Diary Room Entries #1

[Rhian]

Here we go! The games have officially begun. Alot of the pre-game was me trying to get in and talk to everyone. I managed to speak to everyone except one person, and that's Jen. Jen is the inactive in this game. Every game has one and I expect her to be the first one to go. If Jen somehow stays and someone else leaves, that'll be dumb and totally uncalled for. I think everyone else has shown that they want to be here and that they want to play the game. It won't hurt anyone's game if we just all came together and made sure Jen left first.

The people that I get along with the most are GinaMarie, Faye, and Helen. These three girls are the ones that I have the best conversations with. GinaMarie might be my favorite out of the three, but I don't know. It's a close tie between all of them. I like that I was able to mesh and connect with three people before the game even started, because it makes me feel more confident about my chances in the game. I just have to keep on top of these relationships and keep tending to them every round so nothing falters or changes.

I'm sure those of you who have been reading my entries already know that I'm not a fan of Deana. I will say that she's okay, I guess. I would really prefer if she left early. I try to play as friendly as I can when she and I are talking. I don't know if she likes me or hates me, but I keep it friendly. If I were to win Head of Household anytime soon, I couldn't see myself nominating her. I think Deana might suit a better purpose later on in the game. It'll be about timing.

[Rhian]

The biggest shock is that two complete randoms, two people who hardly made much of a splash in the social scene, come out on top. Steven and Peter. I guess it just goes to show that when you aren't great at one thing, you can be incredible at something else. These two were quick on their feet in collecting those Britney albums. Kudos to both of them! I knew that when Steven won, I'd probably be safe. Steven and I have spoken a little bit and he mentioned not many people being around or talking to him. I'm off of his radar. For now.

Peter's mentioned what his "prize" is. I wouldn't necessarily call it a prize though? Apparently it ended up being a punishment. He said he was given a choice to accept or decline it. I don't know, it doesn't make sense. I feel like maybe he could have gotten something good in exchange for this punishment. Or maybe he was "tempted" into doing something and then failed so he got a punishment? I don't think it's as simple as Peter made it out to be, but I doubt it's anything huge? Atleast I hope it's not. That would suck if it was drastic.

When nominations came out, I wasn't too surprised. Had I won Head of Household, I would have probably made the exact same nominations, although I could have been swayed in keeping Sam safe. I really like Sam. He's funny and charming. I'd be sad if he left this game early. He took his nomination well and told me that it's understandable why he's up. I just hope the house feels the same way I do in that Jen needs to go this week. I hope these nominations stay the same so that Jen can go and we can just move on to next week.

[Rhian]

I feel like there are some people I don't have as steady a relationship with yet, so I really want to focus the rest of this week on trying to find ways to bond with them and get to know them more. Today I was working on Amanda and Jade. Amanda is the last person I got to meet and I just feel like we aren't really hitting it off as well as I would've liked. The same goes for Jade. Both are nice, I just feel like there's a huge detachment and it makes it awkward.

Ed and Eric are two people that I've been steadily doing better with. Ed and I talk a lot more and we talk about silly stuff and then last night during the Head of Household competition, Eric and I were saying how if either of us happened to win Head of Household, we'd keep the other safe. That's good to hear. I like that. Then again, it's only the first week. It's still music to my ears when someone tells me I'm safe, because I don't see someone breaking that so early.

Then there are players like Dan. Dan's okay and all but he literally can't hold a conversation. I feel like he could be mobile? Maybe that's why. I warned GinaMarie before she met him that talking to him is like pulling teeth, and she came back to me like five minutes after talking to him and instantly agreed with me. I also hate to say it, but it's starting to rub off on Steven too. Steven's responses are abysmal. As HoH, and in the first week, he's held his cards extremely close to his chest despite it being easy. It's off-putting to a few of us.

[Rhian]

When the Power of Veto took place, I was hoping and praying that anyone except the two nominees would win. The nominations would stay the same, right? Easy. However, my expression instantly changed when Jen came out of nowhere, literally, and started buzzing in one after the other. It was insane. Where did she come from! It's like she appeared out of nowhere like a wild Pokémon, desperately seeking redemption for her INV status.

I felt relieved as the challenge went on and Steven just ran with it. Steven's proven himself to be an extremely strong competitor. He's won all the competitions this far. Good for him! However, this will also paint a big target on his back. Once the inactive-oriented players are dealt with, everyone will start going for who they see to be their end-game threat, and Steven could be at the top of some people's lists. I think it was probably bittersweet for him.

It came as no surprise when Steven decided to leave his nominations as they were. It feels great knowing that I won't be going home first and that I'll be able to move on into next week. You have to play this game day by day, week by week, and round by round. Everything can change at the drop of a hat. I think that was proven when everyone pegged Jen as never coming back around and staying MIA, and what do ya' know — she's very much here.

[Rhian]

Despite coming back around, Jen has failed to make any sort of impression on the house. She may have added everyone and messaged them, but newsflash? We all did that days ago. While she's messaged me, she and I have been playing IM-tag all day long. One will message the other, go away, the other will respond, go away .. rinse, repeat. It's been obnoxious. I've talked with some of the other housemates and they have similar opinions. Some have said that she's a nice girl and everything, but to be honest, that's not going to cut it for her tardiness.

So, it looks like Jen will still be the first eliminated this season. I'm happy that Sam's going to be staying because I do feel like if he could get on a little more, he'd win alot of people over. He has a really alluring personality and I enjoy talking to him. My only want is that I wish I could talk to him more. If he keeps going down the route of only coming online every so often, it could prove to be a problem for him and he might not make it very far into the season.

In better news! I finally have a concrete alliance. I've said before that GinaMarie and Faye are two of my absolute favorites and how I've wanted to work with them .. and now it's reality! I'm super excited about this. GinaMarie and I made it official between the two of us last night, and today, she mentioned to me how Faye loved me and her the most and we decided to make a threesome out of it. We made a group chat and we've already started trying to figure out what we want to do. I really hope The Femme Fatales can go the distance.

[Rhian]

The girls and I have decided that while we are going to be loyal to the threesome, it'd be smart to branch out and each pick up a male partner. This male will act as a side vote for our core three. We won't bring them together into a super-alliance or anything like that, but we'll keep them to the side so we can sway their decisions and pull some strings should we need their votes or keep eachother off the block if they were to also win Head of Household.

After agreeing on this, it came to deciding who we wanted to work on. I like Ed, but GinaMarie said she felt she had a great bond with Ed because he had already noted that he wanted to be her "Nick". I felt that I could work Sam to an extent, but I decided that probably wouldn't be a good idea as he already has been branded semi-distant in the house and I don't think that would help me, so instead, I'm going to be working on Peter for Beauty & The Geek action.

With GinaMarie and I having our potential side votes set and ready to work on, Faye has decided that she wants to bond with Steven. I felt like that was a good idea because Steven can be a competition powerhouse and if she can control that or have some sort of pull with his decisions, that'll be great for our alliance. We each are saying that we're only loyal to the three, but you never know. Things can always change in this game. I have great individual relationships with both GinaMarie and Faye but that doesn't mean I'm going to end the other relationships I've been trying to cultivate with Helen and Eric, for example.