My Dirty Laundry

[Jay Byars]

Jan 8, 2013 21:40:35 GMT -5 Ashley Massaro said:

Omg. ;x

I know you want me

[Jay Byars]

and just as I write this, Rory comes to me for an alliance.

Not gonna lie, I love the attention, everyones coming to me for an alliance, I don't even have to go to anybody haha. If this keeps up, I'll be sitting pretty for a while!

[Jay Byars]

I should have sat this challenge out. I feel like total shit Flu/headache/fever. Not that it is hard, I just don't feel like thinking about challenge strategy and talking with it.

[Jay Byars]

Well, we finally lost. The other tribe could only win this way, a challenge like this, so it is what it is. I"m confident we'll come back and demolish them next.

Anyways, me and Matt find ourselves aligned with almost everyone, and I think people see us as a duo as well, but expect us to turn on each other down the road. Unfortunately, that won't be happening because we both want the two best to be in the end and honestly, that can only happen if it's a Jay vs Matt finale, haha.

I also really click with Lisa on a personal level, so with Matt and Lisa, definitely two people I expect to continue a friendship with after the game. As for the others, this vote it's Ashley, nobody's really talked with her much and she is only now starting to talk to people, because I am sure she knows the quiet is a sign that the vote is for her, nothing more to it. It's simple. There is the occasional Rory mention but I think right now, we get someone out whose not really socially active within the tribe, as well as someone we can probably afford to lose without suffering in the challenge department.

I've heard Danni is making deals left and right, which isn't good because I wanted to work with her, still do, but if she is doing that and getting caught right now, people will want her out and I will be powerless to help her if that's the case, so I think I need to have a talk with her and calm her down. JT's a cool dude, need to talk a bit more to him and Brandon as well. Lisa really seems to like him but IDK, I have some doubts about him. Abi, is also a question mark, and Rory is very quiet, which is surprising because I think I know how he is, and it is definitely not like him to be so quiet and innocent appearing. If I'm right about who Rory is... he causes chaos, and stirs shit left and right, so either I am wrong as to who he is, or he's finally matured into a responsible adult. I guess only time will tell.

As for this vote, simple. Ashley. Period.

[Jay Byars]

Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck FUCK

I HATE THIS SWITCH. FUCK

[Jay Byars]

Well, after our first tribal council we came back and dominated the live challenge, even though they had the same amount of people on as us. What did that tell me? Well for one, the other tribe sucked in challenges and could only win the type that had luck. The other thing? They are stupid. I mean come on, they pretty much gave us the win, all we did was bait them into coming to us with their coconuts and then all we had to do was fend them off and keep moving. The had zero strategy for the last challenge and it caused them to lose.

Then last night Carlos throws a wrench. Tribe shuffle -_- fuck. I kind of expected it to come, but I just hope this doesn't screw my game up. I was sitting comfy on my tribe, and I fear that if I end up on a minority with the Lubes, well considering there is only 6 of them left to our 8, they will take any chance they can to get rid of former Menba's. So naturally, I think in that scenario I would be one of their first targets. I did pre-plan though, in the event of uneven tribe splits. Talked to Matt, Danni, JT, Rory, Abi and Lisa last night, and we all agreed that if that happens with any of us, the tribe with former Menba majority throws. Now don't get me wrong, I hate throwing because I am a competitor if you haven't noticed, but, I can't let that cloud my judgement and reality, and the reality is, if they get a hand up on us on either tribe, there will be trouble.

I just hope at the least I am on a tribe with majority because I know I come off as a threat and target immediately, regardless of anything.

[Jay Byars]

Well the tribal shuffle worked out pretty darn well for us! 4-3 on both tribes! And it sucks I wasn't on a tribe with Matt but I'd rather be with the group I am with now then the one Matt is with, I trust Lisa and Rory more then I trust Brandon. Although I know for a fact JT wants me out as well, so now that I know his intentions I am on my guard and will look to strike first. I am a little worried because JT could try and flip Alexis and RC over and try to vote me out if we lose again, but I have enough faith in Lisa and Rory that I don't think I will be targeted as hardcore until merge. What does that mean for merge? We target Brandon and JT first, I knew something was up with them the day they tried to flip the vote onto Danni when Ashley left and, surprise surprise, JT suggests Brandon for the forbidden jungle.

Anyways last round we lost (got destroyed) me and Rory scoring the only points for our tribes and went to tribal. We had 3 options. RC, Tyson and Alexis. Alexis appears the weakest and although we did not need her vote, I thought, why not take Tyson out, I think we all thought that because the first thing he did to us when we became a tribe was ragged on his old tribe hard core, yet I hear he was their leader in a sense so I found that odd. Plus, I expected him to be an early boot, he had like what 2 total posts when they went to tribal? Yeah... definitely seemed like a strategic guy and he just gave me bad vibes, and honestly, people can laugh, but I can tell if I'll be able to work with a person, or trust them just by talking to them, it's weird but I get vibes from them and usually, like almost they are 100% right, never failed me yet.

So RC and Tyson wanted Alexis out, we played along, but really, we were just voting Tyson out. RC told me to be straight up with her because she doesn't want any funny business, but I barely know her so why would I tell her anything? Not that I was worried Tyson would flip people but because I just wanted to avoid any scramblings. So yeah Tyson is gone, and I am looking at Brandon and JT as possible boots, Brandon hopefully pre-merge if possible on the other tribe.

[Jay Byars]

Does this game feel a little slow, or dull to you Carlos and PW's? Because nothing exciting has happened and it's all been predictable?

Well, let me tell you. I just caused some serious trouble and shit. Now granted, this could all backfire on me, and I could very well be on my way out this round or even next (I am prepared for, and expecting the worse anyways). But, in the event this works, well, let me just tell you, you are all in for a treat.

It's no secret I think that JT wants me out. I know he does, hell, I'm sure most people want me out soon, their jealous. So I was all well and prepared to vote Alexis out this round, seeing as I have talked with RC a lot recently and I like her, definitely can bring her into my main alliance to further myself with m allies. But JT had to disagree with me, wants to vote RC out. So, rather then force him to vote Alexis and get all mad at him, I told him we should talk amongst us 4 and do what majority want (Lisa and Rory), convinced I could get them both to say keep RC. Rory agreed, he's thinking along the same wavelength as me. Lisa, well, I don't know what to do with her.

I told her about my gut feeling in regards to JT, and she said she hasn't heard a word. I told her I've heard from others he wants me out (Danni told me, who I do trust, but if I told Lisa I trust Danni much, Lisa will not). So I am kind of walking a thin line with Lisa. I tell her I trust anyone else other then her or Matt and I feel like she'd become suspicious, and that's exactly what happened with RC, I told her I think we can use RC to further ourselves, get herself, myself and Matt to the final 3 with RC, but no. She sides with JT, and although she acted calm about it, I could tell right away she was annoyed and even pissed off at me for suggesting to go against JT, and to even vote him out soon. All I know is, either she is much closer to JT then I thought, and not as close to me, or she plays way too emotionally and doesn't want to hurt feelings.

So, knowing JT and Lisa are not budging on voting Alexis out. I did the next best thing, and if it works, probably the better of the two options for my game overall. TARGET J.T. RC is down, Rory is down and after much convincing I hope Alexis is down as well. You see, the way everything unfolded yesterday, I didn't like. And when I don't like something, I rectify that into something I do. Now granted, this could all backfire and I could be joining pre-jury, but it's worth a shot. Have to spice things up a little in this game. Make them interesting but also make it easier for myself down the road and I think getting rid of a problem right now would make things so much easier, so sadly, JT, as nice as you are, you have to go.

I'm still worried Alexis might not vote with us, but she promised she would last night even though she likes JT more, I told her I will have her back if she sides with me and I will. Plus, I made it seem like it was either she vote JT out, or she votes RC out and risk a purple rock. You tell me what sounds nicer? One hand, she votes out a former original Menba and keeps one of her former tribemates, I don't care if they don't get along (I told RC to make up with her for this vote), they are down big time in numbers and any chance you get at voting out the other tribes people you do it, because you never know with this game. It was either vote JT out, or vote RC out, risk a purple rock and not have me backing you up, and yes I am a threat, but I am also the type of person I think that people want on their side. Yeah it sounds like I'm boosting myself up, but I know it for a fact. I'm always going to be seen as a threat, but if you have me behind you, and have my trust, I will do anything to make sure you remain safe as well. Hell, I just might pull it off with RC this round by getting rid of JT.

So, risky. 80% chance this plan backfires and I go home. But I will take that chance and hope JT goes home tonight. I will vote for him when I get home later tonight. You always miss 100% of the shots you don't take, so I might as well take my shot now, as risky a shot it may be. Your welcome Carlos and PW's for switching things up

[Jay Byars]

It worked! JT is out! What a blindside!

All though I feel like there is a little snake now on our tribe, either RC or Alexis, because the minute JT got voted out, he messaged Brandon and told him that yours truly was spreading lies about how him and Brandon are tight with Jonas and how I am trying to create a rift between old Menba. Then Brandon goes to Abbi, Danni and Matt and tells them all that, which is how I know.

Now, here's the thing. How would JT know all of that possibly, if he was blindsided? I mean I know he did not see it coming because literally 5 minutes before results were posted we messaged back and forth agreeing on RC and how theres no hard feelings between us, etc. So, how would JT know within 5 minutes all of this happened? More specifically, how would he know I am suspicious about Brandon as well? Because other then people from former Menba who already know, I told RC and Alexis to get them to vote JT out, and honestly, I trust my old tribe mates enough to know they didn't do it because if they told JT, then he would have obviously confronted me, and tried to sway the vote, and I am pretty sure if he knew all of this information, he would have easily been able to sway Alexis back on his side, which took a lot of effort on my part to begin with. That only leads me to believe that RC or Alexis told him to stir up some more drama.

Luckilly for me, I trust Matt, Danni, Rory and Lisa enough to know they have my back, because, yes I did get JT out because I felt like he wouldn't hesitate to get me out if he had the shot, but also because it makes it so much easier for us (Me, Matt and Lisa) to get to the end because JT would be capable of building an army to wipe us out. Now me and Matt are entrenched with almost everyone and we can systematically vote people off in tribal council from here on out, a whimper of a resistance being built against me, or Matt, and that leader is gone. Simple as that.

It's funny though, Danni and Matt did not think I could get JT out, they thought it was a huge risk. Matt knew it would be hard but thought it was a good idea. Danni did as well, but she was floored when she found out I actually pulled it off. Don't underestimate me, haha, I can be VERY convincing when I need to, and can work my way out of tight situations if I don't like them.

I actually thrive under pressure in tight situations, it's when I'm at my best, get's me going. Now with JT gone, just have to slowly tackle any and every bullet I see coming my way and dodge it, until I'm finally sitting in front of the jury at final tribal council.

I like to call this piece, 50 Shades of Jay

[Jay Byars]

Alrighty, so.

We won the challenge after JT was out, and Brandon got voted out, yay. Abi was left in the dark about it so that was not good in terms of merge outlook, and as we soon learn, as much as I hated it, made it so Abi was next to go.

Anyways, at merge, our original target WAS going to be Jonas, but then he won immunity, along with Alexis. So, I thought why not target someone worthless in this game to me (Tijuana). Sounded good everything was good, but for some fucking reason, Danni wanted Abi out. So did RC. Great. They played along like they were ok to vote Tijuana after a while but little to my surprise the two stubborn idiots went ahead and got Tina, Tijuana, Alexis and Rory to vote with them and get Abi out. Fuck, I thought this meant it's over for me and they are gonna target me soon.

but I played it cool when talking to Alexis, Rory and Danni, and RC, told them it's cool, as long as we're cool. Didn't want to be pissed and make it obvious for them to target me next. So why does it not surprise me that when the next challenge is done, and I want Tina out to play it safe (since Danni wants her out and not Tijuana - I think she has something with Tij), that Tina of all people wins immunity. What is this, are you fucking with me Carlos?

Anyways, so I thought, great. Let's keep it simple. Jonas voted with my side last round so he can stay, he's earned it. Alexis, is emotional and very unstable, but I don't think she'll vote me out either. She can stay. I like RC, and don't want her out. So naturally, I told people, LETS VOTE TIJUANA OUT AGAIN!

Matt, and them are all down for it. RC is not, Alexis wants to "talk" to people first.

Well, you know what that accomplished? RC paving her way out of the game. Jonas and Danni got talking, RC became the target, they already had 4 guaranteed votes, mine would be the 5th, and they probably would have gotten another vote or two for her as well, and I sat there thinking. She is stubborn, unreliable, bossy and pushy when it comes to getting her to vote for who I want. Why am I keeping her around? She and Rory are really close which also worries me. She says she won't vote me out, which I believe, but what good is that if all she is going to do is target people i don't want out and think I can use for my own game? So, I decided that she had to go. I left Rory and Alexis thinking I want Tijuana out, because I originally did, but Danni had to be an idiot and tell Alexis she heard RC's name. Luckily for me I wasn't on AIM yesterday (stuff going on irl, didn't really want to come online and talk to people about the vote and what not) - but the vote worked out, RC is gone, and I just have to explain myself to Rory and Alexis really. I mean they'll understand... they pretty much did the same fucking thing to me with the Abi vote.

If theres one thing RC should have learned from this... is if you would have agreed to vote Tijuana out and told people that, then TIJUANA WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT. So don't blame me for your exit, its your fault for being stubborn - sorry to be harsh, but its true. You'd still be here if you actually listened to me. One round I understood, but to try and get the votes to change again in back to back rounds just made people talk and led to your own demise. Enjoy Abi.

[Jay Byars]

Alright, so some crazy stuff happened last round.

Once we saw that Tina won immunity again, it was simple, atleast for me, as to who the vote should be for. TIJUANA. It's about time she left to be honest, I just don't want to keep people around that I haven't talked to, and I was even more skeptical because she was not one of the people that Danni wanted out. Which brings me to Danni, someone I thought I could trust, but it's obvious I can't. Yeah, she has her own agenda like everyone, but she went about it the wrong way.

First round of merge, she plays a role in getting Abi out. Last round, she plays a role in RC getting out. This round, she tried to get Lisa out, within the last 6 hours of the vote. I'd be damned if I let her get her way three freaking rounds in a row. I'm not stupid, I know why she wanted to keep Tijuana. The longer she kept her and got others out, the more powerful she got. Tijuana was essentially Danni's second vote, and surely Tina would follow as well, and as numbers cut down, that is fucking dangerous.

So anyways, everyone, including Danni agreed to vote Tijuana out, keep this round simple. Then yesterday I sign on around 5pm (2 hours before deadline) and find offline IM's by Matt and Danni. Danni is telling me the vote has flipped on to Lisa because she doesn't trust her going into the final 5 to keep her, while Matt is saying Danni seems to have the votes to get Lisa out.

So Danni tells me Matt, Rory and Alexis are voting Lisa out along with Danni and her two sheep. Fuck that, I'm not letting that happen. What do I do? Talk to Rory and Alexis. I already know Matt would be with me, because he wouldn't vote Lisa out unless it was really majority, which I knew it wasn't because Rory had not decided yet. So, to convince Rory - I had to do it... I threw Danni under the bus and exposed everything, laid it all out for Rory and exposed her game.

Essentially, I told him Danni has something with Tijuana, and she was responsible for Abi, and then RC going (which Rory thought was me, so did Alexis). I told both of them, I only agreed to vote RC out once Danni came to me about it, which is what happened, so it's not like I was lying. Honesty is the best thing sometimes. So I worked Rory and Alexis over, and as you can see by the results, it worked.

I was kind of disappointed in Matt because I really thought he would be a bit more vocal about these things and smarter, but he did not try to convince Rory or Alexis of anything. Had I not come on and swayed Rory and Alexis back to my side, Lisa would be out. I really thought Matt would be a bit more better strategically and that we'd be a solid duo in that regard, but without me, he'd just kind of take a backseat, which isn't a bad strategy at all, but it could hinder him down the road as well, especially if Tijuana stayed.

Anyways, now Danni is pissed at me for throwing her under the bus to Rory. Why is she pissed? I don't know, I laid it out like it was, she must think I'm stupid if I'm going to let her dictate every freaking vote at the merge. Danni, I'm sorry but you are only hurting yourself now. You and Tina are the next two targets, and the only one you can blame for this is yourself. Should have played it safe and voted Tijuana out, you just pissed a lot of people off and painted a bulls eye on your back. Good going.

[Danni Boatwright]

We made it way too easy for Matt to betray us by us being both very head strong!

[Jay Byars]

Feb 28, 2013 1:50:02 GMT -5 Danni Boatwright said:

We made it way too easy for Matt to betray us by us being both very head strong!

Amen to that

[Alexis Jones]

Jay... you seem to be a whole different character.

[Jay Byars]

don't h8