Episode 10

[Julia Sokolowski]

Ba bum tiss second exile clue at my fingertips.

[Julia Sokolowski]

Oh my gosh...shit is going down.

Julia Sokolowski is one crazy player, I'll tell ya that much. I stirred this pot so much and the moment of truth is here.

Originally the vote today was supposed to be a simple unanimous vote for Natalie.

Then, it got a little wacky when Ian wanted to keep Natalie for personal reasons and vote off Carrie instead. I quickly shot him down and said no way am I voting Carrie so the plan went to Jaclyn instead. I may be close to Ian, but Carrie is my #1 to the end. Nobody takes a shot at her while I'm still here.

Anyway, meanwhile as Ian recruited Dustin and Burnie to vote for Jaclyn, I was working overtime on my plan to oust Burnie. As my confessionals show, this has been a LONG and stressful ongoing process for the past few episodes. I managed to convince Ian that Burnie was a threat and he agreed to take out Burnie next round.

BUT I don't want him gone next round. I want him gone now. The numbers are perfect now with Dorothy at exile and all that. Now is the time to strike.

Tim is my new strategy 101 partner in crime. We both like to cut to the chase and take the threats out. I had to make up some white lies about Burnie to Tim to break their bond and it's seemingly working. I think I'm Tim's partner in crime as well. Tim is one paranoid dude though and if he doesn't keep it bottled in until 10 EST this could go bad.

I told Nat she was the target and was going home, but that I didn't want her to go home. I pretended to make up this elaborate plan with her as we went along to save her. This should gain me massive brownie points for helping her to stay here. She's voting for Burnie.

Jaclyn is the wildcard. People didn't want me to tell her about this vote, but I didn't want to leave her in the dark since she was a valuable vote. She's literally loyal to no one anymore since I broke her and Ian's relationship by telling Jaclyn Ian was gunning for her. She is voting for Burnie. Little does she know, I probably only saved her for one more round.

Ian was the hardest to convince. I told him it was in our best interest and we had the numbers now. After an hr of talking to him he finally agreed and I hope he's being honest. I told him about triple helix and how Dorothy/burnie have been lying to me and I was being their loyal follower telling them everything. I also made him believe that one of them most likely has the idol. Originally, Ian was going to be left in the dark on this vote, but I knew that would come back to bite me since I am super close to him. So I worked on him hard and finally managed to convince him even though Tim didn't want me to tell him since he thinks he'll tell Burnie and Burnie will play his idol that he probably has.

Carrie has yet to show up, but I have no doubt she will vote with me. I have tried my best to make her my #1 and I think it has worked well. She trust me and doesn't have as much trust in Dorothy/Burnie anymore.

This game is full of a lot of what ifs and right now, this vote could be a masterful plan designed by me or it could be a total disaster that blows up in my face. Either way, if I go home, you know I went out swinging playing my ass off. This will be the biggest move of the game since I have been with Dorothy and Burnie since day 1.

If all goes well, the vote should be 6-2 Burnie-Jaclyn respectively. I wouldn't be surprised if that is not the case and the vote is more like 4-2-1-1 Burnie-Jaclyn-Natalie-Carrie or something crazy like that. All I know is I've done my best to cover my bases. Unfortunately, I am sure some people are starting to see me as a social/strategic threat so I need to try to keep a low profile and do major damage control with Dorothy when she comes back to fireworks at seeing Burnie gone.

It's Final 9. 6 more votes to go. I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Can I make it? We can only wait and see what fate has in store for me.

[Audrey Tautou]

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