Confessionals

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 1 Confessional 1

It is on like Diddy Kong!
We've got our teams and I had a bad feeling it was going to be men vs women. Luckily, it's mixed, thank goodness. Could you imagine poor little Clay stuck on a tribe with Rob, Jim, John Rocker -- all towering above 5'4??
And can I just say how happy I am to not be on a tribe with Spencer? I can't trust anyone whose hair so bizarrely defies gravity.

I'm busy at work on our first challenge and I hope my other tribe mates are....
The first few days are very up in the air. Everyone's still getting the feel of things and you don't want to come off as too forward or aggressive. I've had a chance to have a little talk with Alexis and Tasha but it's all been very introductory. I know there will eventually be talk of alliances but I don't want to jump into that right away. I'd rather just create a good first impression and see how we go in the first challenge. My main priority is just to do well in the challenge. If I can be seen as an asset and approachable then things should hopefully fall into place.

I'm not too worried though. My psychic powers tell me Grant or Kelly will be one of the first to go. So nothing to worry about, unless you're Grant or Kelly.


And oh good grief. I just posted my first confessional publicly......... #Fail

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 2 Confessional 2

Help! I have strange powers!
It seems that I am ~quite~ psychic, predicting both Grant's and Kelly's departures. Do I see a win in my future? I shan't yet speculate...
Losing Kelly is no great loss. I'm sure she's not too bothered either, if she's even aware that she was booted lol.
Having an inactive is pretty irksome because you're almost destined to lose every challenge until you can pwn them out of the game (or just gently roll them off to the side, they don't put up much of a fight).
On the bright side it gets you through the first round. Imagine how horrible you'd have to be to get booted over an inactive?? It almost makes me want to try.
And we're not even done with them! Three-time loser Boston Robert is also dead on arrival and will presumably take up space until we lose again.

So I'm still very much in first gear until we shake off these lumps. I'm not aware of any alliance talk; it seems a bit pointless at the moment but we'll see how things go. Obviously, I can't get complacent and just sit around until it's too late and I'm suddenly shafted. But who would want to get rid of loveable old scamp Clay?! Not I, said the fly.

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 2 Confessional 3

Cali was ON POINT during that immunity challenge. I just presumed we would lose because we were already a member down and Boston Bob was flailing uselessly off to the side but we ran it. Bogota gotta pick it up.
And it's sad that Jim died but it's only Jim so...

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 3 Confessional 4

Woe is me, I'm doomed...
I managed to time this so perfectly that I've been offline since my brutal kidnapping. Now I've got only a few hours before Tribal Council is over to try to save myself.
On the positive side of things, Kim and Sophie both reached out to me and want to try to keep me in over RC. Apparently RC sucks lol but we all already knew that.
Kim has pretty much told me everything about the dynamics over here at Bogota. Queen Heidi is running shit as only the prettiest, smartest player in this game could. John, Spencer and Zane all bow down to her. Men....
So if they want to get rid of me they can and there's nothing much I can do about that. Kim said she'd speak to Heidi on my behalf and I've given my defense as to why they should all keep me. It's pretty much Heidi's choice now but if they've already decided to boot me then I'm just awaiting my official demise. I can really just hope RC is useless and Heidi decides to punt her right out of Colombia.

#PrayForClay

And if I go home, let me just say that Bogota sucks and I hate you all

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 4 Confessional 5

Check me out, still here and everything. #Claymazing
To be honest, I don't think I had all that much to do with it. I think it mostly came down to looking pretty terrible for kidnapping someone only to immediately vote them out. And obviously I am so much fun to have around.
But as of now, this game is officially on. I was taking a fairly laid back approach on Cali and just focusing on winning challenges but that strategy isn't really going to work on Bogota. There is a lot more talk of alliances going on and I've got to work out where I can fit in before we go to another Tribal. I've had individual chats with Sophie, Kim and Heidi, so hopefully I'm able to work something out from there.
But this game has definitely become very individual for me. I've been put in an awkward position where I have to decide if I commit fully to my new Bogota tribe or if I'm going to try to keep things going with Cali. Right now, I'm keeping both options open and my decision will probably come down to who's left when we merge (presuming little old clay is there to make the decision).

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 4 Confessional 6

Hurray for winning immunity even though I didn't do anything!
I've decided to spill some info to Heidi about Cali, hopefully to gain some trust and appear a useful asset. I imagine that Rob's going home. Even without Alexis submitting, he hasn't done anything all game. With a presumably simple upcoming vote, I've told Heidi that I think Rob will be going. It doesn't really reveal anything about the Cali dynamics but if I offer up correct info before the vote then it should seem like I'm #Team Bogota. I'm just sad I'll miss out on voting Rob out
I'm trying to work out what might lie ahead. I'm guessing with a cast of 16 that we'd merge at 10. I'm just wondering if there will be a tribe swap or not. I wouldn't mind one. After TC, Cali will be down to 5. There'll be 6 original Bogotas, and then me. I feel like I'd be in a good position in a tribe swap, being able to go with either side. The only down side would be that I'd have to signal my allegiance if we went to TC. Cheeky little Clay!!

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 5 Confessional 7

Casual confessional during a challenge. Cheeky

Way to put the tiny old guy on a strength challenge guys. Shaking my tiny old head.
And I have the least weight so a lot of the responsibility is on me to do well. Luckily I have nothing better to do with my life!

I'm in such a predicament. There are now 6 original Cali members and 6 original Bogota members. Obviously I want to win the challenge so that I'm safe but I don't exactly want a Cali member going home. If Bogota lost and an original Bogota member went home that would be *ideal* but I honestly don't know how the vote would turn out, and I don't really want to risk it.
Presuming we merge at 10, I'd like to go in with 5 original Cali, 5 original Bogota. I think that would give me the best options to work with. Because if there aren't enough Cali members then I'm sort of stuck with Bogota. That's fine if I can work with people in Bogota but I don't want to just ride along to 7th place and have the original Bogota members take me out then.
I need to work out who's standing where on the Bogota totem pole, and maybe if the need arises, I can get someone to flip. I guess it all depends on who's there at the merge.

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 6 Confessional 8

In hindsight, getting swapped over to Bogota worked out pretty well for me. We've just been crushing every challenge. So we're down to 10 people and I would guess a merge is most likely but there's always the possibility of some kind of curve ball. If it's a merge we go in with 7 Bogota and 3 Cali (6 original Bogos and 4 original Calis). I don't feel comfortable just sticking with the Bogota tribe and booting the 3 Calis. I don't think I'd get to the end that way. I'm going to see if Kim and/or Sophie would be willing to join me and the three other Calis to boot one or two Bogotas. Like, I really don't care if Spencer, John or Zane go. There's nothing wrong with them, I just don't.... care

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 7 confessional 9

Mwuahahahahaaa!
So our Cali four has already welcomed Sophie into the fold and once she talks to Kim it should be full steam ahead on our little majority boat. At the moment, things seem to be going well (which probably means they're not lol). As long as we keep things on the down low I should be fine for the moment. Everyone's a little too ENTHUSIASTIC for my liking as they try to be best buds with everyone now that we've merged. It's like, calm down. It's probably all this pure Colombian cocaine we've been snorting. It does wonders for the hunger pains!

P.S oh no! I didn't mean to include Zane in the list of people I have no opinions on. I admire his commitment to his character, unless it's not a character...... (in which case, go call the police! Go call the governor!)
but John and Spencer stay in my list of 'meh'. ha lol at them. Hopefully we can boot Spencer first. His hair sucks!

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 7 Confessional 10

Look at me not being sent to Exile. So strategic
Operation pwn Spencer seems to be in full swing. Jaime came up with quite a good idea to go after one of the peeps who didn't compete in the challenge so as to try to keep our alliance under wraps for as long as possible. So I threw Spencer's name out there IMMEDIATELY and everyone is presumably going along with that. Byeeee Spencer. Sucks to be youuu.

Jaime also revealed that she won a clue to the hidden immunity idol. I quickly uncovered the mysteries of Wes' cave and was like 'boom, got me an idol. Pat my self on the back'. But it turns out you actually have to DO STUFF to get it. Ehhhh..... I don't really need an idol.

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 8 Confessional 11

First things first, I'm the realest. And bahaha pwnd Spencer! See you never.

Ok but seriously I'm raging. I just want to storm up and down the beach (jungle?) screaming "Who voted for me?!"
I bet it was Zane because he's threatened by my popularity. I can't remember if John self-voted so if it wasn't Zane it was either him or Heidi. Screw Bogota. At first I felt mildly bad about pwning them all out of the game but now I'll just cackle.

I get paranoid about everything so it's just randomly occurred to me that there could be a female alliance and now I've convinced myself of that. But ~were I a woman~ I wouldn't want Heidi getting near the end because she's too much of a challenge threat. I don't like committing to things too early so I've got a couple of options I can fall back on. Hopefully I can convince people to do a Cali final four or convince Sophie and Kim to do a 'Bogota' final three.

[Clay Jordan]

Episode 8 Confessional 12

I have this horrible secret that I've been harboring and the guilt is just eating away at me. I'm the one that killed John Rocker.
Well I mean technically it was the massive amounts of cocaine he'd been snorting but I feel like I should have done more to stop him. If I'd known how strong his addiction was I never would have given it to him in the first place. But we were so young and carefree back then!!

At first, everything seemed fine. We would just get high and party with the Colombian natives. But then John started taking bigger and bigger hits. He spiraled out of control. He became depressed, withdrawn, aggressive, always searching for that next hit. I should have got help, maybe we could have intervened. Instead, I walked away.

Finding him dead in a mess of his own vomit, overdosed on coke and god knows what else he'd been taking, was the lowest point of my Survivor journey. To think that he died alone, cold, scared...
Why couldn't it have been Spencer?!

I'm sorry John. I failed you.