Week 1 - Diary Room

[Heather]

12/4/2014

OMG!  I am so excited to be here!  Obviously there's not much to report yet since we just moved in and all but I have a feeling that this season is gonna be a good one!

My first thoughts upon entering the house were that there are a lot of us!  Sixteen for a cast is a big number, but I like it!  The more the merrier right?  It's going to take a little while to get to know everybody individually.  I'm sure that people are on their best behavior right now too, so it's tough to say if anyone is really as they seem just yet... I give the honeymoon period a week maybe, tops.  It's too much of a pressure cooker in here for all of us to be getting along for too long.

I'm really nervous right now too, just because we haven't heard anything about a twist yet... and we all know that there's gonna be a twist... I mean come on, give me a break. Then again we're gearing up for this first competition and so far there's been no news.  I honestly am not sure what to think.  I'd like to win HoH but at the same time it's always risky to win this early, and this comp is gonna be such a crapshoot anyway!  Literally anyone could win this one, even somebody that might be trying to throw it.  Of course everything about the first week is always so up in the air, so what can you expect... ugh, safety would just feel so nice!

[Heather]

12/5/2014

Talk about a whirlwind of emotions...



Those results though... ugh.  Honestly, I'm happy for Luisa and Monika.  Even though I haven't talked to either of them all that much yet, it's like, if I'm going to win HoH then I definitely want it to be fair.  Getting the credit for someone else's victory wouldn't be cool.  


My heart though, wow... I was just so happy, first to be Caleb's partner, because I mean that couldn't have gone more perfectly for me, and then to have "won" the first Co-HoH, I mean it seemed too good to be true... which, of course it was.  When Shir said that there was a possible mistake in the tallying, it was like being kicked in the stomach.  I really felt like I'd had something taken from me, even though I know that it wasn't really "mine."


The good thing is I think that this is almost better for Caleb and I, in the long run anyway.  Now, everyone sort of feels bad for us.  As long as we don't get nominated, which I don't think that we will, we're going to come out of this week unscathed and without any blood on our hands... and honestly, that's way more ideal than having pissed off four, maybe even six people, by putting them on the block.

[Shir]

Sorry about that

[Zach]

You lost that HOH

SPOILER: Click to show

Jk you fab

[Heather]

Dec 5, 2014 18:34:25 GMT -5 Shir said:

Sorry about that

OMG, don't even apologize!  Mistakes happen Shirlicious.  

[Heather]

Dec 5, 2014 18:55:22 GMT -5 Zach said:

You lost that HOH

SPOILER: Click to show

Jk you fab

Sure Zach.

[Heather]

12/5/2014



Luisa and Monika have both promised Caleb and I that we won't be going up on the block today.  I believe them both, but still, I'm a little bit anxious for it all to be official.  Really, it'd be silly of #Monisa to go after us, since neither of #Healeb would nominate them if we won HoH next week.  We have their backs right now, so unless they're complete loons, we should be good!

Looking at things objectively, I really think that the smartest strategy for HoHs right now is to nominate pairs who aren't necessarily close and cohesive or who aren't both very strong in challenges.  If someone were to go after a power couple like that right now, sure, they'd be making a big move by getting rid of one half of a threatening team, but at the same time, someone out of that pair would stay, and I think it can safely be assumed that hell would hath no fury like the surviving half of a scorned duo.


_{E.g. Scorned Chloe.}

12/5/2014

Getting a pair of keys today was a huge relief!  I don't necessarily feel like I'm out of the woods just yet though. Anything can happen in this game, and with this twist especially, it's pretty scary. It's gonna be torture to be a spectator now while the Power of Veto Competition plays out. If a duo is ever vetoed, then one person from the pair that replaces them on the block is gonna be up a creek... I mean we're talking like majorly screwed! It's a foregone conclusion, per the rules, that one of them has to go home, and it will really suck for the person that does too, because essentially, they will have had no chance of saving themselves.

[Heather]

Oh hi.  Disregard all of my strategic analysis on replacement nominees because Kat changes her mind and tweaks everything so that I look dumb!

SPOILER: Click to show

Jk I love you "Coellen." 

[Heather]

12/6/2014

Breaking News: Caleb and I have received our first official alliance offer!  #Matoria approached us early this morning and now the four of us are officially working together in this game!  Matt wanted to name our group already, which was kinda silly but we just went with it because whatever.  He threw out a couple of name ideas and Victoria really liked BAE (Best Alliance Ever,) so I guess that's what we're calling ourselves now!

_{Alliance engineer and all around mastermind.}

[Heather]

12/7/2014

Update: Matt is a shady lady... he actually wants to keep Chelsia over Jessie if nominations stay the same.


_{Shady lady.}

Chelsia couldn't even be bothered to participate in the Veto Comp yesterday.  Poor Jessie was basically shackled to a 145 lb. anvil during the whole thing.  He had literally no chance to win and save himself.  If someone wants to be here, at this stage in the game, I'm not going to evict them over someone that can't even seem to try.  I get that people are busy and that they have lives, but we all know what we signed up for.  If you can't handle the heat then get out of the kitchen.

Matt's thinking though, is that Jessie should go because he actually put forth some undetermined amount of effort, to you know, try and actively play in a game that we all voluntarily opted to join.

That's like saying that we should get rid of a tee-ball player so that we can all play Major League Baseball against a pillow.


<sub>Jessie.


Chelsia.</sub>

What's the point of competing if you don't have competitors to compete against?  There's no fun in being part of a winning alliance if you only have to mow through inactives.  His whole logic just really irked me and was definitely cause for some alarm.  I mean, if he's willing to play like that now, how is he gonna be when things really get down to the wire?

[Heather]

12/7/2014

(I may still be a little bit tipsy so please pardon me in advance.)

Matt wants to keep Jerry... therefore I don't?  It seems strange wanting to go against the grain of what a so called alliance member wants right now, but my gut is telling me that we need to keep the bearded groundskeeper in this game! It's kinda funny actually, because before the ceremony today I even thought that I might want Jerry to stay, but now I'm really just second guessing everything.  It's seemed as though while everyone has been hemming and hawing about the whole Donny vs. Jerry thing, Jerry might actually have an edge in regards to support, and that kinda makes me wonder just how loyal Jerry would be to me, or anyone really, if he did end up staying.  Like is he telling everyone that he wants to work with them?  Maybe I'm overthinking things, but if people people are so willing to let Donny go, in all honesty, I think that turning the tides in Donny's favor could be really beneficial.

It's tough because I do think that Jerry is a nice guy, and I know that he wants to be here, but at the end of the day, I'm playing a game, and I have to go with my gut.  Christ, this is only the first week... this shouldn't be so hard!

[Heather]

12/7/2014

I think that the ball is definitely rolling for Jerry to go at this point.  I feel really bad because he's such a nice guy and he been telling me that he feels the closest to me out of everyone in the house... I have to go with my gut on this one though.  We can't keep changing things around.  At this point Caleb, Leo, Nicole and I are all on board to keep Donny and there should be at least several more votes that also fall that way (Danni, Jess, Nathan, Victoria.)  I would love to get to know Jerry outside of the house and foster a friendship with him that way, but in this game I have to go with what I think is going to benefit me the most overall.  I'm so sorry Jerry.