Round 02

[Matt Elrod]

Now I'm almost getting too many alliance offers. Jay and I made the alliance yesterday. Now Abi came to us asking for a final three alliance. I accepted. We talked, we bonded, and I feel a lot more solid with her.

Lisa and I cemented our alliance, and she wants to bring in Brandon and JT. I accepted. I don't intend to really betray any of these people. At the moment, it's a matter of preserving the tribe however possible and trying to get to the end with as many of them as I can. The way the game will work out, it's very likely I'll actually be able to be loyal to everyone just based on losing a few players at swaps, in twists, etc.

The players who I connect to the best are Abi, Jay, and Lisa followed by JT and Brandon. I talked a little more to Ashley tonight, which I needed to do. I haven't spoken much to Danni or Rory in a few days.

[Matt Elrod]

This round has been another round filled with hecticness. The good thing is that these relationships I've been putting time towards establishing have actually turned into alliances. I have a final two alliance with Jay and a strong relationship with him. Together we have deals with Abi and Rory, separately, as 3rd's. I feel really close to Abi as well. I don't feel close to Rory but since he proposed an alliance, I'll take it.

Then I have Lisa, JT, and Brandon who I also like and feel close with. Ashley and I have been talking more, but she was vague about her Jungle experience so I just dropped the conversation. I don't really like or trust her, and I wouldn't mind seeing her be the first person to go. Danni is someone I'm not aligned with, but I like her and connect with her to an extent I don't want to lose her as well. Honestly I'd love to make final 8 with our tribe minus Ashley. I feel really comfortable.

I got the idol in the jungle! It was actually not hard at all to get or find, and I think I made my post good enough that people won't realize that I was making it to find the idol. I'm going to tell people that I went to two of the parts, but that I didn't take a challenge disadvantage for the 3rd part. Jay will be the only one I trust enough to tell I went to a 3rd part, but I'm going to only give him the obvious 3 pieces. If he goes to the jungle and realizes I have it, then I'll act like someone else accidentally got the idol and that I don't have it. I really don't want anyone to know. I'm going to come up with stories for 2 of the posts that I'll share with most people and a story with three of the posts that I'll share with Jay.

[Matt Elrod]

It's important now that I re-establish my relationships and do damage control for why I went to the jungle and explain what I did there. I have a connection with Malcolm on the other tribe that may be helpful eventually, but I'm focusing on myself and my own tribe for now.