can see why but I need to pull him back in. If I go, Cody and Sarah take each other to the final 2. If I win veto, I'm probably voting Sarah out. She has two really impressive moves on her resume in taking out Jen (which I consider the smartest move of the game) and setting me up, if that was her plan, which I think it was. If I'm on the jury, I'm probably voting for her. But in the game, I don't want her to get the best of me anymore.

I really really really want to win this HOH. The only way I feel safe from now on is if I win a competition. I think I win if I make the end, but people realize that so I can't rely on anybody else. And given how well I've done in competitions, I don't think it's likely!

[porsche]

I WON HOH! I knew as soon as I saw the results that I needed to win, and I did! I now have a guaranteed spot in the final 3. I'm one round away from the end and from what I'm hearing, I think I can win the game if I get there. WOW. And best of all, this means that I've made it to the final 3 without ever being nominated. Apparently I'm the first one in this series to do that (ty James)

I dedicate my win to David telling me that the last few games have all done the Timeline competition for the final 4 HOH. Thanks!

There's a chance I could have been good even without a competition win. David was really pissed off in the morning but I talked with him before results and he seemed over it. We made up and now I think we have a final 2. He's telling me that Cody is unbeatable if he makes the end and that he doesn't want Sarah there either so it's "mutually beneficial" for us to work together. I would love for us to be allies again. And Sarah is talking to me like we're good and she still wants me in the end. And I'd like to think I could convince Cody that if it was between me and David, he needs me in the final 3 because he's more likely to make the final 2 and because it's easier to beat me.

Do I trust any of these people? No I don't. I'd like to believe David but Sarah also told me he approached her saying that me and Cody were the biggest jury threats and implying they needed to get to the end together. Maybe he approached Cody saying me and Sarah were the threats. I don't know. I like Sarah when she responds promptly but she's gone around telling everyone (including me!) that I'm the biggest jury threat. That's not an ally. And with the shadiness from what happened last round, I don't trust her. I have nothing with Cody, and he lied to me about his vote. Sarah is saying he changed his mind but meh. I just don't trust him.

For my nominations, I think I'm going to do Sarah and Cody. Maybe it's paranoia but I feel like they tried to make me look bad with the last vote. Nominees don't matter at the final 4. It's all about the veto. After my talk with David, I think it would look the best to keep him off the block. If I win the veto, we'll see. But if David doesn't care and somebody thinks final 4 nominations mean something, maybe I'll keep them off the block so they trust me more.

[Ika]

Congrats on winning your first HOH

[porsche]

Thanks Ika!

Sorry that I'm taking forever to post! It's going to be Sarah and Cody but I want to at least talk to Sarah before my ceremony goes up. I'm telling her I'll take her to the final 2 so she might see it as a slap in the face if I put her up without telling her, even though nominations don't matter. Cody I don't care if I tell him, he lied to me about the vote. Sarah is trying to tell me he changed his mind, but I don't care. Only problem is I have not seen Sarah online!

Me winning HOH is very good for Sarah. David said he was evicting Cody and Cody I assume would evict David. I wouldn't mind Sarah leaving actually. David keeps talking about how big of a jury threat Cody is and if I'm in a final 3 with them I think David would take me. If it's me/David/Sarah or me/Cody/Sarah I think I'll have to win the final HOH. I'd like to believe David would take me to the final 2 but I think he would be very tempted to take Sarah based off of what she told me. I'm trying to subtly throw Sarah under the bus when I'm talking to him lol, bringing up his HOH round and that she could have some jury support.

The only problem is that now that I've won, I can't get Sarah out. Oh well! Hopefully she's telling the truth that she wants to bring me to the final 2. I know she sees me as a big threat. I don't know who I want in the end. I'm hearing I'm the biggest jury threat but who knows if that's true. I don't want to assume I'm the biggest threat and play only to get to the end and then be wrong and lose. I don't really respect Cody's game but people think he's a big threat. He hasn't betrayed people and he has a great underdog story. I'm most likely to get to the final 2 with David but would I even win? He seems to think so but he's a great player and it wouldn't be easy. Am I crazy to think that Sarah is a jury threat? She hasn't been the most active on AIM and her taking 15 minutes to answer a simple question is REALLY ANNOYING, but she set herself up perfectly going into the final 4, took Jen out and is very smart and articulate. I don't know. I'm always bad at reading the jury and I'm always bad at selling my game.

[Ika]

NOW BABYGIRL,
ITS TIME TO TAKE THAT FINAL HOH

CONGRATS AGAIN ON MAKING F3