Post by Eric Stein on Apr 4, 2009 22:23:03 GMT -5
After the craziness of last week, I have actually found myself with quite a lot of time to talk this week -- unfortunately, there hasn't been too much that has gone down over the past week. I guess the biggest thing I can point out is that I got my "Big Brother" miracle so to speak as I evaded both eviction and being discharged to the other team. Thursday night was certainly the highlight of the week for me, because after a ceremony in which Keesha was unceremoniously evicted (which came as a complete shock to absolutely no one anywhere in the entire world) my house also won immunity for the week, which will be a nice change from the near-constant drama that has characterized weeks past.
Of course, again I was the one person that didn't perform well in the challenges . . . I am thinking that there is a definite learning curve with them, but that doesn't change the fact that I suck at challenges in general, because I really do. I have sucked at just about every challenge so far. In fact, I'm beginning to think that I suck pre-emptively at challenges that haven't even been invented yet. For example, I spent forever doing the past Power of Veto competition because I knew that it was my ass on the line, only to be beat by about two minutes by -- you guessed it -- Sheila, who I still have concerns about.
One thing I don't seem to suck as much at, however, is the social side of the game. I have continued developing strong friendships with people like Nathan and Parker, and although nothing earth-shattering happened in game terms, I think that our strong friendship will be a good foundation for an alliance later in the game. I am cool with most of the members of my house, in fact, including Sheila -- someone who that I have discussed the possibility of an alliance with, but I'm sort of playing it low-key so that she doesn't suspect that I am playing the game too hard. Howie is the only one in my house who I don't really feel any kind of connection with, and his tired-ass maneuver to make the house think he voted to evict Keesha certainly doesn't make me want to form any kind of connection with him. Jun has grown on me, but only slightly . . . I still don't know what to think of her. My opinion on Natalie has also changed slightly, even though she is now a member of my house which theoretically should make things easier but only serves to complicate things more.
That being said, this whole immunity thing is getting a bit boring and although I obviously don't want to lose another challenge, I wouldn't mind if something happened in the next week to shake things up. Maybe I'll break my challenge-losing streak and actually win something for once . . .
. . . but let's be honest, that's probably not going to happen.
Of course, again I was the one person that didn't perform well in the challenges . . . I am thinking that there is a definite learning curve with them, but that doesn't change the fact that I suck at challenges in general, because I really do. I have sucked at just about every challenge so far. In fact, I'm beginning to think that I suck pre-emptively at challenges that haven't even been invented yet. For example, I spent forever doing the past Power of Veto competition because I knew that it was my ass on the line, only to be beat by about two minutes by -- you guessed it -- Sheila, who I still have concerns about.
One thing I don't seem to suck as much at, however, is the social side of the game. I have continued developing strong friendships with people like Nathan and Parker, and although nothing earth-shattering happened in game terms, I think that our strong friendship will be a good foundation for an alliance later in the game. I am cool with most of the members of my house, in fact, including Sheila -- someone who that I have discussed the possibility of an alliance with, but I'm sort of playing it low-key so that she doesn't suspect that I am playing the game too hard. Howie is the only one in my house who I don't really feel any kind of connection with, and his tired-ass maneuver to make the house think he voted to evict Keesha certainly doesn't make me want to form any kind of connection with him. Jun has grown on me, but only slightly . . . I still don't know what to think of her. My opinion on Natalie has also changed slightly, even though she is now a member of my house which theoretically should make things easier but only serves to complicate things more.
That being said, this whole immunity thing is getting a bit boring and although I obviously don't want to lose another challenge, I wouldn't mind if something happened in the next week to shake things up. Maybe I'll break my challenge-losing streak and actually win something for once . . .
. . . but let's be honest, that's probably not going to happen.