Of Hell and High Water

[Bobby Jon Drinkard]

This past tribal council was, needless to say, one of the worst ones since I've been here. Tracy, Marcus, and Adam decided to vote emotionally instead of strategically and voted PG out instead of thinking strategically and voting to get rid of Gervase or Neleh. Penny said to me that they pulled her aside just before voting and said that they were voting PG and now I look like the only fool who voted with her. Tracy's told me that originally Marcus and Adam wanted me out next and that she was thinking and trying to convince them to vote out Neleh because she said the Malawi 3 need to be broken up. Okay sure, she has a point, and yes Marcus and Adam both seemed to agree to that, but obviously I can't leave it at that. Yeah, I'd love to be able to trust them, especially Tracy 100%, but after they decided to vote out one of my closest allies, but until they actually go through with it and vote out someone from Malawi, I'm going to have to have some doubts obviously.

It's kind of funny because Penny and I had talked about having one of us side with the Malawi trio after this is Marcus/Adam/Tracy decide to take one one of us out instead of one of Neleh/Gervase/Amanda. Whether we're actually going to do that if it happens, I don't know, but I'm going to do whatever I can to make sure that DOESN'T happen. I'm hoping that in Tracy's mind we're "even" (from the Alex situation), and that she'll go back to working with me and getting along. Of course, I could well be wrong and she could've thought that I was getting too close to PG and seen the 2 of us together as bigger threats than the Malawi trio, but I can only call what I see. One thing's for sure though, I'm going to do whatever I can to get things in my favour. I'm not going to give this game up without a fight.

[Bobby Jon Drinkard]

Gah, Adam barely beat me to Immunity, which, y'know, kind of sucks a bit since I really would've liked to have this Immunity to make sure that I stick around after this Tribal Council. For the vote, Tracy's told me 'Neleh', Adam's told me 'Neleh', and Marcus has told me 'Neleh'. Penny's fine with it because she knows that the 3 Malawi people need to be broken up now or else they'll be in the Final 3 together. I've been speaking with Penny about things and she says that she thinks she can get the Malawi people to vote for Marcus or Adam instead of us, which would do amazing wonders as it would give us something to work with to say to Marcus and Adam "those three are going to write one of your names down", which would give them more incentive to vote with us. And if they don't, then it would be like...a 3-3-2 tie or something, and if that was the case and Marcus/Tracy/Adam voted for me or Penny, then we could probably win the tiebreaker.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm in no way expecting a tie and I'm CERTAINLY not hoping for one. What I'm looking for and hoping to see is for Neleh to go home in at least a 5-3 vote. If things go as planned, Penny or I shouldn't get any votes. However, if the bid to make sure the Malawi Trio doesn't vote for either of us fails, then we'll probably receive 3 votes. Though...if our plans fail completely, then it could well be one of us going home 6-2. Yes, if the Malawi 3 are voting for Marcus then Penny and I could too and he could go home, but then our bridge would be entirely burned with Adam/Tracy, and we'd be stuck 4th and 5th. I think we have a better chance of splitting up Adam/Marcus/Tracy, than we do Amanda/Gervase/Neleh. Pretty much, this is it, it's make or break time, and I'm either going to be making that step up to the next level of this game, or well, I'm going to be in deep.