Post by Dominic on Jul 23, 2013 14:08:41 GMT -5
At work currently, but gonna type up a confessional on my phone anyway because I fucking can. Not too much to report on other than the typical bullshit that is the dynamic of the game. It's pretty much Ben and I against the world at this point and the pressure is definitely on. Everyone from the other "side" are un-moving in their devotion to the team and it's beyond frustrating. There's absolutely no wiggle room in this game and zero chance of me making this finale unless I win every single immunity challenge for the rest of the game. It's gonna be tough, but I'm definitely capable of it and my motivation to slap those smug grins off their faces just makes me want it that much more.
The immunity challenge was a giant word find, which initially worried me because I fucking suck at those. But knowing my position in the game and what all was on the line just motivated me and I found the inspiration in my fallen alliance members to kick ass at this challenge. I eventually ended up finding 51 words, which I thought was a good amount. I'm very busy right now in my real life between work and moving houses, so I didn't have time to do much else.
After I submitted my final post for the challenge, it was back to idol hunting. This idol is pretty much to key to the game for Ben and I and its been such a pain in my ass for the last few rounds. The fourth clue was posted while I was at the doctors office. The pressure was on and I was pretty confident in the answer I submitted: Phoenicians. They are an ancient civilization in the Mediterranean area that has an alphabet that doesn't have vowels. It ended up being incorrect though, which fucking sucked (even though Morgan said it was very clever). So I was pretty pissed off after that, and went to find some comfort in AJ, who is the eventual swing vote for the round anyway. I had finally convinced her to use her guess to find the idol for me. At this time I knew the answer was "nymph." AJ is a friend of mine and even though she is loyal to her alliance, she still respects me enough to give me a fighting chance in this game. Unfortunately, Morgan decided to make a 2nd guess rule, which gave Knox the opportunity to answer "nymph" at the exact same time as I did. A part of me feels like AJ gave him the answer though... Which pisses me off to no end. Knox and I then had to compete in a showdown, which I lost because I was once again thinking too far into it. Knox won the idol and was pretty smug about it, which was shocking to me because I thought he was a nice guy. So yay, they get to celebrate having both idols and I'm fucking doomed in this game.
But then results are posted and I ended up winning immunity again!
FUCK YEAH TO THAT! I know I don't deserve to go this round and I'm glad I get another chance to fight my ass off, honestly. The only thing that sucks is that Ben might be the one leaving and I can't have that. But like always, I have a plan and I'll be doing absolutely everything I can to make sure this happens.
The keys to this are AJ and Cassie. I made up some bullshit about Henry/Knox/Thiago having a final three deal (which could be true but who knows) hoping to show Cassie the light. She's kinda rough when it comes to these games, but I also know she's not stupid. By my story, if Ben goes this round, I'm obviously next. However, if I was the win immunity next round, then I convinced Cassie that she would be the next on the list of targets. It's completely logical because why not take AJ (who sucks at comps and knows it) to the final four with the guys? This had Cassie pretty spooked as far as I know and it definitely perked her ears up to the situation. I propose a plan between AJ/Ben/Cassie and myself to take over this game and pretty much fuck over that final three deal I made up. The only problem is AJ's loyalty. She doesn't wanna hurt anyone, but come the fuck on...this is a game and some of us are actually playing to win. Every time I talk to her, she brings up not caring about losing and even suggested quitting or asking to be voted out so everyone can stay, which is fucking ridiculous and disrespectful to all the people that have tried so hard and ended up falling in this game.
The pitch went by pretty smoothly, but at the end of the day, Cassie is dumber than I thought. She decided to *enter sappy music while sobbing* play with her heart and stay loyal to the people she has come to love in the last month... *wipes away a tear*
Are they fucking kidding me right now? They really don't wanna win and the fact that I'm trying so hard and basically being told "too bad, so sad" with everything I pitch enrages me. Ben is leaving this round and I'm annoyed to all end.
So now it's time for Plan B: kill them with sympathy.
Ben and I didn't wanna play this card, but since they're making "heart" decisions, we're gonna start using that to our advantage. Ben is going to tempt AJ with a real-life visit in exchange for them flipping and once AJ is on board, I'm sure Cassie will be logical enough to follow. It's low, but necessary and if it doesn't work, we can't say we didn't do absolutely everything (even the low douchebag stuff) we could to stay in this game.
P.S. Thiago is a douche.
Going back to work now!
The immunity challenge was a giant word find, which initially worried me because I fucking suck at those. But knowing my position in the game and what all was on the line just motivated me and I found the inspiration in my fallen alliance members to kick ass at this challenge. I eventually ended up finding 51 words, which I thought was a good amount. I'm very busy right now in my real life between work and moving houses, so I didn't have time to do much else.
After I submitted my final post for the challenge, it was back to idol hunting. This idol is pretty much to key to the game for Ben and I and its been such a pain in my ass for the last few rounds. The fourth clue was posted while I was at the doctors office. The pressure was on and I was pretty confident in the answer I submitted: Phoenicians. They are an ancient civilization in the Mediterranean area that has an alphabet that doesn't have vowels. It ended up being incorrect though, which fucking sucked (even though Morgan said it was very clever). So I was pretty pissed off after that, and went to find some comfort in AJ, who is the eventual swing vote for the round anyway. I had finally convinced her to use her guess to find the idol for me. At this time I knew the answer was "nymph." AJ is a friend of mine and even though she is loyal to her alliance, she still respects me enough to give me a fighting chance in this game. Unfortunately, Morgan decided to make a 2nd guess rule, which gave Knox the opportunity to answer "nymph" at the exact same time as I did. A part of me feels like AJ gave him the answer though... Which pisses me off to no end. Knox and I then had to compete in a showdown, which I lost because I was once again thinking too far into it. Knox won the idol and was pretty smug about it, which was shocking to me because I thought he was a nice guy. So yay, they get to celebrate having both idols and I'm fucking doomed in this game.
But then results are posted and I ended up winning immunity again!
FUCK YEAH TO THAT! I know I don't deserve to go this round and I'm glad I get another chance to fight my ass off, honestly. The only thing that sucks is that Ben might be the one leaving and I can't have that. But like always, I have a plan and I'll be doing absolutely everything I can to make sure this happens.
The keys to this are AJ and Cassie. I made up some bullshit about Henry/Knox/Thiago having a final three deal (which could be true but who knows) hoping to show Cassie the light. She's kinda rough when it comes to these games, but I also know she's not stupid. By my story, if Ben goes this round, I'm obviously next. However, if I was the win immunity next round, then I convinced Cassie that she would be the next on the list of targets. It's completely logical because why not take AJ (who sucks at comps and knows it) to the final four with the guys? This had Cassie pretty spooked as far as I know and it definitely perked her ears up to the situation. I propose a plan between AJ/Ben/Cassie and myself to take over this game and pretty much fuck over that final three deal I made up. The only problem is AJ's loyalty. She doesn't wanna hurt anyone, but come the fuck on...this is a game and some of us are actually playing to win. Every time I talk to her, she brings up not caring about losing and even suggested quitting or asking to be voted out so everyone can stay, which is fucking ridiculous and disrespectful to all the people that have tried so hard and ended up falling in this game.
The pitch went by pretty smoothly, but at the end of the day, Cassie is dumber than I thought. She decided to *enter sappy music while sobbing* play with her heart and stay loyal to the people she has come to love in the last month... *wipes away a tear*
Are they fucking kidding me right now? They really don't wanna win and the fact that I'm trying so hard and basically being told "too bad, so sad" with everything I pitch enrages me. Ben is leaving this round and I'm annoyed to all end.
So now it's time for Plan B: kill them with sympathy.
Ben and I didn't wanna play this card, but since they're making "heart" decisions, we're gonna start using that to our advantage. Ben is going to tempt AJ with a real-life visit in exchange for them flipping and once AJ is on board, I'm sure Cassie will be logical enough to follow. It's low, but necessary and if it doesn't work, we can't say we didn't do absolutely everything (even the low douchebag stuff) we could to stay in this game.
P.S. Thiago is a douche.
Going back to work now!
