Also, I've gained a lot of respect for Astrid today.
Very similar to my respect for Eric, Bob, and others. We all know our day on the block may come, especially we someone you are not close with (or never talked to) is in power.
If feel my noms were point blank. They both were nominated because:
1. they were both revealed to be part of the 8 person alliance, real or not
2. I had never talked to either one of them, personally or in the social areas
I chose not to discuss noms with anyone, as my trust was broken and the main person who reached to me to talk was Fessy. If I gave Fessy anything he would have found a way to spin it.
I sent this message to both Ikea and Astrid after the noms were revealed:
I wanted to reach out personally.
I hope you can respect my decision to nominate you for eviction. It was not an easy decision by any means. I think everyone is questioning their trust in people at this point, and since you were part of the alliance mentioned yesterday and I have also never really spoken to you in this game I came to the decision to nominate you. Like I said in the nomination message, if the alliance was not a real thing and was all on Fessy, I’m really sorry I put you in this position. I hope he didn’t bring the game down for you by his actions.
Best of luck in the power of veto.
Astrid very kindly said she understood, stating that she had never really reached out to me because she had others she thought she could trust but learned that lesson the hard way.
Ikea criticized me for not letting her know before and said she could never respect a decision in which she ended up on the block, saying I should've have known the alliance was fake a no real threat to the game.
Now look who's scrambling, trying to create a thread to save herself in the kitchen.
I know I may find myself on the block in the near future, but too many players have shown nothing but respect to the HOH and strategic gameplay to not shown the same respect to others down the line. Unfortunately, that still did not save great players by Eric, but he lead by example and I hope to do the same.
At the end of the day, there is no one I trust and I will continue playing this game in the best way I can to get to the end while respecting others. I can be upset over backstabbing and lying, but it's a game and you have to respect decisions made by others to get themself farther.