I get knocked down, but I get up again!(hopefully)

[Gary Hogeboom]

Well, last night Eliza got voted out of the game, and I tried to set a plan in motion that (hopefully) will save my ass. I voted for Kathy, and thought maybe that would hide my alliance with Kathy and Rudy. Kathy was okay with it, so now it's just time to wait and see if the others bought it.

I think for it to work on anyone it'd have to work on Tina. Rob M. and Keith I think see me as the enemy anyway, so it's not like them thinking I don't like Kathy will change their opinions about me. But I think it could work on Tina, and get her to let her guard down.

At tribal council last night Dan tried to quit, but the host wouldn't let him. So HOPEFULLY, this round will have people looking to take out Dan instead of me. Eliza had told me before she left that everyone had pretty much told her that I was next after her, so ugh, we'll just have to see.

Right now my strategy is to just suck up to everyone and make people think that I'm an outsider. and someone they can allign with. I have a little allegiance to Kathy and Rudy, but I am kinda pissed they took out Eliza. Robb is the only person I am 100 percent loyal to at the moment. I'd like to work with him to get to the finals. Before last round I'd been looking to take Rudy with me, but during last round I'm pretty sure he was behind that power play to get Eliza out, unless it was Kathy. Either way, I don't really see myself having a great shot against him in the finals now, so I'm gonna instead try and get myself and Robb there.

But first things first. I gotta spend this round sucking up to people and trying to get them to take Dan out, since he wants to quit and is gonna be gone anyways. Also, I plan on putting my all into the immunity challenge, just in case people try to be sneaky.

You know, it's funny. I started out this game deciding I was gonna change my strategy and try to be a ruthless player. But now I don't feel ruthless. I feel like I'm playing like I usually play, by making friends and hoping they won't vote me out. Maybe I was never meant to be a mastermind, lol.

[Gary Hogeboom]

Well....ho hum, the immunity challenge came and went. And holy crap, I WON! I think it was kind of random and had mostly to do with Dan giving me like all his F-ing money, but I totally won!

So, now we gotta go to tribal council and vote someone off. And I think everyone's gonna write Dan's name down. Dan had PMed me his bootlist and I can't lie, I DID think for 5 minutes about using his bootlist to my advantage and getting Rob M., the first person on his bootlist, out of the game. But really....Ugh, Dan said he wants out. And even though I probably get along with Dan better than anyone left in the game, I have to respect his wishes.

In other news, I've TRIED to put my strategy in play by sucking up to people and working my social skillz to help me in the game. But the problem is, no one ever wants to talk! The only person that it hasn't been a struggle to have a conversation with is Dan, and he's getting voted out this round! Seriously, no one wants to reveal a lot about their personal lives or talk about anything besides the game. It's....annoying, especially for someone like me who DOESN'T like talking about the strategy part of the game. Um, I feel like Dan (...and Rob M. and Keith to a certain degree) are all open to talking about their lives and stuff. But everyone else? Nothing. It's like they don't want to let their guard down and are playing the game 24/7!

Anyway, I'm trying to break through those shells and improve my relationships with everyone...and I hope it works.

One last thing. Rudy didn't do the challenge today, and i really hope he remembers to vote because if he self-votes twice he's totally out of the game. So here's hoping he can get his ass online!