[Jeff Probst]

With only 15 people left in the game, are you beginning to worry about numbers?

Do you feel like you would rather play with Veterans, Newbies or does that label not affect your decision one way or another?

With there being so many swaps and shake ups, do the original tribes mean less and less as different combinations of people begin to meet? Or is there still a sense of loyalty to your original tribe?

[Brian]

I will write a big confessional tomorrow about the whole Mari situation/this new swap/Brooke/how I feel going forward. I did receive a vote which is nervewracking but I know that people don't get away with targeting me in this game. Literally nobody, Blake's gone and Drew will too if he's the one to cause all this.

[Brian]

Alright alright, so I've owed you all a confessional and so I am sorry about this not happening until later. Like I've mentioned to Probst, I have been hosting my own game on my own for the last two weeks hence why I have to skirt out so quick after rounds and during Tribal Councils. But, that does NOT mean I am not here to play the game or here to win. In fact, this is allowing me to tame myself down and play a little more under the radar which is what is working well for my game.

At this point, I feel very comfortable with my position in the game but am also a little wary. Since I've last updated you all, I had to vote out both Mari and Brooke and maybe also Blake because I don't remember if I said that he was getting the cut. Mari was upsetting because she was so sweet but everyone was nervous that she would flip back on NuLucayan if she was to meet back up with her Original Taino tribe. We then won the next challenge thanks to Drew, so we luckily were spared having to vote out ANOTHER person. Then, this second swap happened.

Pros- We got Brooke/Drew/Lucy and most of my core allies remained here.
Cons- We lost Lydia and she's on NuTaino where I think she could be a target potentially.

Brooke was a lot less active than everyone, so we all thought it would be an easy vote. Clearly it wasn't because I received a vote, and I'm not happy about it. Everyone came to me after confused, except Drew who didn't say anything. In addition, everyone is saying that Drew cast the vote against me, which I'm believing to be true. So really, he's my target next since I feel like I have some level of trust with Lucy whereas I think Drew would make a move against me that could jeopardize my game in the future. So if we lost tonight? I was thinking I want to push for Drew. I know Caryn likes Lucy so then that makes 3, and Danni/I are as tight as ever so I think we can make it happen. Plus Dale and Joaquin were open to whatever.

Now my core allies are Danni/Dale/Joaq on NuNuLucayan. I love them in general because they are great conversationalists and I click with them so well. Hopefully though we can test our trust with one another into this upcoming "twist" that I think is the merge. One can dream, I would love to make the merge and jury because I think that will be a big accomplishment in the Stranded series. It also will allow my game to come to fruition and I know that I can continue this social game that I am trying to uphold. For now, my game is going good and it can only go up from here, right?