CONFESSIONAL
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Jim B. [Punta Gorda Tribe]
Alright, well here I am on the "good" tribe, the tribe that won the challenge today. We have at least 4/6 active members and all of the points in the challenge were scored by members of our tribe. I think we will be very strong and I'm excited about it.
I kinda broke my own rule of "staying under the radar" today when I kicked ass at the challenge, but I think it worked to my advantage for a few reasons.
1) Tyler noticed me and wanted to approach me because of me being a beast, we have been talking now and I feel good about it. I think that will be a valuable alliance for me. My performance was a good way to break the ice.
2) I will not be the first one targeted from our tribe, probably. They will see me as a "good challenge competitor," even if I miss a few challenges this week (I should be able to be there every day except Wednesday! But I do have rehearsal for the play I'm in, so I might be late to a challenge or something at some point. It will be good for everyone to have a positive first impression of me.)
3) Svala said that she and "A few others" were throwing the challenge. Right now I think Svala is the KINGPIN of this game and I am glad that I'm in her good graces. With all these twists in the game, I think there will eventually be a very good opportunity for me to strike her down, so I'm going to enable her to be in power for now. She wanted me to win, and for her to lose, for some reason. I made it happen. She wanted Echo to leave, he left, she thinks that I cast the deciding vote. Ultimately, she trusts me, so I'm going to be patient.
4) I ended up on green tribe, where I am in a very good position. So even though I maybe made a bit of a scene in getting here, I ended up here.
Now, I am hoping that Tyler and Rodrigo will decide to have a strong final 3 with me. I feel good about that possibility. I think that I can throw the other 2 under the bus to Zach and end up with a strong majority and 2 easy targets just in case we lose. Meanwhile, I think Brady will probably get voted out on the other tribe. Svala told me she thinks he's a big threat, and so that's probably why she was throwing the challenge (ensuring that she and brady would both go to tribal). Svala is working with Tashi, Will, Rodrigo, and Jenna according to what she told me (not sure if she's leaving anything out, but it seems to add up.) I cleared things up with Tashi but I have no contact with Jenna or Will. So I'm going to try to be very aware of what is going on with the people that Svala is working with. My goal is to seem like a humble servant to her, and let her power go to her head. Svala is NOT savvy enough to stay on top of the game from day 1, so the higher I push her up, the harder her fall will be. I just need to make sure I don't get carried away and end up handing her the power she needs.
Now all I have to do is throw Danni and Kass under that bus!!!! Bazinga!!!!