[Gary Hogeboom]

SLOW JED! Final 16! Wow! What an accomplishment!
We have a couple questions for you to think about as we head into tomorrow's challenge.

1-Where would you place yourself on this tribe? Are you in the drivers seat? Stuck in the middle and not sure where to go? Feeling alone on the bottom? We want to know!

2-With the nomad twist, Kellyn can swap places with anyone in the game, making them immune for the next round. How does that effect your game?

3-Who would you say your closest ally is in the game? Who do you want out the most? Why?

4-What does the idol situation look like on your tribe? Do you think it's been found? If so, do you know who has it?

5-As the game progresses, are you paying attention to which tribe people started on? Or have the lines blurred enough where that doesn't matter?

[Jed]

Oh the questions are up nice and early. Sweet.

1-Where would you place yourself on this tribe? Are you in the drivers seat? Stuck in the middle and not sure where to go? Feeling alone on the bottom? We want to know!

A: Ohhh man that's hard to say. There's so much shit going on. I'll place myself in the middle, but not stuck. In the middle with options. If I strengthen a few more bonds I might be in the driver's seat. But that's not necessarily a good thing either. As Kendrick Lamar said: "The driver seat the first one to get killed".

2-With the nomad twist, Kellyn can swap places with anyone in the game, making them immune for the next round. How does that effect your game?

A: Kellyn is a shifty bitch. I like her! We've got some similar humour but they way she just flat out asks you for information gets to me. But I have to be buddy buddy with her, because she has the potential to fuck my game up. There's a chance that she can replace either me or Robb, then vote the other out. I've learned some stuff since that makes me less nervous about this happening, but you can't underestimate your opponents.

3-Who would you say your closest ally is in the game? Who do you want out the most? Why?

A: Well way to just invalidate my trust rankings. God. I'd say I still trust Stephanie the most, but Robb is inching closer. Stephanie has shown some cracks, biggest of all is her trust with Chelsea. She buckles when I suggest getting rid of Chelsea soon, and apparentlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy she gave Chelsea the password to our alliance chat! Which yes Steph, I am pretty mad about it. We don't know if we can trust her or not and you're letting her know that the 3 of us are strong, AND inviting her in on it without our permission! Oh well. I gotta move past it. I think I played it cool enough with Steph. I kinda got saved by the Tribal bell though tbh. As for who I want out the most? Chelsea, with Kellyn inching close to her. I talk with Chelsea a lot but she lovvvvvves to point out how often she sees Robb and I online together. To be honest she's helping push us closer together! So thank you, Chelsea.

4-What does the idol situation look like on your tribe? Do you think it's been found? If so, do you know who has it?

A: Well JFC guys. The Ahmar idol is guarded by fucking ancients scripts and shit and this Fenassa idol is just couscous or some shit like that. I'm assuming it's been found because Robb, Steph, and I have tried 1000 different things and have all come up with nothing. Robb seems to think that Gabby has it, and I'll trust him and his Taureg knowledge.

5-As the game progresses, are you paying attention to which tribe people started on? Or have the lines blurred enough where that doesn't matter?

A: I've been meaning to make a list. It's important to know, at the very least. I'd like to think that if I got separated from one of my top allies I'd like to link up with them at the merge. But the lines are blurring, slowly. Come to papa, Angela.

[Jed]

Wow thanks for all the questions guys! One at a time please.

So, I think I left something out in that confessional. Angela. So after we swapped a heard a few things having to do with her. Steph got the impression that she was Chelsea's "lap dog", Kellyn said that she never really talked until it was time to pop off at Tribal, and then came the news of the GIRLS ALLIANCE .

But we've since learned some things. There's a lot of tension between Angela and Kellyn. If I'm remembering correctly, Kellyn told Angela to put down the wrong name at their first Tribal for apparently no reason. Just speculating, Kellyn either didn't know 100% who they were gonna vote, or she was lining up the next target.

So now I'm not worried at all about the threat of a girl's alliance, which will push Steph back towards us. I'm looking to solidify things with Angela later, and maybe Chelsea as well if she's willing to cut Kellyn. Kellyn is walking into a pit of danger if she decides to join our tribe, unless she replaces me or Robb.

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I also thought that I had a genius idea, but I don't think it'll happen. With this whole Nomad thing, I figured that it would work best for us(Robb/Steph/Me) if Kellyn swapped with Steph. For Steph, it would further her playing along with the "girls alliance", saying that she'll be Nomad to make bonds with girls on the other side and do some idol hunting, but she'd really be doing that for us. Her being out of the picture would also allow Robb and I to make a move on either Chelsea or Kellyn without her getting any blood on her hands, allowing her to keep pretending to be with them.

If Kellyn replaced Steph, that would leave the tribe with Me, Robb, Angela, Chelsea, Kellyn, Pat, and Davie. Robb and I would just have to run over to Pat and Davie and scream GIRLS ALLIANCE and we'd probably get them to vote with us just on that alone.

I'm not gonna think about it too much because it probably won't happen. Stephanie wasn't jumping at the idea even though SHE SHOULD.

[Jed]

Oh, and that was SARCASM.

[Jed]

Kellyn you fool. I didn't even have to do anything. You did all the work for me

(Now this is the part where I get blindsided by the Girls Alliance)

[Jed]

Post challenge now. Don't have a lot to update, but still.

So before the challenge, I wanted to get Myself, Robb, Steph, and Angela together to make a formal alliance. But apparently it's Angela's birthday so she wasn't really present tonight, whatever, try again tmrw.

But, my new #1 asset, Kellyn, hits me up and tries to throw Steph under the bus to me. I couldn't believe it. That's a rookie mistake, so either she's a moron or a genius, and times like these I have to remind myself about Occam's Razor. Kellyn probably got too caught up in her role and tried to do a little too much and slipped up. I run and tell Steph, and now Steph is super pissed and hates Kellyn and Chelsea. Perfect! Sometimes things just fall into your lap.

Challenge time comes and thankfully Robb, Davie, and I'll throw some credit to Pat and Chelsea, carry us to a win. I can't help but laugh at how useless I am in these challenges. It's fine. I've gotten past the part where that could harm you. FINALLY! A nice respite from Tribal council. I'm eager to see what they've got going on at the other tribe.

During the challenge Steph and I sit back and watch for the most part, bonding some more. She lets some of her cattiness (SORRY) show, now that Chelsea's on her bad side she's criticizing everything she says and does. She's definitely getting more comfortable with me. I'm confident that I'm her #1. Which is beuno, because she found the idol! I didn't even get a chance to try before she found it. I doubt she'd be willing to use it on me, but hey, she's also eager to make big moves, so who knows? The plan is to keep it a secret. I'm confident I'm the only one she told, as she had a similar reaction to what I had when I found the idol in Rematch.

That's all for now. I'm excited to see what happens over on Ahmar. I'm gonna guess that a Fenassa member goes home.

[Jordan]

Wow thanks for all the questions guys! One at a time please.

Don't get sassy, boy

[Jordan]

Bueno*

Just so you know. Probably just an autocorrect mistake on your part, but I don't want you to make a fool of yourself

[Jed]

Bueno*

Just so you know. Probably just an autocorrect mistake on your part, but I don't want you to make a fool of yourself

Whatever. I don't even speak Mexican.