Confessionals from a yoga instructor :)

[Aras Baskauskas]

I might have gone overboard and trashed my tribe a little too much there lol. 30 feet is still pretty good for most them but a little more would have been greatly appreciated that way I wouldn't have had to climb 90 feet high but what the hell, I did it for the tribe. Taj did quite a bit late too, so I was glad she contributed her usual amount and I didn't look like a total posting whore. The great thing about winning this challenge and a big reason I wanted to win was from keeping from getting my hands too dirty with the vote. Danni or Paloma would have left and I would have been in big trouble no matter what way I voted and it's good to keep from making myself look like a total ass this early. I have the funny suspicion that the top 3 challenge posters are going to pick new tribes or start out the pick em. Makes sense where there would be 3 tribes or 8 and if that's the case I'll pick both a challenge whore tribe and strategic tribe where I have the challenge beasts and people on my tribe for the votes.

Had an interesting chat with Yul, Ethan, and Terry tonight basically reassuring ourselves that the F4 planned before the game is still very much all of our top priorities. They are my Egypt F4 mates and I'll just call us the Egypt Brigade since we're all nearly unstoppable. Their tc tied between Candice and Boston Rob which sucked...Darrah self voted ugh that cow delaying the game another day. Boston Rob should still leave in the re vote and when he does that will be a successful rd...the brigade has informed me Kelly from Aitu is trying to butt into things and get them to keep Rob, what a freak and annoyance. I now she's a known cheater in games from information I have from other people...thinking about using that against her when the timing is right and then let shit really go crazy because seriously who would trust a cheater lol. PG leaving on Timbira maes no difference to me...never talked to her and she appeared useless in the challenges. Better she left now then having her stuck on my tribe since as we know I'm not a fan of the lazy bastards.

[Jaime Huffman]

So what are you thoughts on the latest round of drama surrounding Yul? And assuming all 4 of you make it to F4, what then?

[Aras Baskauskas]

The latest drama with Yul is expected...I don't think it will change anything far as my future thoughts. Most the people in the game I don't think see me that far in with him which is a good thing...and even if they did I would just play it off saying he voted me out in Egypt and I want my revenge.

Should the 4 of us end up in the F4, then I gotta win immunity since I'm certain that if I didn't they wouldn't want me getting to that final challenge. I'm fine with that pressure since I don't think any of them could beat me in a challenge unless it came down to luck I think the vote would be between Ethan and Yul that rd and at that stage I would have to evaluate things and see who would be the bigger jury threat at that point...this is still light years away and lot of obstacles to overcome first lol.

[Aras Baskauskas]

The drama in this game is getting a little ridiculous. I don't mind some drama here and there, but each round soon as somebody is voted out they have a major shit fit and whine like a 2 year old. Most of these people need a life...I mean come on this is an org not some reality tv show where you just lost out on your chance at a million bucks or something. All these people have huge egos and it's funny seeing them all crushed...well at least I can sit back make my popcorn and watch all these bastards bitch at each other until the dust sets. I've decided to not get involved in any of this junk as it's not me and it also doesn't revolve around me. All these other bastards can have their say and I'll laugh at each and every one of them trying to up the other person haha.

I'm def glad Saboga won immunity again...I do not want to vote out anybody in this group and it's most likely going to be Danni going next and I don't want her to leave. She's someone that could be useful for me down the road and be that piece that I need should anything happen to the Egypt Brigade or the huge alliance I'm part of. I also talk with her almost every day and it if I voted her out, then I'm pretty sure she'll hate my guts forever and I def don't want to see that happen. To think we almost lost immunity by not circling "Immunity Idol" opposed to just "Immunity." I would have died had we lost that way...it would have been a horrible way to lose this challenge and it was something all of us should have seen. Just glad that Casaya made the exact same mistake and our puzzle tiebreaker time was so much faster. Casaya will go to tc and vote out Candice...I don't see anyway she stays as the other 5 are in an alliance there and Candice even self voted last rd. Aitu losing and going to tc is also good news...that's the tribe where I have zero connections and want them all gone or least most of them before next swap. I could care less who goes from that tribe...I'm banking it wont be Kelly/tom/Colby since they are all clique bastards that play together all the time and doubtful it will be Cirie since she's their challenge whore. Which leaves a Lex or Ashley boot...don't care who goes but my prediction will be Lex since I feel people might think he's got something with Yul going and he's one of Frosti's old followers.

With Aitu losing somebody and Candice leaving, that makes my enemy/unknown list shrink a little. My goal is to have almost everybody booted off that list by merge and it's looking possible at this point.

Yul sure has plenty of drama surrounding him but that won't make me shy away from him. I still have all intentions of sticking with this Egypt brigade all the way through....when it comes down to the end of this game with these guys it's quite simple. Everybody is going to hate Yul's guts....Ethan is an outcast and good luck to him getting any votes...and then there is Terry who may or may not be on everybody's good side at the end. Like my chances there.

[Aras Baskauskas]

All tribes going to tc...this rd couldn't be any worst. Don't get me wrong it's not all horrible since another Aitu leaves the game, Darrah is possibly leaving, and then James is probably going to leave on Timbira and that moves me up in the alliance some. The only thing I hate is that Danni is probably going to leave the game and it's hard voting out a friend/close allie in the game. I don't want her to leave, but at the same time I don't have the extra vote to keep her in and can't go around stirring up trouble when I know nobody is going to budge and where the others will suddenly want me out next.

This rd we had an auction...plenty of mystery items out there and I won one only to have it useless. This always happens to me where I never get anything good at auctions...I'm obviously not a very lucky person lol. There was a tribal immunity at stake and I was in quite the awkward position...I didn't want the immunity while Danni and Taj were urging me to help them win it and keep it away from the other. I wanted Danni to win that way she'd be safe but then I would be at major risk and it's tough not making the auction look obvious when it's in an open board for everybody to see. What I did was tell both Taj and Danni I was posting my $450 at :35 and to look for it and post...about the fairest thing I could think of at the time and Taj won. I rather have immunity for myself, but I wasn't going to be selfish since there is enough wiggle room in the tribe where I should be able to survive without being immune. Taj winning immunity will make herself a larger target in the game later...losing this one might help me a little where I'm not winning everything.

Danni's only chance at survival was getting Mookie to vote with us for Taj...he won't and what pissed me off about Mookie this rd was him telling Danni that it was me that wouldn't budge to keep her while it was him. He tried to make me look bad and like this was all my fault...he doesn't realize both Me and Danni are friends and he was using the excuse he was friends with her and had to make it look like it was me and wouldn't make the vote work. Omg this guy got pissed off at me and now I'm not sure where I stand with him, but I have options later where its not that big a deal. Had he decided to vote for paloma...I would have been on board and Danni stays. I tried to see if the items would be a way for me and Danni to combine them to get a Paloma boot but even that doesn't work. Danni can only cancel a vote and I have toothpaste and that's not enough to do more then tie and then have her leave in a revote. I'm gonna have to vote for Danni and it's one of the worst votes I have ever had to make in any game I'm played since I know she has my back and I wish I could have hers.

Randy is attempting to blindside James this rd (I'm supposed to stay quiet about it and will) and I'm actually pretty happy about this happening. James and Myself have very little relationship in the game, while him and Taj are very tight. This breaks down the alliance a little and at this point I want to see some balance of power where the alliance doesn't have all the control and I'll have the opportunity to play a little of both sides. I told Randy I'll be joining his side at the merge against Yul/Taj and while that may be true it may also be a lie I dunno right now. I need to see how things progress the next few rds and where I actually stand. I have my Egypt Brigade that I'm comfortable with but Taj made a mistake and informed me this morning that she made a F2 with Yul after James left. I'm a little weary where I actually stand with the alliance as I might be 7th or 8th. If that's the case I'll flip and make sure I've got a better chance to survive.

From what I know from mystery items

Rob C - Double Vote

Danni - Cancel Vote

Me - Junk

Terry - Junk

Paloma - Change a persons vote to anything she wants



Yul and Nat won those devils island items and I believe they have some great power like pick new tribes or something along those lines. I hope if that's the case I end up on Yul's tribe otherwise I might be in a little trouble since I haven't even talked with Natalie in the game. I was around last night trying to find out why people were on the board so long...then it appeared to me there might be an idol on the board. I went to the tribal challenges section and seen 3 threads that had been edited 3 weeks after they were made. I highlighted the thread but found nothing...question is where are the idols in this game lol.

[Aras Baskauskas]

Danni ended up leaving and I still feel horrible about the vote to the point where I'm killing myself she left . I feel like I did everything I could to keep her in but there wasn't anything I could do to keep her....it's prob good thing I didn't tie up the vote and then seen what happened cause then I piss off everybody in my alliance. They would have been gunning for me just like how they all want Randy's ass out for turning and voting out James. I would be so screwed since we switched tribes and it's like an old Casaya reunion where I have to tag along until the merge...not a major problem since I know I have what it takes to win every immunity and I know there are Kelly and Ashley boots ahead of me, so the key to this tribe don't lose 3 or 4 times lol.

This brings me to our first interesting fact. Ashley and Kelly come to me right away saying they have Ethan and Taj with them and just need me to break up the Yul/Terry pre game alliance. I found this to be complete bullshit from the moment I heard about this knowing very well Ethan/Yul/Terry/Me had the Egypt alliance from the beginning and Taj has been with us since near the start. I confronted Taj and Ethan about what I've heard and they told me it was strategy to keep Paloma in the game, I also had to tell Yul in case he heard me floating his name around and didn't want him to freak out. LOL LOL!! I find it remotely funny they even think Paloma has any chance over there and I think it's silly going to the trouble keeping her in the game when we have enough in the alliance and have control right now. They are causing more trouble then it's worth and making me feel uneasy about things were I'm still highly considering the flop to Randy's side at some point.

So immunity came out and we slaughtered the other tribe where it was maybe the biggest embarrassment in org history I've ever seen. Taj, Yul, Mookie and Me for the most part put our footprint on the challenge and said no way in hell you bastards have any chance at this. Not sure what happened to Terry but he never showed and then Amanda did nothing and looks like a huge waste of space only around for the ride. Then sure enough during the challenge all the freaks and clowns had to come out and fight with each other over stupid shit once again. Mookie and Rob were an embarrassment and what pissed me off more then anything was trying to find the actual challenge posts to post off of. Omg I'm sick of all this stupid drama...I'm going to continue saying nothing and staying out of things. No reason in hell to involve myself in things that I don't give a damn about.

This lifeline twist to the game is great. Knowing it's puzzles makes me feel like I can end up on devils island each rd and possibly have myself a chance at the idol. If I end up with the idol that's huge and something that can benefit my game where I can play it to save myself or get risky even and use it to take out somebody later if I choose. The even better fact of this whole thing is points are accumulated each rd and it's a possible elimination if you don't receive enough. Someone is going to stink up these puzzles...I know it wont be me and it's gonna get rid of someone preferably in the alliance if possible that way I don't have to take them out myself.

I'm going to bust ass on all challenges on this tribe. Randy wants me to throw challenge or not try as hard...no way in hell that's gonna happen, he is in a stable position where he's at, while I don't have the same type of breathing room. I still believe I have enough breathing room to make the merge but lets not make things interesting. Kelly and Ashley will be the two boots should we lose...after that it's tricky as I think it would be Amanda or Mookie but I really do not like the fact so many Casaya's still remain in the game/tribe. I'm only going on vacation for 4 days and need to make sure I can sit out a challenge and have people to boot when I don't have much time to chat up strategy. It's surely going to be one tight balancing act to perform lol.

[Jaime Huffman]

Hmmm, interesting Taj would tell you Yul is her Final 2. Thanks for the awesome updates!

[Sydney Wheeler]

I <3 ur updates......have a great vacation too

[Aras Baskauskas]

This was like the worst possible challenge we could have had. I knew this tribe would be full of greedy bastards and somebody would take out for the prize/immunity. Yul/Taj/Amanda/Ethan/Me ended up in a chat room talking about this and everyone wanted to take the prize...I hated it since first we would lose immunity and go to tc and second it was unnecessary and we had plenty of time. Ashley was sat out and Kelly was nowhere online...the two people we didn't want to have the prize/immunity so it's not like we had to rush to the decision. Rather then challenge the other 4 people in the chat and make some people pissed...I just decided to go along with it. Everyone wanted to decide who took the took and I suggested rolling dice and that's what happened. So I guess in a way I had some say in it where they took my suggestion. Probaby making this a bigger deal then it is...I just hate giving away an immunity so easily and also making the breathing room in the tribe smaller and smaller.


The vote should be Kelly leaving tonight unless she happens to produce an idol which I highly doubt she has. Yul is wanting to split the vote and while I feel its unnecessary...it's not the wort idea in the world since we have plenty of numbers to split the vote and it becomes an insurance policy where if Kelly does happen to have an idol then it's bye bye Ashley. I feel Yul is only splitting the vote to save his own ass instead of saving the alliance...I mean that's understandable when your one of the biggest targets in the game. Should be Me/Yul/Amanda/Terry voting for Kelly, then Taj/Ethan/Mookie voting for Ashley and then Kelly/Ashley voting for Terry or Yul.

Randy is becoming a pest telling me to make a move lol. Yeah buddy there is really a move I can make over here without any numbers and then totally screwing up my game and sinking myself..for now I'm going to live with what I'm dealt with over here and know we have the work horses to kick ass at the next few challenges. The breathing room however has shrunk a little where after Kelly, there is only Ashley left to boot and things get a little messy. One of my plans is making sure I end up on that devils island if possible so I can find that idol...I'm going to need it in a couple rds in case we lose the challenges. I have a decent puzzle time for it and gonna keep trying and trying to have the best time.

I do feel bad leading Kelly on that I'm voting with her when I never have any intention on doing such a thing. At this point in the game you gotta be a little sneaky and make people believe your on their side...this game has def turned up a notch.

[Jaime Huffman]

We had a feeling someone would take the temptation, but honestly, no so quickly, lol.

[Aras Baskauskas]

After about a year delay we finally had the challenge...I first of all need to thank Corrine for being a complete idiot and not making a boot list and thus causing the giant delay we had... on top of that making her tribe stronger in the process by being removed. That was the great thing about Corrine on the other tribe...she was useless and would always hold them back in challenges where their tribe would have no chance in hell at winning. Now that she's gone it means I'll have to turn things up on the challenges a notch...I have only been going about half speed and now I will turn it up to around three quarters until the merge where I will then go full blast.

Alright so we won another challenge...wasn't the giant blowout I was hoping for and little disappointed in the effort of the tribe. We won the other long endurance challenge by over 80 points and we only did about half as well on this one...Taj and Yul did great so I don't have any complaints about them as they both busted their ass, especially Taj. Ethan half assed this challenge where I don't think he gave a shit if we lost or not...not sure how a guy that makes 6,000 posts in an outcast challenge makes a very minimal effort here, Terry was mia most the time...showed up to do some posts, but it's like he always does this...just posts a few to show he was around and that's a bit annoying. Mookie didn't do much either...pretty much just to show he was around. Ashley hardly did much either and I expected more out of her since its her ass on the line if we lose....I've also already had to encourage her not to quit the game from the email fiasco and other stuff she's been going through this week. The important thing was winning this challenge and that goal was successfully accomplished...I'm gonna have to sit out a challenge later this week and now that's doable...I don't expect we'll win the challenges as without me tribes suddenly go to crap but who cares Ashley and probably Amanda can be the next 2 boots before the merge.

There have been some rather interesting developments in the game this week. Randy informs me Natalie has the hidden immunity idol...they would give me the idol if I was in danger of leaving on my tribe. Now that's pretty reassuring they would help me to that extent, but I will not count on it as I will believe it when I see it happens, I promised them I would not tell anybody they have the idol and it would be gigantic news if I informed the alliance but I promised I wouldn't tell so I won't. I've also told Randy I'd like to save that idol for the merge anyway and I will then jump to his side...I figure there is a chance the numbers could be around 6-6 or 7-5 at the merge....I have the potential of finding out who Yul wants to vote...inform Randy and Natalie who that's gonna be and have them play the idol on that person and then someone like Yul, Ethan or Taj leaves the game. It's a pretty evil idea and not sure I'm going to do that but it's a possible option on the table. Then I could always flip back to the original alliance where one of the more powerful people in the group is gone putting myself into a more comfortable position. The first couple merge rounds are going to be stressful and I have to be smart how I decide to play it.

I've talked to both Randy and Natalie about future merge plans. I told them I want to be guaranteed the F4 and they have told me they can guarantee me that....it's another F4 I could rely on but the problem is I don't trust that Tom and Cirie are going to let me get that far if I'm part of this group...I've hardly talked to either in the game and I know by mid merge they are both going to want me gone badly. Working with this side has a lot of problems and uncertainly...I have a feeling unless I finish up on an immunity run I ain't reaching the F4 with them. Now I also have the Egypt brigade F4 alliance...the problem with this is I've heard Taj/Yul have a F2 deal and don't remember her being part of that alliance and my relationship with Ethan is very little. I have a feeling we're looking at Yul/Taj/Ethan F3 most likely and I have a feeling getting to the F4 here may not happen. So I'm at the crossroads of what the hell I'm going to do at the merge since it's one of those I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't situations.

Taj was quite irritated with Yul today and so was I to be honest. He's trying to get Natalie to flip and vote out Randy this round...I think Yul is wasting his time on this one and it's a lost cause since I know for a fact that Natalie and Randy are very tight and have become a duo. He can promise her all he wants...from a sure F4 to all the Casaya making the F6....won't matter she's gonna stick it out with Randy...she picked him first in the tribe pick thing for a reason. Yul missed a lot of posts in the challenge that was irritating enough....then talks about having Natalie which I know won't happen. If she was serious about flipping I would have heard something about her having the idol or about a boot list order and neither ever came up. Yul will be fuming when Randy stays and sees his great idea didn't work....I will be smiling since I knew it all along. The greatest thing about this was Natalie telling Randy everything, who then told me everything when I already knew everything lol. I love how I'm getting all the info without going around and trying to get it myself...sure makes things a lot easier. Todd will be gone at tc...Randy however is voting Mick though for some reason and it doesn't matter who leaves honestly since somebody will be gone which is always better for me getting closer to the end.

I think you should delay the game a week now that I'm on my vacation or at the very least make some long dragged out rds lol.

[Sydney Wheeler]

Hey Aras, sorry I nave not been around...tho I have been reading

Ill tell ya this much, I cant wait til merge

Miss ya

<3 Syd

[Aras Baskauskas]

Thanks for dropping by again Syd <3

The merge should be a lot of fun and can't wait until that stage of the game...although it's been fun slaughtering Vinnere in every challenge lol

[Jaime Huffman]

Shame your vacation wasn't during the year delay a bit dramatic, don't ya think? LOL, thanks for your patience, it was a pain. Awesome update, lots of info and you've got quite alot going on, I can't wait to see how it all plays out.

[Aras Baskauskas]

Aug 11, 2010 21:27:21 GMT -5 Jaime Huffman said:

Shame your vacation wasn't during the year delay a bit dramatic, don't ya think? LOL, thanks for your patience, it was a pain. Awesome update, lots of info and you've got quite alot going on, I can't wait to see how it all plays out.

I thought I would be dramatic for once and it didn't make any difference to me really...I was going to be ready for that challenge whenever it took place lol. Omg another challenge so quickly? How about slowing down a little so this guy can enjoy his vacation a little lol. Challenge 19 would be great on late Sunday night/Monday