Post by Cassie Goldsmith on Jul 12, 2013 13:58:38 GMT -5
MERGE! I was ecstatic to be lucky enough to have reached this point of the game. Coming into this, I did not think that I would make it this far. So when the merge was announced, of course I was in good spirits and celebrating. However, not all of us were celebrating. Dominic, Ellen, Selena, Colleen, and Ben started up their pity party right away after they saw Luca had been voted out. It honestly reminded me of when Jessie was evicted from BB11 and Lydia, Chima, and Natalie were crying around the dining room table. Like, there is no need to have poor sportsmanship and post awkward GIFs. It's the merge...let's all celebrate together and be happy together. I was not celebrating Luca's demise in this game. I was celebrating the fact that we made it to this point. I still would have been celebrating had Thiago, Henry, or Knox been voted out. I saw 5 of my allies voted out in a row, and I did not portray poor sportsmanship to any of the others while I was in the game. Was I upset? Absolutely. But I continued being cordial with everyone. They lose ONE person and the world is ending. It is ridiculous. I'm honestly relieved this is happening...the past few rounds, I have been unsure if I could leave this game being proud of the way I have played. I saw some people on the other side who I wanted to work with. This round in particular really proved to me that I AM with the right people. When I'm on google hangout with Knox, Thiago, AJ, and Henry, it is such a positive atmosphere. Especially Henry reminds us to keep in good spirits. I know some people on the other side.... *cough* Dominic *cough*.... are just constantly negative. So I feel good about the people that I'm working with. And whether I go this round, next round, or 5 rounds from now, I am happy with the way that I've played this game.
I just know Dominic keeps snapping at people when he doesn't get his way, and he is probably being more rude than anyone else. Not to me in particular, though he was a few rounds ago. So I know people are frustrated with his antics. I guess knowing that there is no possible way that he will win this game is what makes me feel better. This is the third time that he's played in this series, and he obviously has learned NOTHING from his past two failures. He is playing the exact same game once again, and he will lose once again. No one respects the way he is playing. No one respects how he is manipulating and abusing friendships and tossing people aside. I'm not trying to act holier-than-thou...both sides have done things that could be considered unethical. We're all guilty here. However, I do believe that Dominic has taken it to a level that no one else has. I know that even if he does make it to the final 3, he will not win this game. I would vote for every single other person in this merge besides him to win. I really hope that we can be friends outside of this game....the fact of the matter is, I don't really know him outside the context of the game. I enjoy our conversations together, but I do not respect the way he plays the game. It's as simple as that.
I actually did not see that it said two people would win immunity. WHOOPS. Not that it would have changed my performance either. When I did manage to get the border of the puzzle finished, it had already taken me 30 minutes. I really just am not good at figuring those things out. I'm sorry that I couldn't finish it...I didn't mean to be disrespectful to the game or Justin, but I just can't do puzzles with flipping pieces and shit. My time would've been at least an hour, and I just couldn't handle that. I also didn't want to sit at my computer and post for 8 hours straight, but obviously people have no problem doing that.
I am not a huge fan of posting challenges, because I can't stand sitting at my computer for long periods of time. I'm always on and off and on and off. And posting is just not entertaining, obviously. LOL. So, yeah, I sucked at this challenge. However, that might be fine because apparently Dominic is assuming I have the idol anyway. We struggled to come to a consensus on who to vote for/who to play the idol on. There are so many scenarios that we played out, but we realized that there is no way we can just guess what they are thinking. They could find a reason to play their idol on any of the three of them or vote for any of us. So it really is impossible to figure out. Eventually, we just decided to pull the trigger and make a decision. Knox will be having the idol played on him, and we will vote for Selena. We will just keep our fingers crossed (AGAIN). It would be marvelous if we could get one of them out even with the statistical disadvantage we are currently at. So buckle up, everyone! We're in for a ride!
I wish I would've snapped a pic before Henry left!