Episode 8 Confessional

[Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien]

Merge!

Amber Brkich: Dragonldy640
Boston Rob: Esoshnick
Dan Kay: Karkadam Mirror
Eliza Orlins: pickledxpickler
Gary Hogeboom: rnnrbrian
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien: velva8490
Keith Famie: grkrapper2
Matty Whitmore: swinney55
Robb Zbacnik: RockOn8896
Rudy Boesch: xarmydoc77
Tina Wesson: kcladylee

I totally did not expect a merge. I thought I would have one more round on my tribe and was feeling pretty safe. We had a strong tribe and even if we did have to go to tribal council I felt secure in the alliances we were forming. Now everything is so uncertain and stressful.

We may have a possible alliance of Gary, Rudy, Robb, Eliza, and myself. But I only feel certain of the one I have with Gary & Rudy. I believe the 3 of us will stick together. I'm not sure of Robb. I feel like he may have something going with the other tribe. I also don't feel very sure of Eliza especially after that pm that spoke of an alliance with Matty.

Gary is also making me nervous. He is talking to too many people about an alliance as he tries to find that 6th person. I'm afraid he may be giving away too much information and we may all become targets. I did caution him and I hope he is going to settle down now and just chat with people.

I have a feeling my original tribe is not interested in forming an alliance with me. No one has spoken to me since I got switched except Tina when she came on our tribe and that was only about the challenges. I spoke to Rob M this evening. We talk very easily together but nothing serious like an alliance. Although he did say he wish the 2 of us plus Sherea could have been in an alliance together. Of all my former tribemates I would like an alliance with him the most.

Sherea did get voted off. I wonder what happened to her? I really enjoyed getting to know her and will miss her in the game.

[Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien]

A Post an Hour

This is my kind of challenge if I have the time to do it and nothing else planned. As soon as I saw it I knew I had a good chance of winning. All I need to do is set my alarm clock and wake up in time enough to post and hopefully go back to sleep. This I did but had a lot of trouble sleeping between posts but I was able to get a few hours in. It looks like Amber is also going for the 24 hours. Unless one of us messes up I believe we are going to have a tie breaker with the most number of confessional posts. I believe I probably have more confessionals than Amber. In past games I’ve been in with her I have noticed she doesn’t post very many confessionals at all. I have posted several confessionals and chats but the thing that might cause me to lose the challenge is that I combine my confessionals & chats so as not to have a high post count and look like some kind of threat. Hopefully this will not come back to bite me in this challenge.

Will The Vote Be Amber?

Gary tells me the vote is going Amber’s way. He said Rudy & Eliza really want Amber gone. I don’t particularly want to vote out Amber. We were together on our old tribe and got on really well together. But I also don’t want to go against my alliance and the majority. Amber told me that she was hoping our old tribe would stick together. I never did give her a direct answer. Trouble is if I had an alliance with my former tribemates and tried to continue the one I have presently there would only be a couple of people left to vote for. Actually I wish we could vote off either Dan K or Matty as they really haven’t done too much in this game at least challenge wise. But I know the smart thing to do is vote out the threats first and the two of them don’t appear to be very big threats.

This morning I asked Rudy if voting out Amber was the way he wanted to go. He really does want to see her voted off and is very much afraid she will win the challenge. I don’t know exactly why he wants her voted out other than she is a big threat. I am going along with him in the vote for Amber and do what I can to make it happen. So it is important that I win this challenge. Originally I had planned to win the challenge anyway but now more is at stake.

I also told Rudy that Amber wants our former tribe to stick together. He said that is not going to happen. So I am not going to even consider it now. It will make things a lot less complicated not to have 2 alliances going. But I also know do not want to vote for Boston Rob and probably not Tina.

Final Two

Rudy and I also established a final two agreement. I trust him the most of anyone in the game and we have been together since day one. I also trust Gary but we have only been tribemates for a very short time. But I feel very good with a final three with Rudy & Gary.

[Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien]

After 24 hours of an intense battle, we have a winner.
Major props to everyone who went as long as they could but two people,
Kathy and Amber, proved that they could go the distance.

So per the tie-breaker..........

the winner of this challenge............

is................................

KATHY!

Congratulations Kathy! *puts necklace around her neck* you are safe at tribal council and into the final ten.
Amber, valiant effort, kudos to you as well.

I won the challenge! It’s a bittersweet win. I am safe from the vote and so relieved not to have to worry about being voted for. But I feel bad for Amber. She worked so hard on the challenge and is the target for the vote.

I spoke with both Amber and Rob last night. I did not tell either of them the vote was for Amber and that was who I would vote for. Rob suggested voting for Eliza as he had not spoken with her. I mentioned I felt the same way about Matty as we have not spoken.

I really did not want to vote for Amber. She worked so hard on that challenge and I knew she really wanted to stay in the game. I considered working with her and my old tribemates but it would have just made things too complicated and tricky. In the end Rudy helped me see that voting Amber would be the best thing for our alliance and that we may not get another chance like this again.

At one point in time the votes for Amber were myself, Rudy, Gary, Robb, & Eliza. The votes for Eliza were Amber, Tina, & Rob. It was uncertain which way Matty, Keith, & Dan were going. In the end the vote was unanimous for Amber.