1. I mean, personally, I'm thrilled. I guess it doesn't make that much more difficult for me? Regardless of what happens this time, I won't be going home. So now it's just a matter of, which of the remaining 6 options do I trust, and which don't I? After I first voted for Madame, and then flipped my vote back to Writer on the revote last round, I wasn't sure what would go down this round, so having that slight assurance around my neck helps me to really just evaluate the option. We are in the single digits of this game and the taste of being at that FTC is just going to continually grow from the remaining 9. However, I could very well have easily been in the 6 names being considered if perhaps I didn't somehow get a score that got enough points, or perhaps Margot was a minute later, or perhaps Duke didn't eek out the #1 spot. In the game of survivor, it's not always about skill, but about chance. And today, I am thankful that I know I will see the next round, but I feel bad for the other 6 people whose options are drastically reduced.
2. I mean clearly we did. However, it wasn't a terribly difficult decision. I pretty much just took the category no one felt strongly about on my team since I expected to get something I was terrible at. My past performances on challenges are varied and I am not consistently good at them. For example during the simon says challenge I got the 2nd highest score, but then the challenge immediately after, I got the 2nd lowest score and only didn't get the lowest score because Royal submitted the wrong score. This game has been very diverse thus far and knowingly putting myself on the challenge neither of my teammates were excited to do was the choice we went with, and given we have immunity, was the correct choice. But just like my prior statement, chance put us in a favorable position. Who knows how any other combination of players would have done in any other category if things didn't work out as they did? Either way, the short answer is yeah, clearly we did.
3. If this game had gone to rocks, I think there absolutely could have been firmer lines drawn in the sand. But because it didn't and I flipped my vote, I think those lines are a little more squiggly than anything. I would hope that it showed the predictability of what is going to happen is never finite. If there are firm lines, then I'm not seeing them. Perhaps the ocean of chaos washed away those lines in the sand a bit?
4. For me, I have to evaluate the information as I get it. I have to figure out what is being told to me to make me be influenced one way or another. Intent is also something that plays in the back of my mind. What is really being intended if I do go one way or the other? This game is not black and white. No decision comes without consequences. Let's just say the 24 hours during the revote were probably some of the most eye opening hours I've had all game. I think I'm going to leave it at that.
5. Getting $1 million dollars.
I'm getting paid to play this intense game right?
Right?
Guys?
Bark?