Thanks for the question, glad to have something to do.
To answer your question about keeping you versus Eric, the way I read the game, Aria and Eric were a stone-tight duo. You and I had a few mails back and forth, and that made me feel like I had some sway with you, whereas Eric had never reaches out to me and seemed to be with Aria from my perception. Maybe Eric was just not making much of an impact with her either and was just quiet in general, but I'd rather risk going up against you in the finals than finishing fourth by keeping Eric. So that's where I was at: you were more of a threat than Eric, but I knew we could work together. And we voted together that night, so has Sean not switched, I would have made it here with you and Sean. 100%.
The second question is tricky. The merge occured around the time groups shut down, so my head wasn't in it. To say I had three targets at the merge would be bullshit on my part. If my confessionals get shown in the Viewers Lounge, you'll see I was going with whatever I was told from 12-8th place. And I stand by that. The early merge players in Survivor are typically those who are threatening and playing too hard. So I sat back, and kept myself safe by being agreeable. So my answer for the three I wanted out would be whoever anybody else said, because I tried to be an ally first and a "manipulator" second. I hope you don't see this as a cop-out, but to say I had a master plan and a hit-list would be a lie. That wasn't the game I played.