So things were calm this round. Expect it to stay that way?
Hell no. This game will really rock on when we get to the 6 left in this tribe. It'll be like the merge because everybody thinks they are in good with everybody. Only problem is I am still unsure about which way I want to go when we hit that point. Do Dan and I go with Katie and Ian? Or with Lisi and Yul? I think it would depend on how close to the merge we were. Ian if it was early, Yul if we were very close.
Now that we've seen how the Refuge twist is affecting the game, how are you expecting it to play out in the long run? Both logistically, and how it will affect relationships.
I am still going with the 6-6-6 theory, and that they'll end up being a brand new tribe altogether. From the looks of things, it appears Chaang is just a complete and utter mess. Of course, looks can be deceiving, is it an Ozzy-esque attempt to make us feel comfortable? At any rate, I am determined to go into the merge with the same tactic I did in Greece. That is, split up the tribe into two divisions, all the while secretly being united. Its much more believable if you dont harp on about it on the main board, the way Tyson has.
I know that Cat and Brenda are both players, and I dont want to get played by them, but I will try and use any relationship I can form with them to my advantage in order to get the jump on Chaang at the merge. Even if they are on the outs at their tribe, I cant trust them in the slightest, so I would have to be very very careful with them. Im just so messed up with this whole game at the moment, its so confusing and I cant predict shit. I want so badly to get to the end again, and even more to own the shit at the end and win, but I realise I need to keep it real. I had some great fortune in Greece, and it would be unlikely I am going to get the run of the luck this time around as well. I just have to give it my best and of course, Aim small, Miss small.
Your mind seems to be running in every which direction and unable to settle on a path.
Yeah but what else is new. I figured you, Jeff and Carl would be well used to that right now, having watched me do the same thing last season.
This is why I am so untrusting of Brenda in particular, why would she trust me? She knows what I am capable of.How would you say your loyalties to others have shifted over the course of the past three days? (Or have they, at all?) Does your closest confidant or anticipated F4 from days ago remain your endgame goals today?
I think it does. I think everything that I want at the end is pretty solid, but its how I am attempting to get there that keeps changing and that is they key. If I can keep a firm focus on my endgame goal, then I am confident that I can get there in the end. Yeah everything might not happen the exact way I want it to, but in the end the most important thing is being there at that Final Tribal Council, after that, anything can happen. At this stage I would say I trust Daniel, Katie and Lisi roughly the same amount. I do share intimate details of my plan with each of them at various stages, whereas Yul and Ian are on the outs IF I was entirely calling the shots, which I am not. I think Lisi/Yul and Katie/Ian are pairs, and that splitting both of them up back to back could really affect my trust levels with both of them.
