Daily Confessionals

[Erinn Lobdell]

I'm so, so, so excited to get this game started! Everyone has been awesome so far and I know that this game is only going to get better. I realized that I know Charlie from somewhere. I can't remember yet. His screenname is familiar. I'm going to send him a PM after I finish typing this message. I haven't spoken to everyone yet, but I'm planning on it. I haven't seen much of Sydney around. I hope she shows up soon to help us hopefully win this week, because if she doesn't.. that'd really suck.

I got a message from Russell, and it was basically him saying that he's here to fight for the tribe and to make sure we win challenges, and that he wants all of us to band together.. blah, blah, blah. It was a nice message but it sounded so staged. Just like the Russell on the show, I have my eye on him, and I'm not going to let him escape from underneath my magnifying glass just yet. Right now I'm just waiting for the challenge to start, and I'm hoping we win this week. I so don't want to head to Tribal Council.

[Erinn Lobdell]

I don't know what I'm going to do if we lose a player tonight. I think that would be a really crappy blow especially since we have a lead in numbers over Papa. But I do suppose it would even out the game? Last night, I noticed that there was some hostility between Yasmin and Russell. It's becoming more apparent as the game goes on that people's personalities are starting to shine through. Russell has become a leader-type, but can be a little bossy while Yasmin doesn't care what she says or how she says it.

At this point in the game, I'm just sitting back and observing. I haven't made any official alliances, but I did find out that I know Charlie. Him and I didn't make any plans, but it's easy for me to say that we're friends and we'll probably look out for one another. I'm also becoming more and more anxious as hours pass to see who the eliminated player is from the game. It could be just about anybody. But as Russell pointed out earlier in the camp, it may come down to Kathleen, Judd, and Ashley had everyone on our tribe been time savvy and submitted the challenge right away after completing it. Hopefully those 3 don't submit and they all go?

[Erinn Lobdell]

I don't know what's going on with tonight's vote. All I know is that Charlie, Yasmin, and I will be voting together because we made that vow in a group PM. We're sticking together in this. However from my point of view, I think the vote should be for Aaron, because he didn't chip in at all this week in the challenge and never even showed up at 10AM like he said he was going to. I think if we were to lose him we'd maybe do better at the challenge next week and wouldn't have to really worry about losing again.

I just got a PM from Yasmin though, and she said pretty much the same thing. She said that everyone is probably going to be going for Aaron, which would be 3 people, minus Aaron, but she could get J.P. to vote with us, and we could get out whoever we wanted. I think that's really crazy! It's so soon in the game to make a powerplay, but if we did it.. we could stick with J.P. and control this tribe here on out. I think we're waiting on Charlie to make a decision and then we're going to vote soon after.

My first instinct is Russell, but he's really dedicated and a good member of the tribe.. so maybe like Jamie or Sydney? I don't know. Yasmin pointed out an interesting fact that Russell is probably aligned with Sydney because she hasn't talked to her or even me, or maybe Russell is also even with Jamie, and that the fight was an act because it was so random. Either way, I think the goal is to weaken Russell so that he's controlled by us. We'll see how it works out tonight. I'm anxious!

[Co Host Tom Westman]

So Erinn hows it going? Has much happened in the past round or so or has it been quiet?

And future moves you are planning?

[Erinn Lobdell]

Things have actually been quiet for the most part. I'm surprised it took Sydney this long to react to her departure, but oh well. The whole point of getting her out was to get rid of less competition come the merge, and it looks like we planned accordingly because after this double elimination week, I think the merge round is upon us. Also, by "we", I mean Charlie, Yasmin, and I. J.P. too but as much as it pains me to say it, we're only using him for the number game we have going right now, as this stage in the game is all about making alliances with the right people, and I'm all set.

This week expect the vote to be headed to either Aaron or Jamie; Russell maybe. Whichever doesn't win the Individual Immunity will probably be packing up and getting their torch snuffed. They haven't been social with me or anyone else in the alliance from what I've heard, so they have to go. Last thing any of us needs is them jumping ship. We hope that when the merge comes, we can snag a player from Papa to make the ultimate 5-person alliance so that we control half the votes and take it from there! I'm all about doing good and being a clean player. I don't want to lie, and I don't want to be a villain.

I'm trying my hardest to play a clean, focused, and strategic game.

[Co Host Tom Westman]

Hey Erinn! Some generic questions for everyone. So tonight we have the double TC which could change the game.

Whats your plan for this round?

Whats your long term plan? I.e stick with the tribe or ditch it?

Who is your closest ally/the person you trust the most?

[Erinn Lobdell]

My plan for this round was to just stick to the overall plan I had set up rounds previous and that's to be loyal to my alliance. The vote tonight is for Aaron and that's because he's really, really inactive. I know that he should have left the last time we came to TC but I think the alliance and myself didn't ant Sydney still in the game because she probably would have won tonight. She was a tough competitor and none of us were aligned with her. Had she gone over to Papa, we would have had some stiff competition, so getting her out of the game for long run purposes was smart on our part I think.

Looking ahead into the game I think that the alliance we're all in right now on Rangi will stick together. We all get along and we all seem to be on the same page about everything. Our goals re to eliminate threats, but still play a clean game while doing so. The only person that I think is playing really dirty out of all of us is Yasmin but that's really just her mouth yapping away. The person I'm closest to right now is probably Charlie. I see him as the leader of this tribe and I kind of see him as the person who dethroned Russell as leader on the tribe the night Sydney left. Charlie's a great player and I'm happy I'm aligned with him.

[Co Host Tom Westman]

We haven't heard from you in a while Erinn!

What has your part been in the events of the last week?

Do you think you can make that FTC?

What has your strategy been in the game so far?

[Erinn Lobdell]

Hi, Tom! Last week, Yasmin and I really tried to get Sugar to flip. Yasmin was able to convince her to flip over and we thought we had it set in stone that Kelly would be leaving the game. For some reason or another it seems, Papa got ahold of the information and voted Sugar to get her out of the game. I don't even know how they knew that Sugar flipped because none of us would tell any of them. The only logical explanation is that Sugar wasn't believable enough to still be loyal to them, so they voted her out by paranoia. It really bit the big one, but better it be Sugar than Charlie, Yasmin, or I. With it now down to just 3-3, things are to get interesting, but before the game continues it's down to this eChallenge that will most likely determine the end of this game.

If the evil alliance all are safe and win the prize, then it's going to be them in the FTC. If Rangi all wins and wins a prize, it's still pretty close because Charlie and I think that Russell has the HII, and that Kelly or Parvati may have the other. It really depends on whatever this prize we get could be. If we lose an alliance member, and win the prize then whoever wins the prize is the only one who has a chance to making it to the end. It's so crazy because there are so many scenarios that could take place this round. This game has been really mind boggling and crazy for me. I don't know if I could do All Stars with more of these kinds of people because they're so intense. I'd definitely try if I was chosen but you really have to realize that this game has been very, very competitive from the get go.

[Co Host Tom Westman]

So an epic tribal council last round, you found the HII late in the day, if you had not would it have changed anything?

What are your chances of making it to the end now do you feel?

Can you win this if you make it there? Who are the big jury threats?

And if you make All Stars do you think you are a Hero or a Villain and why?

You have often been described as a coattail rider... What is your answer to this?

[Erinn Lobdell]

Yes! I found the HII late in the day. I realized that if I wanted any chance of staying in this game, I really had to look hard for that idol. So after a failed first attempt, I really went looking the second time. I finally found it, and was so relived! I needed that or I would have been the one leaving this week, I think. My chances of making it to the end are very slim. I can see myself sitting in the Final Tribal Council, actually. Even if I win the last challenge or not. I think everyone else in the game assumes they can just beat me without even trying, but they can just rule that out because when and if I'm in that FTC, I'm going to work the Jury over as much as I can to get votes to win.

I think I can win if I really try to get votes. I never said it was going to be busy. It's going to take alot of talking, explaining, and defending on my part. The big Jury threat right now is Yasmin. She has this in the bag if she makes it to the FTC, and if not Yasmin then Parvati will probably get it. As much as I'd want my Rangi members to vote me, I'm not 100% sure that they would. If I make All-Stars, I think I would be cast as a Hero. I'm that under the radar player, that made the right ties with the right people, and won challenges at the right time to make it to the end. For those calling me a coat-tail rider, it's the same thing. I may not have made the most game changing moves, but it took work to keep me in this game, surviving week after week: especially last week!