Week 4

[Shelli Poole]

Not too thrilled at the HOH results this week. First of all, I couldn't play because I can't read and didn't look carefully enough at when Howard's POV Ceremony went up. For some reason I just had it in my head it was 24 from Kat's post. But, if I would have looked at when Howard posted I probably would have read more carefully and made sure. I was just thinking that went up right after for some reason. And, then I was too busy watching BB live feeds on Thursday night to vote when I could have done it easily. I honestly don't think I've ever missed a vote in an ORG.

Anyway, this is not worst case scenario for me but it's definitely not the best. I was really, really hoping Libra, Cassandra and Naeha were not going to win, in about that order. 

Libra started messing with both me and Becky the other day. She asked me if I would be a pawn if she won HOH. I said "no thanks" and then she finally said she was kidding. Girl, you don't ask someone that before you even know if you won HOH. And I just don't like her very much anymore. She had this bitchy little attitude with me. She told me I had "abandoned" her, when I was actually the person who had tried talking to her a couple times in the last week and she didn't respond. I think she thought it was funny because Becky and I couldn't play in HOH or something? She tried to cover after but I think she would have put me up if she won HOH. 

Cassandra is a question mark to me. I try to talk to her but I just don't feel like we click for some reason. We talked yesterday and today and I was hoping she wouldn't win when it was looking like she would. I could definitely see her putting me up, but at least she probably would have put up Howard for putting her up, and he would be strong in BotB. 

Naeha is very scary. I can't believe she won this luck-based comp when she's SO strong in just regular comps. She spared me last time but my key was near the bottom...and idk if that meant anything or not but I'm a little scared. She can't put up James again obviously and she won't put up Nick since he's in her alliance. She'll probably put up Arlie again but I don't want to be beside him. I'm hoping maybe she does Cassandra or Libra. Cassandra hasn't been great in challenges and she's been nominated by someone else before so that's an easy nom imo for her. Libra, because I want her gone lol. 

James winning is bittersweet for me. On one hand, I think I'm okay with him. Even though I kind of held him off about making a group. He could have gotten someone else to say yes to him and now they'll benefit from that. On the other hand, I know he's putting up Liz. That's not good, but I think she can win BotB. He's talking about putting Nick up next to her which she's not happy about. So, honestly, depending on what Naeha does, I kind of want James to stay HOH and for Liz to win veto or something. OR for Naeha to put up Libra/Cassandra and stay HOH. I just don't want to chance being up next to Liz. She's in every single alliance I'm in, plus at least another one on her own, so that would mean I'd probably go home. Hopefully that won't happen. It's just not looking that great right now.

[Shelli Poole]

Hey Y'all! So, I may have inadvertently opened up a can of worms. Or, maybe I wanted to open up that can! I just hope this doesn't backfire!

So, I was thinking about these noms, knowing Liz is going up and knowing Naeha is definitely going to put up weaker people. She's not an idiot. That could possibly be me in one of those seats as an initial nom or re-nom, depending what happens. I'm pretty convinced Liz would win that BotB unless it's luck-based. So, I started thinking, what if I get James to put ME up with Liz? That way, I can win it with her and get taken off and be safe. It's a risk, definitely, but knowing Naeha's pool of noms is most likely between: Arlie, Cassandra, Howard, Kathy, Libra, Steve or me - and striking Kathy or Howard off that list just because they're challenge beasts and I don't believe she'd put them up with no good reason yet - I was pretty confident Liz and I could beat two of Arlie, Cassandra, Libra, Steve. Okay, stop laughing! I'm not horrible at all comps, just some lol. And, I do think I could have done well at the previous BotB comps. The other side of it was the fact that I could be one of Naeha's noms instead, and I'd rather be playing BotB with Liz than with Arlie or Cassandra, or Libra or Steve.

I broached the idea to Liz and she thought it was a good idea. She also pointed out it's unlikely we'd have two luck-based comps back to back, which makes sense to me. Initially, I was thinking to myself "this is crazy, I could go home if we lost." But, I also kind of wanted Liz to know how much I would go to bat for her as an ally in this game. Also, after having already talked to James, I was pretty sure he was thinking he could get Liz out and that means he wants her to stay on the block so, why would he want me up there? I guess I felt kind of like I could at least say I wanted to do this but that doesn't mean Crazy James would put me up there. I was still on the fence about this whole idea.

I did also talk to Steve and Becky about it and, when I did, Steve immediately volunteers that he could go up with her. LOL And it's not even a guarantee James would do that but...Steve this was my idea, stop! Becky pipes in that she can talk to Naeha to try to find out noms and let us know beforehand. She also said she could push Libra as a nom, which is great since she could go home! 

I started a conversation with James and asked him if he ever thought more about who else he wanted to work with. He was kind of vague, as usual, which is so frustrating. Why would I ever align with someone who can't even tell me who he likes/doesn't like? This is such a dumb and shallow friendship and I don't really trust him that much. I think he probably latched onto someone else more than me lol. He hinted that a lot of people may be talking to him now since he's HOH but didn't know if it was that sincere.

Eventually James told me Nick said he would throw BotB so he's pretty set on putting Nick up with Liz. I told him there was no way Nick would throw it. Nick wouldn't want to sit up there next to someone would likely win POV and take herself off. Plus, Liz would probably stay in the house over him if they were final noms. He seemed so shocked by this and just kept saying he was still nominating Liz. I get it, buddy, I get it! I don't understand who in their right mind would believe someone would throw BotB in this game but I honestly think he believes it. 

James also told me Naeha would be his target if Liz got taken off with veto. He said he'd backdoor her. In the back of my head I was thinking that was pretty shady since I knew he'd probably make a deal with her once she came online. I did eventually float the idea that I would go up as a nom for him next to Liz so he wouldn't have to make anyone else mad, but he said he didn't want to "risk me" and made it clear he was dead set on putting up Nick. This was fine. I kind of knew it wasn't going to happen, anyway.

So, I told Liz, Becky and Steve about what James said about Nick saying he'd throw BotB and James saying he would backdoor Naeha if he could. I knew Becky would tell Naeha and that's fine if he's her target. Later I found out, per Becky, James did in fact make a deal with Naeha not to backdoor each other. Now Naeha knows he still would and is pretty hell bent on back-dooring him. I also don't think I'm on her radar at all as a nom, let alone target.

I don't like the idea of trying to "play with" James anymore. He's horrible to talk to in that he takes forever to respond, he's not logical, he's unpredictable and he's also not trustworthy if he'd go back on a deal like that. He is never going to be someone I can really talk to about strategy and he won't really open up and talk to me, anyway. He's also always going to be after Liz, who is my closest ally. The thought of him winning HOH again is not as appealing as it once was to me. I definitely hope he's de-throned. One of James or Libra leaving this week would be the best case scenario.  

[Shelli Poole]

Okay so Steve just spilled a lot about James to me. Seems like he talks to James a lot and he told Steve he thinks I was campaigning hard to keep Liz off the block. Oh well. I get that in a way...but honestly I never told him NOT to put her up. I just said she'll probably win, which is true. Seriously, I can't even deal with someone with his lack of logic. I guess I should have stayed out of it, lol! Hopefully she just wins botb, he gets back-doored and that's that.

[Shelli Poole]

This BotB looks really fun, I'm a little jealous. I'm always jealous. I think Liz will be really fast but it's also a little luck-based with some of the links being dead ends. Crossing my fingers!

[Shelli Poole]

Week 4 - Time for a new cast assessment!




I still like Arlie. Even though some of our conversations end up being shallow and a little "quippy" if that's a word (it's not). He's nice he talks to me. I only have him in one alliance and...he's someone that I think would have my back if I'm up and he's not. I think he's close to Howard, so that's in the back of my mind. I wouldn't mind getting closer to him because I could see going to the end with him. He's decent enough in comps - a lot better than me in some - but not a crazy-ass beast like a few others. 





This girl is a threat down the line because we're not super close and I know she has a lot of people behind her. That being said, we do chat a lot in the "Steve's Angels" chat and when we do end up talking, she's pretty straight forward. She's definitely intelligent, but we're not super close. We share info but I'm usually the one to start a convo. She's someone I would probably not want in my endgame. 





If I win an HOH soon, I would put her up. Until then, I see her as someone I can beat if I happen to be on the block next to her and maybe the main person who's helping to make me not look like the worst competitor ever in this season lol. She's nice enough, we just don't talk game it's very shallow. I see her both as someone I can beat and someone who would be hard to work, which is a tough combo given the BotB situation we're in.





This guy is a beast at comps and he's also in one of my alliances - SLASH. Idk, the name has changed several times, lol. I go back and forth with him but I guess the overall thought is, I am pretty sure I am not high on his list of allies. I also know he has a side deal with Liz and Libra which automatically puts me fourth, not to mention Steve and Arlie in another alliance and who knows what else? Someone needs to back-door his ass pretty soon, lol. But I like him! <3





James, James, James. Okay, I'm kind of over this "thing" with him. I kind of talked about it in my week 4 DR but, he's kind of an ally but he's also a pain in the ass because he's hard to talk to, doesn't share much with me, and I can't trust him. The fact he went to Steve and told him he thinks I'm with Liz now - well, that was obviously my fault for even trying to talk to him and help him. It could get me up on the block this week if Libra/Arlie pull out a win, too. I would hope not but I'm fine with him leaving this week if Naeha can successfully back-door him. I would've loved him to stay around to back-door her but I'll take what I can get. 





I really love Kathy. She's hilarious, she's smart, she's bubbly, etc. She is only in one that alliance that I know of, which makes her a little more important to me, to be honest. Also, Steve apparently wants her out so I don't really feel like she's a huge social threat. She's a great competitor, though, and I think I should work on getting a lot closer to her. She could be very beneficial to me in the weeks to come and I really like talking to her. 





I LOVE Kelsey, but I think a lot of people also love her, lol. I know of two alliances she's in: ESPN with Kathy, Liz and I; and she's in an alliance with Naeha, Becky and Nick. This can definitely be helpful to me because I think she and Becky would both be able to persuade Naeha's noms a little bit. They did this week in getting Libra up. I just think she's a huge social threat. As much as I love her, I would not want to sit next to her at the end. 





Libra has fallen quite a bit in my view and she's someone I definitely wanted up and possibly out this week. That being said, I found Naeha's speech very interesting in that they have not really connected in the last week. It seems the same for me and so I'm thinking it's not personal, just that she's busy. If she stays this week, I should probably try to work on her again. As it stands though, if I won HOH next week I'd pretty much have to nominate her. 





My girl! I love her so much!! I trust her the most out of anyone and I want her here! I feel like she feels the same. I am definitely aware of her social prowess in the game, and I could definitely be wrong about her thinking of me as her #1 but right now she is mine and I trust her, so I have to have faith in that right now. She's a strong competitor so she's also someone I can count on to win HOH's and keep me safe. She's also a great source of information for me and I need someone like that for areas I'm weak in right now. 





I really like Naeha. I enjoy our conversations when we have them and she's never indicated she sees me as someone she wants out. The only problem is we never talk game and I know she's in an alliance with Kelsey, Becky and Nick. That's okay for now but, unless and until we do end up working together on more of a game level, she's a threat to me down the line.





He's someone I connected with at first but he's just never online. I'd love to talk to him more but for now he's the inactive guy being protected when Naeha (or possibly Kelsey/Becky) wins HOH. I'll stay friendly and I wouldn't mind getting closer but that kinda depends on him. For now, I would see him as expendable and someone I could see being voted out over someone else I value more. 





I still love Steve and I still think I see him as kind of my "2nd" after Liz; however, I am not blind to the fact he doesn't trust me quite enough to share everything. I could use the info he got from James as an example. James told him last night that he thinks I'm working with Liz yet Steve didn't mention it until today because he wanted to make sure I would vote James out. So, I think he's an information gatherer and is careful about what he shares. I think he's a little nervous and he's playing the "funny guy" card. Or trying lol. Some of his jokes are ... interesting. LOL I still can't help but laugh at his dorkiness, though. I think he's playing a good game and is pretty much off people's radar right now. I still don't see him as a huge or immediate threat to me. I know he's still on my side. I just have to keep in the back of my mind that I know he has info he's keeping to himself and I'd like to be the one he would share that with above all others. 

[Shelli Poole]

I'm super nervous about this week. Somehow James knows Naeha was going to backdoor him and, with James comments he told Steve that I could be working with Liz, I think if Naeha wins and takes Nick off I could go up. I don't honestly think I would stay over Liz, she's got way more tentacles out there than I do.

James told Liz he'd take her off to back-door Naeha if he won so I'm hoping that happens. I do feel like I should have just sat back and shut up the other night, seeing how things went down. Ironic if I leave for that and Liz glides through lol. Oh well. I don't see myself being able to win a lot of competitions with some of the people who are in this game but I would really hate to get pre-jury.

[marvin]

Ugh, keep it in your pants.

[ika]

With that,
"I have two more words to say"

You scared"

[Shelli Poole]

Oh man. I am such a bad girl right now! I really like Naeha but I have to vote her out and I can't even get around that if I didn't want to because SLASH. 5 votes plus James is her eviction so if she doesn't go, there's drama. First drama vote of the game?

[Shelli Poole]

I kinda want to keep Nae to go after other people lol.

[Shelli Poole]

Thanks for ruining it Nick!