Confessionals Round 1

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

I don't know why I am posting this as round 1 confessionals when the first round will start tomorrow. Based on the tribe as it is now, I know Gabe as judged by my pre-game answers so that's one person I can really see myself working with. However, I could pull in 2 others for a 4-some on this tribe. I will have to scope out Boo, Bellinger, Earl, Katie, and Kelly and see how out of those 5 I feel would be the most trustworthy for the alliance.

Also, if there's any way I can find out how to make a majority within a majority (meaning me and 3 others aligning to have a solid 3 in case the tribe should get down to the 4 of us) but I don't think that'd be the best thing to start right now.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Also in other news, my state (South Carolina) has a snow/ice storm headed to it, I hope it doesn't kill my power, that would definitely suck.

Anyways, I'm talking to Brandon and the moment and boy, this guy is like talking to a wall, he responds to everything with a one word answer, it's gonna be hard to keep up a good social game with people like that. I'll try to keep talking to him, I need him off my back if we ever do have to go to Tribal, even if a social game is hard to keep with him, I need to try as much as I can and not overdo it, I don't want to talk too much or else people think I'm up to something.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

So I talked to Earl earlier, and yeah just noticed the double "earl" in that last sentence haha. He seems to be a pretty cool guy, we talked about the weather that's coming for me, and about Survivor, then I had to go. As far as I can see, he seems like a pretty nice guy, but I'm gonna need a bit more insight on him before I go and offer him an alliance, cause I've learned you can't really judge a book by its cover, he could be the nicest guy on Tiberius, and given the chance, he could easily flip and turn on me, but if he's a truly genuine and trustworthy guy, then I'll rope him into the alliance and work on the 4th.

Right now, I'm considering whether that 4th should be a permanent member, or I should work on that 4th personally to have him/her voting however I vote, when really they'd be voting the same as 3 other people, but right now my mind's not really in the strategic mode tonight lol so I am just naming strategies in my head as they come and polishing them to make them better. I feel more along the lines of if it's a 4 someone, someone could easily flip by knowing they were at the bottom of the barrel. If I were to get someone as a "4th" (the swing vote) they wouldn't know they were at the bottom, so they'd be more loyal I feel.

[Tom Westman]

Wow some great confessionals there. Quality and Quantity! Keep it up Dan

We have heard your thoughts on Earl and Brandon some, what about the rest of your tribe if you have had to talk to them?

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

We have heard your thoughts on Earl and Brandon some, what about the rest of your tribe if you have had to talk to them?

I'm talking to Katie right now, she seems to be a good nice player as well, I don't know if her "anxious to work together on some challenges" means it's a hint around for alliances though, if so, a bit gung ho to offer me it this early. I haven't talked to Boo and Kelly yet, I pmed Kelly last night, but she hasn't responded yet, and Boo hasn't either.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

So right now, everyone's pretty much came on today, and Boo hasn't been on in about 2 days, so I think if we were to lose the challenge, Boo would be the easiest target to boot at this point unless by some miracle he comes online, then I think he should go. Katie and Earl seem to be my top 2 candidates for the "swing vote" and the 3rd member of our alliance, just have to figure out which one I trust more of the two to work with me and Gabe. I like them both so far so really it's gonna be tough to decide. I hope we manage to win the IC at 7 today, I just hope I can make it there, all depends on what this ice storm does and if we can keep electricity.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Just posting again cause I had a pretty good laugh... Kelly is the princess of Tiberius? Pssh, she's too much of a princess to even have a social game right now, I got no response to my pm lol, but I guess she just missed it, Katie did too and then replied like hours later, so I guess I will wait and see, but the whole self absorbed attitude she has is gonna get annoying fast if she keeps it up.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Danielle DiLorenzo 3:26 pm
Hey Katie, how are you? :-)
katie steph fan 3:26 pm
hey Danielle!
Im good, how are u?
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:27 pm
I'm good just freezing lol, I'm hoping I can keep my electricity for the IC tonight :-\ got an ice storm in my state
katie steph fan 3:27 pm
oh that sucks
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:27 pm
yeah lol I'm hoping it doesn't, I love our tribe though
katie steph fan 3:27 pm
ya me 2, we seem to have a good group
katie steph fan 3:29 pm
so assuming ur power doesnt go out, ur going to be there at 7?
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:29 pm
yeah I'll be there :-)
katie steph fan 3:29 pm
awesome
me too, I did have plans, but it got cancelled, so it works out, haha
so do u play in a lot of ORGs?
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:31 pm
haha I haven't played in many on proboards, about 3-4, how about you?
katie steph fan 3:31 pm
ya I dont play in a lot
this is like my 10th game at the most
first in like 10 months, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:31 pm
haha
katie steph fan 3:31 pm
this is def the biggest cast I've played with tho
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:31 pm
I've never played with 28 players
lol
I'm wondering if 1 tribe, 2, or 3 will be immune
I guess we'll see tonight
katie steph fan 3:32 pm
ya I was thinking the same thin
*thing
I think prob only 1 will be immuned, to keep this game from lasting too long
I really hope its us who wins it, :-)
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:33 pm
:-)
I hope so too, I hope Boo shows up
katie steph fan 3:33 pm
hope so
have u talked to anyone else yet? no one seems to be logging on to AIM, lol
I said hi to Brendon, but he never responded
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:34 pm
I talked to Earl yesterday, and Brandon
i've talked to all but Boo and Kelly
katie steph fan 3:34 pm
cool
there Brendon responded now, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:34 pm
haha
katie steph fan 3:34 pm
*Brandon
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:34 pm
yeah he just now responded to me asking how he was doing
lol
katie steph fan 3:35 pm
lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:39 pm
lol
I'm just ready to see what this challenge is tonight
katie steph fan 3:39 pm
ya me 2
I hope its not a posting challenge tho, I hate those, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:41 pm
haha
I hate those too, I hope it's not something with drawing, I'm really bad
at drawing lol
katie steph fan 3:42 pm
oh me too
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:48 pm
nobody hardly is on aim much except for me, you, Brandon, and Earl
katie steph fan 3:49 pm
I know, it worries me that the other three maybe inactive
well if that is the case it could be an easy three boots, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:51 pm
haha
yeah I think so as well, especially Boo
he hasn't been on in 3 days almost
katie steph fan 3:51 pm
oh wow, didnt realize it was that bad, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 3:55 pm
haha
I'm just hoping he does come on, but I hope I can keep electricity till then
katie steph fan 3:56 pm
I guess its good to have a few duds on ur tribe in that aspect
ya I hope u do too, that would suck
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:03 pm
yeah I hope I do as well, sorry if I'm quiet, I'm like getting distracted fast lol
katie steph fan 4:03 pm
lol dont worry, I'm just as bad, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:05 pm
lol
you are?
katie steph fan 4:05 pm
lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:05 pm
yeah im trying to make conversation :-P
idk how good of a job im doing
katie steph fan 4:07 pm
I dont think your doing bad conversation wise...
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:07 pm
thanks :-)
katie steph fan 4:07 pm
np
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:07 pm
I was happy to see someone picked Katie :-)
I loved her in Palau
katie steph fan 4:07 pm
lol, ya I rather enjoyed her
I also enjoyed Danielle in both Panama and HvV
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:08 pm
lol I just watched Panama not that long ago and loved it, then I saw most of my faves were already used in previous ones except Danielle so I chose her :-)
katie steph fan 4:09 pm
ya I prob would have picked Stephenie if she wasnt already picked
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:11 pm
I loved Stephenie, I loved her, Tom, Ian, Katie, and Bobby Jon in that season
although I think Ian was the one that basically "quit" at F3 if i remember right
katie steph fan 4:12 pm
bascially ya
he said he would jump down if Tom voted him off
so in theory Tom could have still taken Ian with him, so it wasnt a straight out quit, but still
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:14 pm
yeah I guess you are right about that
I haven't watched Palau in forever
katie steph fan 4:15 pm
ya me either, not since the released it on DVD
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:15 pm
I have all the DVD ones, well except Marquesas
katie steph fan 4:16 pm
same here... I will be getting it for my bday tho
which is in 3 days :-)
haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:16 pm
:-)
haha so close
katie steph fan 4:16 pm
I know
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:16 pm
how old will you be?
katie steph fan 4:16 pm
22
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:16 pm
I feel so young now :-P
katie steph fan 4:16 pm
lol
how old r u?
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:16 pm
19
katie steph fan 4:17 pm
lol, only 3 years apart... I was expecting to say like 16 or something, lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:18 pm
lol
I won't be 20 till August
so I got a while
katie steph fan 4:18 pm
ya turning 20 sucks, at least for me it did
katie steph fan 4:18 pm
I felt so old, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:20 pm
haha
I already do I hope it goes slowly
katie steph fan 4:20 pm
haha, ya I hear that
I dont want to be 22
katie steph fan 4:20 pm
that much closer to 30, ewww
lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:21 pm
lol
I'm not ready for 30 either, got a long way from there though
katie steph fan 4:22 pm
ya u still got like 11 years
and I still got 8, so I wont worry about it
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:23 pm
My birthday last year was kinda boring, I hope this next one is better :-)
katie steph fan 4:24 pm
ya my bday will be boring
I have to work, eww :-(
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:25 pm
:-(
ewww working on your b-day that should be like a day off for you to celebrate
katie steph fan 4:27 pm
I agree
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:30 pm
so what do you usually do for your birthday?
katie steph fan 4:30 pm
not much
my birthdays are usually boring, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:31 pm
haha same here, I just usually spend time at home for them, it gets boring most of the times
*time
katie steph fan 4:31 pm
ya that sounds like mine pretty much, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:32 pm
haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:32 pm
I always wonder what im gonna get for my birthday, not sure about this year cause well mine still has a while
katie steph fan 4:33 pm
ya, I know I am getting new pj's LOL, but other then that I have no clue whats in the other three
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:34 pm
lol
definitely need pj's in weather like this
I hate the cold
katie steph fan 4:34 pm
ya I really hate the cold
and I live in Canada, so think how I feel, haha
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:35 pm
haha
you're probably more used to it than me for sure
katie steph fan 4:35 pm
I wish I wasnt, lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:38 pm
lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 4:48 pm
well i gotta go eat so ill bbl
katie steph fan 4:48 pm
ok ttyl
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:11 pm
im back now
katie steph fan 5:12 pm
lol that was fast
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:13 pm
lol yeah I know, so whats up
:-P
katie steph fan 5:14 pm
not much thats new
Im getting hungry too, will prob go eat around 6ish
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:20 pm
yeah I'm glad I got my eating habit back in cycle, I went a while without eating a lot and everything I would eat would hurt my stomach :-\
katie steph fan 5:21 pm
ya that sucks
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:25 pm
yeah it's fine now thankfully, and so far so good with the power
but i don't wanna get too excited just yet lol
katie steph fan 5:26 pm
lol true
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:29 pm
lol
there's like ice everywhere on the ground
katie steph fan 5:30 pm
ewww
I hate it when it freezes that bad
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:30 pm
me too, I don't like ice, looks like that wasn't snow last night lol
katie steph fan 5:30 pm
I guess not
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:31 pm
I don't mind snow, it's ice I hate
katie steph fan 5:32 pm
I hate both
maybe cause ur snow is like nothing
what state are u from anyway?
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:32 pm
SC
katie steph fan 5:33 pm
ya thats like the middle/bottom part of the states, so u prob dont get too much snow
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:35 pm
nah not really, it snowed last year sometime, I can't remember the exact month
it was pretty thick
katie steph fan 5:36 pm
well I dont know how u stand it, lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:37 pm
I'm not sure, I can stand heat a lot better than cold weather, I'm so used to the warm/hot southern weather
not so much the cold weather :-P
katie steph fan 5:38 pm
ya I can handle heat no prob
I just hate the cold
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:41 pm
I hate the cold too
I wish it was summer again
katie steph fan 5:41 pm
me 2
and stayed that way
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:41 pm
we could go to another country where it's summer there :-P
but thats too much effort
katie steph fan 5:41 pm
and money
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:41 pm
just to escape the cold
lol
katie steph fan 5:41 pm
lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:41 pm
it's nice to see how well we get along :-)
katie steph fan 5:42 pm
it is :-)
especially since we're on the same tribe
and with any luck *knocks on wood* go far together (hopefully) lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:42 pm
lol I hope we do go far together :-)
katie steph fan 5:43 pm
I think we can
I mean we both seem active and that is huge in the tribal stages... and it seems like that will last a while
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:44 pm
we both seem to be the most active, Boo and Kelly seem to be the least right now, more of Boo since Kelly has at least showed up
katie steph fan 5:44 pm
ya exactly
but I guess thats good in a way, cause it would be easy to convince the others to vote off Boo, then Kelly
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:45 pm
Kelly seems a bit full of herself judging from her "princess of Tiberius" comment
that will get tiring fast
katie steph fan 5:45 pm
LOL
ya I thought that was weird, lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:47 pm
lol yeah I thought so too, she definitely seems to love herself
katie steph fan 5:47 pm
lol
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:48 pm
lol well her and Boo would be two easy boots for sure, Brandon doesn't seem really talkative, he kept responding in like one word answers last night
hard to keep the convo alive
lol
katie steph fan 5:48 pm
lol
ya he wasnt that bad for me, but it was definitely more awkward to talk to him
felt kinda forced
Danielle DiLorenzo 5:50 pm
what do you mean by forced?
katie steph fan 5:50 pm
well like u said, hard to keep the convo alive... didnt have a nice flow, so it felt like the convo was kinda forced to keep going


That's my conversation with Katie right now... judging by that she should see how I'm hinting around that Kelly, Boo, and Brandon should be targeted. I showed her interest in us 2 working together so I feel we could go far, so right now I think that pretty much shifts Earl into the passenger's seat in the three-way alliance. However, Gabe hasn't really posted much or anything on the boards, so I have to give them the appearance that I have talked to Gabe, otherwise, they might suspect the pre-game and split the both of us up. Katie being the "swing vote" is pretty much a good deal, as long as I make sure to keep her head in the same direction as mine, and my goal now is if we lose, to put the target on Boo/Kelly, but more-so of Boo since he's the lesser active of the two, but Kelly's arrogance is going to drive me up a wall, and hopefully will piss off everyone else on Tiberius so that she'll go faster.

I kinda want to be the bad girl, but not this early on in the game, so I have to give everyone the impression that I'm a good girl, the one everyone wants to work with, I don't wanna overdo that though cause "people talk" and I've seen in past ORGs how that has caused people to go. I dunno if I should have told Katie I've played in 3 previous ORGs though, but oh well.

[Yasmin Giles]

Dayum, girl. You fierce. Work it out, mama'.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

lol thanks Yasmin, just trying to get myself into a good position on Tiberius, just not one that will end up burning me if something goes wrong.

[Natalie White]

Great updates Danielle! Welcome to the game and Good Luck!

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Thanks Natalie!

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Phew, nice to see that we won immunity, and can actually take a breather for now. We mounted a hell of a comeback going from 4th to 2nd in one night, and good to see I make it 3 more days and to Final 26. I don't have to strategize, but so much for the "swing vote" strategy, Earl wanted a 4th in that alliance for majority, so I was kicking myself because I didnt want a 4th member in the alliance, because someone's gonna feel left out and possibly flip. Although now... as much as I wanna keep Gabe in the alliance, I think Katie and Earl aren't gonna feel the same after a while because of Gabe's inactivity right now so I need to try and keep Gabe but not too hard or people could see the relationship I have with him outside of these games (Not a romantic one either lol) and I need to have Katie feeling like a good part of the alliance and not an outsider so that she will be loyal to each of us, but my target has shifted from Boo to Kelly since Boo redeemed himself, and Kelly as good and strong as she is, she's too cocky and it gets annoying rather easily.

Katie got top dunker, I figured it'd be either me, her, or Brandon so if there's an HII there it would be nice to know one of the 4 of us possess it, as much as I'd like it in my pocket, another ally having it is fine with me too

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

It's hard to tell who will get the boot on Strabo and Suet right now... everyone on those 2 tribes seems really active, I highly doubt Chase or Courtney would considering they got top dunker, but if people get high paranoia about them possibly having an HII and vote them out, then they aren't in as good of a position as I assumed.

Anyways, my plan right now is to try and keep up as good of a social game as i can with my alliance, and with Boo, Kelly, and Brandon. I need their votes off their backs, and I'll do anything to keep it that way, whether it be making fake deals or anything of that nature.

[Danielle DiLorenzo]

Not much going on tonight for Tiberius and me as far as strategies go, it's really peaceful gives me enough time to relax and rest until the next IC, then it's back to the old drawing board to figure out plans and strategies if we were to lose. I need to give a good case on keeping Gabe around, because he is an ally of mine, but he hasn't pulled quite as much weight as the other 6 of us have, so it won't be easy. I don't wanna overdo it and force them to keep him, otherwise they will gain suspicions of my relationship and closeness for him and vote him out based on that. Kelly I want gone due to her arrogance, the whole "Princess of Tiberius" comment really rubbed me the wrong way.. I don't like someone coming in and assuming they are the king, queen, leading lady, whatever the hell they title themselves, of the tribe, but hey as long as I'm not the one becoming leader then that's fine with me. If anyone is a leader, I'd say it's Brandon, guy was really bossy during that challenge last night.. I mean I know it's a challenge that would involve tribe discussion, but the minute I hit Suet, he was like "Why not hit another tribe?" and just the way he seemed to force me to do this and do that in the challenge... the dictating part makes me want Brandon out more than the lack of him being able to say something that doesn't involve a one-word answer to me on AIM.

Boo has really made up for his inactivity, so I doubt Gabe/Earl/Katie would want him gone, so looks like the target is more than likely going to go on Kelly's back unless they decide to boot Gabe due to him not being the most active tribemate of ours, however I will not vote out Gabe.