quest for all-stars

[Sydney Wheeler]

Hi Natalie

Yes, I do read your confessional This game has been quite interesting to say the least lol and I can't wait till merge

[Natalie White]

Thanks Sydney! Merge should be interesting to say the least. lol

[Jaime Huffman]

Thanks for the great update Natalie! A few questions:

Mick-At once he was your F2/F3, what changed it for you?

How do you feel the power allies are going to fight it out in the merge?

And I am just going to say it Randy seems to make alot of the decision for the two of you, and I reading into it wrong?


And LOL, it's OK with Erik & I if you don't agree with all our decisions, we do however thank you for the respect you always show us

[Natalie White]

Aug 8, 2010 18:54:07 GMT -5 Jaime Huffman said:

Thanks for the great update Natalie! A few questions:

Mick-At once he was your F2/F3, what changed it for you?

Well, Mick bought into the whole fake convos, and lies that the other tribe has been pretty famous for in this game. For the past few weeks he has been coming to me telling me that he doesn't trust Randy, is sure he is planning to take us both out, etc. He finally told me it was coming from the other tribe. I believe Taj and James, and some from Yul as well. Unfortunately, they only wanted him for a vote, they have their final alliances and I couldn't get Mick to see that. I kept asking him to please stop talking to them and to not believe what they were telling him. It didn't seem to end and at this point he made himself look like the biggest risk to flip at merge. So, he got voted. It may have been a really good thing though because he seems to understand how serious it was. Mick, Randy and I had a chat last night, and as of now everything seems to be back on track. I just hope he can remain loyal this time. He really will go so much further, I just hope he can see that.

The other thing that really made it kind of a mess, is that when the last votes were shown, two people said they posted the same vote for Paloma. Todd and Mick both claimed the same vote. I have never completely trusted Todd, but Randy has. Well, Todd has since admitted to Randy that he made the vote he did post smaller so that it would be easier to cover later. Then showed us a fake vote on his screen cap. Well....let's just say that's enough for me to want him no where near merge. So while Mick is a risk, I think he just got caught up in what people were telling him. Through all of it, Mick never did stop talking to me (until he was out of town) and I do believe he has always trusted me. Todd, I have never completely trusted so finding out he faked a vote is enough for me to be done dealing with him. I think he is a much bigger risk at the merge. Or at least a bigger risk than Mick now. All subject to change, as we've already shown. lol

How do you feel the power allies are going to fight it out in the merge?

Well, it won't be pretty. I just hope the idol works according to plan.... otherwise I don't know that we have a plan "b". I haven't enjoyed some of the more stressful parts with the drama in this game and really hope merge isn't just a magnification of that. I believe Taj and Yul have their final 4 deal with Ethan and Terry so their plan is obviously going to be taking us all out. Taj and Yul are both very strong players though and I have to admit, I have wondered how they are able to even function on the same tribe. I really sort of wished they would fight more amongst themselves but so far it hasn't happened. As for Randy, well he hopes to have everything all figured out. He's pretty calm about the whole thing, I on the other hand may fall apart.

And I am just going to say it Randy seems to make alot of the decision for the two of you, and I ready into it wrong?

No, you have that pretty well figured out. I think Randy is pretty awesome, and we talk a lot about everything. He is always willing to hear my side of things. (Occasionally I think he even listens. )But for the most part he does make most of the decisions. We seem to have similar ideas on a lot of things so I think that makes it easier too. It’s funny, when we first started talking on Aitu, I really didn’t think I should trust him. Now, I can’t imagine not trusting him.

[Jaime Huffman]

I love how you don't have a plan B, been there before. lol

[Sydney Wheeler]

Hey Nat

Congrats on Merge

[Natalie White]

Aug 13, 2010 0:24:07 GMT -5 Sydney Wheeler said:

Hey Nat

Congrats on Merge

Thanks Sydney!!!

[Natalie White]

I need to write about Mick, but not tonight.

[Natalie White]

Are any of you good at cropping video?! LOL Yes, this is me begging for a favor

I can crop it but lose the sound, and the sound is the most important part lol.

[Jaime Huffman]

I have never tried.

[Natalie White]

I'm sure you are wondering what the heck I'm thinking, and honestly I sort of do too. lol I'll try to post an update soon.


Update:

Ok, so I gave away immunity from the challenge. There were several thoughts behind that. The first hope was that it would cause some confusion on the votes. Possibly even cause a vote to not get changed before the end of TC. I heard through the grapevine that not only did I cause quite a bit of confusion, they then wondered if I had an idol causing me to give away the challenge immunity. <bonus!> lol The original talk was to vote me (which was the plan), but because of the risk that I had an idol, they switched it to Tom (ooo that wasn't the plan!) at the last minute. That caused Tom and I to have a nice 11 hour chat But, he did well and won. Yay! ;D

[Natalie White]

So right before Tribal Council tonight I get an IM from Mick.

micktrimming1 (7:42:52 PM): NATALIE!
survivornatalie (7:43:02 PM): Hey Mick!!!!!!
survivornatalie (7:43:06 PM): how are you?
micktrimming1 (7:43:17 PM): good, why did you give immunity away!??!
survivornatalie (7:43:22 PM): hahaha
survivornatalie (7:43:29 PM): i didn't know you could see that!
micktrimming1 (7:43:35 PM): i cant :X
micktrimming1 (7:43:37 PM): lmao
survivornatalie (7:43:38 PM): oh
survivornatalie (7:43:39 PM): lol
survivornatalie (7:43:41 PM): who told you?
micktrimming1 (7:43:49 PM): i cant say, inside sources lol
micktrimming1 (7:44:04 PM): but my inside sources also say you have a hidden immunity idol lol
survivornatalie (7:44:15 PM): hmmm
micktrimming1 (7:44:25 PM): is it true?
survivornatalie (7:45:24 PM):
micktrimming1 (7:45:37 PM): lol u slimy girl haha
micktrimming1 (7:47:03 PM): but ya, my person that told me this stuff is trying to use me to get you out


Well, isn't that nice? I was having a conversation at the time with someone else who confirmed that yes infact the other alliance has been using many eliminated players to collect info and help get people out of the game. And why would Mick tell me that he is trying to help take me out of the game?

[Jaime Huffman]

LOL, I am sure you have a good plan in mind! A good blond always does!!

[Natalie White]

Ugh, this is awful. Two people are claiming they will flip and vote with us this round. Neither of their stories match up and honestly I don't trust either one. So here I am with an idol that is essentially useless. No idea who to play it on and a vote what will likely end someone on our alliances game. Really disappointing. I knew I was going to jury, but feel so disappointed to let down Randy and Rob if this vote shifts the numbers and we are all just eliminated. So worried about this vote and so sad that this may be it.

[Natalie White]

Also, wanted to note that since Ashley is immune this round, if I have no one that I need to send the idol to before the end of TC, I plan to send it to her so that we at least know the idol will make it to the next round even if we lose one of our alliance this round.