Mike's Confessionals

[Mike Holloway]

Will all go here for your reading and enjoyment

[Mike Holloway]

Sorry I have been lacking. Work has kept me busy, but no excuses. I am usually better at this, and it's totally my fault.

So, I will try to briefly recap whats happened to me so far.

When I first started the game, I was pumped. My tribe was a little quiet, but then it picked up and we all began to talk. I had immediately connected with Spencer. Through this we formed an alliance, and invited in Malcolm and Andrea. I loved those two as well. With the whole "You need to vote someone out right away" fear in everyones head, it was mentioned that it was probably not a vote off, but we treated it as such anyway. At the time, Hali and Angie hadn't shown up, so we went with Angie. It was great that she stayed but also started a whole lotta crap, and that was the moment she hated everyone, everything and for some reason specifically me.

Winning the first challenge was great. It seemed like everything was going fine, woo woo, and all of that jazz. Going into our first Tribal Council, Parvati and I spoke about tricking Angie into thinking she was going (Cause she didnt compete in the challenge, was inactive, wasnt around) and vote someone else, to make sure if Angie had an idol, it was played. Well, Malcolm who I wanted to keep was no where to be found. I voted Hali to throw a vote and hope Malcolm did the same, but Spencer self voted and Malcolm left. The tribe was super quiet, not around and I didnt like it. I tried to speak with them and get things going, but no one seemed to talk... and then the switch happened.

More to come from that point, cause its where my game got interesting.

[Mike Holloway]

So first tribe swap. I was starting to feel on the outs, especially after the challenge for the album cover where the girls kept leaving out the guys. I felt like my days were numbered. I am glad I am with Spencer, but nervous of Angie because shes not going to trust us after we tried to vote her out, and she is a loose cannon.

Angie confronts me about my plan with Parvati, but blames it all on me telling me that 3 people told her I was the mastermind behind it. Funny thing was, Parvati wanted to do it as well, but told Angie and Parv was the only one I had spoken to about it since my tribe wasn't around. So, either Angie had exagerrated or Parv tried to pin it on me, and was close with Angie (which I figured out later). So, anyway, first thing we do on the new tribe, she blows up at me, completely. First she tells me she hates me, then she tells me Burton and Alex want me out, and she would do it to... So I confront the guys, she gets mad at me for revealing their plan to vote me out along with her help. Yeah, ok. Anyway, she yells, I tell her "lets work together, people think we hate each other, lets use it to our advantage" ANyway, I am just trying to save my rep with Erik and Ciera so they will work with me. I give Angie to Spencer to handle cause shes a loose cannon, and I wanted her out ASAP but knew the smart move was to play calm, and keep her around for a bit.

I get she was mad that I outed her plan to the guys, even though they still ended up voting me, but I dont get why her defense in it was she was inactive the first half of the game. but that all blew over, not really cause she still hates me hahaha everyone knows it and I dont really care.

So right after the tribe swap was a whole lotta drama. Centered around Angie blowing up at me, and me trying to look good in the eyes of the new folk around.

More to come....

[Mike Holloway]

The conversation I had with Angie during this. It's only half the story as the raging Angie was in public with other people present, as I tried to stop the rage privately with her in this chat. It starts with a confrontation here, and then she moves it publicly, and I try to move it back here privately to calm the situation.

Angie Layton

i was told
on old saluma
that you wanted to vote me
fake vote me
to scare me to play my idol
which overall is a stupid move because why not work with the idol if there is one and isnt necessarily against you
ya feel?
and like 3 people told me so i figured it held some truth
the issue is now were sorta stuck together and because i clearly looked like the outsider of the group everyone came to me to swing me and everyone that came to me targetted you.
but even in that instance im not about to walk into the lion's den and vote you out

Mike:
Oh, I feel you. It wasn't anything against you. I never wanted you out. and I am not denying it. It also wasn't me that solely planned that. It was discussed and I agreed, but I never even spoke to anyone about the vote. So, whoever went and told you that, had someone try to put me at all the blame with that, and obviously pitched it as my idea. I never had the idea to start.

Angie Layton
well its okay whoever did it is going to kick rocks eventually
burton and alex want you out
candice is their side hoe
they want me to vote you out too

Mike
ok, Its so they can gain numbers.

Angie Layton
obviously.

Mike:
Cause we have 3, and they figure that they can use you as a vote until you arent needed.
They figure we are all going to work together, and if they can split that, it betters them.
and for the "3" people who told you about that "plan" I spoke to one person for about 10 mins with that vote. So you can see someone started to start crap early on here and avoid blame.

Angie Layton
i mean
its possible that word travelled
because nobody came to me about it

Mike:
Yeah, a lie travelled.

Angie Layton
whoever i asked, and i asked andrea, parv, and hali

Mike:
I spoke to Parvati about the vote, thats it.

Angie Layton
and all 3 said
"well its malcolm, but i heard your name come up too so idk"
and whoever i asked said it was you or andrea
Andrea hinted at you

Mike:
I never mentioned you at any point. The only other name I had heard was Hali. Never you, and I didnt even speak with Andrea. So I dont know where that is coming from.

Angie Layton
maybe she talked to parv
idk i dont
because i was SO absent
but im a queen
and im not leaving
so they both better watch their shit

Angie Layton (Starting to send me their convos)

Burton Roberts:What's with the shade home slice
which shade
Burton Roberts
to Mike lol

Angie:
what exactly
did you say
so i can respond
in turn


Mike:
I said "I heard you were targetting me, is this true" and he went on saying no, its not, and that you were targetting me. I said, why:

Angie Layton
k
hes telling me you specifically mentioned me

Mike: he asked if it was you
so obviously you were the only one he spoke with

Angie Layton
well thanks for fucking me in the ass when i tried saving you
appreciate it

(This is where it went Public, and she went off, and then it came back here to "work it out" but I think we both know it will never work, and we just needed each other in that moment. Once we get the chance, we will go after each other.)

Mike: I do apologize for everything that happened, but understand, I never wanted you out, and never said that.

Angie Layton
I understand. And I apologize if I threw shade @ you, but obviously I didnt want you out if I came to you and told you about it LOL


Mike: Lol, I apologize for jumping the gun too, I do want to work with you, and hope we can move past this.
Plus, we can do some major damage together if people actually do think we hate each other now.

Angie Layton
yeah
i mean it only made us bigger targets


Mike:

We will get through it though. We can keep numbers, work together and then we aren't targets. IF people try to turn us on each other with it, we can gain the advantage by using that and working together.



This is last TC... Shes still at it...


Mike:

Any thoughts on the vote? I am hoping the beauties can stick together.


Angie Layton
yeah I'm not sure yet
I've heard you

Mike:

I am not getting into this one again lol. I dont want to know.

So, yes I had jumped the gun, but never pinned anything on her. This was our private conversation as she jumped down my throat in our alliance conversation with Spencer, Erik & Ciera. She was going off at me, while trying to be my friend here. She needed to pick one side or the other, and not have a dual personality. Although, sometimes I dont think its an act. She tried to stir up crap, got caught, and then flipped out. Im not sure why she did it, but I tried to play cool and calm the situation. I still feel like shes a loose cannon, and will not hesitate to vote me out. She threatens everyone who opposes her, and she definetely not the queen. Her crap stinks too.

[thenavneet]

Can you expand on your current situation in the aftermath of Parv getting voted out?

[Mike Holloway]

Yeah sure! I encourage you asking me questions, lets me think of the specifics instead of a broad overview.

Ok, so with Parvati getting voted out, I feel like I am toast or completely useful. Now, I would say I am toast because I did trust Parvati, and she did take a target off my back because of her flamboyant personality (plus shes one of the only people around here WITH a personality). If the beauties are picked off one by one it is going to not look good for me, hence why I sent myself to Exile. Keeps me safe for a round, keeps me out of the drama, and hopefully some new targets are formed so I can squeak in and make my way a little further in the game.

The problem now is if people are comfortable with where they are now in the game, I may be an easy pick off, but if they realize I can be used as a number, it keeps me in it. Now, I don't really like being considered just a number, but it beats a jury seat. It also gives me the ability to attempt to manipulate people to get myself further in the game. Now, people aren't too chatty with me, and I don't know if they aren't in general, or if they just don't want to see the potential I can add to their game. Parvati was an extra vote on my side, as was Spencer, so it was a tough shot, especially to see back to back, but it just makes me need to fight harder to gain some votes and keep myself in it.

I am never out of this game until Julie says I am, so I am not giving up, its just another roadblock I need to get around.

[Mike Holloway]

I go to exile, and come back to a Brawn vs. Brain! Woo, let's see if I can score me some brownie points and sink in the middle for a couple rounds. Gotta try to play this smart. Missing this TC may have done me a little good. I need to go put some pieces together here.

[thenavneet]

Can you expand on how you think the vote tied and what made you vote Shirin on the revote?