Week 1

[James Rhine]

I'm so glad the twist wasn't divided by rooms! It would've sucked having the last two people to sign for a room (April and Cassandra) both on my team.

And I like that our survey was put to use! Maroon ftw! I got Shelly, Karen, and Kalia. Definitely gonna ring these girls in, but not too close. I mean I'm already safe with them, and vice versa, I need to focus my attention elsewhere.

[James Rhine]

OPERATION FUCK LORI

James: are you scared
James: ...of me?!!!?!?!?!?
Lori Valenti: haha No!
James: ...perfect...
Lori Valenti: haha
Lori Valenti: why what are you thinking about everything?
James: well honestly
James: out of everyone here
James: you're gonna be the most accessible to me
James: we're gonna e hanging out more maxxie
James: and we're gonna be talking about how we can pick off these fools one by one
Lori Valenti: haha. We need to.
Lori Valenti: It would be dumb for any of the vets to take each other out.
Lori Valenti: You have to know I have your back
Lori Valenti: obviously
James: you dont need to explicitly say it
James: exactly lol
James: #obvious
Lori: lol
James: but just for me to follow suit
James: i have yours too
Lori: haha
Lori: cool
Lori: OMG I hate my team. None of them have even talked to me. If you want to take them out you can! ;D

Mistake! Time to capitalize. Lalalala oh hi Cassandra

James: but btw
James: Lori's already throwing your team under the bus
James: i'd love to talk about it more with you
James: but i know it can seem weird
James: i just have this infatuation with your character lmao
James: so i wanna keep you in the loop with me
Cassandra: wait
Cassandra: is lori really?
Cassandra: (sorry i was reading an article about BBUK)
Cassandra: what's she saying? =-O
James: no worries
James: this is what i got
Cassandra: and i completely understand the infatuation
Cassandra: loljk
James: but dont bring it to the surface yet
Cassandra: but i do get it. cause a lot of people think cassandra's a random choice
Cassandra: and my lips are sealed :-)
James: knowledge is power so just be aware of what shes doing
Cassandra: mmhmm
James: [11:19] Lori Valenti: OMG I hate my team. None of them have even talked to me. If you want to take them out you can! ;D
James: what she's doing here is basically attempting to protect herself
James: if she gets one or two people off her team
Cassandra: mhm
James: and she's still on it
Cassandra: right
James: people might target other camps
James: i just got a keen eye for crap like that
Cassandra: i don't even understand it tho
Cassandra: cause the twist has only been up
Cassandra: for 3-4 hours
James: yeah
James: shes dirty
Cassandra: mhm
James: and sneaky
Cassandra: yeah i can tell

How will this benefit me? I guess by getting more of Cassandra's trust. Lori's expendable to me, so I won't mind helping her leave. It may not make sense that I'm telling Lori's own teammates this (because they can't nominate her) but if Cassandra can do to others what Lori's doing, then maybe they can both go up. Cassandra would be safe, and Lori can go back to housecalling from pre-jury.

[James Rhine]

Karen's giving me the cold shoulder. Noted. I don't trust her.

[James Rhine]

Enzo won HoH. I still don't trust him. And I wouldn't put it past him to backdoor me.

He told me he doesn't trust Drew. And I start freaking out b/c I love Drew (but of course I can't let Enzo know that). So I ask Drew what he thinks of Enzo. Drew says he hasn't spoken with Enzo much. Enzo wins HoH. Drew approaches Enzo with a "I guess I'm going up for not talking to you (sorry about that)" speech. Enzo confirms his view on Drew.

*sigh*

I'm gonna veto Drew if I win it.

[James Rhine]

POST NOMINATION REACTION

I was somewhat shocked to see Drew not on the block. But like I said before, some communication is better than no communication. Drew spoke just enough to Enzo to slide out of the limelight, and for Enzo to make safe noms in Josh and Libra.

Enzo heard from Lori and Cassandra and Libra co-host together outside of this game. And that Cassandra and Libra are actually pretty strong. So he suggested going after Libra now, while she's weak, to break up what could be strong later on.

But then Josh wants to open his mouth during nomination ceremony and say, "Hey. I'm crying. Vote me out." So now it's looking like there's gonna be a change of plans.

SLOPPY SECONDS

This is the alliance name for myself and Jen. I trust her and want to take her as far as I can. We've been just talking about everything, and we even skyped a couple times. But yeah, we plan on aligning and actually being allies this go around. Obviously, it's our second time in an ORG together, and Jen's sloppy. Perfect alliance name.

She told me she plans on being UTR the first couple rounds, so that other winners will have bigger targets. Which I actually think is smart. I just have to make sure she's doesn't get nominated. And she has to make sure she knows when to get out of UTR-land. She hasn't even added all the names onto her aim list yet. -_- *sigh*

TEAM MAROON

I'm really trying to instill a sense of team pride with us. That way when this twist is all said and done, it'll kind of be like a "we're from the same tribe. We'll go after others first" thing. That should buy me a couple rounds farther then if I were to have a team like Lori, where she just sells her team down the river any chance she gets.

THREATS

Currently, I think all the threats lie in the gold team. Tonya, Russel, Rachel, and Enzo. Rachel talks A LOT, and is very educated about the history of recycled. She definitely did her homework, and knows just about as much as I do, which is scary because that's a great source of knowledge. So she may very well know the types of players each of the vets are.

Russell is very short in talking. But I always do my best to initiate conversation, just so I can say communication isn't the issue in case he wins HoH and nominates me.

Tonya doesn't exist on aim, but she tied for 2nd in the HoH comp. She can be one of those board slut threats.

PECKING ORDER

1-15, 1 needs to go, 15 stays

1. April
2. Tonya
3. Libra
4. Russell
5. Josh
6. Jee
7. Lori
8. Enzo
9. Rachel
10. Cassandra
11. Shelly
12. Kalia
13. Karen
14. Drew
15. Jen

[James Rhine]

Kalia and I talked strategy. I think it helped create an ally for me, or at least strengthened our relationship into something more than that of shallow conversation. She was talking on her phone (to explain the late reactions, etc.) Included some commentary.

Kalia Booker: what r we gonna do about pov
James: we have to see who plays first
James: i think only 6 people play
Kalia Booker: Ya i know im just sayin if we are picked
James: its too early for me to start any waves
James: do you have any preference to use the veto on someone?
Kalia Booker: i thibk libra deserves to be up there.. and sort of joah to i can see where enzo was coming from but josh did say why he wasnt really on.. so we could
Kalia Booker: give him a chance..
Kalia Booker: and replace him with someone..

*I automatically wonder if Josh and Kalia have something. I'll try to fish for stuff later. Right now, I need to scare her into thinking this is a bad idea. Because I'm actually fine with noms the way they are now.

James: see like enzo wouldnt go easy with a backdoor
James: if he finds any involvement from anyone
James: he'll put up your closest friend
Kalia Booker: we wouldnt backdoor anyone.
James: i dont get what youre saying
Kalia Booker: well then we shoyld just see what happens then and leave noms the same
James: i think thats the smartest move this early on
James: unles you have a relationship with joosh you wanna protect
Kalia Booker: ya true

*So does this mean you have a relationship with him? lol

James: so if you need help from me, ill do what i can
James: but just ask yourself if josh is worth going to war for
James: because it wont only put enzo in an uncomfortable spot
James: now everyone else is scared thinking that they're going to be the replacement nominee
Kalia Booker: well i havent really talked to josh.. so i dont have any relationship with him.. so hes not someone i would go to war for.. but i get where hes coming from..
Kalia Booker: he wants to have a chance to play this game.
James: thats what we all signed up for
Kalia Booker: ya ur right.

(I think this ya ur right was in response to my four sentences above)

Kalia Booker: ya i know

(I think this is responding to my this is what we all signed up for)

James: you know what makes me wonder about josh tho
Kalia Booker: what
James: if i were sick, then that would be a perfect time for me to just lie in bed and talk to people on aim
James: and even tonight, he came on for a few and barely spoke to me

*I stretched the truth here. Josh and I had a pretty decent sized conversation. He told me he was feeling very ill and went straight to bed. Which I get, people can get so sick to not use a computer. But despite the conversation I had with Josh, I had to make it seem like we didn't speak at all to fully get the point across to Kalia that Josh had opportunities to play this game.

James: so he wasnt really proving to me that he wants to play
James: instead of saying that he wants to play the game
James: he should just play the game
Kalia Booker: u make a great point
James: thats what im here for <3
Kalia Booker: shit if i were sick id be online all the time l
Kalia Booker: lol
James: exactly lol
Kalia Booker:
James: so yeah, no sweat kalia
James: were safe this round
James: lets keep it going for the weeks to come!
Kalia Booker: ya i believe so
Kalia Booker: we will!
James: whoop!

Then we continue about how I want her to make it far, I'm totally on board with wanting someone from team maroon to win, etc. etc.

[James Rhine]

So after Drew decided not to use veto, I immediately ran into the DR and screamed "I VOTE TO EVICT JOSH!". Then the producers were all like "No need to sit down follow me." and were all mad that I threw my mic into the pool. But after I told them they got the wrong black girl, they let me back in.

I voted to evict Josh. Moreso to prove my loyalty to Jen. I want to see how people react with the votes. I'm pretty sure I can get away with this, as communication between houseguests seem pretty dull (who's April? Tonya?). But I'm definitely not concerned about being with the majority. In fact, I'm already not. 4 winners, only 1 I can trust? Fuck everybody else, Ima do me.