Important AIM Convos

[Carlos Bernard]

Lol at rob freaking out. Poor guy

[Carlos Bernard]

at jenna being mad at you

[Wendy Jo DeSmidt-Kohlhoff]

That's an unfinished convo FWIW.

For the record, this all would have worked out MUCH better if Rob would have kept his mouth shut and let me do damage control.

I still think overall I did aight. But it would have been much better of Rob would have listened to me.

[Wendy Jo DeSmidt-Kohlhoff]

Monica and Me, Round 9:

Monica Padilla: (3:56:59 PM) Hey
Wendy Jo: (3:57:21 PM) hey!
Monica Padilla: (3:57:31 PM) How's it going?
Wendy Jo: (3:59:25 PM) Good good. I need to take an online final, but bleh
Wendy Jo: (3:59:29 PM) I don't wanna do it lol
Monica Padilla: (3:59:43 PM) Ew, that's no fun
Monica Padilla: (3:59:51 PM) I got screwed on one of my papers
Monica Padilla: (4:00:08 PM) Got it 80% finished, then realized that it didn't meet the criteria and there was no way to rewrite it
Monica Padilla: (4:00:14 PM) So I had to scrap it entirely and start again
Wendy Jo: (4:00:19 PM) Ouch
Monica Padilla: (4:00:54 PM) Yeah, I'm pissed
Monica Padilla: (4:00:58 PM) But, meh, could be worse
Wendy Jo: (4:01:14 PM) I'm gettin 2 B+'s
Wendy Jo: (4:01:20 PM) One was 2 points away from an A-
Wendy Jo: (4:01:28 PM) the other 5 points away from an A- -_-
Wendy Jo: (4:01:47 PM) Now, I', fine with B's
Wendy Jo: (4:01:54 PM) But when it's THAT close to an A.....
Monica Padilla: (4:02:11 PM) Aw, that's harsh
Wendy Jo: (4:03:02 PM) Yeah.
Wendy Jo: (4:03:04 PM) It is lol
Monica Padilla: (4:03:14 PM) I hate it when that kind of thing happens
Monica Padilla: (4:03:27 PM) So, mm
Monica Padilla: (4:03:36 PM) I think we ought to talk about the merge.
Monica Padilla: (4:03:42 PM) Obviously, it'll be 6-4
Monica Padilla: (4:03:47 PM) If you flip, it's 5-5
Monica Padilla: (4:04:07 PM) And obviously there's no great reason for you to stick with Kainai, since you think you'd have been next if we'd lost.
Wendy Jo: (4:04:59 PM) Well, can you tell me honestly, would I have been next if we lost?
Monica Padilla: (4:05:09 PM) I can tell you 100% you would not have.
Wendy Jo: (4:05:24 PM) Who would it have been?
Monica Padilla: (4:05:26 PM) It's possible that your name might have come up as a target
Monica Padilla: (4:05:42 PM) But I would have made sure you wouldn't have been the one who actually left
Monica Padilla: (4:06:32 PM) There's at least one idol on our tribe, and I'd have bent over backwards to make sure it got played on you
Wendy Jo: (4:06:43 PM) And you know who has it?
Monica Padilla: (4:06:50 PM) I do indeed.
Wendy Jo: (4:07:02 PM) So are you telling me that you found the Kainai Idol?
Monica Padilla: (4:07:21 PM) It's quite possible.
Monica Padilla: (4:07:29 PM) However, if I DID find it
Monica Padilla: (4:07:36 PM) You can understand why I wouldn't want to come right out and say that
Wendy Jo: (4:07:45 PM) No of course.
Monica Padilla: (4:07:48 PM) Since I'm alreayd probably getting floated around as the biggest threat ever
Monica Padilla: (4:08:04 PM) Fact of the matter is
Monica Padilla: (4:08:08 PM) You wouldn't have gone.
Wendy Jo: (4:08:31 PM) Well, the only person who ever brought up your name was Rob, but that was because we were trying to figure something out. I quickly explained to him why we can't, and shouldn't vote you out.
Wendy Jo: (4:08:42 PM) From everyone I've talked to, no one was even mentioned your name.
Monica Padilla: (4:08:47 PM) *nods*
Monica Padilla: (4:08:50 PM) Rob said that Brett did
Monica Padilla: (4:08:57 PM) After he got voted off
Monica Padilla: (4:08:58 PM) So I dunno
Wendy Jo: (4:09:00 PM) Brett never told me that
Monica Padilla: (4:09:23 PM) Yeah, Rob might have been making that up
Wendy Jo: (4:09:41 PM) IMO, he may have been making it up to try to help save my ass
Wendy Jo: (4:10:12 PM) But back to the Idol.... I know that there is at least one floating around at Kainai. I asked you if you had it, only to see if there was possibly more than 1 on our tribe.
Monica Padilla: (4:11:25 PM) There might be
Monica Padilla: (4:11:37 PM) The Chehalis idol either got played by Jimmy or is being held by Joel
Monica Padilla: (4:11:47 PM) Nobody really knows for sure
Wendy Jo: (4:12:43 PM) Yeah. That's the conclusion everyone has come to. So you're saying you know the location of the Kainai Idol?
Monica Padilla: (4:12:53 PM) I'm saying I know who has it, yeah.
Monica Padilla: (4:13:09 PM) But, basically, my overall point
Monica Padilla: (4:13:18 PM) Is that I'd like for you to stick with me.
Monica Padilla: (4:13:23 PM) Help me kill Phill
Monica Padilla: (4:13:39 PM) And once I know that you guys are in a good spot
Wendy Jo: (4:13:45 PM) lol. Phillip is likely toast this round anyways unless he found the Athena Idol
Monica Padilla: (4:13:46 PM) I will willingly allow myself to get voted off
Monica Padilla: (4:13:51 PM) Seriously?
Monica Padilla: (4:13:57 PM) Ohhhh that would make me overjoyed
Wendy Jo: (4:13:59 PM) Mmmhmmm.
Wendy Jo: (4:14:03 PM) In Kelly's boot
Wendy Jo: (4:14:21 PM) He helped orchestrate the blindside of Jimmy that didn't go down in the revote
Monica Padilla: (4:14:27 PM) lmao
Wendy Jo: (4:14:44 PM) So I'd be shocked if anyone but him goes this round TBH.
Monica Padilla: (4:15:12 PM) I dunno, though, they certainly had no problem axing the Chehalis ppl instead of him
Wendy Jo: (4:15:33 PM) Well probably cause they knew of the Phillip-Eliza connection
Wendy Jo: (4:15:38 PM) and the Eliza-Jenna connection
Monica Padilla: (4:15:44 PM) Yeah probably
Wendy Jo: (4:16:59 PM) I won't lie and say I haven't considered flipping. But I'm not dumb. I'm not just gonna automatically jump ship to an auto 5th at best, where there is at least some room for wiggling here on Kainai.
Monica Padilla: (4:17:18 PM) Yeah, I figured you were smart enough not to pull a Cochran.
Wendy Jo: (4:17:21 PM) I have no intentions of sinking my game like that.
Monica Padilla: (4:17:42 PM) And, honestly, I like you more than I like most of Kainai
Wendy Jo: (4:17:57 PM) lol thanks. Who else do you like on Kainai?
Monica Padilla: (4:18:10 PM) I get along fine with all of them
Monica Padilla: (4:18:13 PM) Don't like Steph, though
Monica Padilla: (4:18:29 PM) She's useless and hasn't done anything
Wendy Jo: (4:18:51 PM) I would agree on that
Wendy Jo: (4:19:00 PM) She's never really made a serious attempt to talk to me
Monica Padilla: (4:19:06 PM) I'm also not really sure what to do about Joel
Monica Padilla: (4:19:21 PM) He's alright, but I feel like I'm still somewhat pissed about how season 4 went down
Monica Padilla: (4:19:30 PM) He still doesn't know that I was in that season
Monica Padilla: (4:19:30 PM) lol
Wendy Jo: (4:19:42 PM) Oh you were? lol who were you?
Monica Padilla: (4:20:23 PM) lol
Monica Padilla: (4:20:26 PM) I was epicfail Chet
Wendy Jo: (4:20:43 PM) lol Chet
Monica Padilla: (4:20:45 PM) I basically wanted to try playing a game where I would just be a jerk, and see how well that went
Monica Padilla: (4:21:04 PM) Apparently... Not well AT ALL
Monica Padilla: (4:21:31 PM) Everybody's Rites of Passage were essentially "Yeah... Chet was... something."
Wendy Jo: (4:22:06 PM) XD
Wendy Jo: (4:22:18 PM) Well, I don't think we need to worry about Joel
Wendy Jo: (4:22:25 PM) At all. He doesn't like the S4 crew
Monica Padilla: (4:23:05 PM) yeah
Monica Padilla: (4:24:42 PM) But, yeah
Monica Padilla: (4:24:44 PM) My plan is
Monica Padilla: (4:24:46 PM) And always has been
Monica Padilla: (4:24:51 PM) To take you to the end
Monica Padilla: (4:25:09 PM) But my assumption is that I'll probably wind up getting voted off before that actually happens. lol
Wendy Jo: (4:26:07 PM) I never even expected to make the merge lol
Monica Padilla: (4:26:16 PM) Hahaha
Monica Padilla: (4:26:21 PM) Me neither, to tell the truth
Wendy Jo: (4:29:18 PM) But now that I am this close... I want to go as far as possible. And I do want to stick with Kainai peeps. But I have absolutely know idea where I really stand in the tribe. I know your telling me I'm good, and that you want to work with me. I believe that. But I am still extremely uneasy. How can I be sure you aren't just telling me this to get the upper hand in the merge? Does that make sense?
Monica Padilla: (4:29:31 PM) Indeed.
Monica Padilla: (4:29:36 PM) Well, look at it this way
Monica Padilla: (4:30:05 PM) Even if you do flip
Monica Padilla: (4:30:12 PM) I obviously have access to at least one idol
Monica Padilla: (4:30:24 PM) In all actuality, I don't need you in the strictest sense.
Monica Padilla: (4:31:28 PM) The only reason I'm saying this stuff is because it's true
Monica Padilla: (4:31:34 PM) besides, as I said to you at the beginning of the game
Monica Padilla: (4:31:36 PM) I don't need to win
Monica Padilla: (4:31:38 PM) I've won already.
Monica Padilla: (4:31:52 PM) I'm interested in making sure that whoever wins All Stars deserves it.
Monica Padilla: (4:32:11 PM) Because I've played in a few series where the All Star winner was shit
Monica Padilla: (4:32:17 PM) And that devalues the series as a whole
Monica Padilla: (4:32:45 PM) If I wanted to win, I'd have tried to get you out long ago, because you're pretty major competition
Monica Padilla: (4:33:11 PM) And, yeah, you're not in the greatest position in the tribe.
Monica Padilla: (4:33:20 PM) Last season Elyse was supposed to be voted off every single round
Monica Padilla: (4:33:26 PM) And nearly was, several times
Monica Padilla: (4:33:33 PM) And every time she got pulled through
Wendy Jo: (4:35:47 PM) No, I understand. But in my position, I need a solid agreement. I need something more defined than "You're good". I'm not trying to be a controlling bitch. But I know you've got to have a plan. You're smart. You won. Trust me, if I had ended up in a position with numbers, I would have had Plan A, B, C, and D. But since I've been one of the few consistently shuffled, I haven't had time to really make any sort of relationship with anyone. Everyone I did, has been voted out. Except for you. Basically, I guess what I am trying to say where do I fit exactly into your plans? Who else are you working with closely? You're asking me to basically blindly trust you. Which I do trust you. But it's hard to feel even slightly comfortable when you don't know anything at all.
Monica Padilla: (4:36:14 PM) Ah, I see.
Monica Padilla: (4:36:30 PM) Okay, well, here's how things stand.
Monica Padilla: (4:36:41 PM) I essentially have a lot of non-promised bonds with a lot of people.
Monica Padilla: (4:37:06 PM) In that person X and I will discuss the vote and essentially agree not to vote for each other, with no actual guarantee to take each other anywhere.
Wendy Jo: (4:37:27 PM) Makes sense
Wendy Jo: (4:37:34 PM) That's how I've been playing it
Monica Padilla: (4:37:59 PM) TBh, I don't have a solid endgame plan because I'm well aware that because of how I've played the premerge it's very, VERY unlikely that I'm ever going to get there.
Monica Padilla: (4:39:00 PM) I know that if I could get there, I would want you there with me
Wendy Jo: (4:39:14 PM) I appreciate your honesty. I think we could get there.
Monica Padilla: (4:39:25 PM) I think Natalie is probably someone I could trust, I have moderate trust in Brett, I think I can trust Joel
Monica Padilla: (4:39:42 PM) But the real truth of the situation is that I honestly can't assume that anybody is a solid ally of mine.
Wendy Jo: (4:40:05 PM) No, that makes sense. especially in THIS season, you can't.
Monica Padilla: (4:40:12 PM) Exactly.
Monica Padilla: (4:40:14 PM) Last season, I could
Monica Padilla: (4:40:22 PM) This season, where I'm the latest winner?
Monica Padilla: (4:40:25 PM) Nuh-uh
Wendy Jo: (4:41:27 PM) I'm willing to make a 100% solid, no backing out agreement with you. I think together, we could really reign things in, especially of people don't know how tight we are. I know no one left knows how much I talk to you.
Monica Padilla: (4:41:43 PM) Yeah, I don't think anybody suspects it.
Wendy Jo: (4:42:51 PM) If you can tell me who has the Kainai Idol, I can tell you 100% who has the Chehalis Idol, Joel or Jimmy. I think of we share this information, then we both have a lot of power.
Monica Padilla: (4:43:03 PM) Indeed.
Monica Padilla: (4:43:15 PM) Alright, fair enough.
Monica Padilla: (4:43:23 PM) I've got it.
Wendy Jo: (4:43:26 PM) I can tell you that Joel found the Chehalis Idol.
Wendy Jo: (4:43:45 PM) Jimmy does not have it.
Monica Padilla: (4:43:46 PM) In general I don't like to admit that I have them
Monica Padilla: (4:43:52 PM) They tend to be cursed
Monica Padilla: (4:44:01 PM) Usually I just throw them away so nobody gets them
Wendy Jo: (4:44:08 PM) lol
Monica Padilla: (4:44:18 PM) In this case, though, I had a feeling that if Kainai went on a losing streak I'd wind up needing it
Monica Padilla: (4:44:45 PM) And since my #1 goal was to beat Phillip, I sure as hell wasn't going to take any chances
Wendy Jo: (4:44:46 PM) But I know Joel from a previous game, so we have an uneasy alliance going. That's why I'm so confident I can trust him. We were never allies, but a little bit of history goes a long way.
Monica Padilla: (4:44:52 PM) YEah
Monica Padilla: (4:45:03 PM) Well, I'd be down for you/me/Joel to work together.
Wendy Jo: (4:45:23 PM) I think us three would be good
Monica Padilla: (4:45:23 PM) I'd also like to keep Nat around out of anybody on Kainai. I like her the most out of them
Wendy Jo: (4:45:31 PM) Epecially, since Joel seems to draw negativity.
Monica Padilla: (4:45:37 PM) And I believe that she likes Joel
Wendy Jo: (4:45:47 PM) And if he doens't flip to Athena, he will be pissing them off majorly
Wendy Jo: (4:45:52 PM) And I like Natalie too
Wendy Jo: (4:46:07 PM) I would be totally OK with a Us/Joel/Natalie F4
Monica Padilla: (4:46:14 PM) Me too
Wendy Jo: (4:48:05 PM) I think the only thing we need to worry about is the Athena Idol
Wendy Jo: (4:48:15 PM) And hoping one of us isn't the victim of the Idol.
Monica Padilla: (4:48:22 PM) Indeed.
Monica Padilla: (4:48:32 PM) Well, I may have something which can help with that.
Monica Padilla: (4:48:44 PM) I've been fostering a kinship with Na
Monica Padilla: (4:48:55 PM) Haven't promised her jack all because, quite frankly, she's Phillip's friend
Monica Padilla: (4:49:07 PM) And she'd definitely try to keep him around
Wendy Jo: (4:49:12 PM) Mmhmm.
Monica Padilla: (4:49:23 PM) But I think I could persuade her to direct her focus to Steph or Brett
Monica Padilla: (4:49:40 PM) Admittedly, this is all assuming anybody even HAS the Athena idol
Wendy Jo: (4:49:48 PM) True
Monica Padilla: (4:49:52 PM) Original Athena had the hardest clue out of any tribe
Monica Padilla: (4:49:56 PM) "Losing makes you blue"
Monica Padilla: (4:50:20 PM) My original thought was Stephenie, who was on three losing blue tribes.
Wendy Jo: (4:50:24 PM) True
Monica Padilla: (4:50:25 PM) But no dice.
Monica Padilla: (4:50:36 PM) So unless the second clue was WAY more direct
Monica Padilla: (4:50:44 PM) There's really no reason to assume they cracked it
Wendy Jo: (4:50:53 PM) If we need, I can also pretend to flip. It wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination for me to be pissed at y'all.
Monica Padilla: (4:50:57 PM) Yeah
Monica Padilla: (4:50:59 PM) That works too
Monica Padilla: (4:51:22 PM) They'll probably come a'courtin'
Wendy Jo: (4:51:24 PM) It all depends how Athena's TC goes down.
Wendy Jo: (4:51:30 PM) Oh, I'm sure they will.
Monica Padilla: (4:51:51 PM) Yeah, it'll be a tossup
Monica Padilla: (4:52:01 PM) I think it'll all come down to Gillian
Monica Padilla: (4:52:08 PM) Jimmy/Julie are a pair, Phil/Na are a pair
Wendy Jo: (4:52:13 PM) Ahhh
Monica Padilla: (4:52:15 PM) So she's somewhere in the middle
Wendy Jo: (4:52:20 PM) Makes sense
Wendy Jo: (4:53:10 PM) This has been a good convo. I think we have really laid some groundwork for a solid endgame. But I need to go take this online Final before the TAR finale
Wendy Jo: (4:53:12 PM) Later!