August 17 thoughts

[Brendan Synnott]

I’m reading through my old confessional entries. A few things stick out for me:

1. I was wondering why I was playing an org game. I was freaking out early in the game thinking I could have easily been voted off first. Here I am in the final 7 now waiting for tribal council results to be posted. Not only that, but I was worrying about backstabbing people since I happen to do it nearly every time I play these games. Now, I have finally backstabbed John.

2. I also said that I need to remember not to trust anyone 100%. I guess then I have to say I trust Lydia 99%. lol It worries me that I told her this, but I also found out that people on our old tribe think we’re [John and I] in an alliance anyways including Jenna. I am hoping this does not come back to bite me.

3. I have said it many times in my confessional that I don’t trust John… and it took me 8 tribal councils to backstab him. lol

4. I have said that there may be this huge alliance in the game that I wasn’t a part of. I think I can say that this is not the case as my tribe seems to be sticking together.

I decided to send a PM to Stephenie telling her that I believe she is safe against JP. Lydia told me Stephenie has the power to nullify every vote in the tribal council except for hers and she might have used it to get rid of John. So, I don’t want Stephenie using it, so I sent that PM. I really hope she doesn’t use it.

Anyways, Lydia told me that Jenna was suspicious of my alliance with John. So John might not have told anyone. I did question him about it. If he didn’t tell anyone, he might not trust me now because I questioned him. Now was probably the best time to backstab him, but I didn’t do it until Lydia told me about Stephenie’s power.

Things can change on a dime in this game. I hope I don’t meet a demise soon in this game because I backstabbed John to Lydia, but I just can’t trust the dude.

Let me give a quick thought to the remaining players.

Frosti and Natalie – have not had contact with them

JP – basically same as frosti and Natalie. Lol

John – He could have been very loyal to me. I might have thrown it away… but how do you trust someone whose first conversation with you is to form an alliance?

Jenna – I loved her when I first talked to her but we just don’t seem to be talking as much. I still love her, but we need to start communicating more.

Stephenie – same as Jenna, but that’s because she’s on vacation. Still love her.

Lydia – I trust her the most, and I hope she doesn’t backstab me.

[Host Sara]

I love your confessionals!!!! I know you said this was your first ORG in two years and probably your last, but PLEEAAAASE consider coming back for All-Stars!!

[Brendan Synnott]

lol, depends. Like I said, things change on a dime around here.

[Brendan Synnott]

JP is gone. Stephenie didn't use her power. All is right with Survivor. So I'm thinking a lot more about the end game. We're very close to it. I told Lydia what I knew, and she told me Jenna suspected an alliance between me and John. Lydia also knew of Steph's power. What worries me is that the three of those girls are very close. I have a feeling they have a secret 3 person alliance and were planning on taking out me and John at the final 5. I still trust all the members of my alliance, but maybe I should talk to Lydia about taking out John next round. He has the ability to nullify two votes, and now we are down to the final 7. If Jenna, Lydia, Stephenie, and myself team up, we have the majority to take out John next round. Hopefully, Stephenie will be back in time for the next tribal so we can discuss it. Lydia also said how Steph wanted to use that power for John's demise which is completely alright with me.

Any former Guananico tribe member in the finals will automatically have three votes. There is no way I can team up with Guananico. Frosti and Natalie have to go. With me telling Lydia the real story about my alliance with John, she may go tell Jenna and Steph and they may want to keep me til the final 4. I know I told Lydia not to tell anyone, but I think she will tell someone. If it does happen to be me, Jenna, Lydia, and Stephenie in the final 4, I guess the only thing I can do is try to win immunity.

The only thing I can do right now is go with the flow.

If the deadline to answer those questions is 3 PM eastern wednesday... Then tribal deadline may be 3 PM Thursday... I guess I might wait til last minute to send in my two sets of questions in hopes Steph gets back early Thursday.

[Brendan Synnott]

Another thing I should be concerned about is that everyone in my alliance wanted to vote off JP. Not a single person was worried if Stephenie had a secret power. This should raise another red flag for me that Steph might be aligned with Jenna and Lydia separate from me and John.


Hmmm, now I'm wondering if backstabbing John was the right move...