R8: Happily [N]ever After

[Rob Mariano]

The reason I chose the title of this one... Happily [N]ever After. I feel it basically is summing up the even that have been going on lately in the game, there's been a lot of drama, things that have taken away my happiness at times and other people's as well. So... I thought we were gonna merge, but I guess not cause Amanda said we definitely weren't merged So apparently JT has it out for Sierra now due to the fact Sierra didnt vote Fabio out with her and Heidi, but Monica says JT is after her as well.... I honestly think JT has a lot more control in his tribe than I imagined.

We considered (We being me and Brett) kidnapping Austin would be a good move because Sierra, Fabio, and Stephenie would vote JT, and he'd be out, but now... I'm rethinking that and think we are better off doing Sierra. For one, I feel Austin has the HII cause he's the only person that's been kidnapped since Darrah left, and idk if Darrah played it at TC or got booted with it, I think Austin has it or the HII over on Weerlig is no more, I guess we will see, but this round for me is all about making the right moves. I don't want JT to make the merge, but if it happens, we gotta make sure we make the right moves.

[Rob Mariano]

So our challenge tonight... from the sound of it involves some sort of listing, what exactly we are listing, I have no idea... but it's something involving the past, which is Tonga. As much as I can guess, sounds like a previous challenge from Tonga, or either we are getting some sort of events from Tonga. I see this as a great history lesson since I never played in Tonga, and it sounds interesting to find out about the players in that season, but I could be wrong about it so I guess I will wait and see.

As far as to who gets the boot if we lose, I'm still trying to figure that out myself. I'd rather vote John or Jimmy personally. Monica would have been on there, but Monica is one of the people I feel I can trust the most at this point and definitely an ally I need on my side. John trusts me too, but I don't know where he stands as far as alliances go, when we merge, either he's with me or against me, and if I feel he's gonna be against me, then yeah, you're gonna be suggested to hit the road. Jimmy threw me under a bus, but letting Jimmy make merge would give the others someone to target besides me, and that would be good, so pretty much there's a pro and a con for voting/keeping them.

[Amanda Kimmel]

How is J.T. in control? Why do you think they booted Heidi over him?

Do you think you can win this challenge now that you know what it is?

[Rob Mariano]

How is J.T. in control? Why do you think they booted Heidi over him?

I just feel he's in control based on things I have heard from other Aarde members, and I had a convo with Sierra last night and today and she was saying how JT was pissed at her and was gonna make sure that she was gonna be out the game. Well, my guess is they booted Heidi over him, is cause the only two names that were coming up on their side was Heidi and Fabio (Once again this is all on here-say and stuff I've been hearing)

Do you think you can win this challenge now that you know what it is?

I think there's a good possibilty we could, but I'm not sure exactly cause Jimmy has already told me he's not gonna be around much on the weekend :\ so that's one member down but our tribe is pretty active.

[Rob Mariano]

So.... I'm hoping we can really pull off this immunity challenge. I feel as if the weight is falling more on my shoulders in the challenge due to the fact I chose the more common letters of the English language, winning immunity would guarantee the merge, losing immunity would cause me to get the votes off my back, so I hope I wouldn't be a target at all if we did lose. Jimmy chose random letters and is gone for the weekend, so he'd clearly be the easiest target if we did lose but you never know what could happen in this... it's about as unpredictable as life, so therefore it feels like a big game of checkers, you make a move, and hope that you don't get jumped for it.

[Rob Mariano]

Well this challenge will be over tomorrow... I hope that me and Monica will have enough to win the immunity challenge with cause I dont think John, Brett, and Jimmy have even attempted yet. The easiest bet to vote at tribal council would be Jimmy... Jimmy basically said "Fuck this!" and picked random letters in the challenge, and the fact he wasn't around for the weekend to help that might be another factor in the vote, however, anything can change with the vote by the time the results go up, but I need to stay confident and hope that we do win the immunity tomorrow, if not, I can only pray that Aarde kidnaps me, but there's nothing for sure. I just hope I'm not a target.... no way I wanna be the next contestant on Who Wants To Have Their Torch Snuffed?

[Rob Mariano]

So pretty much, as "WTF? why would you say that?" as this is gonna sound, I feel it might be for the best if we lose. Apparently Sierra is pushing really hard to get herself kidnapped, but most of the others have already agreed on Austin. I hope that if we lose and I don't get kidnapped, that I'm safe as I like to think. I have heard two names if we do lose, and that's John and Jimmy. I think strategically, it'd be best to keep Jimmy, because I know he's rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, so pretty much he'd be the best bet to go, because Weerlig has completely became unglued since the switch. I guess we will have to see what happens once the results go up whether we won or lost.

[Rob Mariano]

So Jimmy is a lot sneakier than I thought, he apparently told Sierra earlier that he had posted suggesting her, but now he ended up doing it. For some reason, I always imagine Jimmy as the angry little troll under the bridge just waiting for someone to cross so he can just be rude and nasty to. John is the darkhorse of our tribe, Nobody knows who John's allegiance is to in this game, it could be to me, it could be to someone else, or nobody at all and he's just playing for himself and waiting to get under the wings of whoever manages to have the control on the tribe. It's like a child to a mother, as long as they know that "mother" can protect them, they'll do anything they can to be close to it. If John does manage to go home, we're managing to un-hoove the darkhorse.

[Amanda Kimmel]

So who's your target... Jimmy or John?

[Rob Mariano]

So who's your target... Jimmy or John?

I say the target now is looking to be more on John at the moment due to the fact people view him as a darkhorse of sorts.

[Rob Mariano]

if tribal goes the way people are talking about now... apparently Sierra told me last night Monica was gonna get Jimmy to change my vote to Brett, and that him and John would vote Brett and he'd leave 3-1. That's so stupid.... I told them Brett would help us out at the merge, and you wanna get rid of the one person that would help us? Really? And like, it's making her and Monica as much as I trust them, seem like nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing right now, and I will do anything in my power to save Brett. Sierra isn't anything like she says she is... she's like a newspaper, she does nothing but tell the tribe everything, I feel like just putting a cork in her mouth for the rest of the game, and she acts so paranoid trying to convince people that she's in danger, when in reality, she's not in any danger at all.