Episode 5 - All I do is win, win, win, no matter what!

[Chris Brown]

Basically me right now...





Episode 5 Confessional 1 - Win, win, win, with a side of restlessness

- Moylar went to tribal council and vote off Eddie: definitely got hit in the cross fire of the larger, more threatening forces that are surely attacking each other. Let the turmoil continue so that (a) they can continue to take each other out and (b) so that there is some drama and people targeting one another if there happens to be a switch up soon.
- Challenge was the bomb.com -- didn't want to come across too strong this challenge, but Andrew and Trevwoh killed it. 
- I do, however, input past experiences (along with Tierra) to talk about strategies and scenarios we have used for some of these challenges in the past - definitely think it's helping us win!
- All we do is win win win!
- I can continue to slide by without exposing my game by not having to go to Tribal, but people are getting antsy over here.
- O'Henry is hard to manage - constantly grilling me and wanting to come up with solid alliances when I just want to be evasive and continue to play the "one big happy family" card as long as possible.

[Chris Brown]

Episode 5 Confessional 2 - The latest Gallarus tea

- Again, treading softly with O'Henry, but he spilled the tea in terms of his thoughts on who we should align with. His thoughts and my thoughts below:
    

• Mary Beth - connected to Scarola. Could use that to "our" advantage and barter deals and jump on board with whatever he may have going on. On the down side, she may not feel secure in this situation and jump on board with whatever he has going on over there (which I'm thinking he is apart of a majority just because of his experience playing these games -> Dan, Maranda, and Shane?). I do feel, however, she would pull me in on whatever it was because of the relationship I'm continuing to build with her - information is key and I want to know everything going on, so I need her to want to keep me close.
• Tierra - he definitely feels she is looking for an alliance to ride and I agree. She's never a leading force in an alliance, so that's the downside of working with her. I will always go out before her. I need her to think I'm close with her to get the tea, but how we proceed is very dependent on what's going on with Davis and whether she feels inclined to stick with him or make a move and play her own game. Until we stop speaking in generalities and solidify something 100%, I'll always have the mentality of "get her before she can get me," but roll with "having each other's back" as long as it's convenient. 
• Trevwoh - he by far has to be closest with me than anyone on the tribe (although he did seem to have a very personal conversation with Andrew the other day that makes me think that Andrew is working some charm as well... atta boy). These kind of relationships are key in avoiding being royally fucked if we are shuffled again and needing to have someone on your side. I need his support in order to ensure that I can get information from him and depend on him if I'm in a bind. He's another one that talks in generalities and treads softly in terms of speaking strategy. If they're going to be timid, I'm going to keep my mouth shut, charm, and keep progressing until it's time to back stab.
• Andrew - not giving across a deceptive vibe to others, so he's definitely working this group probably as hard as I am. He also did a lot of research on me today by watching my Tibet confessionals (not sure if I should be worried...), which also opened my eyes to the fact that this kid is playing. He's not depending on me to get him through this game and he is a sharp tool. I do still trust him, but if I do begin to think he's untrustworthy, he'll definitely be tough to deceive.

- Let's talk about partners: hopefully Arielle is doing well, but I try not to talk about her (or even think about her) much because she's a big girl and can handle herself. I do think, however, she could be beneficial as a vote if we are reunited as it does not seem that she is in the majority in her current situation based on Mikey getting voted out.
- Partners are eventually going to be detrimental to everyone's game as partners are going to be targeted at some point.